Quick Wear: After the strategy was successful, she died again

"Here, big sister, have some tea."

In the familiar courtyard, a little boy who looked about eight or nine years old held a large bowl of tea and placed it in front of Gu Sui Nuan.

He smiled at Gu Sui Nuan, then ran into the kitchen, brought another bowl of tea and handed it to Lin Lin.

"Thank you."

After running for so long, Lin Lin felt thirsty. She was about to pick up the bowl to drink, but Gu Sui Nuan held it in her hand.

Lin Lin glanced at Gu Sui Nuan in confusion, and saw her shaking her head seriously. She silently let go of the bowl in her hand and did not drink.

"What's wrong, big sister?" The boy didn't understand why Gu Sui Nuan didn't drink the tea.

"We're not thirsty yet." Gu Sui Nuan made an excuse.

"...Okay." Although a little disappointed, the boy did not force it. He brought a small stool from the house and sat next to Gu Sui Nuan with a curious look on his face.

"Big sister, are you from outside? Are you a doctor? Why are you here?"

Facing the boy's series of questions, Gu Sui Nuan just shook her head. This directly made the boy's CPU burn out, and he was thinking about what Gu Sui Nuan's shaking head meant, and which question was she answering?

The reason why Gu Sui Nuan and the others appeared here can be traced back to when they were chased by the villagers.

At that time, Gu Sui Nuan pulled Lin Lin and wanted to leave the village, but the moment they stepped out of the village, they were teleported back to the village.

She tried several different locations and confirmed that this place was like a ghost wall and there was no way to get out of the village. Gu Sui Nuan could only take Lin Lin and start hiding everywhere.

But there were too many villagers, and they seemed to be familiar with the hiding spots in the village, so Gu Sui Nuan and her friends were almost discovered several times. At this time, the German Shepherd grabbed Gu Sui Nuan's trouser legs and took her back to where the stone statue was originally.

The gate of the yard was still locked with an iron lock. The German Shepherd took them to the backyard, where they just saw the boy struggling to open the door of the backyard carrying the girl who had fallen into the water earlier.

The boy noticed that Gu Suinuan and the others looked a little disheveled, and kindly invited them to go in and rest.

Noticing that there were no villagers in the house, Gu Sui Nuan agreed to his invitation. It was safer to hide in the house than running around outside.

After properly settling the girl who fell into the water, the boy brought them tea, and he seemed very curious about Gu Sui Nuan.

Seeing that the boy didn't ask any more questions, Gu Sui Nuan asked him instead: "What's your name?"

"Gu Pinglang."

[Damn! Isn’t this the grandfather of the depressed girl?] Simingbo still remembers that the old man who herded sheep was called Gu Pinglang.

Gu Sui Nuan was silent for a moment. Although she had prepared herself mentally, she was still a little caught off guard by meeting someone she knew, especially...

Gu Sui Nuan raised his eyes and looked towards the woodshed.

The kerosene lamp on the table was not very bright. In the dim light, a woman could be vaguely seen at the door of the woodshed, cautiously looking at them. With the night vision function of the glasses turned on, Gu Sui Nuan could see the woman's situation clearly.

She was wearing a ragged, dirty outfit, and her face was covered in bruises and marks of being beaten. Her neck was tied with a dog chain, and the long chain restricted her to the woodshed and kitchen.

Not surprisingly, it was a kidnapped woman.

Moreover, from what Gu Pinglang just said, she was still his mother.

Did Gu Pinglang know that his mother was abducted? Or, did he care that his mother was abducted?

"Pinglang."

No one spoke in the yard for a long time until the woman called out to Gu Pinglang.

"Go back to the house and change your wet clothes first, or you'll get sick."

The woman's voice was very gentle, and her tone was full of concern for Gu Pinglang. Gu Pinglang listened to her very much, responded and went back to the house in the dark to change clothes.

"Are you okay? Do you need me to help you untie it?"

After Gu Pinglang left, Gu Suinuan looked at the woman and asked with concern.

The woman looked a little surprised. She seemed a little bit unbelieving. She lowered her head and thought for a while before slowly nodding.

"Can you really help me untie it?"

Gu Sui Nuan didn't say much and walked towards the woman. She picked up the hatchet in the corner and chopped the chain with a sharp move.

"There are no handy tools here. I can't remove the iron ring on your neck for now. I can only help you split the chain first."

Gu Sui Nuan looked at the iron ring that was tied tightly around the woman's neck, leaving red marks all over her neck. Although Gu Sui Nuan was very strong, the iron ring was close to her neck, and Gu Sui Nuan was afraid that it would hurt the woman, so cutting off the chain was the best solution at the moment.

"That's enough, thank you."

The chains that bound her were cut off. The woman still looked dazed, as if she couldn't believe it. After a while, she thanked Gu Sui Nuan.

