When Huang Feng and his team returned to the house, they saw the iron gate had been opened, but Chen Zhe and Hu Ling were nowhere to be seen.
"Damn it!! That kid tricked me!!"
The wasp angrily smashed the bottle against the wall.
Halfway there, Wasp suddenly realized his keys were missing. After thinking it over, the two decided to turn back.
But they were too late. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that the two of them could have escaped from here.
"Alright, stop going crazy. If you hadn't insisted on coming along, things wouldn't have turned out like this. Go after them!"
Xiao Shan snorted, his tone tinged with complaint.
The wasp was annoyed after hearing this; "What do you mean I have to come along? Didn't I say I'd go? You stay here and watch."
"What do you mean by that? You don't actually think I'd embezzle that money, do you?"
"Hmph, I didn't say that."
"That's not what you said, that's what you really think! Don't think I can't see through you!"
“That’s right! That’s what I think, so what? Do you think you’ve never done this kind of thing before? Do you remember last year? When we went to the casino to gamble, you cheated me once! At the hotel, didn’t you take all the money? Damn it, you even lied to me and said we had a thief.”
"I had no other choice that time."
"What bullshit about 'absolutely necessary'? I'd be a fool to believe you. You just took my money to pay off your debts."
Xiao Shan felt a little guilty about this.
He did have this thought in mind when he set off.
He quickly changed the subject: "Alright, alright, let's not talk about this now. No, I'll pay you back after we get the money. They've run away, so we need to hurry up and catch them. They shouldn't be far. If we don't catch them soon, not only will we be out of money, but we'll also be in even more trouble if Hu Ling retaliates."
The thought of Hu Ling's revenge after escaping, and that the people behind her wouldn't let him off the hook, made Huang Feng suppress his anger.
The two got into the car and headed down the mountain.
...
Chen Zhe and Hu Ling hid in the grass on the hillside, watching the car lights disappear into the distance, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let's hurry down!"
Hu Ling was anxious to go back.
She was worried that things would go wrong at Linglong Club if she wasn't there.
However, Chen Zhe did not agree.
"Sister Hu, you noticed when we came here, right? We're still very far from the main road. If we go down now, we'll really be trapped when they come back."
Hu Ling was not unaware of this danger.
But I'm still worried about what might happen.
"We can't hide in the mountains forever! If they can't find us on the road, they'll come back to search the mountains sooner or later!"
Given the current situation, hiding in the mountains is not safe, and going back is not safe either.
So Hu Ling decided to take the plunge and hoped she would run into other cars on the road.
However, Chen Zhe was unwilling to take the risk, feeling that it was safer in the mountains than down there.
Hu Ling was anxious, but she had twisted her ankle and could only rely on Chen Zhe.
"You dare disobey my orders?"
"Sister Hu, it's not that I'm disobeying your orders, but you're too hasty. Your orders are wrong. You know it's dangerous to go down there. We can escape once, but we can't guarantee we can escape a second time. If we get caught a second time, we're really done for."
Hu Ling hesitated. Chen Zhe was right; the risk of being caught a second time was indeed too great.
"Then what do you suggest we do? We can't just sit here in the mountains and wait to die, can we? Judging by the timeline, if they can't find us on the road, they'll definitely come back to search the mountains. My leg is injured now, and if they find us even a little bit, we're still doomed."
Chen Zhe mentally considered all the possibilities. He knew he couldn't stay in the mountains for long with Hu Ling on his back. If they stayed still, they would probably be discovered. But if they moved, the risk would increase. They didn't have any lighting equipment in the pitch-black mountains, and it was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't step on a rock or fall somewhere. The risk would be even greater then.
After much deliberation, Chen Zhe made a bold decision.
"Let's go back!"
"Go back where?"
Hu Ling asked.
"Go back to the house we just left in."
Hu Ling blurted out instinctively, "Are you crazy? Isn't that just sitting here waiting to die? We barely managed to escape."
“I’m not crazy. As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. They must think we’ve been running away and would never expect us to come back.”
"Are you so sure? Do you know what they did before?"
"I'm not quite sure about that..."
"Let me tell you, both of them are veterans. Xiao Shan was a reconnaissance soldier with a strong counter-surveillance awareness. Do you think he wouldn't have thought of the method you just used?"
"this……"
Chen Zhe failed to consider this point.
“Here’s what we’re going to do. Staying here isn’t safe, and going down isn’t an option either, but going back now isn’t an option either. Let’s split up. You take me back to that house, and then you stay in the mountains. Their target is me; you’re just an afterthought. If they really come back, then you can take the opportunity to escape. Once they catch me, they won’t go to so much trouble to find you.”
"Sister Hu, this isn't right..."
Chen Zhe thought so too. It would be best for the two of them to separate at this time. As long as one of them escaped, there would be a chance to call for help.
