An image suddenly flashed through Su Mian's mind.
A naked woman covered in wounds ran out of the woods.
Several men were chasing her.
After catching up to the woman, they grabbed her and dragged her, trying to haul her away.
The woman struggled desperately, enraging the men.
They actually plunged a knife straight into her heart!
The scene shifted... Yin Xiaohong found the woman's body and hugged her, sobbing that she had come too late.
The premonition in Su Mian's mind faded.
So this woman had something to do with Yin Xiaohong?
Sister Xiaohong had helped clear her name over the Niu Didi incident just last night. She ought to repay her somehow.
Besides, no matter what, a human life was at stake!
Su Mian hurriedly slapped the car window. "Stop! Stop!"
The driver quickly hit the brakes.
Fang Nuonuo asked, "Su Mian, what is it? We're all really sleepy. If it's nothing important, can't you wait until we get to the villa?"
Su Mian said, "It's a matter of life and death. If you're in a hurry, you can go back first."
With that, Su Mian opened the door and got out.
A flicker of irritation crossed Fang Nuonuo's eyes before she turned back and smiled at Cheng Qin. "Su Mian probably has some personal business to take care of. Let's go back and get some sleep."
Cheng Qin watched her run into the pitch-black woods and felt a little worried.
"You go back first. I'll go take a look." Cheng Qin got out too.
She switched on her phone's flashlight and followed her into the woods.
Although she had no idea what Su Mian intended to do, she could at least help light the way.
Inside the car, Fang Nuonuo rolled her eyes in irritation.
If she abandoned the two of them and went back alone, what would the male guests think of her afterward?
She had no choice but to tell the driver to wait there for now.
In the woods.
Sure enough, Su Mian spotted the naked woman!
The woman saw Su Mian's figure too and reached toward her, saying weakly, "Help... help me..."
Su Mian hurriedly took off her jacket and draped it over the woman.
The woman gave her a grateful look. Seemingly realizing she was saved, her taut nerves instantly relaxed, and her eyes closed as she fainted.
Su Mian supported the woman as she headed back.
Suddenly, footsteps sounded behind her, drawing closer.
Su Mian looked back. Several burly, rugged men were chasing after them!
She was confident she could take them on, but she feared accidentally hurting the woman, whose body was covered in wounds.
Just as she was debating whether to run or fight, she suddenly spotted Cheng Qin coming after her.
Su Mian quickly handed the woman over to Cheng Qin. "Hurry and get her out of here."
Supporting the woman, Cheng Qin looked up and saw the dark figures rapidly approaching too.
She was very worried. "How can you fight so many of them alone?"
Su Mian offered no explanation.
She turned and snatched a stick off the ground.
In a flash, she darted behind one of the pursuing men, crouched down, and jabbed the stick into his backside!
"Aah!" The man clutched his backside, his piercing scream of agony ringing through the heavens!
During her studies abroad in ancient times, Su Mian had learned lightness skills from a proper master, but she had not had enough time to learn many orthodox martial arts.
She owed this move to Duan Xuanyu... When Duan Xuanyu was a hostage prince, the enemy state had confined him deep in the mountains and left him to live or die.
When Su Mian went to rescue him, she inevitably had to fight the wild beasts on the mountain every day.
She had learned this move from the proctologists of the animal kingdom-hyenas.
It targeted the anus and bowels!
Extremely damaging, and deeply humiliating!
The other men attacked one after another.
Just as one man's iron rod was about to strike Su Mian, she twisted around and slipped between his legs!
Once behind him, she jabbed her stick into his chrysanthemum!
"Aah!" The man screamed.
Su Mian moved with effortless ease, like a sleek-furred zha badger! Not a single person could catch her!
Watching this, Cheng Qin was so excited she wanted to scream like a groundhog!
But she was afraid someone would notice her location, so she could only scream inwardly.
She knew she could not stay there watching any longer, lest she be discovered and become a burden to Su Mian.
So she quickly supported the woman and headed out first.
Outside the woods.
Fang Nuonuo stood beside the car, waiting impatiently for Su Mian and Cheng Qin.
Before long, she saw Cheng Qin emerge, supporting a woman who was naked except for a jacket draped over her.
Fang Nuonuo froze for a moment, then took two steps forward and curiously examined the woman's face.
This person... seemed to be a minor idol who had debuted on a talent show a few years ago.
She had once enjoyed a little fame, but had gradually vanished from the public eye.
Why was she here?
Before Fang Nuonuo could ask, she suddenly saw the two cars carrying the male guests and crew driving over too.
The people in those two cars spotted them as well, and both cars stopped nearby.
Fang Nuonuo immediately ran toward the two cars and told them anxiously, "You're finally here! We just rescued someone in the woods!"
Everyone got out and looked toward the woman Cheng Qin was supporting.
Yin Xiaohong suddenly cried, "Xiaodan!"
She hurried over and pulled the woman into her arms, tears streaming down her face. "My little sister, you really are here..."
Fang Nuonuo remembered too.
Right, this minor idol was called Yin Xiaodan.
So she was Yin Xiaohong's younger sister?
No wonder the production crew had been saying in their private chats over the past few days that Yin Xiaohong had kept recommending this luxurious village as the filming location for this episode.
Fang Nuonuo hurried to the car to fetch tissues to wipe Yin Xiaodan's face, then handed Yin Xiaohong some water.
"Quick, give her some water. She was already unconscious when we found her. Who knows what happened to her..."
Yin Xiaohong looked at her gratefully. "Thank you, thank you..."
Not far away, Cheng Qin leaned against the car, breathless with exhaustion, and silently rolled her eyes at Fang Nuonuo.
This person had not lifted a finger, yet here she was, claiming credit with every word.
But this was certainly no time to argue over whose credit it was.
She saw Duan Xuanyu searching everywhere and knew he was looking for Su Mian, so she quickly pointed toward the woods. "Su Mian... is still in there..."
Duan Xuanyu immediately rushed into the woods.
Lin Xi went to call the police.
Gu Yichen called an ambulance first, then went to examine Yin Xiaodan's injuries.
He found wounds from abuse all over Yin Xiaodan's body, and her head had suffered heavy blows too.
Her skin had the unhealthy pallor of someone who had not seen sunlight for a long time.
He pressed it and found that her skin and muscles had completely lost their elasticity.
After being pressed down, they failed to spring back for a long time.
He had a suspicion that frightened him just to think about...
"Sister Xiaohong, has your younger sister been missing for more than three years?"
Yin Xiaohong nodded tearfully. "Yes."
Gu Yichen said, "She was probably imprisoned somewhere without sunlight for these past three years, with no way to exercise either. Her muscles have atrophied."
Thinking of the bitter days her younger sister had endured, Yin Xiaohong instantly sobbed too hard to speak.