Chapter Ten: Successful Escape

  After a while, Xi Mei slowly came to, moved her hands and found that she was tied up, and in front of her eyes was complete darkness. This is bad, definitely been kidnapped.

  When her parents find out she's lost, they'll be frantic. Remind yourself to stay calm now and the top priority is to protect yourself.

  In her heart, she kept comforting herself not to panic, and when she had calmed down a bit, she cleared her throat and said in one direction: "Big brother, is that you? Are you playing hide-and-seek with me? It's so much fun, big brother, where are you?"

  Zhou Dazhuang's heart was delighted, and he thought to himself that Xiaoyao was just a little girl who could be easily fooled. He lowered his voice and said: "Yes, big brother will take you out to play, but you have to behave yourself and not make any trouble. If you don't, then big brother won't take you out to play."

  Sister Xi hastily pretended to obey and nodded, "I know, big brother, but can you untie the rope? It's hurting me so much."

  Zhou Dazhuang hesitated for a moment, thinking that she was just a little girl, and he, a big man, was afraid of her running away? He looked at her pale skin again, with a bruise here and there. If the buyer didn't like it later, they wouldn't be able to sell her for a good price.

  Looking at this porcelain doll is like seeing a silver ingot flying towards me. No matter whether it's sold to a wealthy family or a brothel, it will be sold for a good price. Just as I was thinking about this, I heard Xi Mei coquettishly saying, "Brother, quickly untie the rope, if you don't untie it, I'll go home and tell Mother, and she'll spank your butt."

  Zhou Dazhuang came back to his senses, thinking in his heart that Xiaoyu, you won't have the chance to see your mother again. Anyway, she can't escape, so what's the point of letting her go? He was still afraid that this four-year-old kid would run away.

  She quickly untied her, but didn't dare to lift the cloth over her eyes. Xi Mei smiled coldly in her heart. It seems that this kidnapper is either not underestimating her or has no brains. Wait, you will eventually be punished.

  The sweetly smiled and said "Brother, I'm hungry, is there anything to eat?" Zhou Dazhuang thought to himself, you want to eat? I'm hungrier than you. He patted his growling stomach to comfort himself. Hold on a bit, after sending Xiaoyu out, think about what she wants to eat.

  "Now there isn't, we'll wait for your second sister and them, then we'll go home together."

  He actually knew Er Jie, Xi Mei thought to herself, it seemed that he wasn't with them for a long time but was an acquaintance. Thinking back, she couldn't help but shudder. Fortunately, it was herself who was tied up, at least she had the thoughts of an adult. If it were Er Jie and the others, who were truly young children, the consequences would be unthinkable.

  Alright, lay a hand on me and you'll regret it someday. A cruel glint appeared on the child's face that shouldn't be there. But under the cover of the black cloth over his eyes, Zhou Dazhuang didn't notice anything.

  "Brother, my tummy hurts, I want to take a dump." Forgive her, how would a 4-year-old kid from the countryside know to say civilized things like "go to the bathroom"? The more she acts like this, the more numb the enemy will become.

  "Alright, alright, go! But don't dare to remove the blindfold, or I'll abandon you here and not let you return home." Zhou Dazhuang said impatiently.

  "I got it, big brother. I'll listen to you. You wait here for me, and I'll be right back." It seems that the kidnapper is still waiting, after all, it's not convenient to take her out during the day. Thinking about it, she doesn't have much time left either, otherwise, she would really be sold, and she wouldn't even have a place to cry.

  In a place not far away, quietly open the cloth covering her eyes. Estimating that if she runs away, how long it will take to be caught up. Looking at the distance between the two people, and then looking at her own legs, ah, I guess she'll be caught before she even starts running.

  Crouching down to observe the surrounding bushes, she suddenly remembered that when she was just about to arrive here, she vaguely heard the sound of horseshoes on the kidnapper's body. It seems that there must be a small path nearby, and as long as she can run smoothly onto the road, she is not afraid that the kidnapper will dare to catch her again.

  Made up my mind, quietly untied the silk ribbon that my elder sister used to tie her hair today, looked around and found a few not-so-short tree vines, tied them together and then connected the ribbon again, seeing that the length was already quite long, quickly wrapped the tree vines around the surrounding weeds, and secretly retreated backwards, still occasionally tugging at the tree vines on the weeds, making a rustling sound as if I was still there.

  When the tree vines were almost let go, the bandit probably couldn't see himself either. He quietly got up and ran away, his speed was comparable to Liu Xiang's.

  At about the time when Jixi's sister ran away, Zhou Dazhuang felt that something was wrong. How come there was no movement for a long time? Hurriedly went forward to take a look.

  "Damn it, that dead girl. She actually let her run away." He spat a mouthful of saliva on the ground and chased after her in anger.

  At this time, Xi Mei heard footsteps coming from behind and thought to herself that if she was caught again, she wouldn't receive the same good treatment as before.

  Her calf quickened its pace, and she saw that the road was just ahead. What to do? There wasn't even a shadow of a person around, could it be that heaven wanted her to perish?

  Just as she was about to give up in despair, she heard the sound of horseshoes coming from ahead, and a horse-drawn carriage slowly approached her, bringing salvation.

  She quickly hid in the bushes, watching as the carriage drew closer and her heart pounded louder. Xi Mei had originally wanted to step forward and stop the carriage, but seeing that the drivers were two fierce-looking men, she retreated again. She didn't want to jump out of one fire pit only to jump into another, who knew if they were good or bad people?

  While turning around anxiously, I heard the footsteps behind me getting closer and closer. Forget it, let's give it a try. Using all my might since childhood, I pushed a big stone onto the middle of the road and quickly hid myself.

  As expected, the horse carriage stopped in front of the stone. Just as the two strong men got off to move the stone, Xi Mei seized the opportunity and quickly ran to the back of the horse carriage, her small body bent down and slipped under the carriage. The bottom of the carriage had horizontal bars spaced less than a meter apart. With both hands grasping and legs entwined, she was set. Success!

  Just as she had just hidden, she heard the kidnapper and two car drivers asking her. Didn't hear the desired answer and kept entangling.

  At this time, a little boy's voice came from the carriage: "Why aren't you moving? Today, I, Young Master Ben, sneaked out secretly. If I go home late and Father finds out that I snuck out, he won't spare your hides."

  "Yes, yes, I'm leaving right away." The cart driver said with a nod and a bow, then turned to Zhou Dazhuang who was blocking his way and said "Did you hear that? Get out of the way quickly! If not, be careful or you'll get a taste of my whip!"

  Zhou Dazhuang heard that he could only bend his body to confess "Yes, yes, I will retreat immediately, I have offended a noble person, please forgive me."

  The horse driver didn't even look at him and drove the carriage away. When the carriage was out of sight, he spat on the ground and cursed, "Bastard." Then he turned around to find Xi Mei.

  When Xi Mei found herself escaping smoothly, she couldn't help but take a breath of relief. She thought that as long as the car stopped, she could get off and go home to find her mother. She was so happy that her eyes sparkled with joy. But then she thought about how she had been missing for almost a day, and wondered if her mother would be worried sick.

  Just as Xi Mei was both delighted and worried, the horse carriage slowly approached the city gate. Unbeknownst to her, she was only ten steps away from her family.