Charlie watched Joey's figure disappear, then turned back into the cabin, took out a gold coin from his pocket, and tossed it to one of the six warriors.

"Hey, Big Beard, check if anyone's chasing us?"

After running for two hours carrying Catherine, they came to a river that wasn't very wide.

Joey gently put Catherine down and, panting, asked the bearded man.

"No one is chasing us!"

The bearded man stood on tiptoe and looked behind him, and indeed saw no one following him.

Joey let out a long sigh, plopped down on the ground, and turned to look at Catherine, whom he had carried all the way.

Catherine was actually asleep. She was bound hand and foot, with rags stuffed in her mouth. The fact that she could sleep like that showed that she had been tortured for a long time and hadn't closed her eyes.

Joey didn't know what she had gone through these past two days, and Grand Scholar Daines wasn't by her side either, but seeing that she had changed into clean clothes and had been kidnapped by the mayor, the events of the past few days must be related to the mayor of this gold mining town.

Joey could guess some things, but the fact that the mayor had directly kidnapped the daughter of a city lord meant that the reason was definitely not simple. The story was getting more and more complicated, and the danger level was also getting higher and higher. This was also why Joey didn't want to listen to Daines mention it in the first place; the more you know, the less good it is.

I originally wanted to stay away from these things, but now it seems I'm getting deeper and deeper into them.

It's all because I was born in a great country in my previous life, and I was taught from a young age to be a good person. Although I only want to live my life well in this strange world, do odd jobs, earn some money, and pick up girls, the good person in my heart has still sprouted.

He carefully untied all of Catherine's ropes, slowly pulled the rag out of her mouth, and took off his coat to cover her.

"Let her sleep a little longer, she must be exhausted!"

"The mayor's men probably won't catch up so quickly. We can't let those 50 gold coins go to waste. His precious son will definitely have to cover for us!"

"We definitely can't go to town. Let's head upstream along the Jinsha River and check out the gold panning area. There are a lot of people there, so we can sneak in and stay for a few days. Once things calm down, we'll figure out a way to leave!"

Joey sat on the grass and looked up at the bearded man who had been on guard.

"Okay, I'll listen to you!"

The bearded man answered decisively, without the slightest hesitation.

He had no complaints about Joey spending 50 gold coins and getting into trouble with Catherine. On the contrary, he felt that Joey in front of him was more charming than the Joey he had met in Seaside Town.

The wind was a bit strong in the wild, so Joey helped Catherine pull her coat down a little.

At this moment, Catherine was having a wonderful dream, and a smile was playing on her lips.