"Break down the door!" Gavin said coldly.
Heng Zhang took a step backwards and kicked the door hard, and then the door was kicked open.
Gavin rushed inside and saw Alisa lying on the bed, wearing a thin nightgown, her hair a damp mass.
Venus and the baby were nowhere to be seen.
"Alisa, wake up." Gavin shook the woman by the shoulders. Then he saw a glass of milk on the table.
When he picked it up and smelled it, he smelled medicine.
Gavin was on the verge of fury and put the cup on the table, "Venus, how dare you run away?"
"Heng, take someone to find her immediately! She can't run far with the baby in her arms."
"Yes."
Venus was so obedient these days. She did what she was told to do, so Gavin thought she had given
up trying to escape. He had no idea that she was secretly planning her escape and had managed to
get sleeping pills from somewhere.
The milk in the glass was already cold, proving that she had been running for some time. It was
autumn, and the mountains were damp and cold. He guessed that she had most likely gone to look for
help from the people nearby.
"Heng, send someone to a nearby farmer's house to find her." Gavin called Heng and said.
Gavin covered Alisa with a blanket. Gavin speculated that she had drunk the milk with sleeping pills
and fallen asleep after her bath.
In the silence of the mountain forest, Venus ran desperately with the baby in her arms. This was her
only chance. If she couldn't get away this time, she didn't know what horrible things that evil Gavin
would do to her.
The baby was strapped to her back, staring at her. She had wanted to give him some sleeping pills so
he wouldn't make a sound during the escape. When she handed it to the child and saw his smiling
eyes, Venus softened.
The road ahead was dark and full of weeds. Venus didn't know where she was. She had to find a
house and call Kerry.
......
Venus was carrying the child on her back as she walked through the mountains.
Two days ago, when the car passed the drugstore, she suddenly had the idea to run away. She found it
hard to believe that Gavin would let her and her baby go back unharmed. If the treasure were not
found, Gavin would eventually become suspicious of the authenticity of the treasure map, and if he did
so, he would certainly take out all his anger on her and the child.
So that night, while Alisa was sleeping, she took a hundred yuan from her purse. The next day when
she was staying at the hotel, she went downstairs and asked the innkeeper to buy some sleeping pills
for her. The innkeeper was reluctant to help her buy the pills. Only after Venus repeatedly asked him to
keep the change did he go to a nearby pharmacy and buy her a bottle of sleeping pills.
Alisa was in the habit of drinking hot milk every night, and tonight was no exception. After seeing her
put the hot milk on the table, Venus deliberately said, "Why don't you go take a shower first? When you
finish your shower, the temperature of the milk will be right for drinking. I have an injury on my arm and
I think it will take a long time to shower later."
Perhaps it was the friendliness of the past few days with Venus that made Alisa let down her guard
against Venus. She went into the bathroom without any doubt. Then Venus hurried to get the sleeping
pills out. First she put one in the milk. But she was afraid that it might not be strong enough, so she put
three more in it.
During Alisa's bath, Venus kept shaking the glass of milk in order to speed up the dissolution of the
pills. Twenty minutes later, Alisa came out of the bathroom.
Venus pretended to lower her head to change the baby's clothes. She saw Alisa wiping her hair with a
towel and drinking milk from the corner of her eyes. Probably due to the strong smell of medicine, she
took a sip and frowned.
"Why does the milk taste strange today?"
Venus's heart thumped and pretended to be calm as she said, "Maybe the milk sold over here is
different the one you bought before."
Alisa picked up the paper box next to her and looked at it, saying to herself, "It doesn't expire." Then
she took a few more sips before putting the glass down and sitting on the edge of the bed to wipe her
hair.
Venus felt like her heart was about to jump out of her mouth. She was paying close attention to Alisa's
movements. After a few minutes, she fell asleep on the bed.
Venus saw her eyes closed tightly and walked towards her, shaking her by the shoulders and calling
out, "Alisa?”
When she didn't respond, Venus quickly dressed the baby in some clothes, then put him in a shoulder
bag with only his head outside, and strapped him to her chest from front to back with two pieces of
clothing.
The baby didn't make a sound while she was doing this. He probably just thought his mother was
playing a game with him.
After packing everything up, Venus looked down the hallway. It was after 9:00 p.m. and most people
were either watching TV or taking a shower. Standing at the door, Venus was nervous and scared.
She took a deep breath, closed the door softly, and hurried toward the stairs with her head down.
Things were going surprisingly well. She didn't meet any person who knew her until she was outside
the door of the hotel.
Venus couldn't believe how easy it was to escape. Then she patted the baby on the back and ran off
into the night without looking back.
She was tired and sleepy from her long walk on the trail, but she couldn't stop to rest. She looked at the
baby and saw that he was asleep. Suddenly, she saw a few dim lights ahead of her, and Venus,
delighted, ran forward at a quick pace.
It was a farmhouse, which was surrounded by an earthen wall.
Venus went forward and knocked on the door.
Half a minute later, there were footsteps, then a woman's voice, "Who is it?"
"Can you let me stay at your house for the night? I'll leave tomorrow." Venus said as gently as possible.
Perhaps fearing trouble, the woman rejected her, "There is no more room in my house. You can go to
another house."
"I've been running all night, but I've only seen your house. If you don't take me in, I'll be spending the
night in the mountains today. I'm okay with that, but my baby will get sick." Venus pleaded bitterly.
“Please let me stay at your house for the night.”
The woman inside was silent for a moment, then opened the wooden door, and looked out to see a
skinned girl standing with a child on her back. "Come in, then." she said.
"Thank you." Venus said to the woman. “You’re so kind.”
The inside of the woman's room was simple but clean, with a child on the bed, a school bag on the
table, and a needle and thread ball.
"Please take a sit." the woman looked at her warily. "Why are you wandering in the mountains in the
middle of the night? Don’t you know it's dangerous?"
Venus gasped and said, "I'm so thirsty. Can you give me a drink of water?"
The woman turned to the kitchen and scooped up the water with a gourd scoop.
Venus took the gourd scoop and drank the water from it.
After quenching her thirst, she said, "I was kidnapped and brought to the mountains."
The woman did not seem surprised by her words. She was no longer as wary as before. "Those guys
are really evil. How could they do this to you?"
“They beat me and hurt my arm." Venus said. She pretended to be very miserable.
The woman saw that her arm was indeed wrapped in gauze.
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