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Chapter 1396 Yunrui's Sincere Dedication: A Group of Blind People

After all this was done, the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer, and you could even hear the guards knocking on the door next door.

Tai Ge was trembling with fear, his hands clasped together, muttering something incessantly. Qi Ruixiang leaned against the door, clutching the modified lighter in his pocket—his only distress signal. If he were discovered, he could only hope that the frog would receive the signal as soon as possible.

"Knock, knock, knock!" A heavy knocking sound rang out, accompanied by the guard's gruff shouts: "Open the door! Search! If you don't open the door, we'll break it down!"

Tai Ge shuddered in fright, looking at Qi Ruixiang with fear in his eyes. Qi Ruixiang took a deep breath and gave him a look, signaling him to calm down. Tai Ge swallowed hard and replied in a trembling voice, "Coming...coming, stop knocking, we'll open it right away."

He slowly walked to the door, carefully opened it a crack, and forced a stiff smile: "Brothers, we're here to deliver goods. We just finished and were thinking of resting here for a while. Why do you suddenly want to search us?"

The guard pushed open the door, pointing a dark gun barrel at Tai Ge and Qi Ruixiang, his eyes fiercely scanning the two: "Delivery? Which warehouse are you from? Do you have a pass?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Brother Tai hurriedly pulled out the delivery note and pass from his pocket, handed them over with both hands, his body trembling with fear. "We're delivering to Warehouse Number Three. Here's the pass, take a look."

The guard took the pass and delivery note, examined them carefully for a long time, and then looked Qi Ruixiang and Tai Ge up and down.

Qi Ruixiang deliberately lowered his head, pretending to be afraid, trying his best not to let the guards see his face. Tai Ge, on the other hand, kept smiling and saying nice things: "Thank you for your hard work, brothers. We are just ordinary deliverymen and have not done anything wrong. Search us as you like, and we will leave when we are done."

The guard snorted and waved his hand. Several guards behind him immediately rushed into the storage room and began searching everywhere.

They kicked away the sacks on the ground and rummaged through the discarded tools, each turn making Tai's heart leap into his throat.

Qi Ruixiang's palms were also covered in cold sweat. He stared intently at the wooden crate covered by the canvas, silently praying that the guards wouldn't discover it. But fate had other plans. A guard walked up to the crate and reached out to lift the canvas.

"No... Don't touch that!" Brother Tai exclaimed in fright. "That box is full of discarded chemical reagent bottles, and there are still reagent residues inside. Touching it will corrode your skin!"

The guard paused, glancing at Tai with suspicion in his eyes. Tai quickly added, "It's true! We heard when we were delivering goods that this storage room used to be used to store chemical waste. Everything in there is corrosive; you can't touch it!"

The guard hesitated for a moment, then looked at the tattered canvas on the wooden crate. Seemingly convinced that there was nothing suspicious inside, he finally withdrew his hand and turned to search other areas.

Qi Ruixiang and Tai Ge both breathed a sigh of relief, their backs already soaked with cold sweat. About ten minutes later, the guards finished searching the entire storage room and, finding nothing unusual, shook their heads at the lead guard.

The lead guard frowned, then looked Qi Ruixiang and Tai Ge up and down before scoffing, "Consider yourselves lucky. Remember, the entire village is under martial law. No wandering around. Once you've finished searching, get out of here and go back to where you belong!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Brother Tai nodded hurriedly, his smile becoming even more stiff. "We're leaving now, we're leaving now."

The guards turned and left the storage room. Tai quickly closed the door, leaned against it, and gasped for breath. His legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground, tears welling in his eyes. "I was so scared... so scared... I was almost done for..."

Qi Ruixiang breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the wooden crate, gently lifted the canvas, and checked on the girl inside. She was still unconscious, but her breathing seemed to have stabilized slightly.

"What do we do now?" Tai's voice was trembling with tears. "There are guards everywhere outside, we can't get out at all. And Shen Chengyu will definitely intensify the search, we'll be discovered sooner or later."

Qi Ruixiang looked at the unconscious girl, then at the increasingly bright sky outside the window, and a sense of despair rose in his heart.

He knew that Tai was right; the situation was becoming increasingly dangerous, and they could be discovered at any moment.

But he still didn't want to give up—he didn't want to give up on saving Gu Yunxi, nor did he want to give up on this girl who had just been pulled back from the brink of death.

Just then, the girl's fingers twitched, and a faint groan escaped her throat. Qi Ruixiang quickly crouched down and softly called out, "Hey? Are you awake? Can you hear me?"

The girl slowly opened her eyes, her gaze vacant and blank. She stared at Qi Ruixiang for a long time before weakly asking, "Who... are you? Where... am I?"

Qi Ruixiang breathed a sigh of relief, a smile appearing on his face: "You're finally awake. I'm here to rescue you. This is a storage room in Black Rock Village; it's safe for now. How are you feeling?"

A flicker of fear crossed the girl's eyes, mixed with a hint of confusion: "Save me? Why would you save me?"

“Because you shouldn’t die here.” Qi Ruixiang’s tone was sincere. “Shen Chengyu is no good person. Following him will only bring you suffering. Once it’s safe, I will send you away from here.”

Tears welled up in the girl's eyes instantly, streaming down her cheeks as she murmured, "Leave? Where can I go? My brother is dead, I have no home..."

At this moment, the search for Black Rock Village continued. Shen Chengyu stood by the window of his room, watching the guards coming and going in the village, his eyes growing colder and colder.

He held an unlit cigar between his fingers, his knuckles white from the effort—for two whole hours, he had searched every nook and cranny of the village, but still hadn't found any trace of the two men.

This was unprecedented in Black Rock Village. His territory and his rules had been broken by two outsiders, which made him feel humiliated and angry like never before.

"Assistant Zhou." He spoke into the intercom, his voice eerily calm yet carrying a chilling sense of oppression, "Bring the person in charge of Warehouse No. 3 here. I want to question him personally."

Not long after, Assistant Zhou led a trembling middle-aged man into the room.

The man was the manager of Warehouse No. 3, responsible for receiving incoming goods. He was also the one who personally checked Qi Ruixiang and Tai Ge's delivery slips. At this moment, his face was deathly pale, his legs were trembling like a leaf, and he dared not look Shen Chengyu in the eye.

"Mr. Shen... Mr. Shen, you were looking for me?" The man's voice was choked with sobs.

"Who are the two people who delivered your goods today?" Shen Chengyu slowly turned around, the cigar smoke pressing against his chin, his eyes sweeping across the man's face like a knife.

"They're just ordinary deliverymen. They were introduced by Boss Chen, who said they're quick and efficient and can travel long distances." The man answered hastily, speaking rapidly. "The delivery slips and passes are all fine. I've checked them and found nothing wrong."

"Nothing unusual?" Shen Chengyu sneered, took a step forward, and kicked the man in the knee. The man fell to his knees with a thud, wincing in pain but daring not to utter a sound.

"My men went missing near your warehouse, and you're telling me you didn't find anything unusual?" Shen Chengyu's voice suddenly rose. "I'm raising you bunch of useless trash to guard the warehouse, not to make you blind! You have half an hour to find out all the information about those two people, including their real names. If you can't find them, you're going to fill in the moat!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I'll go check right away! I'll go right away!" The man kowtowed hurriedly, then scrambled out of the room.

Assistant Zhou stood to the side, barely daring to breathe. He could feel Shen Chengyu's anger, like a volcano about to erupt, ready to engulf everyone at any moment.