Chapter 364: Running Away

Yang Qing felt a sudden toothache.

The old man is stirring up trouble, and he's truly unreliable.

But now there's nothing to be done; given the circumstances, he can only run away for now.

He can't attend to his wife and children at all.

After something like this happens, even returning to the compound offers no escape; it's completely a dead end.

Fortunately, Chen Hong had mentally prepared herself.

Once he runs away, she can sever their ties.

Sigh, things have gotten way too melodramatic.

"Is there any way you could get me back to Jingcheng without anyone noticing?"

Long Wu shook his head.

"What would you do going back?"

"We finally got out."

Yang Qing waved his hand.

"I need to prepare some stuff; otherwise, how can I run away?"

Long Wu waved his hand.

"No need, Gui Lao Qi knows a bit of disguise."

"We have some purchasing agents' introduction letters and money vouchers here."

"From here, out of the woods, across the river on the opposite bank, there's a bicycle."

"Let Hou Liu take you over in a bit, and then he can just run away himself."

"Everything after that is up to you."

The preparations are fairly thorough.

Yang Qing thought of another problem.

"Don't you consider the consequences when you do things?"

"By doing this, you've ruined Qin Huairu."

"If things go badly, she could become an accomplice."

"When she came over today, she had just beaten that guard."

Long Wu scratched his head.

"There's also this? Your woman is pretty fierce, but we can't worry about that now; if worse comes to worst, should we bring her when we run away?"

Yang Qing also scratched his head.

"Her family still has three kids."

Long Wu got angry.

"Damn, you're actually messing around with someone else's wife?"

Yang Qing hurriedly explained, which finally calmed him down.

"This won't work, that won't work; we can't handle all of this."

"We must run away today, or we'll eventually get caught."

"Now that the country is so good, it shouldn't make things hard for the children."

"Let's take it step by step."

Yang Qing thought that made sense.

"Damn it, we can't even protect ourselves; why think about all that?"

He called Qin Huairu over and explained the situation to her.

Qin Huairu's tears poured out, she was nearly scared to death,

"How could this happen? Why did this happen?"

Yang Qing had no choice but to tell her about the future.

"That's how it is; if I don't run away, it's a dead end."

"Now that things have happened, thinking more won't help."

Qin Huairu grabbed him.

"Can I go with you?"

Yang Qing shook his head.

"I don't plan to take the mountain road; after I get far away, I still intend to leak some information to divert their attention and make things easier for them."

"If you follow me, it'll be harder."

Qin Huairu was already numb; what the hell is this? She just came out to relax, how did she become a criminal?

Qin Huairu looked on the verge of collapse, and Yang Qing couldn't bear to watch.

After turning the whole matter over in his mind, he came up with an idea.

He waved his hand and called Long Wu over.

"If you're going to take the mountain road, you might as well bring her along and pretend she's a hostage; that would make things easier for you."

"A tractor can also be used."

"While no one knows yet, take the driver, pick everyone up, and then head straight for the mountains."

"When you reach a place in the mountains with many forks, let the tractor's tires down and release the driver."

"Take the remaining people and keep running away."

"Wait ten days, then when you encounter a place with many forks, release that female guard."

"At that time, I will let my own news out."

"That way, you'll also have it easy."

Long Wu refused.

"That won't do; we're supposed to cover you, but now it's the other way—you cover us."

"If your father finds out, he'll have us killed."

Yang Qing, however, insisted on this.

"There's nothing to discuss; I will do it."

"What are you going to do? I can't change it, and I don't know what to do—neither can you."

"Besides, this woman is my woman—don't bully her."

After saying that, Yang Qing pulled Gui Laoqi to give him a disguise.

Long Wu thought for a moment and temporarily accepted Yang Qing's opinion.

Really, we're racing against time now; there's no time for them to ponder slowly.

Returning to the car, Liu Yan had her eyes covered and her mouth stuffed.

The driver, meanwhile, raised his hands and pleaded pitiably with Yang Qing for help.

Yang Qing comforted him.

"Brother, I'm sorry—I didn't want this either; who knew that a single trip to Qinjiacun would cause this?"

"As long as you cooperate with us, we won't harm you."

"Don't do anything extra, and don't let us misunderstand."

"I'm sorry to wrong you and Qin Sister; for now you'll be a hostage, and we'll release you when no one's around."

"Come on, put on the blindfold and plug your mouth."

Qin Huairu also received the same treatment to avoid suspicion.

Then they were stuffed into the truck bed, piled with wild grass and leaves, and covered.

Long Wu got into the car, posed as an old driver, greeted Yang Qing, and told Hou Liu to hurry up.

Hou Liu led Yang Qing out of the woods, across the river, and from the grass produced a bicycle that even had a cloth satchel, looking quite proper.

Yang Qing mounted the bike and sped southward.

Meanwhile, Hou Liu returned to the tractor, and Long Wu drove off in the car.

Qin Delu waited until dark but still saw no one.

And those who were notified by Liu Yan to cooperate with the local bureau also didn't see Liu Yan.

Both sides knew something had happened.

Afterward, it became a massive search for people.

In the middle of the night, in the woods, they saw traces of a car crash and also grass camouflage.

The matter was thus confirmed.

Wang Dechao, upon hearing the news of Yang Qing's disappearance, immediately summoned Director Wang.

"What on earth is going on? Why did a kidnapping happen?"

"The import-export company is demanding people from me—where am I supposed to find them for them?"

Director Wang was also helpless.

"Yang Rong has always been evasive with us; who would have thought he'd kidnap someone—what can we do?"

"That guy is an old fox; he must have prepared this long ago."

Wang Dechao was also curious.

"What exactly does he have that's so valuable, demanding a person for a million, and you all refuse?"

Director Wang shook his head and glanced at him.

"This isn't something you can know."

Wang Dechao rolled his eyes.

"If you won't say, I can probably guess—it's probably about money."

"Back then, Yang Rong curried favor on all fronts, earned countless money; during the days when his small-time life was going well but then collapsed, he didn't know how much money he'd embezzled; later, when things went wrong there, the wealth that passed through his hands was again a huge amount."

"He's been skimming off the top, and he might be richer than a nation."

He's also jealous of this money.

"What about Chen Hong—what are you preparing to do there?"

"Are you going to deal with them the same way you dealt with Yang Qing?"

Wang Dechao said this and started laughing.

Director Wang furrowed his brow.

"This isn't something we can decide."

"Yang Qing and Yang Rong are not the same."

Yang Rong can handle the three teachings and nine streams, but he's no good at legitimate business—not when he was young, let alone now.

Yang Qing, on the other hand, has extraordinarily strong economic ability.

Their value cannot be compared on the same day.

Moreover, anyone who has endured such a childhood makes even Director Wang feel uneasy just thinking about it.

And think again about Yang Qing's bout of unconsciousness.

Someone who has died once—who knows what he'll become?

She certainly doesn't want to drive Yang Qing mad.

Besides, Yang Qing these years, not only had no fault, but actually had merit, for such a person.

They could not do such a thing as extermination.