HBWnovel Chapter 149 Temporary Escape
Chapter 149 Temporary Escape
Ma Ziyan's expression changed: "Oh no, they are catching up."
Xu Tian struggled to stand up: "Let's go!"
The two continued to run wildly in the jungle, branches and thorns scratched their bodies, leaving bloody marks, but they no longer cared about the pain.
"Xu Tian, are you okay?" Ma Ziyan asked with concern.
Xu Tian bit his lip: "Don't worry about me, just run away."
Ma Ziyan shouted, "I won't abandon you. Let's die together!"
Suddenly, Ma Ziyan saw a steep hillside ahead.
"Xu Tian, let's run over there." Ma Zi Yan pulled Xu Tian and ran towards the hillside.
After reaching the hillside, Ma Zi Yan observed the terrain and had an idea in mind.
"Xu Tian, let's slide down from here and use the bushes below to hide our bodies." Ma Zi Yan said.
Xu Tian hesitated: "This is too dangerous."
"There's no time, believe me." Ma Zi Yan said, and slid down first.
Xu Tian had no choice but to slide down as well.
The two hid in the bushes, not daring to make a sound.
The Chu family's servants chased to the hillside and looked around.
"Strange, what about people?"
"Look for each other separately!"
After a while, the servants of the Chu family gradually went away.
Ma Ziyan and Xu Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally we got rid of them for the time being." Ma Zi Yan said.
Xu Tian leaned weakly against a tree: "I don't know how long I can hide."
Ma Ziyan comforted her, "Don't worry, we will find a way."
At this time, the sun had already set, but it still emitted its scorching heat.
"We have to keep moving forward and find a safe place." Ma Ziyan helped Xu Tian up.
Xu Tian nodded: "Okay."
The two supported each other and moved forward with difficulty in the jungle.
As night fell, a thin layer of fog filled the jungle, making the vision even more blurred.
"Zi Yan, I'm afraid we can't get out." Xu Tian's voice was filled with a hint of despair.
Ma Ziyan held his hand tightly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
Suddenly, a nightingale sang on a branch, frightening Xu Tian so much that he trembled all over.
"It's okay, it's just a bird." Ma Zi Yan said.
They groped their way forward in the darkness, taking every step carefully.
"Ouch!" Ma Zi Yan accidentally stepped on a pothole and fell to the ground.
Xu Tian quickly squatted down: "Zi Yan, are you okay?"
Ma Ziyan gritted her teeth and stood up: "I'm fine, keep going."
After walking for an unknown amount of time, they finally found a cave.
"Let's go in and take a look." Ma Zi Yan said.
The cave was dark and damp, and filled with a unpleasant smell.
"Be careful, there may be wild beasts." Xu Tian reminded.
Ma Ziyan picked up a branch and used it as a torch: "Don't be afraid."
The two walked deeper into the cave and found a relatively dry place to sit down.
"Let's take a rest first." Ma Zi Yan said.
Xu Tian leaned against the stone wall and soon fell asleep.
Ma Zi Yan didn't dare to close her eyes, but watched the movements outside the cave vigilantly.
The next morning, Xu Tian woke up and felt that the wound was even more painful.
"Zi Yan, my wound seems to have worsened." Xu Tian said.
Ma Ziyan checked the wound and said, "No, this is not a solution. We need to find herbs as soon as possible."
The two walked out of the cave and continued searching in the jungle.
"Look, there seem to be herbs over there." Ma Zi Yan said excitedly.
They picked some herbs, and Ma Ziyan chewed them up and applied them on Xu Tian's wound.
"Ah!" Xu Tian screamed in pain.
"Be patient, it will be fine soon." Ma Zi Yan said.
After treating their wounds, they began their escape journey again.
At noon, the sun was high in the sky and the heat was unbearable.
"Zi Yan, I really can't walk anymore." Xu Tian said again.
Ma Ziyan encouraged: "Xu Tian, hold on a little longer, maybe there is a way out ahead."
Just then, they heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance.
"Oh no, it's someone from the Chu family!" Ma Zi Yan's face changed drastically.
"What should I do?" Xu Tian panicked.
Ma Ziyan looked around and found a dense bush.
"Hide inside quickly." Ma Zi Yan pulled Xu Tian into the bushes.
The Chu family members rode past them on horseback, but fortunately they didn't notice them.
After the Chu family members left, Ma Ziyan and Xu Tian emerged from the bushes.
"It was too dangerous." Xu Tian said with lingering fear.
"We can't run away blindly like this anymore. We have to find a way to get rid of them," said Ma Zi Yan.
Xu Tian thought for a moment and said, "How about we set a trap?"
Ma Ziyan nodded in agreement: "Good idea."
The two set up a simple trap on a narrow path, camouflaging it with branches and vines.
Soon, the servants of the Chu family caught up again.
"Ah!" The leader fell into the trap.
"There's a trap, be careful!"
Ma Ziyan and Xu Tian took the opportunity to escape.
However, the Chu family did not give up the pursuit.
"They can't get far, chase them!"
Ma Ziyan and Xu Tian ran desperately in the jungle, sweat falling like rain.
Finally, they came to the edge of a cliff.
"There is no way out." Xu Tian said in despair.
Ma Ziyan looked at the river below the cliff and said, "Let's jump down."
Xu Tian hesitated: "This is too dangerous."
"There's no time to hesitate, believe me." Ma Zi Yan said, and pulled Xu Tian off the cliff.
The two fell into the river and were swept away by the fast current.
The atmosphere in the Chu family's magnificent mansion was as solemn as the calm before a storm. In a luxuriously decorated room, Chu Yi paced back and forth anxiously, his face so gloomy that it looked as if water could drip out.
"Waste! A bunch of useless trash!" Chu Yi slammed the table, shaking the tea set. His once handsome face was now distorted by anger, his eyes wide open, burning with rage.
The servant kneeling on the ground reporting the news was shaking like a sieve, his head pressed firmly to the ground, not daring to lift it even a little. His voice was filled with extreme fear and trembling: "Master, we have done our best. It is really that Xu Tian and Ma Ziyan are too cunning."
Chu Yi didn't listen to his explanation at all. He grabbed a valuable vase and smashed it hard on the ground. The vase shattered instantly, and the fragments flew everywhere, just like Chu Yi's broken mood at the moment.
"Hmph!" Chu Yi snorted angrily, breathing heavily. After a moment, he seemed to calm down a little, took a deep breath, and then said to the servant who was still kneeling on the ground and trembling, "Quickly bring Ma Ziyan's father to me. I don't believe she will ignore her father."
The servant quickly responded, "Yes, young master!" and then he crawled out.
Soon, more than a dozen servants of the Chu family came to Ma Ziyan's house in a threatening manner.
At that moment, Ma Ziyan's father, Ma Qian, was sitting at a stone table in the courtyard, leisurely drinking tea and chatting with a servant of the Chu family. Sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting patches of light on them. Ma Qian wore a faint smile as he chatted and laughed cheerfully with the servant.