NOVEL NEXT Chapter 314: Failed Escape
Zhang Baocheng was carried to the front of the house by Song Moting and Jiang Xiaoxiao.
The person had long since frozen stiff.
His face was ashen, and he had already stopped breathing.
Hu Zi walked over and kicked the person, earning a glare from Song Moting.
"Heh, dare to glare at me? As if I'm the one who hurt him! Get it straight, he was sneaking out in the middle of the night to escape, fell into the trap, and froze to death. This has nothing to do with us. Lucky for you two staying sensible, not plotting anything foolish, or you'd end up like him.
Don't think we're doing charity, feeding and watering you. Still daring to try escaping behind our backs? What, think we're pushovers?"
Hu Zi harshly hit Song Moting a few times with the gun butt.
Soon, blood trickled down Song Moting's forehead.
Ma Laosan stepped forward directly to hold Hu Zi back.
"Brother, let's go, quickly, don't bother with them. Let them go, if they've got the skills, let them go. With the snow sealing the mountain now, look outside, even if we let them go, if they can survive, let them go.
Also saves us food, otherwise we're feeding two useless people for nothing."
Hu Zi spat fiercely, then the group turned around and went inside.
Jiang Xiaoxiao went to pull Song Moting.
"Why can't you keep your cool now? I didn't expect Zhang Baocheng would try to escape by himself, I wondered why he's been so silent these last few days. Turns out he was pondering how to escape alone.
He thought he'd found the way out, but who'd guess after this heavy snow, he fell into the unknown trap."
No matter how you slice it, Zhang Baocheng was someone she had saved, it was a life, watching a living person become like this, they both felt uneasy inside.
Song Moting waved his hand.
"I'm just so guilty, this is my fault. I actually saw through Zhang Baocheng's intentions. I hinted to him several times that going out in the current situation is a dead end, but I didn't expect he would go as far as burning his bridges, trying to escape alone. I just feel I should have explained it to him, then he wouldn't have done this."
Song Moting punched the tree hard.
Snow on the tree fell down, suddenly it felt compellingly tragic.
Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at Song Moting.
"Don't always take all the responsibility on yourself, when it clearly has nothing to do with you. You insist on dragging this capable deed onto yourself. Not only did you notice, but so did I. But I think Zhang Baocheng is old enough to understand, after living on the farm for so many years, doesn't he know what winter is like?
Even if he doesn't know the mountain's situation, every year after heavy snow seals the mountain, communication is almost nonexistent, who doesn't know that! Every year several people die on the mountain because of this snowfall, doesn't he get that?
Since he knew and still chose to do this, he should understand and deal with the consequences himself."
She didn't want Song Moting to bear the responsibility alone.
That's the way Song Moting was.
When they were at the forest farm, as the team leader, he did the most, worried the most.
He rushed to handle everything himself, took all responsibility on himself.
Though it wasn't wrong, a man should have the initiative and courage to bear the world's burdens, but carrying guilt from his conscience due to this is certainly not right.
Everyone is an adult.
One must bear the consequences of their actions, especially one's life, one must be responsible.
They saved Zhang Baocheng once, had already helped him with their ability.
If the space's secret wasn't used, Zhang Baocheng might have died long ago.
This time it was his own choice.
Song Moting grabbed Jiang Xiaoxiao, "I've checked the weather, it won't be clear for more than two days like this. If more heavy snow falls, we'll be stuck here completely, unable to get out. Anyway we're already at the foot of the mountain, as long as we find the way out, we can surely walk out."
We must plan early and leave as soon as possible these two days.
Outside people are still not sure how concerned they are about them?
These folks have been increasingly agitated lately.
The food they give is already starting to decrease, originally one bun per person, now it's become half a bun per person.
This shows they are aware that once heavy snow seals the mountain, food is the biggest concern if trapped here.
Even those originally less attentive meat supplies, they've meticulously buried them behind the house in deep snow.
And someone is there guarding it to prevent wild animals around from picking up this advantage.
Those people's temperament is becoming increasingly irritable.
Sometimes shooting blank rounds at the trees outside, sometimes two people end up bleeding after a quarrel.
And these people often look at him and Jiang Xiaoxiao with shifty eyes.
Song Moting was actually worried inside, he knew that things like this could blow up anytime.
These outsiders are the easiest target for these people to vent on.
These men hunt their prey, are naturally cruel, afraid once the decision is made, they are doomed.
Jiang Xiaoxiao shook her head.
"No going! We are not going!"
"What are you guys doing, come back quickly to cook."
The old man stood at the kitchen door, yelling at them.
The two quickly buried Zhang Baocheng.
The ground had long frozen hard, they didn't have tools, couldn't dig the earth, could only bury Zhang Baocheng deep in the snow and pack the snow tightly to prevent wild animals from scenting them and digging him up.
This is the only thing they can do now, after burying him, they marked the spot with two small branches, with intentions to bring his family here later for retrieval.
Can't let this be his lonely burial place.
After Zhang Baocheng's escape attempt, obviously Ma Laosan and others strengthened outside guards.
24/7 shifts had people standing guard at their door or window.
And once dinner is done, the house door gets barred shut.
Trying to escape simply seemed impossible as the cabin only had one window.
The window small enough to fit only a head, fleeing seemed out of question.
At night, after cooking, the three were locked in.
Song Moting and Jiang Xiaoxiao sat by the big stove, watching the flame coloring their expressions with tension.
If it continues this way, they'll have no chance to escape.
With the old man present, they couldn't say a word, silently watching each other.
Outside had quieted down.
The people in other rooms drank again, once drunk they passed out, no sound means all drank till drop.
Another day passed.
But they had no clue where they could go.
The two quietly got up to prepare for bed, suddenly the old man lying there woke up, startled them both.
In the darkness, the old man rose, fumbled around the wall corner, retrieved something unknown, handing it over to them.
Then opened the wooden plank at the bed's end. Everyone knew the old man had two planks set vertically there next to the wall.
The two were stunned when they saw planks rising, revealing a hidden passage behind.