Chapter 493: Chapter 462, Yu Qing_1
Daohua glanced at the meal and then looked away, not in the mood to eat at this moment. She surveyed the interior of the room, then tiptoed to the door to listen for any noise from outside.
Without hearing a sound, she peeked through the crack of the door.
By now, the sky had darkened, and she found herself confined within a courtyard home. There was nobody standing guard outside, but the door was locked from the outside.
Observing the iron chains on the door, Daohua turned to examine the room again and realized that it had no windows at all.
Daohua sat back down in the corner with a solemn face, filled with regret. Had she known, she would have stayed in the space for a few more days before coming out.
“My luck is so bad it’s hopeless!”
If she had left earlier or just a little later, she could have escaped, but she had to encounter the cyclopean brute and his men returning neither too early nor too late.
However, from what she overheard in their conversation, Yuanyao and the others should be safe.
“Creak~”
The door was opened once again.
It was the same youth as before. Glancing at the untouched food, he placed the quilt he was holding onto the ground and then left without a word.
“Wait a moment!”
Daohua called out, stopping him.
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The youth turned around, glanced at Daohua’s hands hidden behind her, and said expressionlessly, “You won’t be able to escape. Even if you get out of this courtyard, you won’t escape from this village.” With that, he left without looking back.
Hearing the sound of the door locking from outside, Daohua furrowed her brows, “The village?” Was she brought to a mountain village?
Daohua looked at the quilt the youth had brought. It was the end of November, and the weather was exceptionally cold. The room was bare, filled with miscellaneous items, and very chilly.
After some thought, Daohua moved towards the quilt.
She didn’t know if someone was watching from outside, so she couldn’t enter her space.
With the cold and freezing night, she needed the quilt for warmth.
Checking the quilt over, she found it to be fairly clean, so she folded it in half, using one half to cushion herself and the other to cover herself.
“Sniff sniff~”
As soon as Daohua sat down with the quilt, she lifted it and began to smell it carefully.
Such a strong smell of rust!
She could understand if the quilt was musty from dampness, but why would it smell of rust?
As Daohua puzzled over this, footsteps sounded in the courtyard, followed by Bald’s voice, “Yongwang, is that… that young lady awake yet?”
The youth who had delivered food and the quilt to Daohua emerged from the next room and nodded, “She’s awake! Brother Bald, why have you come?”
Bald casually said, “Just came to have a look.” He peered through the crack of the door into the room, saw Daohua lying under the quilt with her eyes closed, and snorted, “She knows how to behave, not like the other girls we’ve captured, crying and wailing, complaining about this and that, only for them to suffer in the end.”
Yongwang glanced into the room as well and nodded in agreement. Indeed, this young lady was quite shrewd, recognizing the need to bow under the eaves.
After a moment of silence, Bald spoke up, “Yongwang, give her another quilt. She’s just a young girl; don’t let her get cold.”
Upon hearing this, Yongwang looked at Bald in surprise. Having run with Boss Cao for years, Brother Bald was no longer the honest and kind-hearted guy from Zhaojia Village; he had grown hard-hearted. What’s gotten into him today? Was the sun rising from the west?
Even Daohua inside the room was shocked beyond words; she remembered how ruthless Bald was, how his hand on her neck had left her unable to move it flexibly to this day.
Feeling somewhat uncomfortable under Yongwang’s gaze, Bald pulled him aside and whispered, “I just found out, the winter wheat grown in our fields was developed by this young lady’s father.”
Yongwang paused for a moment, then frowned and said, “Then why did you still kidnap her?”
The people of Fenxi were all very grateful to Yan Zhigao for promoting high-yield crops.
Thanks to the winter wheat, many families who couldn’t make ends meet survived. Now, most households had some savings, and life was much better than before.
Bald sighed and said, “We didn’t want to kidnap her either, but she just had bad luck and bumped into us. Alas, this girl’s luck is really terrible. She escaped halfway, but in the end, we still caught up with her. What can I do?”
“It’s no use talking about it now; she’s been caught. We owe a lot to her father for our full bellies. We can’t do much else, but we can try to take care of her as much as possible to make her life a little easier.”
Yongwang nodded, “I’ll go get a cotton quilt.”
In the room, Daohua opened her eyes. It turned out she was already in Fenxi.
“Creak~”
The door opened and Yongwang entered with two cotton quilts. Seeing Daohua with her eyes open, he glanced at the untouched food and said, “You should eat, don’t joke with your health.”
Daohua: “…Can you let me go?”
Yongwang frowned, “If I let you go, I would have to die. Moreover, I told you, even if you escape from the yard, you won’t get out of the village. The entrances and exits of the village are being watched.”
Daohua took the chance to ask again, “What village is this?”
Yongwang was silent for a long while, “A village surrounded by mountains.” He then stood up and left.
After locking the iron lock, Yongwang took another look at the person inside the room, his eyes somewhat deep.
It seemed that this girl looked a lot like their benefactor!
When there was no more noise outside the door, Daohua silently put the Sleeping Pill back into her space.
It was not yet time to act. Having been jolted on horseback all day, her limbs were nearly falling apart. She needed to wait until her body recovered to find a chance to escape.
…
After Yongwang left the room where Daohua was confined, he was called over by the one-eyed man.
Seeing Bald, who was shivering and standing to one side, Yongwang knew that his visit to see Miss Yan had been found out by Master Cao.
The one-eyed man looked at the two of them with a relatively calm face but remained silent.
Bald, unable to keep quiet, blurted out, “Big brother, I didn’t do anything. I just knew she was Mr. Yan’s daughter and told Yongwang to give her an extra quilt.”
Yongwang immediately nodded in agreement.
The one-eyed man let out a sigh, “You guys… That girl is not simple. If you interact with her, she might take the chance to use you to escape.”
Bald said sheepishly, “That can’t be, right? Our village has always had a way in but no way out.”
The one-eyed man said, “It’s always better to be cautious. We didn’t do a good job on our last task, and Master Fan is already very angry. If we can’t even keep an eye on one person…” Master Fan was not one to show mercy to those who were useless.
Then, turning to Yongwang, “Tomorrow I’ll have Zhuzi replace you. He’s suffered a loss before and won’t be careless.”
Yongwang nodded.
Bald hesitated for a moment but still said, “Brother, ask Zhuzi to take a little extra care of her.”
The one-eyed man glared at Bald, remained silent for a while, and then nodded.
Before meeting him, Bald had been an authentic farmer who saw great importance in grain. The girl’s father had promoted high-yield crops, enough for this guy to remember for a lifetime.