Chapter 447 The Ruthless Male Lead 6 Haven't they been here since they were little?
Where are you going after you leave?
Zi Xi looked at him blankly, not quite understanding what leaving meant.
But she could sense that when he said those words, he had a do-or-die determination.
But she didn't understand, so she simply gripped his hand tighter in return, expressing her feelings through her actions.
She followed me wherever I went.
As Shen Li looked at their clasped hands and then at her completely trusting eyes, his plan began to take shape in his mind.
Escape was no longer a vague idea, but the only way to survive that had to be taken.
The wounds behind a sullen and resentful demeanor heal very slowly in harsh environments.
But he seemed not to feel the pain, or rather, the pain only strengthened his determination to escape.
That siege made him realize that as long as he remained in the Dark Abyss, the little fool would always be in danger.
And he couldn't possibly protect her every time.
He must act quickly.
Once he was able to move around a little, Chen Li began to take advantage of every opportunity to observe the injuries meticulously.
He observed the instructors' shift changes and patrol routes, recorded the blind spots and intervals swept by the searchlights, and surveyed the oldest and most easily damaged sections of the barbed wire.
They even pay attention to weather changes to find the best time to sneak around at night.
At the same time, he began a rigorous training program for Zi Xi.
He knew he couldn't get her to understand complex tactics or fighting techniques in a short time; what he wanted to train was her instinctive reactions.
In the wooden hut where there were only two people, he would suddenly issue short commands.
"Crouch down!"
"Don't move!"
"Come with me!"
At first, Zi Xi couldn't react and looked at him blankly.
Shen Li would then use a cold gaze or a slightly forceful gesture to force her to comply.
He offered no explanation, only repeating himself over and over again.
He would take her along for short-distance stealth simulations when the camp's security was relatively lax late at night.
Teach her how to move using shadows, control her breathing, and walk in the mud to minimize the sound.
His demands were extremely strict, and any slight mistake in movement would result in a harsh rebuke from him.
Zi Xi was terrified of him at times like this, but a deeper instinct—the desire to keep up with him—driven her.
She learned slowly but very hard, and her pure eyes began to show something beyond confusion and fear.
Shen Li watched her clumsy but earnest imitation, and occasionally, when she was so tired that she could barely stand, he would toss her a small piece of candy or allow her to rest for a moment by herself.
This brief moment of warmth was the only respite Zi Xi received during her brutal training.
The escape route gradually became clear in his mind.
Using the cover of the stormy night, they cut through the barbed wire near the abandoned sewage outlet on the west side of the camp and crossed the edge of a minefield riddled with traps.
Then they entered the complex terrain of the primitive forests behind them and moved towards the border under the cover of the forests.
He broke down the plan into simple steps and repeatedly instilled them in Zixi, regardless of whether she could understand them.
"Follow me."
"No matter what happens, you are not allowed to make a sound."
"Run, keep running, don't look back."
Soon, the opportunity to escape arrived in the dead of night amidst thunder and lightning.
The wind whipped up large raindrops that pelted down, enveloping the entire camp in deafening rain and flashes of lightning that occasionally ripped across the sky.
The beams of the searchlights became blurred in the rain, and the guards on the watchtower ducked back to avoid the wind and rain.
Right now.
Shen Li silently pried open the back window of the wooden house and slid into the rainy night with Zi Xi.
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