Yuan Ting apologized for her parents' mistake. She cried bitterly and couldn't stop thinking. Why were her parents so vile and deceitful. Why were they so cruel to A chu. They even had the heart to lock her up.
A chu took a deep breath. He tried to brace himself.
"Never mind, Sister Ting. You don't need to apologize. I... I already know all the truth," A chu said while bowing his head. Yuan Ting looked both shocked and relieved.
"Ah I can't stay here for long," A chu thought.
"Sister Ting try to step back first! I will now try to free you. Then we will immediately run away from this place. You come with me," A chu said to Yuan Ting.
"But I..."
"Come on, Sister Ting. I beg you. There's no time left. I'm afraid they'll soon catch up to this place," A chu said uneasily.
After thinking for a while. Yuan Ting finally agreed, and she backed away from the door.
A Chu immediately opened the metal door. He tried it with the key he found on the table earlier. It turned out that the key matched.
After the door opened. A chu and Yuan Ting embraced each other. The two poor children hugged while crying.
Then they left the place. Passed through the dark hallway and arrived at the reading room. As soon as they came out of the room. Yuan Ting looked very shocked to see the fire that had burned part of his house.
"I'm sorry sister Ting. This is all my doing," A chu said as he bowed his head. He looked rather sorry for setting Yuan Ting's house on fire.
Yuan Ting looked at A chu with a gentle gaze. Then she said,
"I can understand why Brother A Chu would do such a thing. Father and Mother's behavior has indeed gone too far. Besides, this must be Brother A Chu's attempt to escape from here."
A Chu looked a little relieved to hear Yuan Ting's words.
Suddenly Yuan Ting asked A chu, "But, where should we go now?"
A chu looked thoughtful. Then he said,
"If we want to go out through the gate in front. We'll have to pass through the center room which has already been engulfed in flames. Uncle and Auntie must be in there right now. So there's no way we can get through without them knowing. So let's try to get out, through the back door."
A chu's words were quite reasonable. Yuan Ting nodded in agreement. Then the two of them started sneaking towards the back door.
After sneaking around with their hearts racing. Finally, they reached the backyard of the house. The exit was in sight. A chu glanced right and left to confirm the situation. He didn't see anyone in that place. then he said to Yuan Ting,
"Sister Ting, how is your body condition? Are you able to run?" A chu looked worried about Yuan Ting's condition.
"I'm fine, Brother A Chu. Ever since I practiced the moves you taught me. My body has gotten a little stronger. I feel much healthier than before. Thank you," Yuan Ting replied. She looked at A-chu with a grateful gaze.
Hearing Yuan Ting's words. A chu was both relieved and disappointed. He was relieved because it turned out that all this time the movements he taught Yuan Ting. It really did bring good benefits to Yuan Ting's health.
Then he was disappointed. Because both his Uncle and Aunt had lied and accused him of making Yuan Ting sick. So A chu felt very guilty.
"Alright Sister Ting, take my hand!" At the count of three. We start running towards that exit," A chu said as he pointed towards the door. A chu and Yuan Ting inhaled deeply.
"One, two. Three, come on!"
then the two of them. Ran with all their might towards the exit. While holding each other's hands.
Everyday, A chu and Yuan Ting were used to going out through that door. To go to the hill behind Yuan Ting's house. So they knew it by heart. How to open that door.
After arriving at the door. A chu tried to open the back door. When he was about to take Yuan Ting out. Suddenly someone shouted from a distance.
"Stop! Where are you going?" the person snapped.
A chu and Yuan Ting were shocked beyond belief. Their hearts almost jumped out of their bodies. They spontaneously turned around, and looked back.
It turned out that the person who shouted earlier was. Ah Tung, the house servant. When he went to check the back of the house. He accidentally saw A chu and yuan Ting running through the backyard.
Then Ah Tung shouted even louder,
"Master! Madam! I found them. Come quickly!"
A chu and Yuan Ting's faces turned pale. Cold sweat started pouring down their faces. The situation was very serious. If Uncle and Aunt came to this place. That would be the end of it.
Without thinking, A chu immediately turned around. Then he held Yuan Ting's hand and urged her to leave the place immediately.