Otherwise, both of them would die.
"It's decided then, but you must promise me that if you really escape, you must find a way to come back and save me as soon as possible!"
"Sister Hu, don't worry! It's all wrapped up!"
Chen Zhe patted his chest and assured him.
Hu Ling gave Chen Zhe a deep look, then took out a jade pendant from her bosom and handed it to Chen Zhe.
Chen Zhe was puzzled as to whether it was a jade pendant that was still warm in his hand.
"Sister Hu, what's this?"
"This is my personal jade pendant. If you escape, give it to Yang Yun. Once Yang Yun sees the jade pendant, she will trust you. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for you to mobilize them."
"Okay! I've got it."
"besides……"
Hu Ling paused for a moment; "If you escape and I get caught, and something really happens... then Linglong Club will be in your hands."
Chen Zhe was stunned for a moment.
He never expected Hu Ling to say such a thing. Originally, he had a very bad idea in his mind, such as escaping and then leaving Hu Ling to fend for herself, so that he would be free.
But Hu Ling's words made him feel that his previous thoughts were very dirty.
"Sister Hu, you trust me so much...aren't you afraid...aren't you afraid that I won't come back after I take the jade pendant?"
Hu Ling chuckled.
"Then I'll just say I trusted the wrong person. Trusting the wrong person comes at a price, just like we are now. I trusted the wrong people, Huang Feng and Xiao Shan, and that's why I've ended up in this situation. If you betray me now, then it means that fate is truly against me."
Chen Zhe gripped the jade pendant tightly in his hand.
He said confidently, "Sister Hu, don't worry! I will definitely escape and then I will have someone bring you back safely."
"Thank you! I believe I didn't misjudge you!"
At this moment, Hu Ling took the initiative to give Chen Zhe a hug, a very open and generous hug.
Chen Zhe blushed slightly.
...
He took Hu Ling back to the house, then hid her in a corner of the house, covering her with some thatch as a precaution.
"Sister Hu, wait for me, I will definitely come back."
"Yes, I believe you!"
Hu Ling gripped Chen Zhe's hand tightly; "Go, you must go far away!"
Okay! Take care!
After exchanging a few more words of concern, Chen Zhe set off with the jade pendant he was carrying.
He dared not take the main road, so he could only go into the mountains. Even in the daytime, he could not tell which way to go in the mountains, let alone at night.
Chen Zhe could only rely on his instincts and kept running along the foot of the mountain.
About half an hour later.
Chen Zhe heard the sound of a car in the distance. He immediately stopped and saw the car heading towards the house.
Hu Ling was right; they did indeed return, and they were heading in the direction of the house.
"Thank goodness, Hu Ling knows them better. We were both inside the house, and now we're in trouble. But is she really safe?"
Chen Zhe dared not think too much about it and could only pray that Hu Ling could escape them and buy him time to bring back reinforcements.
In the darkness, Chen Zhe felt his way forward step by step, his body cut in many places by sharp thorns, but he didn't dare to stop.
...
Xiao Shan and Huang Feng returned to the house.
The two of them started searching inside the house.
Xiao Shan was originally a reconnaissance soldier.
They have a strong sense of counter-surveillance.
He ran around for a while, then immediately turned back. He thought that someone as smart as Hu Ling might realize that the most dangerous place was the safest place.
Two people running on foot can't get very far in the mountains, especially since it's nighttime. It would be hard for them to survive in the mountains. The only way is to turn back and hide here.
The wasp searched for a while, then its eyes fell on the tangled weeds in the corner.
We've come this far, step by step.
He reached out and parted the tangled weeds, but there was nothing inside.
They searched the entire room, but no one was hiding there.
The wasp cursed angrily, "Damn it! I told you not to come back! How could they be so stupid as to turn back and hide here? Hu Ling is a smart woman, I told you to keep chasing along the road, but you wouldn't listen to me."
Xiao Shan was also puzzled. He stood there, stroking his chin as he pondered.
"That's not right, they couldn't have gone that far. Could they really be hiding in the mountains?"
"Hiding in the mountains? Hiding in the mountains at night? Are they crazy? What do we do now? Should we search the mountains?"
"Wait a minute, Ah Feng, do you remember something?"
"What's up?"
"The wasp asked."
“I remember Hu Ling had a jade pendant with a locator inside. Because we needed to protect her before, she once said that as long as we turned on the locator, we could know her location.”
"She'll have to open it herself first. Do you think she'll be able to open it?"
“Even if we opened it before, it wouldn’t have worked, because we’ve installed signal jammers all the way here, including in this room. But now that they’ve escaped, she’ll definitely open it!”
Wasp's eyes lit up; "That's right! How come I didn't think of that? Let's hurry! Log in and check it out!"
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