Upon hearing this, Du Ruo turned off the flashlight in her hand and put it back into the bag behind her.
The cave was filled with a damp smell, and the flashlight emitted a faint light on the stone wall. The silence in the night made people feel a little uneasy. Occasionally, the sound of wind and the roar of unknown animals could be heard, which made people feel palpitations.
Du Ruo leaned his head against the stone wall, feeling the cold and damp air. Time seemed to freeze at this moment, and every minute and every second seemed particularly long.
Du Ruo could even hear her own heartbeat echoing in her ears, and the past that she tried hard to forget was infinitely magnified. For some reason, the figure of Yuan Tingchuan suddenly flashed before her eyes, standing tall and majestic like a mountain.
Suddenly, a chill came over him. Du Ruo looked up and saw a crack in the stone wall beside the wall. The dim moonlight leaked in faintly, weak but touching.
Du Ruo leaned against the stone wall, her thoughts swirling. Suddenly, Yuan Wu extinguished the flashlight in his hand. He and Yuan Qi came to Du Ruo's side, one on each side. "Hurry up, someone is coming."
Du Ruo's heart was pounding. Yuan Wu looked outside and saw a dozen or so figures moving vaguely on the mountain road, with several beams of flashlight swaying in the dark.
It was too late to go out, so Yuan Wu and Yuan Qi decisively pulled Du Ruo inside.
Yuan Wu turned on the flashlight and ran forward along the stone wall of the cave. He led the way for Yuan Qi and Du Ruo: "Xiao Qi, take good care of Mr. Du and watch your step."
The cave was very humid and covered with slippery moss. Du Ruo was not careful and almost rolled out.
Yuan Qi rushed forward, grabbed her arm and pulled her back.
Yuan Qi swept his flashlight and saw a large crack on the other side of the cave, which was pitch black and bottomless.
Du Ruo shuddered violently. If he fell...
Yuan Wu breathed a sigh of relief and gestured to the two men to hurry up and catch up. There was a grass nest left by them in the cave, and people would know at a glance that someone had been there. They might have caught up with them now.
Yuan Qi also knew that it was not suitable to stay here for long. He reached out and hugged Du Ruo's waist: "I'm sorry, Mr. Du."
He half-carried and half-dragged Du Ruo forward, and Yuan Wu said, "Something's wrong here."
Du Ruo and Yuan Qi followed the light of his flashlight and looked towards the crack. They saw dark water flowing below and a mess of floating objects on the water surface. They didn't know where the water was flowing to.
Yuan Qi pulled a compass from his pocket, snorted, and said, "Being chased like a dog is only possible here. If this happened in Burma, we wouldn't be afraid of more than a dozen people, let alone a dozen. It's not like we haven't done this before."
Yuan Wu frowned and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Is this a place where gunshots can be fired? Our mission is to escort Mr. Du away safely. These people are the police's business and have nothing to do with us."
He shone his flashlight around, pointed ahead, and said, "If we go that way, we should be around the side and back of the cave. Let's find a place sheltered from the wind. It'll be daylight in two or three hours, so we can go down the mountain in broad daylight."
A few people climbed to the other side of the cliff. Yuan Wu tested the water. It wasn't deep. He found a branch and poked it in the water a few times. "We can get through. You two follow me and go slowly."
A few people crossed the river and climbed up the opposite mountain wall, then they heard footsteps behind them.
The three people leaned against the stone wall and dared not move. Faint voices of talking could be heard coming from them.
"Those guys must have run away from this side. They were carrying a woman, and it was so dark, they couldn't have gotten far."
"Logically speaking, we should have seen him long ago. Why is there no sign of him yet?"
"Look at the footprints on the ground. They must be that woman's. The direction is correct."
"Will they go up that cliff face?"
"That's impossible. It's so late, and they're dragging a woman with them. They don't dare go over to the other side of the cliff."
"Then let's hurry up and chase after them until we reach the fork in the road ahead."
The voices of several people were getting quieter and quieter. Yuan Wu and Yuan Qi estimated that they were probably walking further and further away.
The three people walked along the mountain wall and gradually saw the light on the mountain wall. Yuan Wu glanced at his watch. It was already past three o'clock and the sky was getting brighter. They had to hurry and get out of the mountain.
The three of them walked along the stone wall, one step deep and one step shallow, and finally found a crack. They pulled each other to the ground.
Du Ruo sat down on the ground. This night was so thrilling. Except for the time in her previous life when she and Ling Yun were in danger at the border of Myanmar and fled for a day and a night, this was the first time she suffered since her rebirth.
Yuan Wu looked around and said to Yuan Qi, who was sitting on the ground, "Get up! We haven't even started earning our double salary yet. Get up and leave here quickly. If we get caught, won't our brothers laugh at us when we get back?"
Yuan Qi exhaled fiercely. Just as he was about to speak, he felt as if there was someone in front of him. He quickly stood up, reached out from the edge of his pants that was sticking to his calf, and pulled out a dagger, with a light flickering in his eyes.
Yuan Wu also held a knife in his hand, and his eyes were fixed on the intersection, like a hungry wolf ready to pounce at any time, his back tense and ready to strike.
Suddenly, Yuan Qi breathed a sigh of relief. He twirled the dagger in his hand around his fingertips and said, "Mr. Yuan is here."
Du Ruo looked up and saw Yuan Tingchuan's tall and straight figure appear on the mountain road in the gray sky.
As he got closer, Du Ruo saw that a large area of his shoulder was wet with the morning dew, and there were traces of dampness on his hair.
Yuan Tingchuan was wearing a black striped French shirt with trousers underneath. His leather shoes were covered with grass fragments, and the diamond cufflinks on his wrists moved like starlight. It was obvious that he was not prepared at all and went up the mountain in a hurry.
Du Ruo was too tired to get up. She sat on the ground, looking up at Yuan Tingchuan as he approached. Facing the man's sharp gaze, she said with a smile, "Long time no see, Mr. Yuan, why are you here?"
Yuan Tingchuan looked down at Du Ruo with a somewhat arrogant look on his face. After a while, he sneered, "The sun is shining. I'm just out for a walk. Nice to meet you, Mr. Du?"
Du Ruo looked at the sky which was just beginning to brighten. She touched her nose awkwardly and secretly glanced at Yuan Tingchuan with a cold expression. Well, he saved her, so she couldn't just kill him after he had done his job.
What's more, I can't kill this donkey. It can kick me away with one kick.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard from behind, and Du Ruo subconsciously looked at Yuan Tingchuan.
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