Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

"It feels... soft and smooth." He subconsciously described the feeling on his hand, while his thumb couldn't help but move back and forth on the sole of his foot.

Kailin was startled and her face flushed instantly. She wanted to pull her foot back, but she was afraid that the movement would attract the attention of the kidnappers outside. She could only lower her voice and say hurriedly: "You...you're in the wrong place!"

"Oh, sorry." Mo Yan came to his senses and apologized immediately, but his hand was still on Kailin's pink feet.

"Why don't you let go of me? You did it on purpose!" Karen said angrily with a red face.

At this moment, Mo Yan finally woke up from his dream and quickly let go of her hand, while mumbling an apology: "I'm... I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Karen pouted. Although she was angry, it was her own request after all. She really didn't expect... Never mind. It's better to solve the trouble as soon as possible.

After finally recovering from his shock, Mo Yan quickly adjusted his posture, pressing down on the shoe with the back of his hand to help Kailin pull her foot out of the boot. Both of their hearts raced, and the atmosphere became somewhat tense due to this unexpected contact.

Finally, Karin pulled her feet out of the boots. Then, to relieve the pain, she carefully stretched out her legs and turned them around, then hooked the edge of her shoes with her hands.

"Let me see, I think it's right here."

She groped her fingers along the leather of the shoe, finally finding a tiny secret compartment on the edge of the heel. She opened the compartment and pulled out a ring.

Mo Yan was stunned and asked in a low voice, "Is this... a storage ring? You actually have one in your shoes?"

"Of course, it's all for emergencies." Karen said proudly, then put her hands behind her back and put the ring on the index finger of her left hand. In the blink of an eye, a saber appeared in her hand.

Mo Yan smiled slightly, clearly surprised: "I didn't expect you would make such preparations."

Kailin smiled and said, "Of course. Even though it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, it still came in handy. Besides, what kidnapper would take off someone's shoes for no reason?"

"Is it possible that only hooligans and perverts would do such a thing?" Mo Yan complained unintentionally.

This aroused Kailin's dissatisfaction. After all, just now...

She held back her anger and said, "You're talking about yourself. Instead of just complaining, why don't you come and help? You can leave here, but you have to find a way to make those guys outside the door let down their guard before you can take action."

"Yeah, that's true." Mo Yan nodded.

"Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you just follow me?" She cleared her throat, deliberately raised her voice, and shouted in a panic, "Mo Yan, I'm so scared! What if Sister Yang really doesn't come to save us? Will we die here?"

Mo Yan smiled slightly, looking towards the door and said in agreement, "Don't talk nonsense, Sister Yang will definitely come. We just don't know when she will arrive. Now we can only be obedient and not anger these kidnappers."

As expected, the kidnapper outside the door heard his conversation and began to relax his vigilance and mutter, "It seems that these two young people are really scared. I guess they dare not play any tricks."

Another guard said, "Then we have to stay here too, to prevent any accidents."

"What are you afraid of? They can't possibly run away. Besides, their weapons and props are all in our hands. They don't have the ability to escape even if they want to." The first kidnapper responded nonchalantly.

"That's true, but the ring on that girl's hand looks quite valuable. If we take it to the city and sell it, we might get rich!"

The laughter died down and the two stopped talking, only the occasional sound of footsteps could be heard.

"I really want to go home. I shouldn't have come to this sand ridge." Kailin continued to pretend to be pitiful with a crying voice, but in fact she was patiently and carefully cutting the rope with a dagger in her backhand.

Mo Yan comforted her from the side: "Don't cry, crying is useless. We can only wait for the opportunity."

The sharp blade cut into the rope, making a subtle rustling sound. Karin held her breath, her eyes fixed on the point where the rope met the blade, beads of sweat forming on her forehead.

Mo Yan listened intently to the movements of the kidnappers outside the door. As long as there was any movement, he would remind Karen to stop.

Time passed slowly in the tense atmosphere, and finally, the rope tied to the two people's hands was successfully cut.

"Success!" Kailin whispered excitedly.

"here you go."

At this moment, Mo Yan shook off the broken rope in his hand, and then began to untie the ropes on his feet. Because he had a saber, Kailin cut the ropes on his feet in one go.

After removing the restraints and putting on Kailin's boots, the two of them relaxed their sore muscles and then carefully walked to the door.

Mo Yan gently pressed his ear against the door, listening carefully to the sounds outside. Apart from the occasional footsteps and gentle breathing of the two kidnappers, there was nothing else unusual.

He turned around and made a "hush" gesture to Kailin, indicating that she should keep quiet.

Kailin understood and nodded, then stood in front of the door with a saber in hand, waiting quietly.

He looked outside the door and windows above his head. At this time, the two kidnappers had not noticed any changes in the house.

Seeing this, he lowered his head again to think about his next strategy.

"How is it? Can we escape?" Karen asked in a low voice.

Mo Yan replied, "I think it's a close call. Although the soldiers outside the gate are not to be feared, if the noise of fighting alerts the other robbers, I'm afraid the consequences will outweigh the gains."

"What should we do? We can't just sit there and wait like this." Karen said anxiously.

"It would be easy if we could retrieve the ring that contains the invisibility cloak. As for the process..." As he spoke, he gently shifted his gaze towards Karen.

Kailin was startled and took a few steps back in fear: "Why are you looking at me?"

"Nothing, I just want you to act out a play with me." Mo Yan said with a smile.

"Acting?" Kailin asked doubtfully.

Mo Yan didn't say anything, simply curling his fingers slightly, motioning her to come closer. Seeing this, Kailin had no choice but to obey. She came to his side, and Mo Yan gently lowered his head to whisper in her ear, then told her his plan.

Outside the door, the kidnapper on guard was still chatting casually: "Huh? Strange, why is there no movement in this room right now?"

Another kidnapper turned around and replied, "Who cares? Maybe he's tired and is resting."

"Is that so?" The kidnapper tilted his head.

Just then, loud shouting was heard again from the house.

"Wait a minute, Mo Yan, what are you going to do?"

"I know what I'm going to do, even if I don't ask myself! Like you said, I'm going to die here anyway, so I might as well have some fun while I'm still going strong!"

"Ah? Wait, no!"