She couldn't believe it, her hands were shaking so hard that she was about to tip over the tray.
In panic, she sought the last bit of reason and fled to the room.
She wanted to go back, pack her bags, and leave overnight.
Han Ningyuan had been waiting outside her room for a long time. He heard from the kitchen boy that Mei Sheng had cooked soup and delivered it to the village leader.
"Back." He was overjoyed. In the past few days, he had been ordered to search for the treasury in the mountains. He hadn't seen He Meisheng for several days. Recently, too many people in the village had died of the plague for no reason. He heard the news again and was worried about He Meisheng. So as soon as I came back, I wanted to visit and ask, "How is your injury?"
"Why are you here?" She was about to leave overnight, but Han Ningyuan suddenly visited her. She should have been happy, but now she was not in the mood to chat with him at all.
Han Ningyuan was still stunned at the door.
"Get out of the way." Her words sounded cold to Han Ningyuan, as if she was a different person.
"What's wrong with you?" he asked aggrievedly.
Only then did she realize the harshness of her tone. So he changed his words and said, "I also have something to tell you. Come in."
"I'm going to get out of here."
"where?"
"Leave Wanshan Village."
"Take care of yourself." She had heard his story. He was abducted into the village and escaped many times before being captured.
"There are people guarding us all the way, how could you leave?"
This is indeed a problem. She was so anxious that she forgot about it.
"Hurry up and pack up, I'll take you away." He smiled.
"Why don't you ask me why?" she asked.
"For my friend, you risked your life. I don't need to ask any questions about the decision you made. I just finished it for you." He originally thought that the village had been very strange these past few days, and wanted to remind her that if she could leave, she would it's the best.
He is so generous. He Meisheng was very moved after hearing this.
"What if I say go with you?" He hesitated, his words a little embarrassing, "Where are you going?"
"I don't know, I just can't stay in this place any longer."
"Did you see something or hear something?"
"A lot of people died in the past few days when I was away from the village. I heard it was caused by the plague, but I heard people say that the natural disaster came from somewhere. They all said it was a man-made disaster, that someone--"
She stopped him from continuing. Since he also heard something, it would be good for him to take him away with him.
"Hurry up and prepare your luggage, we'll leave right away."
He doesn't have any luggage. Except for the hairpin his mother left for him, he doesn't need anything else.
He Meisheng didn't have much money. She was brought to the mountain as a captive, and everything was external to her.
"I know a secret passage. Follow me."
This secret passage is the passage for the Third Master's family to transfer money from the bank. It is an underground river. The entrance is a gap several meters long. It is covered by weeds and is difficult to find during the day.
He saw a group of people sneaking around here more than ten days ago. It was dark and windy at that time. Although he couldn't see clearly, there should be no problem with the location.
"Do we have to go down from here?"
In the dead of night, you can clearly hear the surging sound of water coming from below.
"It should be." He had seen the group of people going down here one by one. Out of curiosity, he slept in the reed pond all night and saw with his own eyes that they came out of this place again early the next morning.
"Don't be afraid, I'll go down first." He cleared his throat and pretended to be calm. In fact, he was a few years older than her, so it was time to act like an adult.
"Come on, with your three-legged cat skills, if you fall to death, I will go down and collect your body."
"Bah, bah, bah! It's unlucky. The heroine invites you first." He also wanted to protect her, but he also knew how much he weighed. If he really fell to his death, she wouldn't be able to get out.
"How about we find another way? It's too dark down here and I'm a little scared." He Meisheng threw a stone down to detect the height.
"Believe me, we can get out this way." He patted her shoulder.
No matter what, this must be the safest way, otherwise he would not choose this method. She gritted her teeth and jumped down. The hole is about four to five meters deep, and there is indeed an underground river underneath.
Seeing that she was fine, Han Ningyuan slid down the wall little by little.
There is also a bamboo raft moored here, which should have been left behind by the previous three masters. The former planted trees and the latter enjoyed the shade. The two of them got on the raft and let the current take them out.
