The only light in the dark cave was a flashlight. Fortunately, Shen Yitian had a lot of powerful flashlights. In this dark cave, her flashlight was as powerful as a light bulb.

She walked forward so nervously that her palms were sweating. Without the dead wood as a crutch, she limped even more.

After limping for a while, Shen Yitian found that the cave was actually curved. She couldn't help but frown slightly.

She had walked so far but still hadn't seen the man, nor heard any strange noises.

She even turned off the flashlight and looked around. There was only darkness in the cave and no other light source.

Turning on the flashlight again, Shen Yitian wanted to step back.

But she had walked so far forward, and it would take even longer to walk out. She didn't know what was in the cave, and for some reason she wanted to keep going forward to take a look.

After taking two deep breaths, she found a clean cliff to lean against and rest.

As soon as she came in, she abandoned the dead wood that served as a crutch because she needed to hold the gun in her hand.

At this moment, relying on the other foot to put more effort to walk forward is much more painful than using a crutch to gain support.

The cave was cool, but she was sweating profusely.

But it wasn't a good idea to stay in this cave forever. Now that she was inside, she decided to go see how deep the cave was. So, she took a deep breath, crossed her arms again, and limped forward.

This cave is really deep, but Shen Yitian found that the further they went, the wider the cave became.

At the beginning, the entrance to the cave was only about one meter wide. Now, after walking around, she saw that it was almost two meters wide.

Suddenly, she stopped in front of an ashes and shone the flashlight into it. There were a few unburned firewood and some unburned firewood stuck in the soil next to the ashes.

There is someone in this cave, but I don’t know if that person is there now.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but tighten her grip on the small pistol in her hand.

Looking around, I saw a lot of moss growing on the walls of the cave. I wondered if there might be poisonous insects or ants hiding inside.

She didn't dare stay here any longer, but the cave didn't end there. There seemed to be a bend ahead. She turned off the flashlight and took a closer look. She seemed to still be able to see a little light source.

For some reason, a guess suddenly arose in her heart.

She turned on the flashlight and continued walking forward. She looked back at the location of the fire, then at the turning point, and her steps couldn't help but quicken.

Her guess was confirmed when she saw the fires behind the bend of the cave, and she took a long breath again.

Isn't this the cave they left this morning? It seems this cave runs through the entire mountain.

Walking out of the cave again, she returned to the starting point where she set out to find the way in the morning.

Shen Yitian was a little speechless. If she had known that she would return here, she might as well have gone back.

However, since that person appeared on the other side of the cave, the way up the mountain should also be over there instead of here.

In this way, she could tell Yuan Dutou not to look here first, and all the staff should go over there and look carefully first.

Thinking of this, she put the pistol and flashlight back into the space, and found a dead tree on the ground that could serve as a crutch.

Following the route I took in the morning, I walked for another half an hour and finally saw the prisoners and police officers who were looking for the way.

But why did she feel that the prisoners and officials seemed to have gathered together again?

Could it be that I have found the way?

Shen Yitian was a little excited, and immediately walked forward little by little with crutches. She wanted to go down the mountain, she wanted to take a shower, she wanted to change clothes!

After getting caught in the rain and sweating a few times, she now felt like she stank all over!

Meanwhile, Captain Yuan was having Xiaoyu and the others count the number of prisoners one by one. But after counting, apart from Old Lady Song who had disappeared long ago, there was still one person missing.

Xiao Yu was a little scared because he was quite familiar with Shen Yitian, so he knew who was missing from the prisoners as soon as he counted.

"Boss, one person is missing." A bearded officer turned around and said to Yuan Dutou.

"How could that be? Did I count wrong?" Xiao Yu wanted to delay time, so he changed the subject.

"No, I counted it twice. Why, you didn't count less?" The bearded officer lowered his eyes and asked Xiao Yu with a frown.

Xiao Yu smiled awkwardly: "Hey, Brother Hu, I did count, but it seems like I didn't count too many people."

"You must have counted wrong." Brother Hu said with certainty.

Yuan Dutou looked at the two men impatiently: "Are you good-for-nothings? There are only so few people, how could you have counted them wrong after several attempts?"

"I'll count again, right now." Xiao Yu quickly raised his hand, then turned around and continued counting while pretending to be busy.

While counting, he was secretly praying in his heart that Shen Yitian would come back soon.

Otherwise, if everyone is there and she is nowhere to be found, she will easily be mistaken for a fugitive.

Trying to escape during exile was a serious crime. Even if she didn't intend to escape, as long as Yuan Dutou was sure that she did, she would be severely beaten if caught.

He knew very well that exiled prisoners had no human rights.

Brother Hu didn't know that he was trying to delay time, he just thought he was stupid.

"Xiao Yu, you haven't learned to count, have you? You can even count so many people incorrectly, how can you do it?"

Xiao Yu snorted and turned away with a bitter face: "Brother Hu, if you know what I'm doing, please stop laughing at me. I was just counting halfway when you interrupted me and I lost count again. I have to start all over again."

Tiger Brother: .....

"You don't even know how to count yourself, so how can you blame me?" He quickly glanced at Yuan Dutou and said to make amends.

Xiao Yu gave a wry smile and turned back to continue counting. He saw Shen Yitian limping over from the sidewalk. He quickly winked at her while no one was watching. Shen Yitian understood what he was saying from a distance, so she bent forward a bit and found a place to sit down near the back of the crowd.

At this moment, Song Yuerong also noticed something was wrong. She looked around the crowd but couldn't see Shen Yitian.

Oh my goodness, could it be that Shen Yitian took advantage of the fact that the supervision was lax when she was looking for the way and escaped on her own?

"Sir, there's no need to count. My sister-in-law is not here." She immediately raised her hand and said to Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu was counting people with his hands, and was stunned. He looked at her in astonishment: "Your sister-in-law?"

"Yes, my sister-in-law is not here. Oh, she is the one who went out with the captain to find the way that day. She gave you fruit this morning." Song Yuerong reminded them specifically because she was afraid that they would forget.

When Yuan Dutou heard that Shen Yitian was not there, his brows immediately furrowed even tighter.

How come this person is missing!

Could it be that she took advantage of the benefits she had given herself and dared to escape during the chaos?

If this is true, he will not be able to accept it even if the Shen family offers a huge sum of money to bribe him.

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