im. How could you have killed them""Could it be..." Hong Jie looked at Researcher An with suspicion and asked, "Could there be something more to their deaths""You must know something!""Speak quickly!"...The man angrily rose from the ground, raising his hand as if to hit me!

At that moment, the girl with earrings grabbed his hand and looked at him, shaking her head while whispering a few words I couldn't understand. It seemed like she was trying to persuade him.

Their carrying basket was filled with dried meat, white cloth strips, and paper money.

The girl gestured for me not to move. She bound my hands with a white cloth strip and pushed me, signaling for me to walk on my own.

Zhao Xuanyan was also the same, with her hands tied behind her back and being pushed along.

"Yunfeng, where are these people taking us"

I'll just take it one step at a time.

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"Why don't you resist You're a man, aren't you"

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"It's been days since I last ate, where do I get the energy from," I said with a frown, "Look at those two guys' arms! They're almost as thick as your thigh. Maybe we have a chance one-on-one, but there are too many of them."

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"Xiaoxuan, don't be afraid, there's a misunderstanding here. Let's see where they're taking us."

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Thus, we walked for nearly two hours, being escorted all the while. A small village appeared on the sandy ground before us.

Outside the small village, dozens of sheep were running about. A round-faced little boy with a runny nose was driving them with a stick.

Upon seeing us, the little boy ran back to the small village shouting excitedly.

Not long after, several elderly people came out of the village.

The girl talked with the old man for a while, occasionally turning back to point at me.

The old man at the head, also sporting a shaved head with a small braid, listened to the words, his face gradually darkening.

Then Zhao Xuanyan and I were pushed into a dirt-floored hut. They bound our legs with coarse hemp rope to prevent us from escaping.

"It's you guys!" someone suddenly spoke from behind.

"It's you!" I turned my head and saw him here too!

Azza! Azza stole our camels and water!

Aha now bound, her feet tied together, leaned against the wall with a look of astonishment on her face as she stared at me and Zhao Xuanyan.

Looking back on the past few days, if we hadn't happened to find the bottle tree, both of us would be dead by now!

I was so angry I wanted to rush over, but because my feet were tied with vines, I tripped and fell with a thud.

Seeing this, Aza's face took on two more points of playfulness. With the air of a pig that fears no boiling water, he spoke: "Hey, the three of us are now like rats tied to the same rope."

"What do you say Do you want to settle old scores now, or wait until we escape and are safe"

"Don't panic, you don't know the background of these people who caught you, but I do. I'll tell you how to handle this."

"Bah!"

I spat in his face and cursed, “For shame! To think I considered you a friend! This is how you treat a friend! If I had known you were such a treacherous person, I should have thrown you into a mine shaft to die!”

"Well," Azman said nonchalantly, "what's the harm in taking a little water and two camels in return"

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"A little! How much did you take!"

"You little punk, say that again!" Hearing him speak so nonchalantly made me angrier. The more I thought about it, the more enraged I became. They're probably suffering right now because there's no water! That little brat must have drained all of it last night!

"Look, I'm getting angry again," Zhao Xuanyan interjected, "Hold on, Yunfeng, just listen to what this person has to say."

He was right about one thing, the most important thing right now is to figure out what's going on. We can't just stay tied up like this forever, can we

"Well, well... It seems like this lady is the most sensible one here after all. She knows what's important and what needs to be prioritized."

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Next, Azza told them what happened after he stole the camel. desert, we will officially be in Alashan.Following Old Zhang's advice, we pitched our tents along the highway. That night, we ate hot food around a bonfire. Old Zhang pointed to the darkness behind...