Chapter 260: Chapter 257: Strategy
The slight noise brought Elliana Lyle back to her senses, and she looked around to find that it was the woman next to her moving her body.
Since the woman’s face was turned away from her, she couldn’t see the woman’s expression, only feeling that the situation was abnormal.
After all, during these days, no one here moved randomly, except for occasionally making some head-raising or lowering movements.
The rest of the time, they were all listlessly hanging their heads.
"What’s wrong with you?" Faced with her inquiry, there was no response.
She could sense the woman’s pain; her legs kicked sporadically, her mouth emitting faint whimpers.
Seeing this, she forcefully shifted her body, and upon getting closer to the woman, she could only use her shoulder to help the woman sit upright.
At this moment, the woman’s mouth was slightly open, her fair face unusually gaunt from prolonged hunger and inhuman torture.
Like a bundle of dry straw, soaked in water.
If it was dry straw, yet there was moisture.
She couldn’t describe the woman’s appearance, only seeing that this face had endured much suffering and torment.
"What’s wrong with you? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" To move more easily, she kneeled in front of the woman, her face showing concern as she wanted to help.
But she was also bound, how could she help?
The woman only closed her eyes, transitioning from painful movements to trembling.
It was still morning, the sun had been shining on the outside of the carriage for a while, so the interior wasn’t cold.
Rather, the temperature was comfortable.
Yet, after a while, it would start to become stuffy, slightly better than Purgatory.
Seeing this, she leaned against the woman, offering her shoulder for the woman to lean on.
"Bear with it, it’s okay, you will be all right..."
She didn’t know how she was able to say such words, but what could be done without mercy?
The people outside wouldn’t be kind enough to treat you, everything had to be endured.
"Uhm~"
The sound came from the woman’s mouth next to her ear, but she couldn’t understand, nor could the woman speak.
She turned her head towards the woman and asked, "Are you trying to tell me something?"
"Uh uh~"
Indeed, the woman wanted to tell her something, but couldn’t.
A warm drop fell onto her neck, but it chilled her heart.
They... shouldn’t live like this.
But in the situation, she didn’t know whether to pity them, or to pity herself.
The woman next to her was likely not going to survive, and she was powerless, only able to choke back tears and say, "If you want to say anything, just tell me, I will always remember your voice."
It was in the last moments of life that the woman began to "speak," while everyone else was just staring blankly down.
Perhaps she would become like that too, not resisting, not speaking, just quietly sitting there.
Lost the soul, only an empty shell left.
The woman leaning on her shoulder suddenly froze, took a deep breath, and then fell still.
Everything quieted down.
The cold next to her was not scary at all, but the weight on her shoulder felt heavy.
Just as quietly, after half an hour, the door began to move, followed by the door opening.
Elliana Lyle looked up and saw that Roland had come again, holding a bag of bread.
Seeing Savanna Windsor still lying down, he had to come in himself, walking straight to her.
A pair of black hands pushed away the woman leaning on her shoulder, realizing the woman was dead, Roland cursed a couple of times and then promptly dragged the body away.
After finishing this, Roland came to her side, handing her a piece of bread.
"Eat quickly." Blackie was a bit impatient, he’d never fed anyone like this before.
But this time he had no choice; in terms of jade descriptions, the woman before him was a supreme piece of Violet.
Priceless beauty.
Yet, the woman merely stared at him calmly, not opening her mouth to eat.
"Eat quickly!" Under his fierce yelling, the woman before him remained unmoved.
This really infuriated him, and in a fit of anger, he struck without restraint.
Elliana Lyle turned her head away, feeling like her eardrum was about to burst, her face burning with a numbing pain.
"Eat quickly!"
"No ears?"
After a while, Elliana Lyle finally spoke: "It’s uncomfortable to move my arms, I don’t want to eat."
Upon observation, she found her treatment was different from the others.
This black man didn’t care about the lives of anyone else, but only about hers.
Though she didn’t know the specific reason, she had some guesses.
Either she had been kidnapped, and if he died, it would be hard for him to explain, or she was being kept for a purpose.
Whatever it is, it’s beneficial to her at the moment.
"Arm?" Blackie was first stunned, then pulled Elliana Lyle over.
Upon inspecting the tied arms, they were indeed slightly purple.
Possibly bound too tightly, impeding blood flow, if this continued, it wouldn’t be aesthetically pleasing, and her hand might even be useless.
So he said, "Wait, I’ll get you a knife."
Watching Blackie leave, she barely breathed a sigh of relief.
She glanced towards Savanna Windsor’s direction, not sure how she was doing now.
But her chest’s rise and fall proved she was still alive.
Shortly afterward, Blackie and another man came over.
Blondie first looked in disbelief and then nodded in agreement to cut the rope.
The moment the rope was untied, the soreness was beyond words!
It’s as if many tiny worms were crawling, as the blood circulation resumed.
At this moment, Blondie said, "We can’t just leave her untied, right? We have to bind her somehow."
Blackie retorted, "Tie what? Could she still escape?"
Then angrily looked at Blondie, "Look, look."
His finger pointed at Elliana Lyle’s hands.
Now just barely recovered, but the marks on her arms were very noticeable.
"Look at your binding, if it ruined the goods, how much would it lose in value!"
Elliana Lyle, who had been secretly observing the two, froze upon hearing this; she got the news from this statement.
These two were planning to sell her!
Looking towards the carriage door, outside was the highway and desert.
She remembered this road, even if unsure, she had traveled on a similar highway during filming.
But there were many roads in the desert, long and short, not knowing exactly which one.
The longest road can traverse the entire 2.8 million square kilometer desert.
"Then bind it a bit loose, can’t leave her completely unbound."
After some deliberation, they still ended up binding her.
But compared to before, it was noticeably looser, her hands could move slightly.
This time, Blackie fed her bread again, and she ate, needing strength to escape.
After eating three or four pieces of bread and drinking two sips of water, with a casual glance, she saw Savanna Windsor’s fingers move slightly.
Soon after, she opened her eyes, and upon seeing Blackie and Blondie, it was as if she’d seen King Hargreaves, quickly crawling up to hide in the corner.
Among these people, Savanna Windsor was considered the most obedient, doing whatever they said.
Ever since being caught once, Savanna Windsor no longer thought of escaping, even if there’s a chance to run, she wouldn’t move her legs.
This is also the reason she’s not bound.
During these three years, Savanna Windsor had been on the bus many times, and was the only one who could come back after boarding.