Chapter 138

Chapter 138

Chapter 138 Jinjiang Literature City First Release

Jinjin carried medicine in his pocket. He sprinkled the medicine on the wound, then tore a piece of cloth to bandage the injury on his thigh.

After the simple treatment, Jinjin grabbed the little kitten, stuffed him into his coat, and began looking for a way to escape.

Bai Li reached out his little paw and tapped him: "Meow."

Put me down, I can run by myself.

Jinjin was running slowly; Bai Li didn’t want to add more burden to him.

“Don’t move.”

Jinjin pressed Bai Li’s head back, panting heavily: “We don’t have much time.”

It was almost dawn. There were many people on the other side. When it got light, they would definitely discover Old Dan’s disappearance. Once things were exposed, those people would dig up the ground three feet deep if necessary to find them.

Bai Li was blocked from speaking by Jinjin. He tilted his head back and looked at the sweat on Jinjin’s face.

That sweat wasn’t from exhaustion but from pain.

Jinjin limped as he ran, not knowing how long he had been running until finally stopping.

It was dawn.

Jinjin collapsed on a slope and pulled the little kitten out from his arms.

“Li Li, do you know how to read a map?”

Bai Li shook his head.

When he first got down the mountain, his father gave him a map. He studied it for a long time but still got lost.

After struggling for a month, he finally entered the city carrying his pack.

Jinjin shoved the map into his hands: “You have to learn it.”

Bai Li looked at him confused: “Meow?”

Aren’t you the one who can read it?

Between the two of them, only one needed to know how to read the map.

Jinjin’s face was pale. He had lost a lot of blood from his leg, and combined with such a long escape, surviving until now was already the limit.

“We split up.”Jinjin said, “I can’t carry you any longer.”

Bai Li anxiously scratched at him with his paws: “Together!”

Jinjin had lost so much blood; if he got caught by the bad guys, what would happen to him?

“Li Li, listen to me.”

Although Jinjin’s face was pale, his tone was firm: “Go.”

Bai Li was unwilling to leave.

“Hurry up,” Jinjin frowned and said sternly, “If both of us get caught, what’s the point of my injury?!”

Bai Li was shouted at and stepped back two paces.

Jinjin urged him harshly, as if to make sure he would leave, and even told him, “Your second sister is in the emergency room. Don’t you want to see her?”

Bai Li’s eyes reddened: “I want to.”

He missed his second sister, but he also wanted Jinjin to come along.

Jinjin pushed him: “Go!”

Bai Li knew if he stayed any longer, Jinjin wouldn’t agree either. He wiped his tears with his paw, bit the map, followed the direction Jinjin pointed out, and turned to run.

Jinjin watched that snowy white little figure disappear completely from his sight. He closed his eyes briefly, forced himself to keep going, and chose another path.

On that path, he deliberately sprinkled some blood discreetly on the ground.

If you didn’t look carefully, you wouldn’t notice those bloodstains.

But Jinjin knew those people would definitely find them.

“Sister.”

Jinjin leaned against a tree trunk, moving with difficulty. He knew things wouldn’t get better for him, but he didn’t regret it. After coming out from there, being able to spend these days with his sister was already worth it.

“I miss you so much.”

He whispered quietly. His sister—he might never see her again.

Footsteps faintly sounded behind him, and he even heard the sound of a safety catch being pulled.

Elsewhere.

The snowy white little kitten ran fast, not daring to look back, just following the route Jinjin had pointed out, running with all his speed.

Until he reached a fork in the road, the little kitten suddenly braked and tumbled forward.

The map was thrown out, and the round little kitten rolled several times before stopping.

“Meow.”

The kitten, bruised on his head again, touched his battered head and quietly called out.His white fur rolled on the ground, already dirty.

In front were three small paths. Bai Li spread out the map Jinjin gave him, trying hard to understand it.

However, after looking for several minutes, Bai Li bit the map in frustration, closed his eyes resignedly, and spun around on the spot.

He spun until dizzy, then—plop—he fell, and in the direction he fell, he ran that way.

It was the far right path.

