It was already five in the morning and it was still dark. Luo Pingjiang held a flashlight and followed the direction of the footprints. After chasing them for a dozen steps, he suddenly saw something.
There were a few wooden beads scattered on the ground. Luo Pingjiang bent down and picked them all up. One of them was engraved with "rqq".
During this journey, Luo Pingjiang felt anxious, calm, decisive, and hesitant.
There was hopelessness and desire, but he kept moving forward with a cold spirit. Only at this moment, the tall man of about 1.80 meters, holding a few old beads covered with mud in his hands, suddenly felt his eyes hot and a mixture of sweetness and bitterness in his heart.
He kicked the beads into his pocket, took two steps, and easily jumped onto the small slope of nearly two meters.
He could even imagine how hard Ruan Qingqing and Zeng Xi had tried to climb up not long ago.
On top of the slope was a dark forest. Luo Pingjiang took out his telescope but couldn't see anything at first. He listened carefully again, but there was only the sound of the wind. He had no choice but to continue following the footprints.
But after chasing for a few minutes, the soil became increasingly dry and hard, the footprints disappeared, and Luo Pingjiang lost track of them.
At this time, the sky transitioned from dark black to dark blue, and visibility became relatively low.
Luo Pingjiang looked up and saw endless grass and trees all around him, surrounded by mountains, with mist rising and no trace of human beings.
At this moment, the cell phone vibrated in his pocket. Luo Pingjiang saw that it was Yuan Ming calling, so he picked up the phone immediately.
"Lao Luo! You are amazing! The criminal police team from the neighboring county just contacted us. They found that the same SUV frequently appeared around Zhen Rongrong and Zeng Xi a few days before they disappeared. The driver's behavior was very suspicious.
Less than two minutes later, when I was about to contact you, you sent me a photo of that SUV, and the license plate number was exactly the same!
There's something fishy about that cage. We suspect you've already found that person's lair! The police in both places have decided to take joint action and will send police forces over immediately! Stay still and wait for support. ”
Luo Pingjiang said coldly: "Have you finally made a move? I believe there are still survivors. They are currently missing with the suspects. The situation is very critical. I will send you a new location and update it at any time.
In addition, the bridge leading to the mountain was washed away, and the suspect must have driven the car in from another hidden road. The sooner you get there the better. The sooner you get there the better. ”
Yuan Ming: "Hey, don't act alone, safety first, you're not a policeman..."
Luo Pingjiang: "Stop talking nonsense, I can't wait." Then he hung up the phone.
Luo Pingjiang looked up and felt more confident.
Now, he needs to determine which direction they are fleeing to, find out the situation in advance, and even carry out a rescue.
Otherwise, if a large number of police officers arrived, the person would be alarmed and might do something desperate, and the consequences would be unpredictable.
He took out the telescope again, but accidentally brought out a few things. He looked down and found that they were the fluorescent sticks that Chen Muyun asked him to buy last time.
He went home last night, grabbed a bag and left, and the glow sticks were kept in the bag.
He ignored the glow stick and looked around. There were lights on the mountains to the southeast and northwest, and the camera showed that they were residential houses.
Even if you put down the telescope, you can still see faint lights with your naked eyes. Ruan Qingqing was smart and calm, and she was able to escape from that man. So would she take the distant lights as the direction of escape?
He thought about it, closed his eyes again, and listened carefully.
The whole mountain seemed to be quiet. Amid the sound of the wind and the shaking of the trees, he heard the vague and faint sound of vehicles passing by.
He had an idea and raised his telescope. Sure enough, at the foot of the mountain in the northeast direction, I saw a corner of a road and a flash of car lights.
She would flee there - he thought, the nearest escape route, it would be dawn soon and there would be more cars passing by. Far better than the hope of survival brought by the lonely houses on the mountains.
Luo Pingjiang ran wildly towards the highway.
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Faced with the man's fierce pursuit and the vast mountains and wilderness, Ruan Qingqing held her breath and ran towards the highway with Zeng Xi.
Although the road didn't look close, she wasn't even sure if it was passable. However, this direction offers a greater chance of survival than fleeing to an isolated house.
As I ran, the faint sound of footsteps behind me seemed to disappear. Ruan Qingqing was delighted. Was that person lost?
