Chapter 417: Chapter 417 The Gunshots are Getting Closer
Hearing the gunshot, Jiang Xue’s face changed, and she no longer hurried to leave. Instead, she found a place to hide, wanting to see what was really happening.
She had just hidden not long when the gunshots grew closer, and a figure came stumbling from the mountain.
When the figure got closer, Jiang Xue could see it was an injured young man, about twenty-five years old. From his attire, he seemed like a wealthy person.
However, for a wealthy person to come to this deep mountain was quite suspicious. Jiang Xue looked at the man who was almost too exhausted to run and then at the approaching gunmen, deciding it was better not to meddle lest she got herself involved.
Unexpectedly, the man who should have been running forward suddenly ran towards where she was hiding.
Seeing him run towards her, Jiang Xue’s face changed, realizing it was too late to leave, so she hurriedly hid in a space temporarily.
Jiang Xue took the items she had with her into the space, and soon the man arrived at her hiding place.
The place was a small cave, which was hard to find unless one looked carefully. Jiang Xue only knew about it because Little Fox had told her when she passed by.
But she didn’t know how the young man had discovered it.
Nangong Chen entered the cave, a flicker of suspicion in his gaze. When he was running this way, he clearly felt a pair of eyes watching him, so why wasn’t there anyone now?
However, the current situation did not allow him to think much. Those gunmen were already closer. So, he crouched down and quietly watched the gunmen outside.
Soon after he had hidden, the gunmen arrived. They looked around and, not finding any sign of Nangong Chen, their faces changed slightly and asked, "Where is he?"
"He probably hid; we need to search thoroughly. The Second Young Master said if we don’t complete this mission, the only outcome for us is death."
After the leader finished speaking, the others replied in unison, "Understood!"
They then began to search everywhere. They expanded their search area bit by bit, getting closer to Nangong Chen’s hiding place.
As the gunmen got closer and closer, Nangong Chen couldn’t help but get nervous, holding his breath. He couldn’t let them find him, or it would be the end for him.
Hearing what those people said just now, it seemed it was the second master who sought them out. Oh, very well. Even the second elder wanted to scheme against him, so it seemed the position of the Nangong Family’s Young Master was indeed enticing.
Nangong Chen carefully watched the approaching gunmen and thought of ways to escape if he was discovered.
Five meters, four meters, three meters, two meters—seeing them just one meter away and about to discover the cave and him, Nangong Chen was ready to fight back.
At that moment, he already held a few stones in his hand.
But just then, a shout reached the ears of Nangong Chen and the gunmen.
"Jiang Xue!"
"Sister-in-law!"
A series of shouts reached the gunmen’s ears, changing their expressions as they looked towards the direction of the shout.
When they saw the newcomers dressed in green military uniforms, they dared not stay any longer and turned to run back in the direction they came from.
As the enemy fled, Nangong Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Once he relaxed, he passed out immediately.
At this time, Little Fox in the space had already heard Mu Qiancheng and the warriors’ shouts and said to Jiang Xue, "Woman, your man and his soldiers have come to find you."