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Chapter 363 - Chapter 363 Chapter 359 One Escaped

Chapter 363: Chapter 359: One Escaped Chapter 363: Chapter 359: One Escaped Fang Xiaocao’s expression was ominously dark.

The person being carried by Drilling Mouse was Wen Shi, the invisible member of the bestie group and the one Fang Xiaocao suspected the least among the four.

Now that Wen Shi, Yun Luoshu, and Zhi Qi had all been captured, the one who had fled was that woman, Su Wanqing.

Su Wanqing!

She was the woman Fang Xiaocao suspected the most.

Every time Fang Xiaocao reflected on the past, there were numerous doubts about Su Wanqing, all pointing towards many illogical aspects.

Now that Su Wanqing had actually fled, Fang Xiaocao was almost certain that Su Wanqing was the mastermind who seemingly knew her secret and had always wanted to harm her. What remained was to confront her face to face.

“No, passed out.”

Seeing Fang Xiaocao’s expression turn grim, Drilling Mouse quickly explained.

Fang Xiaocao nodded, “Hand her over to Taotie.”

Fang Xiaocao gestured towards a nearby tent.

“Yes!”

Drilling Mouse responded and carried Wen Shi toward the tent.

Fang Xiaocao leaned against an off-road vehicle, fidgeting with a hidden weapon in her hand, silently waiting for Little Luban to return. She had too many questions for Su Wanqing.

Among the four remaining besties, apart from Zhi Qi, whose identity had been replaced by Thousand Faces and whose life or death was unknown, she had the best relationship with Su Wanqing.

Fang Xiaocao questioned herself, she had never done anything to wrong Su Wanqing. Why would she want to harm her?

Time ticked away second by second.

An hour had passed in the blink of an eye!

Little Luban, who went out to pursue and kill Su Wanqing, had not returned, nor was there any signal. A trace of impatience was starting to grow in Fang Xiaocao’s heart.

Ten more minutes passed, and Fang Xiaocao’s frown was so deep it could squash flies.

“Drilling Mouse!”

Fang Xiaocao called out.

Drilling Mouse, who was resting nearby, immediately jumped up and ran to Fang Xiaocao’s side.

“Princess Your Highness, what can I do for you?”

Drilling Mouse asked quietly.

“Do you still remember which direction Little Luban went to chase that woman?”

Fang Xiaocao asked in a grave tone.

Fang Xiaocao had a feeling that something might have happened to Little Luban; otherwise, even if she hadn’t caught up with Su Wanqing, she would not have stayed away for so long.

Drilling Mouse nodded, “I remember!”

“She chased after her towards that sand dune there.”

Drilling Mouse pointed to a distant sand dune.

Fang Xiaocao followed his finger and looked over to see, about a hundred meters away, a faint sand dune that appeared and disappeared in the hazy moonlight.

Fang Xiaocao frowned slightly, “Did you see Su Wanqing run that way with your own eyes?”

Drilling Mouse wore a reminiscent expression.

After a moment, he shook his head, “No!”

“I didn’t see it, I just heard Little Luban shout ‘stop’ and then she ran in that direction. When I turned my head to look, I vaguely saw a flash of light by the sand dune.”

“I wanted to stop Little Luban and have her stay in the camp while I went after her, but Little Luban was too fast, I had no chance to intervene.”

“By the time I thought of pursuing, I found that woman named Wen Shi, sneaking around trying to escape. After I knocked out Wen Shi and went to look for Little Luban, her trace was gone, and the light on the sand dune had disappeared.”

After listening to Drilling Mouse’s story, Fang Xiaocao’s foreboding feeling grew stronger.

How could a first-class expert make such a mistake? That was clearly a trap!

That woman, Su Wanqing, must have known Taotie; having seen Taotie during the day, she would’ve known that I was here too.

She must have planned her escape in advance!

Otherwise, she couldn’t have run that fast.

Even if she fled because the camp was attacked,

she couldn’t have reached the top of that sand dune a hundred meters away so swiftly.

You must understand, the entire camp assault lasted less than five minutes. This is a desert, and that dune is so tall. Running speed is greatly affected by the sandy terrain, let alone climbing such a steep dune.

Even Taotie might not be able to manage it.

Fang Xiaocao gazed at the dune.

She wanted to send Drilling Mouse to look for Little Luban.

But she feared there might be traps left by Su Wanqing on the dune that could ensnare Drilling Mouse as easily as the Calabash Brothers trying to rescue their grandfather.

Seeing Fang Xiaocao silent and looking worried and anxious, Drilling Mouse pursed his lips and suggested, “Princess Your Highness, how about I go look for Sister Luban?”

Fang Xiaocao shook her head, “No way!”

“Luban has been gone for so long; definitely something unexpected happened. There might be traps or unknown dangers there, and it wouldn’t be safe for you either.”

“We’ve already lost one person; we can’t let you take risks in the dark. We’ll search together at daylight; it will be safer that way.”

Drilling Mouse nodded, “Yes!”

Drilling Mouse naturally knew that Fang Xiaocao was right.

His power was on par with Little Luban’s. If Little Luban ran into trouble there, he would likely not come back unscathed either.

Fang Xiaocao glanced at the time and sighed, “You and Liu Yishou take turns resting and keeping watch. I’m going to interrogate the prisoners.”

Fang Xiaocao loosened her somewhat stiff limbs and walked towards the tents.

“Princess Your Highness!”

“Has Little Luban brought back the captives?”

As Fang Xiaocao entered, Taotie stood and came to her side, whispering his question.

Fang Xiaocao shook her head, “No!”

“Little Luban might have had an accident. We’ll search together when it gets light.”

Taotie nodded, “Okay!”

“Are they all awake?”

Fang Xiaocao asked in a deep voice.

“Zhi Qi has been awake the whole time. Yun Luoshu was too severely injured and passed out.”

“It seems Wen Shi was drugged by Drilling Mouse and has been asleep the entire time.”

Taotie replied gravely.

“Then we’ll start with Zhi Qi!”

Fang Xiaocao walked towards Zhi Qi.

As the prime suspect of being Thousand Faces, Taotie gave Zhi Qi special attention.

Not only was he bound with an escape-proof rope technique.

But his mouth was also stuffed with a shoe, presumably someone else’s, to prevent him from committing suicide by biting his tongue.

Seeing the shoe in Zhi Qi’s mouth, Fang Xiaocao was startled and looked around, only to notice Yun Luoshu was missing one shoe from his feet.

And the shoe on Yun Luoshu’s foot matched the one stuffed in Zhi Qi’s mouth.

Fang Xiaocao blinked and glanced at Taotie, thinking to herself, “No wonder there was a sour stench upon entering the tent; Taotie is truly merciless. With Yun Luoshu’s sweaty athlete’s foot that turns sour and smelly if not washed daily, and considering it may have been days without a wash in this water-scarce desert, Taotie must have picked the smelliest shoe on purpose as a private reprisal under the guise of a public act, to keep Thousand Faces awake.”

Thinking this, Fang Xiaocao dared not get any closer; she feared being attacked by biochemical gases.

Sitting a meter away from Zhi Qi, she could still smell the sour stench, “Take that shoe away.”

Fang Xiaocao ordered Taotie.

Taotie grinned, knowing his little trick had been seen through by Fang Xiaocao.

Taotie pulled the shoe from Zhi Qi’s mouth and slapped Zhi Qi’s face with the sole, “Answer whatever Princess Your Highness asks, or else be careful, I’ll smack you.”