Jiang Baige didn't have time to ask more questions. She took her things and ran away quickly with Song Siwen.

They didn't even dare to look back - they could only vaguely hear the noise, but even if they heard it, they didn't dare to imagine it.

Fortunately, they didn't walk far before they saw the familiar and friendly minibus.

They waved to stop the car, and when they got on, the driver knew they were going back to the county town, and he was a little surprised: "We have to go around a circle before we can go back."

"Well, I accidentally took the wrong road."

Jiang Baige responded simply without saying anything more. She just bought the ticket in silence and sat at the back of the bus.

Although they were very tired, they still each took out another thin down jacket from their bag - they had originally intended to use it to keep warm overnight. They changed their original clothes and took out their scarves and wrapped them around their faces.

When they finished all this, the car drove to Wangnan Village and stopped.

They held their breath again and hid under their seats.

Although I know that group of people will not rush over and drag them away by force, but what if?

It was not until the minibus started moving that they felt alive again.

Two people from Wangnan Village got on the bus and sat in the front seat. Jiang Baige stuck her head out and saw that they were strangers.

Maybe he is not in the same group with Erzhu’s family.

I just heard them shouting and chatting with the driver.

The driver first asked: "Why is your village so busy so early in the morning?"

"Hey, there's a young man in our village who's going to get married." One of them answered.

Another person quickly followed up: "Just a fool."

"Fool?" The driver was puzzled.

"Who knows, maybe she just likes this..." The people in Wangnan Village shrugged, "Today we are just picking up the bride, the son won't be back from abroad for another two days..."

They chatted about some other things until one of them yawned and the conversation ended.

We arrived at a new village, some people got on the bus and some got off.

Jiang Baige and Song Siwen held their breath the whole time, but they were not as nervous as at the beginning.

After noon, the two people who came from Wangnan Village also got off the bus.

Jiang Baige and Song Siwen hadn't eaten anything since morning and were a little hungry. Song Siwen took out a sausage and some water from his bag and handed them to Jiang Baige.

"Eat something first." She lowered her voice.

Jiang Baige took the food, and Song Siwen said, "Don't worry too much... You just heard them say that Aunt An's son will be back in a few days."

This is indeed good news.

At least until then, Shu Xiu is safe.

Jiang Baige swallowed the ham sausage whole, and took out the things that Shu Xiu had given her just now from her bag -

She had already prepared for the worst: she hid the things Shu Xiu gave her in her bag, put the backpack under the seat, and wrote down the license plate number of the minibus.

She wrote all of this into a text message, briefly explained their situation in Wangnan Village, and left their live broadcast account.

Finally, I entered the phone numbers of my graduate roommate, Lin Xingran, Bai Yang, Han Li, and my parents in the contact section.

If she were to be taken away, this message would be sent to all of them.

She hoped that this text message and the things Shu Xiu had desperately collected could be discovered by the next person.

Fortunately, the worst outcome did not happen - although life is not a happy story, sometimes there will be a little hope when you are at your wit's end.

She opened the small package Shuxiu handed her.

Inside was Shu Xiu's police officer ID, a cell phone, and a note with a phone number on it.

They first tried to turn on their phone, only to find that it was out of battery.

Song Siwen glanced at the phone charging port and took out an all-in-one data cable and power bank from his bag: "Charge the phone first, there may be evidence in it."

Perhaps because the battery had been out for too long, they waited for about three to five minutes before the phone finally turned on.

Jiang Baige opened the file manager and found that it was exactly as they had guessed, with pictures, videos, and audio recordings. The latest photo in the album was taken half a month ago.

The minibus bumped a bit on the road.

Jiang Baige opened the memory again and found that there was no extra space.

"This train will pass by Wangnan Village again later, and I'm still a little worried..."

"Are you afraid those people will be waiting there to cause trouble for us?"

Jiang Baige nodded: "There is still some time now. I want to upload these files to the cloud, so that even if I am caught, this clue will not be destroyed."

She first deleted some unnecessary software to free up some memory, then downloaded a cloud disk and logged into her account.

Then, she uploaded all the files in Shu Xiu's mobile phone to the cloud disk.

There are a lot of things in the phone. This phone is a bit old and runs very slowly. In addition, it is still charging...

"It feels like I'm holding a hot pack."

Jiang Baige and Song Siwen were joking around, but their hands were tightly holding their phones.

It gets dark early in winter, but there were not many people taking this bus today, and the sun had not yet set when we arrived at Wangnan Village.

The crimson sunset covered the sky. The car on the way back was empty. It seemed that no one noticed the beautiful scenery except Jiang Baige and Song Siwen.

Song Siwen sighed: "Nature is so beautiful, but humans are so dirty."

Jiang Baige was about to speak when her cell phone vibrated a few times.

"Upload completed."

Jiang Baige logged out of the account on Shu Xiu's phone, logged in on her own phone, and then downloaded all the content to her own phone.

The experience I’ve gained from writing novels over the years: It’s always a good idea to have multiple backups.

"By the way, what do you think of this phone number?" Jiang Baige asked.

"I guess this is her outside help."

Jiang Baige looked at the number and did not agree immediately: "If it is really what you think, don't you think it is strange that Sister Shu Xiu has been in Wangnan Village for more than half a year but has not contacted the other party?"

"It's a bit strange..."

Just now when they were charging Shuxiu's mobile phone, they still had a glimmer of hope that there might be some text message records in it, letting them know who to ask for help after leaving this place.

Or there may be a record of contact with that phone number, so that they can be assured of the owner of that number.

But now... they must make sure that this person is trustworthy before handing everything over to the other person.

"However, if the other party is not a good person, there is no need for Sister Shu Xiu to leave this number to us, right?"

What Song Siwen said made sense, Jiang Baige rubbed his head.

"It's over. I think everyone I see as a bad guy now. I have lost the most basic judgment ability."

"It doesn't matter... We'll be back in the county soon." Song Siwen seemed to be comforting Jiang Baige, but also seemed to be comforting himself, "Let's find a place to sleep tonight, and tomorrow... tomorrow morning, everything will be clear."

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