Chapter 1074 Escape
In a small cottage in a dilapidated mountain village, Zoe is tied up and imprisoned on a cold earthen bed.
She was alone in the corner, shivering.
In the room, it is dark, four men were sleeping beside each other.
At this point the three men were snoring frantically, one after the other, making it more and more annoying.
They rarely bathed, and the whole space was thick with the smell of men’s bodies and the stench of their feet, which was disgusting.
The cold wind, streaming in from inside the broken window, made her shiver with cold.
She had nothing on her at the moment but her own clothes.
She had been here for a month and had not changed her clothes or even left the dirt floor except to go to the bathroom.
Several of them watched over her day and night.
At night, the three of them slept and one watched her.
Even during the day, there was always someone who watched over the house.
They even gave her only half a bowl of rice and no vegetables for two days just in case she had the strength to escape.
Water is given only half a glass of water for two days.
Now she is weak and unable to move at all with someone watching her every day.
She wanted to leave, but every moment she was tied up and watched, she had no way out.
This darkness almost broke her spirit.
But even so, she still knew that she could not sit back and wait for death.
She must not, like the women here, resign herself to a lifetime of captivity as a tool of the men.
She is leaving.
To return to Flento City.
To find Robert.
She misses him badly.
Bracing her frail body, she once again struggled silently and desperately.
This time, however, she found that the rope binding her body was loose.
Today, it was the eighty-year-old who gave her a bundle.
She thought it was probably because his hand wasn’t strong enough.
At this moment, she was as ecstatic as someone who had been trapped in darkness for a long time and saw the long-lost sunlight.
She carefully dropped the rope, then got up, braced herself and crossed over to the bed, past the father and sons.
All of them, during this time, had spent a lot of energy tossing her around and guarding her.
Probably because they were so tired and hadn’t been resting well, all three slept very hard and didn’t respond at all.
Not even realizing that she had gotten up.
After getting off the bed, she left her shoes on so as not to make a sound, and tiptoed straight out of the room, lifting the curtain of the door.
Outside the room, where the fire is burned for cooking, is a place that is connected to the door inside the home.
The man, who was in his thirties at the moment, was sitting in the doorway resting.
The man was leaning against the door panel, his back to her, wearing a blue thunderbolt hat, a large tattered cotton jacket, large cotton trousers, stinking.
Seeing that the man had not moved and listening to his breathing was even, Zoe thought that the man should have fallen asleep.
Creeping up behind the man, she took a quiet glance, only to find that he was really asleep.
Immediately her heart fluttered and she braced herself, and ran right past the man.
At this instant, the man’s eyes opened at once.
When he saw Zoe running away, the man immediately got up and shouted to the inside of the house, “Hurry all up, the bitch is getting away.”
It was a sound that sent chills down Zoe’s spine.
The strong fear and the desire to live still filled her with strength.
Gritting her teeth hard, she opened the door and ran out through it.
The moment she ran out, she began to feel weak all over.
The dizziness in the eyes is unbearable.
It’s outside, unlike the big cities, and the lights are bright.
As far as the eye can see, there are no fingers to be seen.
She was unfamiliar with the area and had no idea where to run to.
She just felt the darkness and ran along, ignoring it.
Turning back, she could, between vague glances, hear and see the father and sons frantically chasing her.
Zoe, however, continued to run regardless.
Even if her eyes are dizzy and her feet are weak, she continued.
Because, for all she knew, this could be the only chance she would ever get freedom.
She knew all the more that she could not live inside this small mountain village for the rest of her life.
She wants to go back to Flento City and live a normal life.
She wants to grow old with Robert, for as long as she can.
Thinking of Robert, her body, once again, was filled with strength.
“Everyone, hurry up and get up, our family’s bitch has escaped, come out and help chase her.”
She heard the man, who was in his thirties, cry out.
All at once she heard the doors of many homes open.
Her heart rose to her throat as she realised the situation was not good.
Catching a glimpse of a haystack next to her, Zoe had an idea and dove straight into it.
And then with straw, she buried herself.
Beneath the haystack, Zoe shivered.
She wondered if she would ever be found.
But the only thing she knows is that next, probably the whole village will come to help chase her.
She was alone, it was so dark, and she was unfamiliar with the roads here, she could hardly confront the whole village.
She could only bet.
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And pray that they don’t find her.
In that case, it could last until the dawn of day.
By that time, everyone in the village, surely impatient, would have gone back to rest.
It would be nice if only they were left.
What’s more, at that time, she would be able to see the way and would have many escape routes to choose from.
Soon the father and sons ran to the edge of the haystack where she was.
Several people panted and kept cursing, “Where the hell did she go? Why didn’t you bring a torch?”
“I’m going back now to get it.”
“You bunch of losers, you can’t even guard a woman.”
At the sound of the voice, Zoe’s heart rose to her throat.
Her whole body was shivering.
But to keep them from finding out, she was quick to control herself from shivering.
She even held her breath.
The night was night, and God knows how scared she really is now.
She thought that the experience before her must become a lifelong shadow.
Just then she heard the sound of many, many footsteps coming her way.
There seemed to be many, many people coming.
Outside the haystack, two men, holding torches, lit up the world.