Operation Red Book

"Drink!"

A group of thieves broke into the kitchen of Muyunzhai, shouting.

The facilities here are simple and don't look like they can hide people.

Except for the wooden door in the corner and the tightly covered iron pot...

"Drink——"

"Bang! Bang! Bang—"

The wooden door was knocked open by two thieves, and broken wood chips were scattered all over the floor.

The cold air blew in their faces, and the thieves standing in front sneezed several times.

This is the storage room, which is filled with food.

Rows of iron cabinets are neatly arranged, and the entire scene is visible at first sight.

The leading thief walked inside, but no matter which direction he went, there was no suspicious figure.

He shook his head in annoyance and pushed down all the shelves in anger.

The only thing left to search was the iron pot, which had a lot of space inside, enough to accommodate two children under ten years old.

One, two, three, four... four pot lids tightly closed...

The leading thief winked at everyone, and the others responded and quickly stood next to the four pot lids.

Their faces were tense, they grasped the handle of the pot lid with one hand and spread their fingers wide with the other hand, ready to grab someone.

"lift!"

"Shuashuashua——"

As expected, the bottom of the pot was empty, with only the shiny, swaying water from washing the pot left.

Except for the last one...

Inside was a big pot of black grass carp, with more than ten of them.

The black fish on top was turning upside down, and the two or three below were spitting bubbles.

"Oooo--"

The thieves' eyes immediately lit up. They rushed forward, grabbed a fish and started eating it raw.

For a moment, the kitchen was filled with the sounds of teeth colliding with scales, the chewing of fish flesh, the hissing of bones being torn apart, and the burping of people who had eaten and drunk too much...

Behind the group of thieves, in the firewood hole of one of the stoves, three young men were trying to curl up their bodies.

The noise outside was endless, just like the fish stalls selling promotional products at low prices in the evening market.

In the narrow and dark cave, six ears stood up at the same time, beads of sweat the size of beans slid down the foreheads and cheeks, and endless saliva was swallowed.

They dared not breathe, let alone whisper.

They knew that this was the only time they were serious, and if they were not careful they would fall into an endless abyss.

This was an important strategy for Ivy and Joshua to escape from the Chinese dock:

First, you need to have a sufficient reason for absence, and second, you need to successfully avoid the thieves' search.

The firewood hole on the stove looks very small from the outside, but once the iron pot covering it is removed, the bright hiding place will jump out.

The three of them waited in the black hole for a long time, but could not see each other. They could only feel each other's presence through body temperature and breathing.

It was not until there was no sound in the entire Muyunzhai that the three of them worked together to push away the iron pot covering their heads and crawled out of the black hole, sweating all over.

The surroundings were in a mess, with vegetables and grains lying on the ground and eerie fish bones with white meat left on them.

Without stopping, the three of them rushed out of the back door of Muyunzhai one after another and crashed into the withered and burnt bushes like bird chicks with broken wings.

The rumor that Ivy had tipped off had spread throughout the street, and most of the thieves were led to rush to the dock on the river bank.

They looked nervous and anxious. With such a big mistake happening, even if they were skeptical, they had to thoroughly search all the boats at the dock.

Some of them were busy, and no one paid any attention to the commotion in the bushes in the opposite direction.

It's just this street...

The flames shot up into the sky, smoke filled the streets, people were forced to do hard labor, and people were beaten and scolded everywhere...

The men were shirtless and carrying iron blocks on their backs, and the women squinted their eyes in the flickering torches.

Ivy saw many familiar faces, including Aunt Wang with a bitter face, Aunt Chen who was looking for a light source, Uncle Zhang with blood on the corner of his mouth, and the guy with black soles...

Not far away, in a simple shed made of cloth strips, young children were crying loudly.

Mingcan and some young girls knelt on the ground, coaxing children of various ages with sad faces.

An indescribable sadness suddenly surged into my heart, like the wind, like the clouds, like the continuous mountains, like the endless wilderness...

Ivy shook her body violently, blinked rapidly, and tried to push the anxiety out of her heart.

She wiped the hot tears from the corners of her eyes, gritted her teeth and continued to crawl forward in the bushes.

Now is not the time to get hung up on this, they should just leave.