ATFBETIBM Chapter 312.2

The short-haired woman’s eyes briefly flashed with unwillingness, then she smiled stiffly, “Oh, why bring this up? It’s all in the past.”

Liang Tingting felt a bit guilty, “I’m sorry, Ah Jing, I shouldn’t have mentioned it.”

“It’s not your fault. Don’t overthink it. I’m a carefree person by nature. I like musical instruments just because I like them. If I made it my career, I might not even succeed,” the short-haired woman cheered up and picked up a colorful pink bag from the table, “Look at this hairpin. I bought it for Pan Pan’s birthday that’s in two days. The little girl loves dressing up. Give her this hairpin when the time comes.”

Upon hearing about the hairpin, Bai Lixin moved closer. Inside the small bag was an extravagant yet beautiful pink hairpin.

This was the only hairpin he had seen since entering the copy. Was this the hairpin Pan Pan was looking for last time?

Bai Lixin tried to reach out and touch it, but his fingers passed right through.

Liang Tingting held it lovingly in her hand, “It’s so beautiful. Pan Pan will definitely love it.”

The short-haired woman grabbed two more things from the table and handed them to the woman across from her, “This is specially for you. I know you still love these things.”

It was a beautiful notebook and a pen.

Liang Tingting took them and looked at the short-haired woman opposite her in puzzlement, “Ah Jing, you’re acting so strangely today. Why did you suddenly buy so many things and give me so much?”

The short-haired woman hesitated, but in the end, she didn’t say anything. She just held onto Liang Tingting’s hand tightly, “Tingting, they are human, we are human too. Our lives won’t end like this. Someone will come to rescue the people in the village in the future.”

“Believe me.”

“Alright,” Liang Tingting nervously glanced at the door, “Shall we go out for a walk, the two of us?”

The short-haired woman agreed, “Okay, let’s go.”

After the two of them left the room, only Bai Lixin remained inside.

He walked to the table again and looked at it.

The pink hairpin was on the table. He tried to grab it once more, but his hand still passed through.

If the pink hairpin was a gift for Pan Pan, then this hairpin might be in Pan Pan’s hands.

In the hands of Pan Pan from Gentle Village.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Lixin pushed the door open and walked out.

Outside the door, the scenery changed once again.

When he looked out of the window while inside the room earlier, there was a courtyard outside, and the sky was still daytime.

However, as soon as he opened the door, he found himself at the foot of a green mountain outside the village. Many people in the mountains were holding flashlights and searching as if they were looking for something.

“Hurry, look for her. The forest is not easy to navigate, she definitely can’t get out!”

“If I catch her, I’ll definitely skin her alive!”

“I’ll go this way, you guys go that way, let’s search separately!”

They still couldn’t see Bai Lixin. He walked among the crowd for a while and quickly saw Liang Tingting and her husband.

The man looked at Liang Tingting somewhat impatiently, “Why are you following?!”

Liang Tingting replied, “Someone is missing, I want to help look. There are many wild animals in the mountains, and that’s my best friend. I’m worried that something might happen to her in the mountains.”

The man looked Liang Tingting up and down suspiciously, “You’re not thinking of slipping away too, are you?”

Liang Tingting retorted, “My daughter is still at home. How could I leave? If I were to leave, I would definitely take my daughter with me. I wouldn’t leave her alone in this village, so don’t worry.”

The man finally let down his guard, “That’s true. Alright. Let’s split up and search.”

Liang Tingting: “Okay!”

The woman walked unsteadily on the mountain for a while. Suddenly, she saw some movement behind a big tree and hurried over.

Bai Lixin silently followed behind Liang Tingting and walked to the side of the grass pile.

Inside the grass pile, there was actually a person hiding there.

The person seemed to sense someone approaching and was about to get up and run away. But then, she heard a soft voice behind her, “It’s me.”

The person’s footsteps paused, and she slowly turned her head. Surprisingly, it was the short-haired woman.

The short-haired woman’s hair was disheveled, and she frowned as she looked at Liang Tingting, “Why did you come? Your health isn’t good.”

Liang Tingting lowered her voice, “I was worried about you. The day you suddenly gave me so many things, I knew something was wrong. It’s very complicated inside this mountain. You can’t find your way out unless you’ve been crawling around in here for years. Come with me, I’ll take you out.”

The short-haired woman bit her lip and then, crouching slightly, followed behind Liang Tingting.

“Tingting, I originally planned to escape on my own and then report to the police, let them come here to rescue all the abducted women. By that time, you could also take Pan Pan and go home. That way, you’d be free,” the short-haired woman explained earnestly. “I didn’t intend to escape on my own. With so many people, someone has to try to leave first so that everyone can be saved.”

