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Chapter 1395 Yunrui's Sincere Devotion: Murphy's Law Brought by the Holy Mother

"Save her? This is Black Rock Village! Saving her means offending Shen Chengyu!" Tai Ge trembled with rage, scanning his surroundings warily as he reached out to grab Qi Ruixiang's arm. "Let's put her down now and leave quickly, so we can pretend we didn't see anything. If Shen Chengyu's men find out, we're both dead!"

"I can't let her go." Qi Ruixiang shook his head, his tone leaving no room for doubt. "She's already pitiful enough. I can't just stand by and watch her die. Brother Tai, if you're scared, you can go first. I'll find a way to get her out of here. I won't implicate you."

After saying that, he picked up the girl and turned to walk deeper into the alley. The girl whimpered softly in his arms, her brows furrowing even more, but she still didn't wake up.

Tai watched his resolute back, then couldn't help but glance back at the direction of Shen Chengyu's room—the door was still tightly closed, and there was no movement inside, but he felt that the door was like a giant maw ready to devour people, and countless guards might rush out at any moment and tear them to pieces.

He subconsciously touched his neck and felt a chill on the back of his neck, as if a knife would be held to it at any moment and his head might be lost at any time.

"You're a madman! A complete madman!" Tai Ge roared angrily, but still quickly chased after them. "You think you can escape with her? The village is guarded everywhere, we can't get out at all! Qi Ruixiang, you've really gotten us both into big trouble this time!"

Qi Ruixiang didn't turn around, but quickened his pace.

He knew Tai was right; trying to escape from the heavily guarded Black Rock Village with a comatose woman was nothing short of a pipe dream.

But he didn't regret it. From the moment he saw the girl fall, he knew he couldn't stand idly by. He didn't want to see either Gu Yunxi or this stranger suffer endless torment in this hellish place.

The shadows in the depths of the alley grew thicker, and the sound of patrolling guards could be heard in the distance. Qi Ruixiang, carrying the girl, tiptoed to a corner piled with discarded wooden crates, and Tai Ge quickly followed, not daring to breathe.

"What do we do now?" Tai asked in a low voice, a hint of despair in his tone. "We're like fish in a barrel now, we can't escape at all!"

Qi Ruixiang looked at the unconscious girl in his arms, then at the approaching patrol lights outside, took a deep breath, and his eyes became even more determined: "Let's find a place to hide her first, and we'll talk about it after she wakes up. No matter what, we have to try."

Meanwhile, in Shen Chengyu's room, he stood by the window, watching the two hurried figures in the alley, a cold smile playing on his lips—he had long since spotted the two lurking at the alley entrance, but he hadn't expected them to expose themselves for an insignificant woman.

“Interesting.” Shen Chengyu murmured, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes. “Since they’ve come to me for free, don’t blame me for being impolite.”

He raised his hand and pressed the intercom on the corner of the table, his voice as cold as ice: "Pass the word down, martial law is declared throughout the village. Search every house, focusing on outsiders and abandoned corners. Seal off all roads in and out of the village, not even a fly can get out!"

A respectful reply came from the other end of the intercom. Shen Chengyu hung up the phone, his smile growing increasingly sinister.

He had been looking for an excuse to get rid of the "unstable factors" in the village, and Qi Ruixiang's initiative was exactly what he wanted. He wanted to see which blind fly had gotten in here.

At that moment, Qi Ruixiang was carrying the unconscious girl and stumbled into an abandoned storage room with Brother Tai.

This place was discovered by chance by Atai when he was delivering goods. It was filled with moldy sacks and discarded tools. Few people usually came here, making it a rare "safe corner" in the village.

He carefully placed the girl on a pile of relatively clean sacks, his movements so gentle that it didn't seem like he was in any danger.

The girl remained unconscious, her brows furrowed, her face as pale as paper, her lips chapped, and her breathing so weak it was almost imperceptible.

Qi Ruixiang took out the last half-empty bottle of mineral water from his backpack, unscrewed the cap, dipped his fingertip in the water, and gently wiped her lips and cheeks, trying to make her a little more awake.

"Are you crazy! You're such a saint!" Tai Ge leaned against the door, listening warily to the sounds outside while his voice was low and his body trembling with anger. "What kind of time is this? You're still showing mercy to women? Shen Chengyu's men have already started the search, we're about to be discovered!"

Qi Ruixiang didn't look up, still focused on hydrating the girl, but his tone was unusually firm: "She's almost dehydrated. If she doesn't get more water, she'll die even if Shen Chengyu doesn't find her."

Subjectively speaking, Qi Ruixiang's behavior does indeed have the characteristics of a "saintly mother" - he clearly came to save Gu Yunxi, but at the critical moment, for a complete stranger, he exposed his whereabouts, putting himself and Tai Ge in danger.

He couldn't bear to see others suffer, even if the girl was Shen Chengyu's person, even if her existence might be a burden to him, he couldn't stand idly by.

This kind of kindness, ingrained in their very being, seemed particularly out of place, even somewhat foolish, in the Black Rock Village where everyone lived in fear.

Black Rock Village was already heavily guarded, but now the entire village is under martial law. Every alley and every house is being searched one by one, and their hiding place could be discovered at any time.

The girl was unconscious and unable to provide any help; instead, she became a burden, requiring him to take care of her.

In this situation, saving the girl would not only bring no benefit, but would also completely ruin the plan to rescue Gu Yunxi, and might even cost him his own life.

"Even a saint has to know when to stop!" Tai stomped his feet angrily, his voice trembling with tears. "We're barely able to save ourselves, how can we care about others' lives? Do you know what Shen Chengyu means by 'not being polite'? He'll skin us alive and throw us to the dogs! Just like he did with that girl's brother!"

He had barely finished speaking when hurried footsteps and shouts from the guards came from outside: "Search carefully! Mr. Shen said that if we can't find him, you'll all have to fill in the moat!"

Tai's face turned deathly pale, his legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground. He subconsciously touched his neck, as if he could already feel the cold touch of a blade against it, his voice trembling: "They're here! They've searched! Qi Ruixiang, we're finished, we're really finished this time!"

Qi Ruixiang's heart sank. He quickly glanced around the storage room and found a large, abandoned wooden crate in the corner, big enough to hold a person.

He immediately stood up and said to Tai, "Tai, help me put her in the wooden box, and I'll go find something to cover her up. Try to stall for time, and say that we're here to deliver goods and to lay low for a while."

"Delay? How can we delay?" Tai's voice trembled. "They can tell we're up to something at a glance!"

"I have no choice but to take a gamble." Qi Ruixiang gritted his teeth and began moving the wooden crates. He knew there was no other way but to hope that the guards wouldn't search the abandoned storage room too thoroughly.

Looking at Qi Ruixiang's determined eyes, Tai Ge knew that complaining was useless, so he could only nod reluctantly.

The two of them worked together to put the unconscious girl into the wooden box. Qi Ruixiang then found a few pieces of old canvas to cover it, trying to make the wooden box look no different from other discarded items.