She staggered into the yard and went to check on the unconscious girl who had fallen into the water and was placed on the haystack in the yard.

Perhaps thinking of their similar situations, the woman's eyes were filled with heartache. She sighed and called out to Gu Pinglang.

Gu Pinglang, who had just changed his clothes, heard his mother calling him and ran out in a hurry. Seeing his mother standing in the yard without being chained, he was very happy. But the next second, he thought of something and became worried again.

"Mom, Dad will be angry when he comes back. What if he hits you again..."

"It's okay, he won't be mad."

The woman came up to Gu Pinglang and looked at her child lovingly. She bent down to help him button his clothes and carefully smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes. She looked like a mother who loved her child very much.

After she gently tidied up Gu Pinglang's clothes, she turned her gaze to Gu Suinuan.

"I have escaped before. I know the way out of the village. I can take you out, but we have to wait for the girl to wake up first and take her with us."

Knowing what Gu Sui Nuan and the others were planning to do, the woman spoke directly.

Gu Sui Nuan observed the unconscious girl's condition, then glanced at the closed gate. This place was quite remote, and she didn't hear any sound of villagers chasing after her, but staying here was not an option.

"No need to wait, let's go straight away, I'll carry her." After a brief analysis, Gu Sui Nuan walked towards the girl and signaled Lin Lin to help carry the girl.

"...Okay." The woman heard the unyielding tone in Gu Sui Nuan's voice. She agreed to Gu Sui Nuan's proposal and squatted down in front of Gu Pinglang while Gu Sui Nuan and the others were carrying the girl.

"Pinglang..." The woman hugged her son tightly and said goodbye to him in a low voice.

Gu Pinglang seemed to understand that he couldn't leave with his mother. He didn't try to persuade them to stay and let his mother take Gu Suinan and the others out from the back.

Gu Pinglang stood in the yard for about ten minutes. When it became quiet all around and no sound could be heard, he picked up the kerosene lamp on the table, left through the back door, and ran towards the center of the village.

On the other side, under the guidance of the woman, Gu Sui Nuan and the others crossed the river and came to the edge of the field. Compared with Gu Sui Nuan and Lin Lin who were running around in the village like headless flies before, they were indeed much farther away from the village now.

However, as they walked, Gu Sui Nuan noticed something was wrong.

They came to a harvested cornfield, which was surrounded by flat ground with no shelter in front or behind. If they were discovered by the villagers at this moment, they would be like sitting ducks.

Normally, if you were abducted to a place like this, it would be safer to run to a hidden mountain road. However, the route chosen by this woman was too open and there was no way to hide. It also did not look like a way down the mountain.

Knowing that this was a ghost realm, Gu Sui Nuan never thought from the beginning that he could really get out. He just wanted to see what the direction of this ghost realm would be.

At the moment, it is almost certain that they will be discovered or betrayed by the woman in front of them.

The German Shepherd that followed closely by his side began to feel uneasy. Gu Suinuan followed his gaze and saw the fire getting closer and closer. It was the villagers holding torches and chasing after them.

"Dad, look where they are!" Gu Pinglang, who was leading the way in front, raised his hand and pointed. The villagers all looked at Gu Suinuan and the others, quickened their pace and rushed towards them.

At the same time, the woman leading the way in front suddenly turned around as if she had planned it, and hugged Gu Sui Nuan's waist tightly, dragging her like that to prevent her from running away.

When the German Shepherd saw Gu Sui Nuan being hugged, he bared his teeth and was about to bite the woman. Gu Sui Nuan supported the girl on his back with one hand and used the other hand to pinch the German Shepherd's mouth.

Even though Gu Sui Nuan had his mouth pinched, the German Shepherd did not struggle in response, but just raised his head to look at Gu Sui Nuan in confusion.

"Be good, stay aside and don't get beaten."

If Gu Sui Nuan really wanted to run, she could kick the woman several meters away. But she knew that running away now was meaningless and was just a waste of time.

"why?"

But Gu Sui Nuan was puzzled as to why a woman tied to a dog chain did not run away after she regained her freedom, but instead went to great lengths to get them caught.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." The woman still hugged Gu Sui Nuan tightly, crying and apologizing. "But this is deep in the mountains, we can't escape, it's impossible for us to escape... At least we can still survive if we stay, right?"

"You..." Gu Sui Nuan wanted to ask something, but the woman interrupted her excitedly and started crying and yelling.

"There's no way... I've tried! We can't escape at all! They are big, strong men who have lived in these mountains since they were young. There are so many of them... Where can they run to? Where can we run to?"

"Girl, believe me, as long as you are obedient, it will be fine... As long as you are obedient, they won't beat you... There is no need to endure these physical pains, and there is no need to make useless struggles... I don't want to hurt you, I really don't want to... There is no other way, there is no other way..."

