Chapter 536-537

Chapter 536: The Deadly Minefield 　 They had just gotten to the front door of the house when one of the drug dealers who was coming around the building saw them. He was about to fire on them, but Feng Yang quickly took care of him. This loud gunshot was bound to alarm Crocodile and the rest of his men who were elsewhere in the house. The two of them were definitely no match for so many people. They came to an unspoken understanding and quickly jumped off the front porch. It just so happened that the car of the drug dealer who Feng Yang had killed was parked right in front of the house. He was probably here to change shifts, and his car keys were still in the car. It was as if God was on their side. 　 　 They quickly jumped into the car. Feng Yang started the car up, and they took off. Suddenly, a group of people all holding guns emerged from the house, shooting at the car. The sound of bullets hitting the car seemed to go on forever, and the glass from the back window was completely shattered. Yun Xi was so scared that she lay down on the seat. As if he had experienced this kind of scene before, Feng Yang quickly turned the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator without further ado. The car sped along the highway and took another road that led far away from the village. There were many people living in the village, and, once a skirmish broke out there, innocent people would inevitably be wounded or killed. Yun Xi glanced at the speed they were driving at. As she turned her head, she saw a car coming up behind them fast. Feng Yang also noticed that there was a car chasing after them, and he stepped on the accelerator. They drove a long way, but the car behind them continued to follow steadily. Yun Xi looked at the car chasing after them, and then she looked ahead. She noticed the black skull logo on the side of the road not that far away. She said, “Go to the minefield on the right.” “Minefield? No! Both of us will die if I drive over there!” When he heard the word minefield, Feng Yang’s eyes twitched, and he wouldn’t agree no matter what she said. 　 　 Just then, Yun Xi’s sharp eyes saw another car making a shortcut while chasing them, and she gasped. Crocodile’s people were using their familiarity with the nearby terrain to trap them in between two cars. Feng Yang looked at the car that had driven in front of them. There were now cars in front and behind, so they indeed could neither move forward or backward. “Listen to me, drive to the minefield, hurry up!” “No, the minefields contain all the landmines left over from the past. If we hit one accidentally, we’ll get blown to pieces.” “Drive the car over to the warning monument, and we will go inside the minefield. I know how to avoid the mines. You have to believe in me.” Feng Yang turned to look at her. They had reached a stalemate. Her look of stubbornness and reckless courage finally made him choose to trust in her unconditionally. He turned the steering wheel abruptly, and the car drove from the road into the bumpy wasteland. After a long and bumpy ride, the car slammed into the warning monument. “Get out of the car.” Yun Xi glanced at him, pushed open the door, and quickly jumped out of the car. “Don’t worry, the mines in the first 100 yards into the minefield have all been cleared. This is the practice of mine clearance. This 100 yards leaves us enough space to hide in. These criminals won’t dare to follow us in.” 　 　 There were no people who ever visited the minefields, so the grass was lush and had grown taller than most people. Yun Xi was petite, so she moved through the grass swiftly. She vaguely estimated the distance she had traveled. After a straight-line distance of about ten yards, she turned her head and jumped to the right. “What are you doing? If you keep on like this, you’re going to die.” “Don’t be nervous. I have a good sense of measurement.” Lowering her body, Yun Xi slowly walked through the grass and reduced her range of movements as much as possible. The sky gradually dimmed, and the light shining on the grassland dimmed. With the grassland as cover, Yun Xi lay on the ground and pushed aside the weeds slightly, looking at the cars parked on the road more than ten yards away. The cars on both sides had stopped, and none of the criminals had dared to approach the minefield. Those who had been traveling and living around the border all these years would know the consequences of entering the minefield very clearly. No one would risk his or her life unless they were forced to do so. *** Chapter 537: Started to Really Fall for Her 　 Yun Xi watched the two cars that had been left behind to wait for them to leave the minefield. They were parked on the road pretending to be engaged in fixing some car trouble. All the other people and cars had returned to where they had come from, back to the stronghold. The gunshot that had sounded so close to where he had been had alarmed Crocodile. No doubt he was planning to escape across the border tonight to protect his own safety. Yun Xi estimated that the eight people in the two cars that had been left behind all had guns. 　 　 She wasn’t so stupid as to try and fight a battle where they where so outnumbered. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, she pulled Feng Yang into the depths of the minefield. Feng Yang grabbed her arm. “We can’t go any farther inside. What if we accidentally step on a landmine? It doesn’t seem as if they’re going to follow us in here.” “Who knows, maybe they left to go get backup? Just in case, we should walk in deeper. I have a way to get those people outside to leave.” Feng Yang raised his eyebrows. “What can you do? Don’t tell me that you’re going to run out by yourself to lead them away?” The sky got darker and darker, and Feng Yang tilted his head to look at her closely. His eyes appeared to be gleaming. “Do you really think I’m that stupid?” Yun Xi gave him a blank look and started to slow down. “You haven’t told me what you’re doing here yet. Do you know where this is?” Talking about this, Feng Yang felt as if something was poking at his heart and his liver. Everything inside of him ached intensely. No one should ever let a little girl like Yun Xi take risks in such a place. “Me? I was kidnapped by them.” After entering the minefield, she still didn’t dare to let down her guard. Feng Yang froze, then asked in a bewildered tone, “Kidnapped? Why did they kidnap you?” 　 　 “I want to know that too. The kidnappers said that their boss wanted to see me and use me as bait to lure Young Marshal Mu into a trap, but I was lucky enough to escape from the car on the way here.” Although she said this in a nonchalant manner, Feng Yang obviously didn’t believe that the process had been that easy. “Well, why did you come to City C out of the blue like that? Today is New Year’s Day.” “I came over to have fun with my friends, and I planned to go to the hot springs also while I was here. I didn’t expect to be tied up before I was able to have any fun. I’m always unlucky.” Tired of talking about her own affairs, she turned the topic to him. Since he’d appeared in Crocodile’s stronghold in such a state, it obviously wasn’t accidental, nor had he been simply unlucky, like she had been. “Then how about you? Shouldn’t you tell me what you were doing and why you had been tied up by them? Don’t tell me it was an accident. That kind of lie can only fool a three-year-old, and even you yourself wouldn’t believe it.” Feng Yang looked down at her vivacious appearance, and, wishing that the time would pass more slowly, he blinked. She was just a little girl, and it was truly extraordinary that she could still be so optimistic in such a situation. Curiosity killed the cat, but everything about her was irresistible to him. He started to really fall for her. “I...” Feng Yang raised his head slightly, as if he was making some mental preparations, and then he told her about his identity. “My identity is special, although I’m not affiliated with any department. My job is the same as Young Marshal Mu’s. I’m also a Marshal. In my job, we deal with drugs and smuggling most often. I control all the undercover agents, and, after receiving news that Crocodile had shown up here, some of our agents went missing. Something terrible probably happened.” After a pause, Feng Yang found a clean place to sit down and sighed slightly. “I didn’t expect Crocodile to have such a strong anti-tracking ability. He probably knew that my people were undercover agents from early on, so he caused a scene and used my person as bait. We didn’t have a chance to back out, and I’m the only one who survived from my team. I was abducted, and I wanted to seize the chance to find out where Crocodile’s stronghold was, but I certainly didn’t expect to encounter you... Perhaps some things played out in their own fateful ways.