On a sparsely populated mountaintop, Qin Yunxi clutched Grace's sleeve, trembling with excitement.
He found it!
He finally found it!
He finally knew his wife's whereabouts!
The psychological torment of the past few days had made him lose weight. The man who once cared about his appearance and style had no mood to groom himself, his face haggard and overgrown with stubble.
He looked like someone who had just been released from prison, his weariness and dishevelment drawing sideways glances.
"Where is she?" Qin Yunxi's voice was hoarse, his throat catching.
The woman shook her head. "I don't know either." She pointed to the surrounding mountains and said, "My husband said it was a jackal that brought me this piece of cloth. I don't know if it's still here?"
Qin Yunxi froze: ... A jackal?
Recalling how he and Grace had helped deliver a giant panda together, she loved animals and understood them well. So, the jackal was sent by Grace?
It must have been intelligent!
Qin Yunxi looked around at the mountain range, turned a couple of times, and shouted into the mountains, "Grace, I'm here."
"Hey, take me to Grace."
The jackal hadn't gone far. It had been hiding in the shadows, waiting for the benefactor to mention the human who would come to its aid.
"Grace?"
Someone was calling the benefactor's name? So it was waiting for him?
The jackal barked a few times and bolted – as if saying, follow me, I'll lead you.
Qin Yunxi, with his agile physique, saw the direction the jackal was heading and quickly gave chase.
Like flying humans, the man and the jackal weaved through the forest.
Behind Qin Yunxi, several bodyguards donned flight suits and followed closely.
Qin Yunxi couldn't outrun the jackal. As the champion of the wild chase, it could run and jump, its limbs well-developed and its movements agile. No matter how agile a human was, they couldn't match it.
The jackal would run for a while, then stop, waiting for Qin Yunxi to catch up.
After running for several hundred meters, a bodyguard caught up with him, holding a flight suit. "Sir."
Qin Yunxi quickly put on the flight suit and zipped after the jackal. "Let's go!"
Now, no matter how fast it ran, he could keep up.
... Grace waited another night, her heart filled with anxiety and unease.
Would Xiao Jin manage to find someone to help make a phone call?
Would Cristiano have sent people?
Tomorrow, no, early this morning, they would begin their operation again.
She wondered which farm they would be raiding this time. But judging by the number of mercenaries and snake catchers, it seemed to be a raid with a much higher difficulty level.
She didn't want to see any killing.
This group of mercenaries had no humanity. If they found anyone alive, they would kill them to silence them.
In their eyes, life was worthless. Killing was as casual as swatting a mosquito.
"Hurry!"
"We'll be busy after we eat."
Several mercenaries urged everyone on.
Today's destination was a farm hidden deep in the mountains, which housed eighty percent of the world's venomous snakes.
They intended to take them all in one go.
"Hurry!"
"Let's go, let's go."
After a hasty breakfast, the group set off for the farm.
Grace was uneasy the entire way. At this moment, she could only silently pray for heaven's mercy, hoping Xiao Jin could find someone to help and successfully contact Cristiano.
But...
Even if they made contact, would they arrive in time to meet her?
Lost in thought, everyone arrived outside the farm. Several mercenaries, armed with silenced guns, infiltrated the facility.
Not long after, the mercenaries waved to them. "It's done, come in."
Grace was pushed into the farm. Before she even entered, she could smell the strong scent of blood in the air.
Upon entering, she almost collapsed from shock.