"How come... you don't trust this old man?"
Gu Shi Yi thought in her heart,
"Of course I don't trust you, you old thing!"
But she also did not understand the Zhong Worm. Whether it was dissolved or not, she could only rely on what the other party said. At the moment, she sheepishly smiled and said,
"Naturally, I trust you!"
Wei Chuan gave her a sinister smile, turned his head, and shouted forward,
"Stop the carriage!"
The Old Coachman outside responded to the command and stopped the carriage. Wei Chuan signaled Gu Shi Yi to follow him off the carriage. Holding Youngest Miss Sun, Gu Shi Yi followed him. It seemed Youngest Miss Sun realized she was going to be separated from Gu Shi Yi; she lifted her little head and stared at her with her big eyes, refusing to look away. Gu Shi Yi looked down at her tender little face, her heart ached, and after kissing her small face, she said,
"I'm sorry, Youngest Miss... I'm now in a predicament myself. You... you must take care of yourself from now on!"
Youngest Miss Sun did not speak, just kept staring at her. Gu Shi Yi's eyes reddened a bit, and after kissing her once more, she said,
"No matter what, strive to survive, Youngest Miss... Only by staying alive is there hope!"
Gu Shi Yi searched herself, but found nothing. She could only take out an Ancient Bronze Coin from her bundle and press it into her hand,
"Take care, Youngest Miss!"
An already impatient Wei Chuan snatched the child from her arms, saying with a sinister tone,
"You still have time to worry about her, better worry about yourself!"
The methods of his senior fellow were something not even he could bear; whether this little girl could survive was up to the Heavenly Father!
Gu Shi Yi bit her lip as she watched him take away Youngest Miss Sun. Wei Chuan then coldly said to her,
"Go sit up there!"
He pointed to the seat beside the Old Coachman. Gu Shi Yi climbed up and sat down. The Old Coachman and Wei Chuan exchanged a glance, sharing a tacit understanding,
"Drive on!"
Wei Chuan shouted loudly, and the Old Coachman whipped the horses, sending the carriage rolling forward in a cloud of dust.
"Hmph!"
Wei Chuan sneered and hoisted Youngest Miss Sun onto his shoulder, channeling his Inner Strength as he started to sprint toward the wilderness beside the road...
The carriage had gone a full five miles before the Old Coachman pulled the reins to slow it down. Gu Shi Yi took out the jade box from her bosom, looked at it, and weighed it in her hand before muttering to herself,
"We've run so far, that old thing shouldn't be able to see us now. I'll throw it away right now!"
As she thought to herself, she straightened her arm to throw it. At that moment, the coach-driving old man suddenly said coldly,
"Are you thinking of throwing that thing away?"
Gu Shi Yi was taken aback and turned to look at him, only to see the Old Coachman also turning to look at her, his eyes revealing a hint of sharpness. Gu Shi Yi's heart skipped a beat, and her complexion changed,
"No wonder that old thing dared to dissolve my Zhong Poison. It turns out this old man is also a trained warrior!"
They left a supervisor behind!
The Old Coachman looked at her with an intimidating gaze and said coldly,
"If you dare throw that thing away, do you believe I can take your life in three moves?"
Gu Shi Yi sized up the Old Coachman, noticing his time-worn face and bent figure, lacking the appearance of a martial arts expert, and half believing him, she said,
"Take my life in three moves?"
The Old Coachman chuckled and suddenly raised his hand. Gu Shi Yi didn't see how he did it, but her throat tightened immediately as it was seized. The Old Coachman's fingers tightened slightly, and Gu Shi Yi's breathing constricted instantly, her face turning red,
"I believe you! I... I... believe... believe you!"
Only the wise survive!
Damn it, this old man has superior martial arts skills than that old thing, yet condescends to be a coachman. What could he possibly be thinking!
Gu Shi Yi cursed Wei Chuan in her heart,
"Damn it, he said he wanted to kill me. With such a master around, why didn't he just take the jade box and escape earlier? Why did he have to drag me along!"
As Gu Shi Yi cursed in her mind, lowering her head, the Old Coachman finally slowly withdrew his hand, saying coldly,
"Behave, help the master lure the pursuers away. As soon the right moment comes, I'll let you go!"
What right moment - of course, it was when the pursuers caught up to Gu Shi Yi, forcing her to hand over the jade box, and they wouldn't care about this coach-driving old man!
Gu Shi Yi stroked her throat, chuckling bitterly and sat down properly, returning the jade box to her bosom. But her eyes kept turning, and she inwardly cursed,
"I don't believe it, I can't escape your clutches!"
As the carriage moved on for another two miles and still there was no sign of pursuit behind, the Old Coachman started to feel uncertain. He looked back, and Gu Shi Yi also said,
"Regarding... the item inside the jade box, I do not know its use, but this jade box was meant to conceal the properties of the herbs inside. Since Elder Wei gave me the jade box and took the Red Berry, the berry's medicinal traits can no longer be concealed. Perhaps... the pursuers are following him?"
The Old Coachman gave her a grim look and suddenly pulled the reins, spinning the carriage around in the middle of the road and started back the way they came. Gu Shi Yi, upon seeing this, felt so annoyed that she wanted to slap herself,
"That's what you get for running your mouth!"