Bai Li found a path by a collision method and continued running head down.

He was running hard, and his master was also searching for him.

Tracking wolf searching for cat.

Lang He sniffed the remaining kitten scent in the air, seriously tracing the route bit by bit.

After hearing news about the kitten, the black-footed cat brother outside boarded Yan Cen’s private plane, cutting short the honeymoon with Yan Cen.

Under the black-footed cat’s orders, all cats and dogs were mobilized to search for the missing kitten.

“Li Li was taken away too quickly.”

Lang He turned his head and said to Xie Chen, “I can only give a vague direction. It’s difficult to be more precise.”

“You just need to do your best to help me find the way.”

Although Xie Chen was instructed by Jinjin not to act rashly, he wasn’t the type to be manipulated.

Waiting for Qiao’s orders and following Qiao’s plan—

He definitely wouldn’t obediently comply.

Lang He nodded at Xie Chen, then focused intently on sniffing Bai Li’s scent.

The tracking skill passed down from ancestors was a talent unique to their clan.

After an unknown amount of time, Lang He gave a route.

As they followed the route, Qiao called again.

“How are you thinking it over?” Qiao asked directly.

Xie Chen’s voice was steady: “I want to see Li Li first before replying.”

“Alright, I’ll let you watch a video of him first.”

After that, Qiao hung up and redialed the team responsible for exchanging Bai Li and bringing him back.

“Where’s Bai Li? Record a video of him now.”

The team leader answered the call, face dark: “Master, Bai Li…”“What happened to him?”

“He ran away.”

“Trash!”

As expected, Qiao exploded in anger.

He had used the woman the police valued most to exchange for Bai Li’s return.

This Bai Li was his leverage to control Xie Chen! Now that he was already negotiating terms with Xie Chen, his subordinate came to tell him the leverage was lost.

It was hard for Qiao not to be furious.

“Go find him for me! If you can’t find him, you know the consequences.”

After saying this, Qiao angrily threw his phone to the ground.

Fortunately, the floor was covered with a thick carpet, so the phone didn’t break.

“Call Lao Wu.”

After throwing the phone, Qiao suddenly calmed down and ordered those around him to fetch his most trusted confidant.

The confidant came from country H; he was mysterious and powerful.

Because he was around, Qiao had survived several unexpected attacks safely.

“Lao Wu.”

When the man arrived, Qiao rubbed his temple with one hand and spoke to him: “We agreed to use Bai Li to control Xie Chen and make Xie Chen our pawn. Now, the plan has changed.”

“What?”

“Bai Li ran away.”

Qiao’s eyes darkened: “Without Bai Li, we can’t control Xie Chen.”

Lao Wu smiled upon hearing this.

“Without Bai Li, Xie Chen will be controlled.”

He said this so softly that Qiao barely heard.

Under Qiao’s impatient gaze, Lao Wu said, “Don’t worry, I’ll go there myself and personally handle this.”

“Alright.”

Qiao still trusted him: “Take as many people as you need. By the way, bring King back to me as well.”

“That traitor—when I get back, I’ll teach him a proper lesson.”

Lao Wu grunted in agreement and turned to leave.

Qiao stared at his small, thin figure, unable to see the thick black mist swirling around him.Of course, Qiao couldn’t see that his so-called “origin of evil” territory was filled everywhere with black mist. This black mist didn’t make people despondent; instead, it made them increasingly greedy.

Time fast-forwarded to the third day.

In these three days,

Bai Li had not managed to get out of the forest.

Jin Jin was found, and his wound had become infected due to improper treatment.

The leader assigned two people to take him back, but judging by Jin Jin’s condition, it wasn’t good.

“Boss, what if he can’t make it back?” the person responsible for escorting Jin Jin asked anxiously.

“If he dies halfway, then there’s nothing we can do.”

The leader didn’t value Jin Jin much. To him, King—who was obsessed with escaping his father—was just a complete fool.

Leaving the gold mountain behind, stubbornly chasing after a woman.

Truly embarrassing.

Hearing this, his men finally relaxed.