Leaving Ah Tung who was still there shouting and screaming. He couldn't move from that place. Because if he went after the two children. His employers would never know.
Suddenly it started to rain.
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Meanwhile, in another place. Yuan Tan seemed to be standing alone. He looked up at the sky. Raindrops fell heavily on his face. He smiled fiercely, then he said,
"Thank goodness. God is still good to me. With this heavy rain. I'm sure the fire will soon extinguish itself."
Suddenly, Mr. Yuan seemed to hear Ah Tung shouting in the distance. He smiled triumphantly. Because it seemed like A chu's whereabouts had been successfully discovered.
"Now I'd better go to Ah Tung's place right away. To chase after that son of a bitch. Just wait. When I find you. Then I'll rip your skin off. Then I'll chop up your body and feed it to the wild dogs," Yuan Tan said begrudgingly.
Yuan Tan immediately left the place. His movements were unbelievably fast. In a flash, his body had disappeared.
Not long after. Yuan Tan and his wife arrived at Ah Tung's place almost at the same time. After looking at his wife. Yuan Tan immediately asked Ah Tung,
"Where did the cursed child go?"
"They... they went out through that door," Ah Tung said, pointing at the door. "I'm sorry, sir. I can't chase after them. I wanted to wait for Master and Madam to get here first. But... but they haven't left for long." Ah Tung tried to explain timidly.
Yuan Tan looked at his wife and said,
"Sister Lian, let's quickly go after A chu! That kid shouldn't have gone too far yet, then you."
Mr. Yuan looked at Ah Tung fiercely and said,
"You just wait in this place! Try checking the burnt rooms."
Ah Tung bowed to Yuan Tan and quickly retreated.
Then Yuan Tan and his wife hurried away. To catch up with A chu.
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A chu ran through the heavy rain. The rain felt like it was piercing his skin. But A chu kept running while holding Yuan Ting's hand. Yuan Ting's hand felt cold and trembled.
Suddenly, the hand slipped away. A chu was shocked. Then he stopped his steps and looked back. To see how Yuan Ting was doing.
A chu was shocked. Because far behind him. Yuan Ting seemed to be sitting limply with no strength. In fact, it seemed like she was no longer able to stand up. Her face looked down and her breathing was heavy and irregular.
A chu immediately ran over to Yuan Ting.
"Sister Ting, what happened? Are you okay?" asked A chu frantically.
Yuan Ting tried to catch her breath. She inhaled deeply and tried to brace herself. Yuan Ting tried to raise her head and looked at A Chu.
"I'm sorry brother A Chu... hu hu hu... I..." Yuan Ting said while crying. "It seems like my body is no longer able to move. You... you hurry up and leave me here."
A chu looked at Yuan Ting's face. That face looked very pale. Yuan Ting's body, too, did not stop shivering. A chu became panicked and anxious, seeing Yuan Ting's condition.
"Hang in there Sister Ting!" shouted A chu frantically.
But Yuan Ting didn't answer. Instead, her eyes were closed. Like she was enduring pain. A chu thought very hard, to get out of this problem. In his heart he said,
"Come on, A Chu! Think."
As time passed, Yuan Ting's condition became more and more worrying. Because the rain was getting heavier, her body was getting weaker. After all, since earlier. Yuan Ting was forced to follow A chu running. Since leaving the Yuan residence. They haven't rested even once.
A chu's head felt like it wanted to explode. Because right now he was required to make a quick decision. Just a little wrong. Then all his efforts would be in vain. Even more so now that Yuan Ting was in this condition.
"With her body in the condition it is now, coupled with the very bad weather. Yuan Ting can't possibly walk anymore," A chu thought.
"I can't either. Leaving Yuan Ting alone in this place."
Under the cold rain. It felt like it was piercing the skin. A chu kept thinking and thinking. He forced his brain to keep spinning. His body had also begun to shiver. A chu realized. At a time like this. He couldn't rely on anyone.
"In that case. I'll be forced to carry Yuan Ting's body," A chu said inwardly. "But for now and under these extremely unfavorable conditions. Where should I go?"
A chu hit himself on the head. He said, "Come on, A chu, there must be a way."
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