Chapter 49 - Escape
CHAPTER 49
At the man's order, Li Jing felt a chill run down her spine. What did Ye Cheng do to deserve this?
He did not look like a bad guy, her instincts told her so and she trusted it, so why now…
Bang!
"Ye Cheng! I know you are in here," the same voice called out.
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'Ye Cheng?'
Li Jing's eyes popped open like saucers in the dark at the mention of his name.
'He is Ye Cheng! How come…'
Before she had the time to ponder on the new found news…
Ring! Ring!
Li Jing's heart stopped beating at the sound of her phone ringing. It snapped her out of her thoughts and she froze in place.
She was dead. They were dead.
All because of her.
Ring!
The man snapped his head at the direction of the sound the ringtone was coming from.
At the second ring, Li Jing quickly brought out her phone from her pocket and put off the lock screen, to silent the phone instantly.
Ye Cheng snapped his head to the side to look at her. What was she doing with her phone at this point in time? He could not help but wonder but he never blamed her or voiced out his thoughts.
"Ye Cheng, come on out nice and slow, then perhaps we would consider letting you live."
That was it… she was dead.
'You dead. You dead!' a small voice chanted in her mind, causing more fear and panic in her.
Quickly, Ye Cheng held her hand tight and looked into her eyes. Due to the fact that it was dark, they could not see each other's faces but from her breathing and eyes he could tell it took all she had to not to cry, scream or even faint.
"Come." He whispered to her and pulled her with him.
Up in the house, the men had done a quick sweep of the house but did not find any trace of them.
"Boss!" One of the men called to the first man that called out to them. "Found something."
Immediately all the men rushed up to the passage way and stopped close to where the man stood.
He was standing right outside the storage room with a gun in his hand pointed at the floor.
Immediately, the men paved way for their boss and he came to where the man stood then stopped near the entrance of the storage room.
"What is it?"
"Boss the phone ringtone came from this passage way and we found nothing, but I find it strange, look at the arrangement of this rug, it looks scattered and there is something raised here under the rug."
As he spoke, his left was on top of the bolt, trying to show his point. "If you also step on this board, you would notice…"
"Step aside and remove the rug. We have not time for details. We cannot let him escape." The boss shouted at the other man and pushed him aside.
Without a second to waste, he pulled the rug back and pulled on the bolt on the floor board. All the men present were shocked to see a small staircase leading down.
Just as a few of them got closer to check, Li Jing's phone rang again.
Ring! Ring!
Not thinking twice, the boss cracked his gun and began shooting at the floor board. Seeing him take charge, the other men followed after him and did the same, everyone shooting at the ground below them.
After shooting continuously without break for some time, the boss raised his hand and everyone stopped.
Quickly two men rushed inside, hoping to catch them but by the time they got in, all they could see was Li Jing's phone screen lit up and illuminating the dark underground.
"Boss, they are gone."
"Damn it," the boss yelled as he stared at the bullet holes everywhere.
The two men climbed back out and one handed the phone to the boss. He looked at the screen and saw who was calling.
'Fen Fen… What am I doing with this caller?"
Taking the phone from the other guy's hand, he threw it on the floor and shot at it before turning to look at his men. "WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE? AFTER THEM!"
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Meanwhile, as soon as Ye Cheng heard the death threat, he pulled Li Jing with him and unfortunately for her, her phone fell down.
Not having the time to go back, they followed the path ahead and crawled their way from the passage way to the side of the house.
As they went, they did not notice a tunnel in the ground and both of them fell right into it, rolling till it came to a stop on a flat ground.
"Ouch!" Li Jing cried from the pain of her butt hitting the hard ground. Ye Cheng sat up and not too far from where they were, he could see a light at the end of the tunnel.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes."
"Good, let's us go. We cannot stop till we are far from here, got it?"
"Hmm."
Together they crawled out of the tunnel and came out of a bush path. By the time Li Jing looked up, they were very far from the house on the hill already.
"There is a road up ahead, let's hurry."
It took them sometime, but they made it to the road. It was not too far from the city's harbor.
Who would have thought such a tunnel was in the old lady's house and it led all the way here.
Up until now, Ye Cheng held Li Jing's hand and finally let her go as he turned around, searching for something.
Somewhere not far away on the road, Ye Cheng spotted his car. Quickly, he searched his trouser pocket and found his car control key and pressed on the button.
Thankfully, she had not taken off his trousers and thrown them away as well. His car key was in his pocket the whole time and when he changed clothes, he took it from the other as well.
The car made a sound and a smile crept up his face as he looked at his baby come on, then turned to Li Jing and said, "Let's go."