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"Brother Zuo Zan—"

Atana also saw those vicious masked men in black. She covered her mouth tightly, silently screaming in her heart.

Yu Wan gripped her arm, her voice extremely low, "Atana, Zuo Zan can't hold out much longer, let's leave quickly."

At this moment, Atana was no longer the little girl who pretended to be calm but was actually lively and active. She seemed to have grown up overnight. With red eyes, she supported Yu Wan and said earnestly, "I will definitely help Sister Yu escape."

Yu Wan raised the corners of her lips and patted the top of her head. "Okay, let's go together."

The secret passage Zuo Zan mentioned was inside this bamboo house. Watching Atana move the bed aside to reveal the hidden door underneath, Yu Wan realized that there was actually a secret passage hidden underneath.

She stayed in this bamboo house for almost half a month, never expecting that this place would actually be an escape route prepared in advance by the Yanji people.

She doesn't yet know why so many men in black have suddenly appeared in Yanji, but according to Zuo Zan, the Yanji people are probably hiding some secret, and these men in black are likely here for those secrets.

Atana took one last look at the bamboo house, her eyes red, and gritted her teeth, saying, "Sister Yu, let's go!"

"it is good."

The two entered the secret passage.

At this moment, outside the bamboo house.

Zuo Zan clutched the wound on his left abdomen, smiling as he watched a group of men in black approach him.

The man in black stopped five steps away from him.

"Hand over the goods, and we might spare your life," the man in black said, deliberately lowering his voice.

Zuo Zan spat out a mouthful of foul blood onto the ground, wiped the blood from his lips with his sleeve, and said with a smile, "What are you talking about? I don't know what you're all talking about."

The man in black's exposed features flashed coldly, and his voice instantly turned icy. "If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences. We have a hundred ways to make you talk!"

"Is that so?" Zuo Zan laughed loudly, spitting out another mouthful of blood. "I'd like to see what you can get out of a dead man."

The man in black's expression changed.

Before they could react, they saw Zuo Zan take out a tinderbox from his pocket and quickly light it.

"What do you want to do?!" the man in black exclaimed.

Zuo Zan glanced around, finally imprinting the image of Yanji Village into his mind.

Then he raised his hand and threw the tinderbox in one direction.

A bad feeling crept into the man in black's heart, and he shouted, "Retreat!"

But it was too late.

The tinderbox lit the fuse that had been hidden in the dark, and with the first explosion, the gunpowder around the entire Yanji tribe was ignited.

The man in black screamed in agony, and blood and flesh flew everywhere in an instant.

Inside the tunnel, Atana suddenly stopped in her tracks.

She seemed to be moved by something, and the tears that had been welling up in her eyes suddenly fell.

She looked up at the dark tunnel and choked out, "It was an explosion..."

The explosion was unusually loud, making it hard for Yu Wan to ignore. She asked in confusion, "What happened?"

Atana's voice trembled with tears, "It's gunpowder."

“Aye said that our Yanji ethnic group is hiding a very important secret. If anyone finds this place, we must erase all traces if necessary.”

"These gunpowders were accumulated and prepared little by little by the Yanji people over generations. I originally thought that I would never need to use them, at least during my lifetime."

Yu Wan does not remember the existence of the Yanji tribe in the original work.

The original work only focuses on describing things related to the male and female protagonists, and doesn't dwell much on things that are not closely related to them.

She didn't know what secrets the Yanji people were hiding, but something that could make so many people pay with their lives must be something very important.

Yu Wan did not inquire further.

She patted Atana's head reassuringly and whispered, "Let's go, don't let Zuo Zan's sacrifice be in vain."

Atana nodded, her voice choked with emotion.

The two walked slowly through the tunnel, each holding a candle.

Yu Wan couldn't see how long the tunnel was, but a road that the Yanji people would risk everything to use as an escape route must lead to a safe place.

Despite her terrible ordeal, Atana was still thinking about Yu Wan. "Sister Yu, can you still walk? If you can't walk anymore, we can stop and rest for a while."

Yu Wan's feet were already in excruciating pain when she went down into the tunnel, but she endured it without making a sound for fear of worrying Atana.

At this moment, Atana took the initiative to bring it up. She no longer gritted her teeth and forced herself to stay upright. She smiled and leaned to the side, saying, "It's alright, but I can rest for a while."

Atana noticed her pale face and saw how hard Yu Wan was trying to hold on. Her heart ached, and she held back her tears, smiling as she said, "Okay, let's rest first."

……

“…Yu Wan!”

In Qingshan Village, Yun Shang woke up with a start, muttering the name 'Yu Wan' to himself.

Wang Wanshu stood at the door, her slender fingers gripping the door frame tightly, her nails almost digging into the wood.

Yu Wan Yu Wan Yu Wan——

He had clearly forgotten Yu Wan, so why did he subconsciously still remember her?!

Wang Wanshu was insanely jealous.

"Who's outside?" came a wary voice from inside the house.

Wang Wanshu slowly released her hand, hiding her pale fingertips, composed her expression, and gracefully walked inside.

She looked up and met Yun Shang's gaze, a gentle and harmless smile on her face. "It's me, my husband."

Husband——

Every time Yun Shang heard the woman in front of him say those two words, he couldn't help but frown.

It seems that, in my memory, someone did indeed call him that.

He may indeed be married.

But the person in his memory didn't seem to call him "husband" so gently. That person's voice always had a hint of frivolity, and was lively and agile.

Yun Shang lowered her eyes to hide the doubt in them and said calmly, "I think my injuries have almost healed. When shall we leave here?"

Wang Wanshu was taken aback upon hearing this.

It seemed they hadn't expected Yun Shang to want to leave.

She stammered, "Leave? Where do you want to go? Why should we leave?"

Yun Shang looked up at her and said, "Aren't you a princess? How can a princess live in the mountains and countryside forever?"

Wang Wanshu's eyes flickered slightly.

It turned out to be the case.

She thought Yun Shang had remembered something.

Wang Wanshu walked to his side and explained with a smile, "We did live in Shengjing before, but after we got married, we felt that life in Shengjing was too boring, so we went out to travel together. Didn't my husband say that he would take me to see all the mountains and rivers of Dazhao? Let's travel for a year or two before going back, right?"

Yun Shang had no recollection of these words or events.

He tried to find even the slightest trace, but as before, whenever he tried to recall the past, his head would ache as if pricked by needles.

He was skeptical of Wang Wanshu's words, but he didn't show it on his face.

“I’ve forgotten all of that. Maybe I did promise you that before, but now my memory is failing me, and I want to go back as soon as possible.”

"You'll say yes, won't you?"

He asked casually.

Upon hearing this, Wang Wanshu twisted her hands tightly together, which were hidden in her sleeve.