“From my experience, King’s life is hanging by a thread.”

That subordinate said, “If Old Dan isn’t dead and we bring him along, we might be able to keep King alive.”

Unfortunately, when they found Old Dan, he was already dead cold.

Old Dan died miserably; before dying, he was castrated.

The leader waved his hand, telling them to leave quickly.

Jin Jin was placed in the back seat of the car, his breathing growing weaker.

Deep inside the forest,

“Meow.”

A meowing sound echoed from a cave.

A filthy little kitten clutched a green fruit, frowning in a cat-like way, occasionally licking it.

The fruit tasted terrible, but the kitten was very hungry.

He was unlike a black-footed cat born to survive in the wild with hunting skills.

In the forest, he could only find green fruits to eat. If he didn’t eat, he would have no strength and thus wouldn’t be able to run away.

“I smell something.”

At the same time, Xie Chen, with Lang He, finally arrived at the edge of the forest.“Li Li is right here,” Lang He said confidently.

But the forest was visibly vast, and finding a tiny kitten was no easy task.

Xie Chen carried a locator and was the first to step into the forest.

“Split up and search.”

To improve efficiency, Xie Chen didn’t choose to search in teams.

He picked a path on his own, relying on instinct to find his cat.

“Boss.”

Before Xie Chen turned, Lang He called out to him, “You’re really impressive. I’m sure you can find Li Li.”

Xie Chen said nothing and strode forward.

The forest was restless, and several groups were searching for Bai Li.

On the second day of searching, Xie Chen ran into the leader looking for Bai Li.

Bad luck—he was talking about Bai Li.

“Boss, if it weren’t for Old Dan knocking me out and taking that Bai Li away, we wouldn’t have to suffer looking for him now.”

The leader’s eyes grew colder thinking of this.

“I should have tied him up before I went to sleep.”

The man kept complaining, “Old Dan really lost control—seeing such a pretty kid, he just couldn’t hold back down there.”

They were talking, but behind the trees, Xie Chen listened, his cold eyes glowing faintly red.

“The Old Dan you’re talking about… touched my Li Li?”

The sudden words stunned those chatting.

They reflexively raised their guns, aiming at Xie Chen’s forehead.

“Xie Chen?”

The leader recognized Xie Chen’s face. Since they had exchanged Bai Li, they naturally knew about him.

Xie Chen seemed to ignore their questions and walked straight toward them.

“Where is Li Li?” His usually low voice carried a strange, chilling tone.

The leader sensed something was wrong, finger on the trigger, threatening, “Stop! One more step forward and I’ll shoot!”

Xie Chen was fearless, still stepping forward.

“Bang—”

The loud gunshot echoed through the forest. The leader who fired looked terrified seeing Xie Chen unharmed, as if he had seen a ghost.“Bang bang bang—”

Bullets kept firing, but none of them hit.

This man was completely different from the Xie Chen they had reconned earlier.

This… was clearly not human.

“I’ll ask again, where is Li Li?”

Xie Chen’s figure appeared like a ghost before the leader. He reached out, grabbed the leader by the neck, and asked again.

“I, I don’t know,” the leader begged painfully. “He ran away, I really don’t know where he went.”

A cold gleam surfaced in Xie Chen’s crimson eyes.

“If you really don’t know anything…”

He said softly, “Then there’s no need to keep you alive.”

Maybe a moment passed, or maybe much longer.

Xie Chen walked out of that forest alone; behind him, there was nothing but emptiness.

The cruelest people, who have committed countless murders, are said to become tainted by darkness. Such people lose their humanity deep in their bones. Wearing human skin, they no longer count as humans.

Unknowingly, they slowly transform into monsters.

Such monsters, inhuman, when burned, only leave behind black fragments.

The wind blows, and no trace remains.

“Meow?”

Did a fight break out?

The dirty little kitten nibbling on the fruit also heard the gunshots. It froze for a moment, then hurriedly swallowed the fruit, holding the confusing map, and continued running, tapping along.

As long as it searches enough paths, the kitten firmly believes, one must be the right way!