Ye Jinghuai and his group arrived and saw several people already there in the dark.
From a distance, he could already tell it was An Nuan.
To avoid alerting anyone, they had to hide in the shadows. Only after An Nuan was actually thrown into the river did they dare to secretly jump in and rescue her.
Thank goodness An Nuan was somewhat skilled in swimming.
Otherwise, she would have drowned long ago.
Ye Jinghuai was truly furious.
This woman, An Nuan, really had no sense of danger at all!
Did she even know how vulnerable she was in the world she didn't know about?
Clearly.
Many reproachful words were held back inside him, wanting to be said.
But at the moment he truly saw An Nuan, saw her alive and well in front of him, not a single reproachful word could be uttered.
He remembered the last time An Nuan got upset when Gu Yansheng made advances on her, and how he got angry at her for crying. The thought of her being frightened and in tears instantly softened his heart.
In this lifetime.
He really couldn't bear to see a single tear in An Nuan's eyes.
Whenever she cried.
He felt like the world was collapsing.
Why should he let his world crumble?
However, he didn't expect that An Nuan would suddenly confess her feelings to him.
It was so unexpected.
It left him unsure of how to respond.
He instinctively hugged her tightly, tightly in his arms.
Let their hearts, their heartbeats, be closely intertwined.
Inside the car.
Just when Qin Jiang thought they would face an imminent threat, they unexpectedly got a dose of dog food.
He felt a bit inexplicably melancholic.
It was just a pity he didn't get to witness the lively scene.
In that moment, his eyes suddenly narrowed.
Through the rearview mirror, he caught a glimpse.
Then he quickly turned his head to look back.
With just Qin Jiang's action, Ye Jinghuai immediately reacted.
It was a kind of tacit understanding.
The other person only needed one movement to clearly understand each other's intentions.
"Someone's catching up." Qin Jiang said, "And there are quite a few."
An Nuan's body tensed.
Because of Qin Jiang's tone, it was too serious.
Serious to the point of being somewhat frightening.
An Nuan left Ye Jinghuai's embrace and at that moment, she also saw that Ye Jinghuai had already shifted his gaze to the back of the car.
She saw several cars, crazily chasing after them.
"Hu Feng, drive faster!" Ye Jinghuai made a decisive decision.
Hu Feng obeyed and stepped on the accelerator all the way down.
The cars behind also caught up in that same instant.
Clearly, the newcomers were hostile.
An Nuan bit her lip, trying to keep calm.
She didn't want to drag Ye Jinghuai down.
Ye Jinghuai vigilantly watched the cars behind, while Qin Jiang helped Hu Feng observe the road ahead.
"Hu Feng, be careful!" Qin Jiang suddenly shouted.
Hu Feng swiftly turned the steering wheel.
The car shook violently.
Ye Jinghuai abruptly pulled An Nuan into his embrace, then shielded her under his body. In order to protect An Nuan, his own body forcefully collided with the car window.
An Nuan was frightened. "Ye Jinghuai!"
"I'm fine!" Ye Jinghuai immediately reassured her, even giving quick instructions at the same time. "Get out of the car!"
Because they were being sandwiched between the front and rear vehicles.
Inside the car, they could only be crushed to pieces.
Hu Feng quickly unlocked the car door lock, and the people in the car swiftly opened their doors and jumped out directly onto the fields of the rural street.
As soon as they jumped down,
The vehicles in front and behind really turned the sedan into a pancake.
One can imagine,
If there were people in the car, they would undoubtedly be dead.
An Nuan controlled her inner fear.
She followed Ye Jinghuai in escaping on the fields.
It was just in this kind of field that she was abducted earlier, and now...
She always felt that as long as Ye Jinghuai was with her, there would be no danger.
Ye Jinghuai was able to give her a deadly sense of security.
"Qin Jiang, let's split up." Ye Jinghuai hurriedly pulled An Nuan and instructed, "First, save your own life."
The meaning was to save his own life first.
Qin Jiang seemed to glance at Ye Jinghuai, and then at An Nuan.
The words that were about to be spoken were swallowed.
He went in a different direction with Hu Feng.
Ye Jinghuai went in the opposite direction with An Nuan.
Dividing the forces was the best way to minimize deaths.
Ye Jinghuai pulled An Nuan to take cover under a field.
An Nuan gasped for breath.
If she didn't stop now, she might suffocate and die.
But she didn't stop on her own, fearing that she would slow down Ye Jinghuai.
However, Ye Jinghuai still noticed her struggling.
They both stopped.
At the moment when An Nuan was gasping for breath.
An Nuan suddenly felt something cold in her hand.
Ye Jinghuai handed her something.
She glanced down, and her whole being went numb.
Ye Jinghuai seemed unaware of her reaction. He spoke quickly, urgently, and methodically, "Remember to load the chamber, then pull the trigger. Don't be afraid, and keep your hand steady."
As he spoke, he demonstrated it to her.
An Nuan just looked at Ye Jinghuai.
She looked at him intently.
She really never expected that he would have such a thing.
"I will go and lead them away now. You just ensure your own safety. No matter where you are, I will come find you."
"What if you die?" An Nuan asked.
The words blurted out.
Her eyes suddenly turned red.
"I won't die," Ye Jinghuai said with certainty.
"People all die."
"If I die, then forget about me," Ye Jinghuai said lightly.
Such a casual tone.
But it caused a stabbing pain in An Nuan's heart.
How could Ye Jinghuai suddenly say such words?
How could he lightly say that if he died, she should forget about him?
She firmly declared, "If you die, I won't live alone."
Ye Jinghuai seemed momentarily stunned.
He reached out and touched An Nuan's head. "Okay."
Then,
He walked out without stopping for a moment.
The timing was just right.
As soon as he stepped out, he instantly drew the attention of the people who had caught up. Seeing his figure, they crazily chased after him.
The sound of footsteps faded away.
Around An Nuan, it became incredibly quiet.
It was as if
The danger had passed by her side.
But she couldn't relax her heart.
Because her safety was exchanged by Ye Jinghuai with his own.
She didn't know
Quietly, on the field,
There suddenly came the sound of intense gunfire.
An Nuan felt as if her whole being had suddenly emptied.
She didn't know if it was fear or worry.
The pressure in her heart was so great that it could truly drive her insane.
She really didn't know.
Where the gunfire was coming from.
And who it was falling upon.
A Bloody Night.
The sound of gunfire grew more intense.
An Nuan squatted on the ground.
She didn't go anywhere.
She was afraid that if she went far, Ye Jinghuai wouldn't be able to find her.
She wanted to stay here and wait for him.
So, she held her knees tightly, buried her head, and silently reassured herself that Ye Jinghuai would definitely come back for her.
He would definitely come back and take her back to Qingcheng.
She didn't know how long it had been.
She felt that time had stretched out so much that every second felt like a year.
And then suddenly, she realized...
