He snorted, turned around, and went out.
After he left, it took a while for Li Luru to move her eyes, sitting up with a pale face.
The rope on her hands had somehow been untied.
Ignoring the heart-wrenching pain in her mouth, she shakily tidied up her clothes.
Situ Er didnāt come back in, nor did anyone else come over, Li Luru breathed a sigh of relief.
Night, so quiet it felt chilly, so cold that it distracted her from the pain in her mouth.
"Chirp, chirp..."
"Chirp, chirp..."
Xiaobai was outside the window, she got up and moved the window, surprisingly found it could be opened, and was overjoyed, quietly moving a chair to climb out of the window.
Once out of the house, she realized it seemed to be a farmhouse courtyard, the walls werenāt very high, and the two guards were already asleep. She sneaked to the harem, deftly removed the door latch.
Just then, she heard someone shout from the front, "Damn, sheās gone!"
"Chase her!"
Upon hearing this, Li Luru bolted, and the two people behind also started chasing frantically.
Xiaobai, being a protective bird, blocked their path, sometimes attacking one personās eyes, sometimes going for another personās head.
Its speed was swift; these two men were momentarily stopped by it.
Li Luru just kept running, kept running, thinking she must quickly find San and the others at this time.
But in the middle of the night, she didnāt know where exactly this was, or which village it was, nor which direction led to the prefecture.
Thinking that since she didnāt know, she might as well follow her instincts.
She walked the whole night, as dawn broke in the east, she looked around, it seemed she took the wrong path.
How come thereās a mountain ahead?
How should she proceed?
By this time, she was both tired and hungry, her mouth felt like it was on fire, unbearably painful, so she sat down to rest for a while.
In her heart, she couldnāt help but curse that Second Young Master, what a pervert.
Listening to his words, he seemed to hold a grudge against Ye Haoxuan; thinking about Ye Haoxuan, she felt frustrated, he really got her into trouble.
"Hey, how come thereās a pretty girl here in this place?"
"Big brother, todayās a good day according to the almanac."
"Arenāt you talking nonsense? I picked this date ages ago, just waiting for a good day to go down the mountain. Iām telling you, going out, you gotta check the almanac; see, Iām right, didnāt we just find a pretty girl when we headed out?"
"Pretty girl, how did you end up near the White Stripe Mountain?"
Li Luru quickly got up from the ground, without thinking, turned around and ran.
But after walking the whole night, her strength was running out, and before long, she was caught by a group of people.
"Where do you think youāre running to? This is White Stripe Mountainās territory; nobody dares to come here, man or woman, young or old. So donāt expect anyone to save you." The leader said.
One man with a red birthmark above his eyebrow also said, "Ever heard of the name White Stripe Mountain?"
Li Luru thought to herself, how would she know about White Stripe Mountain, she wasnāt from here.
"Let me tell you, White Stripe Mountain is also called Hundred Stripe Mountain; thereās a hundred men living on the mountain, none have women. People from seven villages around secretly call us Bachelor Mountain. But we have a fierce name too, called the Hundred Snakes Gang."
"Fourth, why are you wasting words?" Eldest impatiently said, "Carry her back, weāve got an extra delicate one, saves us some money, once in town, we wonāt have to buy one."
Fourth, upon hearing this, cautiously said, "Big brother, letās still buy as planned. This oneās extra anyway, doesnāt cost us anything, let our brothers have some fun."