Wilderness Redemption Tour

After searching the camp, Lin Yan couldn't find any sign of Arthur. Just as he was about to go find the alert Lenny to ask, he happened to see Arthur and John walking out of the forest outside the camp side by side.

"There is a dilapidated shack near the border, just north of Dewberry Creek. You can park the carriage nearby later." Lin Yan only heard John say this to Arthur and then he turned around and hurried away.

"Jamie, you're back? How's the debt collection going? Is it going well?"

After watching John leave, Arthur turned and asked Lin Yan who was standing not far away.

Lin Yan spread his hands and said, "Except for breaking someone's nose with a gun, everything went well."

"Oh? Really?" Hearing Lin Yan's answer, Arthur's eyes lit up, and then he showed a look of reminiscence. "I did the same thing when I was young, to stand up for someone..."

As for who he was speaking up for, Arthur didn't go into detail. He changed the subject and said, "John was discussing the train with me just now. I went to the station to inquire again today. This train will arrive at Scarlett Meadows early tomorrow morning, probably around three or four o'clock, or four or five o'clock. The conductor can't say for sure, but it will be between early morning and tomorrow morning. I'm going to make preparations now. Do you want to join me?"

"Now?" Lin Yan didn't expect to go out again just after coming back. "I see Pearson is already preparing dinner. Aren't you going after dinner?"

Arthur shook his head. "No, I have to finish my preparations before daybreak. It will be difficult to do them after dark. Besides, I am not going back to camp tonight."

Go out and never come back? This is too dedicated, it's simply a model in the industry!

Hearing this, Lin Yan pondered for a moment, wondering whether he should go.

With the mentality of not missing out on any mission, he finally decided to get involved.

"Okay, wait for me a moment, I'll ask Sadie if she wants to go."

When he found Sadie, she was chatting with Malibeth. Lin Yan discovered that she had changed her clothes while coming back. Now she was wearing a light gray cotton shirt and black high-waisted canvas pants, which made her look more capable.

Seeing Lin Yan coming over, the two stopped talking, and Sadie asked, "What's the matter?"

"Uh... Arthur and I have to go out again. Do you still want to come with me? We're not coming back tonight."

"Is there any danger?"

"Jamie, are you going to rob the train? The one I heard about that day?" Marybeth asked with interest.

Lin Yan nodded and said, "Yes, Arthur said it will arrive tomorrow morning. We have to make preparations now."

Then he looked at Sadie and said confidently, "John seems to be going too. Nothing should go wrong with them around. Why don't you just stay in the camp tonight?"

Sadie frowned and remained silent for a while, as if she was wondering whether she should go with Lin Yan. But when she saw Lin Yan's confident look, her expression relaxed again, and she nodded and said, "Okay, then, be careful."

"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Lin Yan smiled and waved goodbye to the two girls.

"Jamie, remember to tell Arthur that I'll get a share of the money we robbed." Marybeth giggled behind him.

Malibeth, what is she laughing at? I didn’t say anything wrong just now... Confused, Lin Yan turned around with a puzzled look and replied, "I'll tell him."

He was too embarrassed to ask about such matters, so he could only pretend he didn't hear anything and quickly left Sadie's bed.

When he arrived at the horse tying area outside the camp, Arthur was already waiting for him on his horse, and Kieran was brushing his horse's hair to clean it.

Seeing Lin Yan coming over, Jilan patted the iron-gray mare and said with a slightly apologetic look on his face: "Mr. Custer, I have already fed the horse. Due to time constraints, the cleaning work can only be done to this extent. Sorry."

"Mr. Duffy, just call me Jamie." Lin Yan first made a casual joke about the name, and then comforted him: "It's okay, you have done a good job, at least better than the uncle sleeping over there."

"That's right! In the camp, you are much better than the old man who only knows how to drink and sleep." Arthur immediately added, then he looked at Lin Yan and asked, "Sadie is not going?"

Lin Yan took the reins from Jilan, climbed onto the horse skillfully and said, "It suddenly occurred to me that we are going to be active at night, and this is not something that must be done, so there is no need to involve the ladies."

Then, he added in a familiar tone, "With you here, Arthur, I feel my safety is fine."

"Haha!" Arthur laughed a few times when he heard that.

"I can't guarantee that you won't be hit by those flying bullets. I can only make sure the guards fire as little as possible." He added with a smile on his face.

As soon as he left the horseshoe lookout, Lin Yan couldn't wait to ask Arthur how to summon the horses with a whistle.

"You mean the imperative whistle? That's easy! There are whistles for one hand and two hands, two fingers and four fingers. Which one do you want to learn?" Hearing that Jamie wanted to learn to whistle, Arthur introduced in a torrent of words.

"Uh..." Lin Yan didn't expect that a small whistle contained so many tricks. He recalled the whistling postures he had seen in movies before and replied, "Then use one hand."

After getting the answer, Arthur immediately pinched the index finger and thumb of his right hand, put them into his mouth and blew lightly.

"Hey~"

A loud whistle came out of his mouth.

He pulled the reins, let his horse get closer to Lin Yan, and began to explain step by step:

"First, pinch your index finger and thumb together to form a ring. Then, lick your lips to moisten them thoroughly and cover your teeth with your lips. Put your index finger and thumb into your mouth, the length of one knuckle will do. Use these two fingers to press against the front end of your tongue and fold your tongue upwards."

As he spoke, Arthur stuck out his tongue to demonstrate to Lin Yan and continued:

"Next, close your mouth and wrap it around your finger, making sure there are no gaps other than your finger. Finally, let the air from your mouth pass through the gaps between your fingers until you make a sound."

Lin Yan listened very carefully. As soon as Arthur finished speaking, he put his hand on his lips, which he had licked several times. After confirming that everything was correct, he took a deep breath and blew hard at the gap between his fingers.

“Puff~Puff~Puff~~~”

After trying several times, the whistle he expected did not appear.

"Ha, that's okay." Arthur seemed to have known that this method was not something that could be learned overnight. He patiently taught, "I was just like you when I first started learning. Dutch laughed at me at that time. But I found a trick. When you can't blow it, try to adjust the position of your fingers on your tongue and the angle of your fingers. If you practice more, you will learn it soon."

On the way, Lin Yan kept trying to blow out a sound, and Arthur told him the purpose of his trip, which was to steal an oil carriage from the Cornwall coal tar factory east of Valentine.