It was too dark, and Shen Yangge didn't dare run into the forest.
He was afraid he might run into a pack of wolves or something.
Then he'd end up becoming a hearty meal for those creatures.
So he deliberately followed the road across the broad, flat grasslands. There wasn't a single home for miles around.
Shen Yangge couldn't help thinking that he really was giving this escape everything he had.
Whenever his thoughts wandered too far, he would think of Chu Xuanzhen's handsome face, and the pained expression he wore when he lost his mind.
System 615: [Host, another hour or two of walking will bring you to a small village. You can hide there and get some rest.]
Shen Yangge shook his head. "No. Chu Xuanzhen is probably riding here at full speed right now. If I don't hurry, I'll get caught and dragged back."
System 615: [But we're very far from Capital City. Even riding at full speed, wouldn't the male lead need a day or two to get here?]
Shen Yangge said, "Maybe my sixth sense is warning me."
"Run. Now."
System 615 slowly mulled over the unfamiliar term its host had used-sixth sense-then went offline without another word.
Once the system fell silent, Shen Yangge swallowed as he faced the almost pitch-black darkness around him, then continued at a jog. An hour later, he passed through that small village. He didn't stop, but kept going.
After several more hours of walking, Shen Yangge couldn't go any farther and wanted to find somewhere to hide for a while.
It wasn't safe at night, and he didn't dare linger beneath a tree, either, so he picked one and climbed up like a monkey.
He curled up in the highest fork to rest. To