Liang Tingting led the way. Shouts and footsteps echoed in the surroundings. “I know, I never doubted you. Ever since you saved me back then, I knew you were a good person.”

Liang Tingting had lived here for a long time, and because she wasn’t originally abducted, her husband hadn’t restricted her movements much. She was very familiar with the environment of this forest, and she quickly led the short haired woman farther away from the searching men.

“I actually regret it a lot. If only I had seen the true nature of this village earlier. I used to be a coward, always timid. You taught me a lesson.” Liang Tingting said as she walked ahead, “You taught me that women should help each other.”

“I didn’t realize this was a trafficking village at first. I just felt that the women in the village were a bit strange in their speech. Later, I found out, but my child was already born. At that time, Huang Shongwei saw that I intended to divorce, so he began to restrict my movements. There was no phone in the village, and I couldn’t leave.”

“After that, it was years of living in fear and oppression. I gradually got used to this pattern of suppression like a frog in warm water. I even forgot that I used to be a vibrant college student with countless dreams and hopes.”

“It wasn’t until I went to the brink of death and you saved me. I understood many things then.”

“Ah Jing, you still have a chance. You’re my best friend, and I hope you can be happy. You’re braver than I am.”

The short-haired woman looked at Liang Tingting, “Tingting, we’re almost out. Let’s leave this place together.”

Liang Tingting replied, “No, Pan Pan is still in the village. I can’t leave her alone in this den of wolves.”

The short-haired woman suggested, “After we leave, we can immediately call the police and have them come to arrest them. Pan Pan will be fine.”

“No, you don’t understand the people in this village,” Liang Tingting shook her head. “If Huang Shongwei finds out I’m gone for so long, he will definitely become suspicious.”

The short-haired woman suddenly fell silent. “I’m sorry.”

The two of them continued walking and ended up on the halfway point of the other side of the mountain. The sky gradually brightened, and from here, they could even see the opposite road.

Liang Tingting pointed to that road, “Can you see that road? Follow this road north for thirty miles, and you’ll reach the county town.”

“It’s best not to hitch a ride with anyone along the way, unless it’s a police car or something similar. Because you never know if someone in a passing car is familiar with this village and might bring you back.”

“Hurry, I need to go back too. If Huang Shongwei finds out I’m gone for so long, he’ll definitely become suspicious.”

The short-haired woman looked at Liang Tingting gratefully, “Tingting, wait for me. I will definitely come back to rescue you, I mean it.”

Liang Tingting just smiled and urged, “Hurry.”

‘Once you leave, don’t look back, and don’t come back.’

The short-haired woman soon disappeared into the pitch-black forest. Liang Tingting stood halfway up the mountain for a while, making sure the short-haired woman had reached the road before she walked back.

Bai Lixin watched as the two of them separated and ultimately chose to follow Liang Tingting back.

He followed the woman for a while, and when he reached the mountaintop, he suddenly lost sight of her.

A thick fog suddenly enveloped the area below the mountain, just like the dense fog he had seen outside that desolate village.

The fog initially appeared in one place but quickly spread from all directions.

In just a moment, Bai Lixin found himself once again surrounded by a vast expanse of white fog.

Just as he was getting lost in the haze, the wolf cub that had been quietly nestled in his arms suddenly let out a loud and long howl.

“Awoo——”

With its howl, it seemed to awaken the forest, and miraculously, the surrounding fog began to dissipate slightly.

As the fog gradually thinned, the sound of footsteps suddenly reached Bai Lixin’s ears.

The next moment, he heard a voice calling out, “God Xin? Is that you?”

It was the Li Cancan’s voice.

Bai Lixin responded, “It’s me. Where are you? I can’t see you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, two figures squeezed into the fog. With their arrival, the thick fog that had been plaguing Bai Lixin completely dispersed.

After the fog cleared, Bai Lixin checked the time displayed on the system – it was 10:00 AM.

Looking around, he wasn’t at the mountaintop but by the spring below, with a bear trap right in front of him. If he had taken one more step forward, his leg would have been caught in the trap just like Small Braid’s.

No wonder the wolf cub had howled just now.

Bai Lixin stroked the wolf cub in his arms and gave its head a good rub.

Well done!

Worthy of being called the “Crazy Wife Protector”.

Bai Lixin cast a glance downhill and finally saw the familiar Gentle Town.

After confirming that he had returned to the normal timeline, he looked at Li Cancan and Sun Ning on the opposite side, “How did you end up here?”

Sun Ning: “You’ve been gone for two days, and we were worried about you, so we came up the mountain to check on you.”

“Two days?” Bai Lixin glanced at the time in the task bar again.

It was 10:00 AM, not 10:00 AM of the seventh day but of the eighth day!