Huo Xicheng saw that He Yuhan did not speak or indicate that he knew her. He simply said, "I saw that you had a girl held hostage, so I came to check on you. I hope you will not hurt her."
The man with the gun said, "Friend, see what we have in our hands? It doesn't have eyes. Now that you're here, you're not leaving. Come over here yourself, and don't make me waste my breath."
Huo Xicheng pretended to raise his hand and said, "Friend, don't shoot. I'm just curious, I don't mean anything by it. Otherwise, I'll leave and not get involved in this."
Seeing that Huo Xicheng was scared, the other party snorted and said, "We can't let you go now. Come over here right now, or you'll taste what a bullet tastes like."
Huo Xicheng pretended to be scared and slowly walked up to the two people who were holding He Yuhan hostage.
Just then, about ten people walked out of the small village and headed towards He Yuhan and the others.
The two men holding He Yuhan hostage were momentarily distracted, and Huo Xicheng seized the opportunity to kick the gun out of the man's hand. Two kicks sent both thugs flying, one unconscious and the other writhing on the ground clutching his stomach.
Huo Xicheng is tall and has never relaxed his training. This time, he is giving it his all and his energy is tremendous.
This sudden turn of events caused about a dozen people walking over from a distance to pull out their pistols and run towards them.
Huo Xicheng quickly picked up the pistol from the ground, swiftly untied the ropes binding He Yuhan, and pulled her towards the mountain. The dozen or so people running towards them were blocking the way down the mountain, so he had no choice but to run uphill with He Yuhan.
Without hesitation, He Yuhan quickly followed Huo Xicheng up the mountain. As they ran, she asked, "Brother Huo, why did you come with me?"
Huo Xicheng replied, "I just happened to see you being led into a car, and I felt something was wrong, so I followed you. These people have obviously been planning this for a long time, and they must have a big conspiracy. We must not let them catch us."
At this moment, the people behind saw that He Yuhan had been rescued and chased after them relentlessly, with some even firing shots at them.
When Huo Xicheng saw the guns being fired from behind, he knew the situation was worse; these people didn't care about their lives. It seemed they probably never intended for He Yuhan to return alive.
He was once again thankful that he had just witnessed He Yuhan being kidnapped; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Since the people behind him had started shooting, Huo Xicheng didn't hold back and also fired back from time to time.
He Yuhan felt bullets hitting her from time to time. If she wasn't careful, they would hit her and Huo Xicheng. Getting injured would be the least of her worries; she could very well be killed.
At this critical moment, He Yuhan no longer held back. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a pistol, and began to fight back just like Huo Xicheng.
Huo Xicheng was surprised to see that He Yuhan had a gun, but he didn't have time to think about it.
Huo Xicheng's marksmanship was honed through countless trials, far surpassing He Yuhan's. Therefore, those chasing them were frequently injured.
However, Huo Xicheng had a limited number of bullets, and they ran out quickly.
Upon seeing this, He Yuhan immediately threw the pistol she had just exchanged from her spatial storage, which was full of bullets, to Huo Xicheng.
Just as Huo Xicheng caught the gun, He Yuhan was shot. A bullet hit He Yuhan's shoulder, and a spurt of blood made Huo Xicheng's eyes red. He shouted, "Yuhan!"
He quickly hugged He Yuhan and asked anxiously, "Yuhan, how are you?"
He Yuhan's vision blurred from the intense pain in her shoulder, but she persevered and said, "I can hold on. Let's run! These people want to kill us. We can't let them catch us. If things get too bad, you run first. Don't worry about me."
With red eyes, Huo Xicheng said, "I won't leave you alone. If I have to die, I'll die with you."
At this critical moment, Huo Xicheng disregarded the taboo of men and women and carried He Yuhan forward.
The woods were overgrown with weeds and the branches were intertwined. Soon, their clothes were torn, and their faces and hands were scratched and bleeding.
The people behind them were in hot pursuit, seemingly determined to catch them.
While He Yuhan and her companions were desperately trying to escape in the mountains, the intense gunfire attracted the attention of people nearby outside the mountains.
This situation quickly reached Han Xiao and his team, immediately drawing their attention. He Zhendong was soon ordered to lead a team into the mountains to investigate.
The people behind He Yuhan and her group kept firing as they chased after them, and Huo Xicheng was soon hit, his back quickly turning bloody. But he didn't stop for a moment, nor did he let He Yuhan know that he was injured.
The terrain in the mountains is very complex, and people unfamiliar with it can easily get lost. Huo Xicheng had never been to this mountain forest before and knew nothing about the terrain, so he could only rely on his instincts to help He Yuhan escape.
But fate seemed unwilling to be kind to them; as they ran, they reached the edge of a cliff.
Those chasing them seemed to realize that Huo Xicheng and He Yuhan were at their wits' end, so they slowed down their pursuit because they were too exhausted.
At this point, only five people remained who had caught up; the other five had probably been injured by Huo Xicheng.
Huo Xicheng helped He Yuhan stand at the edge of the cliff, watching the people slowly approach.
He was shocked when he saw that one of the five people was someone he recognized, and exclaimed, "Han Yichuan?"
Upon hearing this, He Yuhan asked, "Brother Huo, do you know him?"
Huo Xicheng narrowed his eyes and said, "He is the second son of Han Yixian's second uncle. I met him in Kyoto before."
Upon hearing this, He Yuhan said, "It seems that the one who plotted to arrest me this time is very likely the second branch of the Han family. It seems that my previous guess was correct. They have always coveted everything in the Han family and wanted to replace the first branch in taking control of the Han family."
As the two were talking, the five people chasing them had already stopped a short distance away, panting heavily.
One of them shouted, "Run! Why aren't you running? If you run any further, we'll make you fall off the cliff and be smashed into mincemeat. If you've got the guts, jump off!"
Huo Xicheng immediately stood in front of He Yuhan, and only then did He Yuhan notice that Huo Xicheng's back was soaked with blood.
She exclaimed, "Brother Huo, you're injured?"
Huo Xicheng said, "It's alright, I know what I'm doing, the injury isn't serious."
He Yuhan burst into tears as she looked at Huo Xicheng's back, soaked in blood. Huo Xicheng must have been injured long ago, yet he carried her without uttering a sound. Huo Xicheng shouldn't have suffered such hardship; it was all for her sake.
He Yuhan turned to look at the bottomless cliff behind her. They had been forced onto the cliff, with no way to escape. If they fell, they would surely die. But she had her own space; she could save herself.
Huo Xicheng has already gone to such lengths for her; even if her spatial dimension is exposed, she can't bear to watch him die. If handled properly, the spatial dimension might not be exposed at all.
She made up her mind and quietly prepared behind Huo Xicheng's back.
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