When the three returned to the low shrubs where they had been hiding, Wei Dengke was craning his neck to look at them. He asked, "Mo Li, why did you bring a woman back? Who is this woman?"
Mo Li himself had no idea how to answer Wei Dengke. He could only awkwardly glance at the woman he had dragged back, then release his grip on her arm and gesture for her to crouch down. The woman was quite sensible and crouched in the bushes, while Zhong Lichun, who had followed closely behind, crouched down as well.
"Please, take me away from here!" The woman glanced at the Mo Li Trio, then spoke in a pleading tone.
"You speak Mandarin?!" Although Mo Li had heard the woman speak before, Zhong Lichun and Wei Dengke had not. Thus, when they heard her speak Mandarin, both wore astonished expressions.
The woman's mental state seemed rather poor. Although Zhong Lichun and Wei Dengke were extremely surprised that she could speak Mandarin, she ignored them and merely pleaded bitterly with Mo Li. "I beg you, take me away from here. I've already waited for six years. Someone has finally come here. Hurry and take me away. I don't want to stay here for even one more second."
"Six years? Do you mean you weren't here six years ago? You came from outside? But that Old Man said it had been a long time since any outsiders had come here." Mo Li wore a startled expression upon hearing her words, then pressed her for an answer.
The woman lowered her head at Mo Li's question, then replied, "He meant that no one had come in on their own. Those of us who were captured and brought here don't count."
"...Can you tell us what's going