"Mei Sheng, where do you want to go after you leave here?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. What about you?"
"I will follow you. Wherever you go, I will go?"
"Follow me?" She was surprised.
"You are my savior. I follow you and can cook for you, so I can repay the favor."
"You are a good son, and you will repay my kindness in this life by acting like a cow or a horse? That would be boring." She didn't want him to have such ambitions. After leaving this sad place, he could do what he likes.
He could hear the clear disappointment in Mei Sheng's tone, and he lowered his head in shame.
Looking at his look, Mei Sheng knew that her tone of voice was harsh. For a boy who was abducted since childhood, leaving the place where he was abducted means starting his life over again. It is normal for him to not be able to find the fulcrum of his life, just like herself, so she whispered Ask him, "Do you want to find your parents?"
"I want to." He blurted out.
She pursed her lips and smiled.
"Look, you obviously have something to do and a wish to fulfill, so you don't need to accompany me."
it's useless. I don’t even remember where I came from, so I don’t know where I’m going, so I can only follow you——” He was emotional and crying.
"But I don't know where I can go."
"Isn't there anything you want to do?"
This sentence woke up the dreamer.
"I'm sorry, Ning Yuan, please go. I can't leave yet, I have to go back to find him."
Fortunately, the direction of the water flow today was just opposite to theirs, so it didn't drift far for a long time.
"What's wrong? You have to go back to the village leader. Why didn't you agree to leave together?"
"Didn't you ask me if there was anything I wanted to do? I did, but I forgot about it. Thanks to you for reminding me, I remember it now." She recalled the episode when she met Peng Zexin.
"Do you like him? Didn't you say that you are not his crush?"
"I don't like him. But he is my friend. In his current situation, I can't just walk away."
"Then I'm not your friend." He said angrily.
He Meisheng could see that he was angry, but she had made up her mind and was about to get up when she was caught by Han Ningyuan.
"Good Ningyuan, of course you are my friend. You listen to me first, and you will definitely agree after listening."
She talked about her childhood.
"When I was a child, I didn't know why my father didn't like me. He didn't like me no matter what I did. My mother loved me and my brother very much, but my father drank too much and would always hit my mother. Days like this made me scared every day, and even more so. I feel that I am useless and cannot protect my mother.
When I was five years old, I saw a group of teenagers bullying a boy near my home. They crushed the boy's head with their feet and laughed happily. The boy looked like he couldn't stand it anymore. That was the first time I saw such a scene. I don’t know where I got the courage. I shouted loudly, rushed up to them, punched and kicked them, and scared them all away. The boy was saved by some combination of circumstances. In fact, I had only reached his waist and he was five or six years older than me. But I did save his life. "
"Is he the leader of the village?"
"Yes. So he was the one who gave me this dream of being a heroic heroine. He always said that there is huge energy hidden in my small body, and it was me who fought off those bad boys."
"You are only five years old, how can you do this?"
"From that day on, I was inspired to become a heroine, punish evil and promote good, and help the weak and help the poor. But every time I faced my father, I couldn't save my mother like I saved him that day. His limbs and bones seemed to be turned to stone."
"If I had such a father, I would rather be an orphan."
"I went home and told my father, but he wouldn't let me learn martial arts. Later, I completely forgot about my dream of being a heroine."
"Then what does this have to do with you going back to find Peng Zexin?"
"You dare to call him by his first name, so you will be free from now on." She smiled knowingly, "The reason why I went back to find him is because he was the person I saved when I was a child. My dream of becoming a heroine is because of He started. Don't let him go astray. I can't just walk away, but I have to at least persuade him."
"Don't go astray? Is he really arresting people to absorb martial arts?" He heard rumors early in the morning that the village leader used the plague to kill people and practice martial arts.
"Yes." It turned out that he had heard about it too.
"Then you can't go. It's too dangerous."
"No, he won't hurt me. He and I are friends."
His hand tightened, pinching He Meisheng until it hurt.