After running for more than ten minutes, they saw the road getting closer and closer and could hear the obvious sound of vehicles. The two girls were exhausted and had fallen several times on the road. They were covered in mud, in pain, and staggering.
Hearing that there were no footsteps behind them, Ruan Qingqing pulled Zeng Xi and leaned against a tree, breathing heavily and resting.
Zeng Xi was still in shock and asked: Did we... escape?
Ruan Qingqing: Almost there!
Zeng Xi: Let’s call the police!
Suddenly, Ruan Qingqing caught a glimpse of a figure flashing in the woods about forty or fifty meters ahead.
This sight just gave her the creeps.
The sky had turned a pale blue before dawn, and there was some visibility, but it was still dim.
The man was not tall and had a solid build. He was only wearing a pair of pants and had his upper body bare, which made him particularly conspicuous in the woods.
Ruan Qingqing grabbed Zeng Xi's arm and pushed her to the ground. Zeng Xi was instantly terrified. Ruan Qingqing only felt a chill that seeped up from her back to her forehead. She stared straight ahead, and Zeng Xi also looked over.
A few seconds later, the nearly naked figure appeared again. He took a few steps, seemed to choose a place, lowered his body, and disappeared, motionless.
Zeng Xi's teeth started to chatter as he asked Ruan Qingqing: Why is he there? How come it's in front of us!
Ruan Qingqing closed her eyes and let out a trembling breath.
She told Zeng Xi: He must have deduced that we would escape in this direction, so he took a shortcut in advance and waited for us to bump into him.
Zeng Xi: What should we do then? Can't escape? I would rather die than be caught by him again. I would rather die!
Ruan Qingqing: Don’t talk about death, it hasn’t reached that point yet.
Zeng Xi: But we can’t get through!
Ruan Qingqing: Then I won’t go over there! Let’s run back!
Zeng Xi was dumbfounded: Go back?
Ruan Qingqing gritted her teeth: When I came out, I saw his car parked next to the house. There must be another road next to the house, and the car could drive in from outside. The most dangerous place is the safest place, let’s find that way.
However, this time, the goddess of luck still did not favor her.
After they had been running back for about ten minutes, they suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind them, and the sound of grass being hit and trampled - he had discovered them and caught up with them!
But Ruan Qingqing and Zeng Xi could hardly run anymore, and their speed was getting slower and slower.
It was already dawning.
Zeng Xi couldn't hear anything, but when she looked back, she saw the tall grass and trees shaking wildly, and her face was filled with despair: We can't escape!
Ruan Qingqing looked up and saw that they were still at least ten minutes away from the house. She glanced at the hammer clenched in her hand - two against one, was there any chance of winning?
The answer is no, the man is strong, agile, brutal and experienced.
However, even at this point, there is absolutely no word "give up" in Ruan Qingqing's dictionary.
She had no time to be afraid and quickly looked around, looking for any conditions that could be exploited.
Suddenly, her gaze froze.
When Zeng Xi turned around, he saw Ruan Qingqing's pale face and her eyes staring at the ground.
Zeng Xi followed her gaze and saw a... glow stick lying in the grass? There is a heart on the top, which emits a hazy glow in the dim sky.
Zeng Xi was confused: How come this thing suddenly appeared?
Then, she saw Ruan Qingqing's expression suddenly became strange. It was like crying, but also like laughing, his eyes were full of disbelief, and his lips were trembling with uncontrollable excitement.
Ruan Qingqing bent down to pick up the glow stick, and at the same moment, a tear silently slid down her cheek.
Even when she was being beaten by the pervert, Zeng Xi did not see Ruan Qingqing shed tears. But now, she was crying.
Ruan Qingqing held the glowing fluorescent stick, closed her eyes, and slowly smiled.
When they ran out, they took the same route, but there was no glow stick at that time. Because it was much darker at the time, if there was any, it would have been very conspicuous and it would have been impossible not to notice it.
She had seen glow sticks like this before.
This place is deserted and isolated from the world. Other remains have been buried here but have not yet been discovered.
She thought no one would ever find her, so how could a miracle happen?
…
She once had a person she liked very much in her heart, but she only met him once. There were five years and misaligned lives between them.
The world is boundless, the human sea is immense, the mountains and darkness block the way, and the terror in people’s hearts forms a cage.
But he found her.
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