Just then, a series of scattered footsteps came from outside the door, and a bandit staggered over, yawning, seemingly there to relieve the bandit of his shift.
Zheng Yu's eyes lit up, and he gritted his teeth, deliberately saying loudly, "Oh dear, I have to pee so badly! My stomach hurts terribly!" The bandits outside the door cursed, "What 'young master'? I hate you bunch of lowlifes!"
"What are you yelling about! If you keep yelling, I'll beat you to death!"
"No, brother! My stomach really hurts."
Zheng Yu clutched his stomach in agreement, his voice sounding genuinely pained, "I think I got food poisoning from that spoiled food. Please, brother, let me go out and relieve myself."
Zheng Yu's feint attack was quite effective.
[Bandits, open the door! You've fallen into a trap!]
[The vicious female supporting character is suffocating! Help her up! Wake up! She's trying to escape!]
The bandit stared at Zheng Yu for a moment, hesitated slightly, and reluctantly opened the cell door: "Damn it, hurry up! Don't try anything funny! Otherwise, I'll kill you."
"Alright, brother." Zheng Yu replied, but deliberately dawdled. He noticed the bandit's eyes were fixed on him, so he secretly flashed a piece of silver hidden in his sleeve.
"Brother, look, this is a little gold I have on me. Please make an exception and have the chief find a doctor. This is yours."
As the saying goes, "money makes one's eyes light up," and the bandit's eyes immediately lit up as he greedily stared at the piece of silver.
"Really?!"
"Of course it's true!"
Zheng Yu deliberately pulled the broken silver back, saying, "Good brother, if you let me out, I have an even bigger piece." Hearing this, the bandit quickly looked behind him, worried that someone would come and take his silver.
He swallowed hard, then chuckled and nimbly opened the cell door: "You little brat! Don't try to fool me! I'm not someone to be trifled with." But the moment the bandit walked in, Zheng Yu suddenly stood up and punched him in the back of the neck.
Caught off guard, the bandit doubled over in pain and screamed.
Zheng Yu swung his fist again, striking the bandit on the top of the head.
The bandit's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
[Impressive! As expected of the male lead, impressive skills!]
[Finally defeated one! Run!]
[Villainous Female Supporting Character: I knew you could do it]
He Yi gasped and struggled to stand up. Zheng Yu quickly supported her, "Don't move, you still have a fever. Don't make a sound. I'll carry you this way." Zheng Yu quickly untied his own ropes and then quickly untied the ropes binding He Yi.
Then she squatted down, pointed to her back, and reminded her, "Come on up!" He Yi moved slowly, even though she was more anxious than anyone else.
She finally managed to climb onto Zheng Yu's back, and Zheng Yu immediately carried her on his back, quietly making their way out of the cell. Fortunately, the guards outside were all fast asleep, so it went relatively smoothly.
The night was deep outside the prison. Everyone in the mountain stronghold was resting, and it was quiet except for a few patrolling bandits.
Carrying He Yi on his back, Zheng Yu used the cover of night to dodge left and right, finally managing to reach the back mountain. The path on the back mountain was extremely difficult, overgrown with thorns.
Zheng Yu carried He Yi on his back, moving with uneven steps, and soon his clothes were soaked with sweat.
He Yi clung to Zheng Yu's back, feeling incredibly distressed. "Brother, please put me down. Go on, don't worry about me. I'll just rest here for a bit."
He Yi was extremely weak. While wiping away her sweat, she pinched Zheng Yu's shoulder and said, "I want you to walk by yourself, otherwise none of us can leave. Zheng Yu, listen to me."
"Shut up!" Zheng Yu growled. "I told you, I won't abandon you. Don't make a fuss, or we'll get chased down and you won't be able to escape."
[Zheng Yu is powerful and domineering!]
[Don't give up on me, you villainous female supporting character! The male lead won't abandon you!]
Oh my god, what kind of life-and-death bond is this?
Zheng Yu's voice was fierce.
The wind howled, rustling the leaves of the nearby ancient trees. But this sound was actually a good thing, as it completely masked the sound of their footsteps.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Zheng Yu saw a small stream ahead, its water shimmering faintly in the moonlight. Panting, Zheng Yu reached the stream's edge, and suddenly…
He suddenly dropped He Yi!
Zheng Heyi was completely immersed in the icy stream!
"Ah!" The cold stream water jolted He Yi awake, and she couldn't help but curse, "Zheng Yu, you son of a bitch, what kind of brother are you to me? You might as well have killed me."
[Hey, hey, hey upstairs, what is the male lead doing?! Is he trying to freeze the vicious female supporting character to death?!]
What kind of baffling operation is this? You can do this even when you have a fever?
Wait! It seems like physical cooling?
He Yi was dizzy and naturally saw countless comments on the screen, but since she was almost out of health, she naturally ignored them.
Zheng Yu squatted by the stream, panting, looking at He Yi.
His eyes were red, as if he was about to cry.
"I'm sorry, Heyi. I heard the doctor say that this is how you can get a high fever. Your fever is too high right now, so we have to use cold water to stimulate it. We can't do anything else."
He Yi thought about it and realized that it made sense. What better way could there be? Then she remembered that this was how physical cooling, which is advocated in medicine, was done. So she lay down like a dead person.
From He Yi's perspective, she could see Zheng Yu's red eyes and the sweat pouring down his face, making him look pitiful. At that moment, all of Zheng He Yi's anger vanished completely, leaving only intense heartache.
He Yi struggled for a moment and finally stood up from the stream. She was soaking wet and shivering from the cold, but she managed a weak smile.
"Brother, thank you." Zheng Yu looked at her, then suddenly reached out and gently wiped the water from her face, saying in a hoarse voice, "Zheng Heyi, please don't push me away so easily in the future, okay?"
He Yi was stunned, looking at Zheng Yu's serious expression and his deep eyes, in which her own image was reflected. It seemed that there was also a lot of worry and tearing love in his eyes.
He Yi opened her mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say.
[Here it comes! The crucial moment for your relationship to heat up!]
[The villainous female supporting character, please agree! Stop torturing her!]
The male lead's eyes are so warm, I'm totally shipping them!
The stream continued to flow gently, and the night remained deep.
He Yi looked at Zheng Yu, who was also looking at her. She felt much better at this moment and reminded Zheng Yu, "Brother, we can't stay here any longer. We need to find our location and leave immediately."
"I know."
Zheng Yu nodded, got up and went to a distance away, but now it was pitch black everywhere, and it was impossible to tell where the path was, let alone where the cliff was and where the proper road was.
"We can only try our luck."
"Then we'll take our chances, otherwise we'll definitely be caught and taken back."
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