Scientific Travel

Looking at Wang Moyu's face, Zou Guangyu was speechless for a long time.

She asked Luo Qing to help her capture her, but she said she would capture her without her being hurt. She never expected that Luo Qing would torture her without her consent.

But explaining now is useless; firstly, she won't believe me. Secondly...

no need.

Once she's taken back to the manor, the punishment she'll face will be no less severe than it is now.

"Anything that violates the law is considered a crime."

Wang Moyu stood up; she was slightly taller than Zou Guangyu, who only reached her eyebrows. Wang Moyu lowered her head slightly to meet Zou Guangyu's gaze. "I've never believed in fate, so I won't believe a single word that damned old imperial advisor said."

“Even if what he said is true, as long as my daughter is sacrificed, Heaven will take back the natural disaster. If that day ever comes, I will let him know that what I can create is far more terrifying than natural disasters.”

Zou Guangyu saw the burning passion in her eyes; she wasn't lying.

"Then you can think about it. I'm leaving now." Just as Zou Guangyu was about to step out the door, he added, "By the way, don't even think about running away. The area is heavily guarded. Not even a fly can get out. If you want to suffer less, don't keep thinking about running away."

Zou Guangyu was overthinking it. Wang Moyu has always been a very smart person and wouldn't do something that would be thankless and exhausting.

Only after Zou Guangyu left did Wang Moyu look in the mirror again.

It would be a lie to say she wasn't sad. She used to make a living based on her looks, and now that her face looks like this, the contrast is quite stark.

His gaze traveled downwards, finally settling on his mouth.

I didn't look closely before, but now I realize that her lips are unnaturally red, and the area where she just drank the porridge is noticeably pale.

Wang Moyu touched her lips with her hand, and the spot where her originally fair fingers had just touched her lips was now red.

Well, no wonder she has such red lips and white teeth, she's wearing rouge on her lips.

So much had happened these past few days that Wang Moyu had forgotten that she hadn't applied any rouge on the morning she planned to escape...

Since they parted ways, Li Pingle had been running with Wang Xi at breakneck speed for four hours straight, until the horses could no longer move.

These horses can only be fed concentrated feed, and besides, there's nothing growing outside right now, so there's no chance to make do.

It was completely dark, but the temperature was still unusually high.

They fled in such a hurry that they only brought one water bag, and even though the father and daughter tried to drink sparingly along the way, they had already finished it.

This road leads into the mountains, and fearing that someone might chase them, the two took a long detour before returning.

The footprints on the road were all disguised. If Zou Guangyu really had someone around who could identify footprints, they would only assume that they had gone to Huacheng.

The reason we came to the mountains is because a lot of thought was put into building this house.

It looks ordinary on the surface, but there is actually an underground labyrinth underneath.

There are three main paths in the underground maze, which in turn branch into 23 smaller paths. Only one of these smaller paths is the correct one. Apart from this smaller path, there is a trap on average every 10 meters along the other smaller paths.

There are just as many mechanisms on the correct side road, the only difference being that it leads to a secret room.

Although it's called a secret room, its level of luxury is comparable to that of houses in the city.

The remaining 22 paths also lead to a secret chamber, each of which looks different, but all of them spray the same poison gas.

Only the correct fork in the road leads to a secret room free of poison gas.

The secret room was very large, at least 500 square meters, and the sides were sealed with the finest steel to prevent the secret passage from suddenly collapsing.

Of the more than 500 square meters, less than 50 square meters are used for living; the rest is used for storage.

Li Pingle lit the candles in the room, not too many, but the faint light was enough to dispel the darkness in the secret room.

The room was filled with food, mostly dried meat, dried vegetables, and pickled vegetables. These things could be stored for a long time, and the depth of the pit provided a natural cooling effect, extending their shelf life even further.

The food stored in the different secret rooms is also different. Every once in a while, Li Pingle would remove the food that had been stored for too long and put in new food.

The food here hasn't been out for long; it won't spoil for at least a year or two.

There are two exits to the secret room: one is the tunnel you came in through at the beginning, and the other is the tunnel on the roof of the secret room.

The tunnels on the roof lead to the outside; there are 23 tunnels in total, leading to five different places.

Three of these five locations are vegetable gardens, while the other two are used for raising animals.

It's called a vegetable garden, but it's really just land.

It just looks smoother than other places.

As for where to keep the animals, it was more casual. The two places were chosen simply because they looked scenic.

But they weren't completely unprepared; Li Pingle released a lot of wild rabbits into the area, while Wang Moyu released chickens.

This house was originally intended for retirement, and the two of them planned to move in after Wang Xi got married, but they didn't expect it to come in handy earlier than planned.

It's inconvenient to cook underground, as the smoke doesn't easily escape. The area that was originally the kitchen only has two pots placed there symbolically.

Li Pingle left Wang Xi alone in the secret room while he went out to find water.

Wang Xi hadn't recovered yet; both her eyes were red, like a little rabbit's.

Seeing Li Pingle about to leave, she quickly grabbed his hand. "Don't leave me behind."

Li Pingle knew she was terrified, so he stroked her head and comforted her, "Father and Mother will never abandon Xi'er. Father just wants to go out to find water. Xi'er, wait for Father here, okay?"

Wang Xi nodded timidly, which was taken as an agreement.

Although the child is young, after experiencing this, he matured all at once, as if he had learned it without a teacher.

She knew that without her, her father and mother would not have left the village to go to the city to support her schooling.

If it weren't for her, Father and Mother wouldn't have needed to run away, and Mother wouldn't be missing now.

Confucius said that children should take the initiative to share their parents' burdens; only in this way can they be considered good children.

But being a good child is really hard...

I remember when the teacher asked her what kind of child she thought was a good child, she said, "A good child is one who can do what Sima Guang did, like smashing the water vat to save a child, and becoming the pride of their parents."

The teacher praised her, which made her determined to become someone like Sima Guang in the future.

Only now do I realize that she can't be Sima Guang; she can only be the jar in the story.

That jar that trapped the child and was eventually smashed...