The mountain forest was shrouded in mist, and the morning light had not yet penetrated the thin clouds.
As Chu Wuyang ran, he kept looking back, and he could faintly hear the sound of police sirens coming from the direction of the villa.
Her heels kept sinking into the wet mud, and her breathing became increasingly rapid.
The hurried, unsettling footsteps were right behind them.
"Wuyang!"
Zhou Heng's voice was neither too close nor too far, carrying a hint of anxiety.
"Don't run! There's a cliff ahead!"
Chu Wuyang's heart trembled.
He slipped, stumbled, and fell to the ground.
My palm was scraped raw, and a stinging pain came in waves.
She propped herself up.
I was startled to realize that behind me was the edge of a steep cliff.
When the wind blows, the stone chips underfoot tumble down.
She turned around.
Zhou Heng had indeed caught up, looking anxious.
"Don't move! Don't back up anymore, it's too dangerous."
"Don't come any closer!"
Chu Wuyang's voice trembled slightly, but her eyes were fixed on him.
It's like guarding against a wild beast.
Seeing that she was on high alert, Zhou Heng slowly raised his hands.
signaling surrender.
"Okay, I won't move."
His tone softened.
"Come a little closer, watch your step... I won't touch you, okay?"
Chu Wuyang bit her lip.
Sweat beaded on his forehead; he knew that taking one step back meant certain death.
Yet she still resisted getting close to this person.
But in that moment of hesitation,
Zhou Heng suddenly took a step forward and grabbed her wrist.
"you--!"
She screamed and tried to break free.
But she found that the man's hand was as strong as iron.
"Don't be afraid,"
Zhou Heng said in a low voice,
Then he pulled Chu Wuyang away, but in the opposite direction from the villa.
Chu Wuyang's expression quickly tightened.
"Where are you taking me? Let me go!"
"The villa has been exposed; we can't go back. I'll take you to a safe place."
Zhou Heng's voice was calm but with a hint of firmness.
He received news as soon as he stepped outside that someone was approaching, so he immediately rushed back.
That's how he happened to run into Chu Wuyang, who was trying to escape.
Although there wasn't time to delve into who they were or how they quickly and accurately located this new relocation site,
But I roughly guessed that he had probably been sold out by Mr. Jin and become a pawn.
But it's okay.
Ever since he boarded that ship, he had known this day would come sooner or later; he had long since become indifferent to life and death.
But when this day came, he didn't expect to feel a little reluctant to leave.
He tightened his grip on the woman's wrist.
All he could think about was how to seize this opportunity to escape Jingmin's clutches with the woman.
Chu Wuyang was unaware of Zhou Heng's thoughts, only vaguely sensing a hidden meaning in his words.
But there was no time to think it through.
He had already dragged her towards the side of the forest path.
Chu Wuyang struggled violently.
"Where are you taking me? Let go!"
"Don't be afraid, I'm ready."
Zhou Heng pointed down the cliff, where a black speedboat could be vaguely seen emerging from the morning mist.
“Those are my men. As long as we go down, we can get away.”
"Escape?"
Chu Wuyang suddenly grasped the word, a glimmer of hope flashing in her eyes.
"Has someone arrived?"
"Is it Jingmin?"
"Jingmin came to see me? Let me go!"
Her voice trembled with uncontrollable joy, and she struggled even more violently.
A complex emotion flashed in Zhou Heng's eyes.
He simply gripped her arm tightly, his grip firm and silent, and turned to drag her along the path at the edge of the cliff.
"Let me go! Zhou Heng!"
Chu Wuyang screamed and struggled fiercely, her arm aching from being pulled.
Her skirt was torn among the low branches, and a sharp twig grazed her calf.
The bloodstain instantly stained the white hem of her skirt.
"ah--!"
She gasped in surprise, her body swaying slightly.
Zhou Heng turned around abruptly, squatted down, and examined her wound.
"Don't move, let me see—"
Before the words were finished,
"Bang!"
Gunshots rang out suddenly.
Zhou Heng's shoulder jolted suddenly, and a drop of blood splattered onto Chu Wuyang's cheek.
His body stiffened for two seconds, then he slumped down.
But he still held her hand tightly.
"Zhou Heng! You..."
Chu Wuyang's voice changed from fright.
I watched helplessly as sweat beaded on his forehead and blood soaked through his clothes on his left shoulder.
Zhou Heng gritted his teeth, his right hand swiftly drawing a black pistol from his waist. His eyes, sharp as a cheetah, scanned his surroundings, and he growled.
"Don't move!"
A muffled thud in the forest startled the birds on the branches.
Chu Wuyang was still in shock when
Suddenly, I heard a series of deep but unusually steady footsteps.
"Bang--"
Another shot,
The bullet struck the soil in front of Zhou Heng with perfect accuracy, blocking his escape route.
Then, a man emerged from the depths of the morning mist—
He was wearing a long, knee-length black trench coat, his silhouette shrouded in mist.
His trench coat was slightly open, revealing a sharply tailored dark gray suit underneath, which accentuated his tall and slender figure.
On his feet were leather boots, damp with dew and mud.
His hair was slightly disheveled, but fine drops of dew still clung clearly to his forehead.
They had clearly been lying in ambush in the woods for quite some time.
His face was solemn.
It was none other than Yang Jinchu.
He held a gun in his right hand, the muzzle pointed directly at Zhou Heng.
The killing intent that had been suppressed and restrained for a long time condensed within him.
It was even more terrifying in the foggy mountain forest.
He was like a black panther that had been lying in wait for a long time.
Finally, at the moment when the prey revealed a weakness, it decisively struck.
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