The woman was still crying, and villagers holding torches had surrounded them.

"What should we do next?" Lin Lin asked Gu Sui Nuan in a low voice.

Lin Lin knew that she could never escape on her own, so when Gu Sui Nuan was dragged by the woman just now, she did not run away by herself. She was just a little scared when she was caught by these "little monsters". They would not die, right?

"I don't know." Gu Sui Nuan answered truthfully. If it was really a small village, Gu Sui Nuan wouldn't mind beating them all up.

But this is a ghost town, and they can only run so far with the help of the NPCs inside. If they run by themselves, they can't even get out of the village.

She thought that this ghostland was probably the result of the obsession of a kidnapped woman, so it was filled with despair and helplessness, and she could not escape no matter how hard she tried.

Gu Sui Nuan looked at Gu Pinglang who was standing among a group of men.

She still remembers the village where the village chief and villagers were involved in many cases of trafficking women and children. They could even contact foreign countries, and such a perfect transaction chain was definitely not something that could be achieved overnight.

Perhaps, everything before his eyes was not just an illusion, but the incident of trafficking in women really existed in this village when Gu Pinglang was still young.

[Congratulations to player Gu Sui Nuan for discovering the key plot! Players are encouraged to actively explore, unlock more truths, and escape from the small village! ]

A large blue screen suddenly popped up, startling both Gu Sui Nuan and Lin Lin.

At this time, they were already being pushed back to the village by the villagers. Looking at the current situation, Lin Lin sent a private message to Gu Sui Nuan: [Is being caught a key plot point? ]

Thinking that this must be the real Lin Lin asking her, Gu Sui Nuan did not hide it: [This system must be reading my mind again. ]

[Nuannuan is awesome, Shui Lingling figured out the key point! Don’t spoil it to me yet, let me try to figure it out myself first! This dungeon also has infinite flow elements, it’s so fun! ]

Gu Sui Nuan glanced at Lin Lin's excited expression in the private message and felt that she didn't seem to understand nothing. It seemed that her current personality was probably a script.

After failing to escape, they were locked up in Gu Pinglang's home and watched over by Gu Pinglang's mother 24 hours a day.

It's not that the villagers hadn't tried to touch them directly. The talisman that Qin Chenghong had given them took effect. Whenever the villagers touched Gu Suinuan and the others, they felt a burning pain. They could only ask Gu Pinglang's mother to tie them up, lock them in the house, and keep an eye on them all the time.

When tying up Lin Lin, the talisman on her body fell off and was seen by Gu Pinglang's mother. Lin Lin instantly looked panicked, but the woman just picked up the talisman silently, put it back on Lin Lin, tied him up and went out.

Not long after the door was locked, a man's dissatisfied shouting and cursing was heard outside, followed by the sounds of punching and kicking. Gu Pinglang called his father and begged for mercy to stop them, but his mother stopped him sternly and ordered him to go back to the house and sleep.

The sounds of punching and kicking outside the house continued for a long time, accompanied by the man's insults. The reason for beating the woman was simply because the dog chain around her neck was chopped off by Gu Sui Nuan and could not be used, and the hatchet was also blunt.

The man blamed it all on Gu Pinglang's mother and vented his anger until he was tired of beating her. He warned the woman to keep an eye on Gu Suinuan and the others, locked the courtyard door, and went back to the house to sleep.

The woman did not beg for mercy throughout the whole process, nor did she reveal the talisman on Lin Lin's body. She just quietly endured the beating and accepted the man's unwarranted insults.

"It looks like she's been beaten like this a lot. It hurts, but she won't die, and it doesn't even affect her movements."

Lin Lin, who was tied up, was still worried when she heard Gu Sui Nuan's voice. She turned her head and found that the rope on Gu Sui Nuan had been untied. At this moment, she was observing the situation of the woman in the yard from the window nailed with wooden boards.

Lin Lin was silent. He felt that being caught by the villagers was Gu Sui Nuan's way of letting these NPCs off. It was rare that she knew how to cooperate with the plot. Otherwise, who could catch this girl?

"Silly Dog untied me." Gu Sui Nuan met Lin Lin's eyes and hurried over to untie Lin Lin. By the way, she explained to Lin Lin why the rope on Gu Sui Nuan's body was gone.

Lin Lin glanced at the German Shepherd that had been sticking to Gu Sui Nuan's feet from beginning to end, and secretly sent a private message to Xia Jinyang in the background.

[Wow. Your bug can even untie people. Is this really okay? ]

Perhaps because he had been watching in front of the screen, Xia Jinyang replied quickly:

[This is something that the technicians of Chenshang didn't come up with, I won't take the blame. Also, no one knows this is a bug, keep it confidential.]

Lin Lin replied: [Awesome.]