She changed into sportswear, slung her prepared backpack over her shoulder, and waited in the room for a while, estimating that Yang Sijie should be asleep by now.
She tiptoed to Yang Sijie's door again and knocked. There was no response from inside.
She then carefully pushed open Yang Sijie's door and saw him indeed lying on the bed asleep, without even changing his clothes.
"Yang Sijie, Yang Sijie..." she called out a few times by the bed, but he didn't react.
Susu was completely relieved and left the house to find Kangxi at the stables.
Upon arriving at the stables, she took out her flashlight from her bag and searched for Su Kangxi, calling out in a very low voice, "Kangxi, Kangxi..."
Before she could get a response from Su Kangxi, her flashlight beam landed on Su Kangxi, curled up in a corner of the stable.
Susu hurried over and squatted down, nudging him, "Kangxi, wake up."
Su Kangxi groggily opened his eyes and, seeing that it was Susu, exclaimed in surprise, "Sister Susu, why are you here?"
Susu made a shushing gesture at him and handed him a set of clean clothes, "Change into these first, you'll be more comfortable and warmer."
Su Kangxi felt dizzy and unwell, but he still listened to Susu and changed out of his tattered clothes.
While he was changing, Susu kept her back to him. After he finished changing, she took out the lunchbox from her bag and offered it to him, "You haven't eaten tonight yet, have you? Have something."
Su Kangxi shook his head listlessly, saying, "I'm not hungry. Sister Susu, aren't you afraid Yang Sijie will find out you came to see me like this?"
"Who says I came to see you," Susu retorted. "I came to help you escape with me."
Su Kangxi instantly became much more alert and said, "No, that's too dangerous. I can't let you take this risk."
"Is there anything more dangerous than the two of us staying here?" Susu said, exasperated. "At this point, you're still talking about danger and risk with me. Have you gone stupid from being a policeman!"
"Sister Susu, listen to me, I have a tracking device on me. The police will have my location, and they'll come to rescue us soon."
Susu knew Yang Sijie too well. She persuaded him, "In our current situation, we can't just wait here for the police to rescue us. Even if the police find us, we'll become bargaining chips in Yang Sijie's hands, and we'll be in even greater danger. If we have a chance to escape now, we must leave quickly."
Su Kangxi slowly nodded, saying weakly, "You're right, I'll escape with you."
"I put sleeping pills in the milk he drank. He probably won't wake up all night." Susu asked, seeing his pale face, "Are you alright? Are you feeling unwell?"
Su Kangxi forced himself to say, "I'm fine. But if he wakes up tomorrow morning and discovers this, will he catch us again..."
"We'll have a whole night. We'll probably be far away by then. Once we reach a populated area, we can immediately go to the police station for help, and he won't be able to catch us again." Susu took out two flashlights from her bag, one for him and one for herself.
Su Kangxi stood up, leaning against the wall, and said, "Sister Susu, I'll do whatever you say. You understand Yang Sijie better than I do."
"Then let's go." Susu felt that there was no time to lose, while Mark hadn't noticed their plan to escape yet. "Can you ride a horse? Pick any horse, and let's leave quickly."
Susu prepared to lead the horse she usually rode. Su Kangxi, mustering his strength, was looking at which horse to ride, but his legs felt unsteady.
Susu had already led out a horse. When she turned back and saw Su Kangxi almost collapsing, she hurried over to support him and asked, "Kangxi, what's wrong?"
"I don't know. I feel really unwell and have no strength."
As Susu supported him, she accidentally touched his skin. It felt burning hot. She then felt his forehead and quickly said, "You're sick, you have a fever. Fortunately, I prepared some cold medicine just in case."
She took out cold medicine from her bag and gave him two pills.
Su Kangxi didn't want to be a burden to her and leaned against the wall again, saying, "Sister Susu, you should escape by yourself first. Since I'm sick, I won't recover immediately even after taking medicine... I don't want to drag you down. I'll be fine if I stay here..."
"No, if we go, we go together. And don't ride a horse by yourself, ride with me on one horse." Susu made a quick decision.
Su Kangxi smiled and waved his hand at her, "I'm fine. I have a tracker on me, they'll definitely find me and rescue me. Sister Susu, if you stay one more day, you'll have to pretend to have amnesia for one more day. If you slip up, Yang Sijie won't let you go..."
Susu smiled and said, "Right now, the person Yang Sijie wants to get rid of is you, and the most dangerous person is you! Stop trying to sweet-talk me. If you don't go, I won't go either. If you stay, we stay together."
"Sister Susu..."
Susu looked at him by the light of the flashlight and said, "Before the police find us, we have to rely on ourselves. Stop dawdling. We'll ride one horse together, let's go quickly. You won't drag me down. Having another person on the road means more strength. Wouldn't you worry if you saw me riding away alone?"
"Okay." Su Kangxi no longer insisted on staying behind.
She first helped Kangxi onto the horse, then mounted the horse herself, holding the reins, and slowly rode towards the grassland.
She bit the flashlight in her mouth and, without further hesitation, spurred her horse towards the forest.
As long as they rode through that forest, it should lead to a different landscape.
Mark stood secretly behind the curtains of the guest room, watching the light in the grassland moving rapidly in the darkness.
Miss Gu! That's right, it was Miss Gu riding away!
Seeing only one person and one horse from a distance, and not seeing Mr. Yang following on horseback, he found it strange, but quickly understood.
He watched the direction where the light was gradually disappearing and realized that Miss Gu was clearly escaping under the cover of night.
She hadn't lost her memory! The amnesia was all an act!
But why was there no movement from Mr. Yang's room? He wondered what method Miss Gu had used to keep Mr. Yang completely unaware.
Could Miss Gu have killed Mr. Yang?
He immediately rushed into Mr. Yang's room and found Yang Sijie sleeping peacefully in bed, completely unresponsive to the movements around him.
He then tried to check Yang Sijie's breathing with his finger. He was still alive and breathing normally.
The only explanation was that Miss Gu had given Mr. Yang something like sleeping pills, which made him sleep so soundly.
He initially wanted to wake Mr. Yang, but after a moment of hesitation, he quietly withdrew from the room, pretending to be asleep himself and knowing nothing.
He had always admired Miss Gu from the bottom of his heart, and even had a bit of a crush on her. However, due to considerations of status and differing positions, he had never done anything for Miss Gu.
This was the first and last time he would secretly help Miss Gu. He hoped she could truly escape from here and live happily ever after.