"Ugh—" The man opened his mouth to scream in pain, but Xu Xinghe was prepared. She took out a towel from her spatial storage and shoved it into his mouth.
Immediately afterwards, she kicked the man in the chest, and with a dull thud, the man fell heavily to the ground.
Hearing the commotion, the two men outside the door immediately started laughing and jeering.
"Wow, that's impressive! That sound was really loud!"
"Big brother is really capable; this little wench is probably subdued now!"
Xu Xinghe didn't dare to delay. Before the man could recover from the excruciating pain, she took out the dagger again and precisely stabbed it into the outside of his thigh.
There are major blood vessels there, but they are not fatal; they can both incapacitate him and buy him time.
The man writhed violently on the ground, emitting muffled groans.
Xu Xinghe deliberately called out to cover up the man's voice, then quickly took out medicine from her space, took out a towel, poured the medicine into his mouth, and then stuffed it back into his mouth.
She didn't wipe the sweat that was almost dripping from her forehead into her eyes.
This medicine comes from the space and takes some time to take effect.
After doing all this, she sat down on the ground, exhausted, panting heavily, her back soaked with cold sweat.
In those brief ten seconds, she had used almost all her strength.
Every movement was precise and ruthless, allowing no room for error.
The red marks on her wrists from the rope stung painfully, but she didn't even bother to rub them. She just stared intently at the man on the ground, and only breathed a slight sigh of relief when she confirmed that his struggles were getting weaker.
She deliberately pinched her thigh and cried out in pain to deceive the other two people outside.
The laughter outside the door continued, completely unaware that their elder brother was already lying in a pool of blood.
Xu Xinghe stood up, propped herself up on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), picked up the water glass from the ground, and splashed the remaining cold water on her face.
The icy touch instantly sobered her up.
Xu Xinghe's gaze swept across the room, finally settling on the small wooden window beside the earthen bed.
The window was not nailed shut; it was simply held in place by a thick wooden stick.
It seems the other party never intended to use this room to imprison anyone, so naturally they didn't bother to reinforce it.
A thought struck her, and she turned to look at the man on the ground.
His eyes were now fixed straight ahead, and his previous violent struggles had dwindled to weak twitches, clearly indicating that the medicine in the space was taking effect.
We can't wait any longer!
Xu Xinghe tiptoed to the window, making almost no sound.
She pulled out the wooden stick and then gently pushed open a gap just wide enough for one person to pass through sideways.
The wildly growing weeds outside the window almost covered the windowsill.
Xu Xinghe quickly scanned her surroundings to make sure no one was nearby. She nimbly lifted her leg and stepped over the windowsill. As soon as her toes touched the ground, she squatted down.
She dared not linger for a moment, crouching low as she slipped into the waist-high grass, using the branches and leaves as cover to circle around to the back of the woodshed.
She took out a wooden box from her spatial storage and stood in front of the woodshed window.
Looking through the crack in the board, he met Shen Jianqiu's gaze.
Shen Jianqiu gasped in fright, and was about to open his mouth when Xu Xinghe quickly stopped him, "Shh! Don't make a sound!"
Shen Jianqiu hurriedly covered his mouth, his eyes filled with disbelief.
How did she escape?
Xu Xinghe lowered her voice and asked, "There's not much time left, how many pieces are left to open?"
"This is...this is the only one!" Shen Jianqiu's voice was still trembling as he pointed to the upper right corner of the window.
"Okay, I'll cooperate with you outside. Hurry up!"
The two immediately divided the work: one pried and dug out the rotten wood from the inside, while the other pried open the planks from the outside, completely ignoring the soreness in their hands.
Finally, the last plank also loosened.
With trembling hands, Shen Jianqiu removed the wooden planks, and the light from outside the window instantly flooded in.
Xu Xinghe immediately reached out and grabbed her, "Quickly, get out!"
The window was small and high. Chen Jianqiu leaned half his body out, but couldn't find a foothold, so he could only futilely push against the wall.
Seeing this, Xu Xinghe quickly pulled out a piece of hemp rope from his spatial storage and handed it to her, saying, "Hold on tight!"
She jumped off the box and clung tightly to the rope, pulling herself backward.
Shen Jianqiu's upper body finally emerged completely, dangling in mid-air.
"Don't be afraid, just jump! I can catch you!"
Shen Jianqiu closed his eyes, steeled his resolve, released his grip, and fell straight down.
The expected pain did not come; instead, I was embraced by a warm hug.
Xu Xinghe caught her steadily!
"Run!"
Without saying a word, Xu Xinghe grabbed her hand and turned to run into the depths of the woods.
In this situation, running away is the most dangerous thing to do!
Because the other party must know the layout of this place very well, and also know the way out, the two women definitely can't outrun those men.
The only way to survive is to go into the mountains!
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