Yang Ruxin could only offer her a sympathetic look. Zhao Feihu had once taken a fancy to her as well, but she hadn’t fallen for it and even managed to deceive him instead. It just never crossed her mind that Qian Xiaoyun would end up being harmed.
"But you won’t be able to escape like this, even if they don’t find you right away, being in these woods, you’d either starve to death or be eaten by wild animals..."
"I know, but I’d rather die in the jaws of a beast than stay here..." Qian Xiaoyun wiped away a tear, "Yang... Miss Yang, you were able to get in so you can get out, right? Please, I beg you, save me." With those words, she knelt down.
"How can I save you when I can barely protect myself?" Yang Ruxin spread her hands, "Besides, I came here looking for someone. I won’t leave until I find them..."
Qian Xiaoyun deflated immediately, sitting down on her knees with a face full of despair: "What should I do? I..." She struggled to stand back up, "No matter what, I have to get out. I have to go home." Then she hobbled towards the exit.
"Do you know there’s a cave nearby?" Yang Ruxin suddenly said, "A cave used for hiding people."
Qian Xiaoyun turned her head to look at her, then nodded: "When I first arrived, I was taken to that cave... but..." The cave was very secluded and would be hard to find without someone leading the way.
It was in that very cave where she was gang-raped by the brothers known as ’Big Stick.’ She had fainted then, and when she woke up, she found herself in Old Stick’s home. If she hadn’t continued to feign unconsciousness, they wouldn’t have let their guard down, and she wouldn’t have had the chance to escape. Sadly, her first attempt at escape had failed, and after being recaptured, those beasts had violated her countless times, day and night, until she bled continuously from down there. Only then did they stop.
Perhaps because she kept bleeding, the family thought she had no chance of running away, so they didn’t lock her up.
Regrettably, she hadn’t managed to escape that time either, and after her return, they crippled her leg.
She knew that if she couldn’t escape today, she probably would never have another chance. She’d most likely end up like the woman in that family, with broken limbs, tied up for life, not even having the strength to commit suicide.
She couldn’t bear to live like that anymore.
"Point it out to me. When I leave, I’ll take you with me," Yang Ruxin offered to Qian Xiaoyun as a deal.
"It’s over there." Qian Xiaoyun nodded, then limped with Yang Ruxin towards the side of the hill. Crouching behind a rock, she pointed ahead, "Do you see that tree? It’s right behind it. A lot of dry branches are used to conceal it, and there’s also a dog that bites..."
"Stay here and don’t move," Yang Ruxin instructed Qian Xiaoyun after a glance, "I’ll go in and check if the person I’m looking for is there."
"You..." Qian Xiaoyun grabbed Yang Ruxin’s arm and took out a sweet potato from her bosom, "Miss Yang, use this to distract the dog, otherwise..."
"No need," Yang Ruxin shook her head, then patted her hand, "You eat it yourself. You’ll need the energy to walk later." That sweet potato must have been a kindness from that bastard.
Qian Xiaoyun wanted to say something else, but Yang Ruxin was already walking over.
The dog was hidden somewhere; as soon as Yang Ruxin approached, it suddenly sprang out, its jaws wide open, ready to bite.
Qian Xiaoyun, from a distance, covered her mouth in shock, her eyes wide open.