Chapter 2 Comrade, What’s Your Name?

The three men searched fiercely.

The Dai family was small, and they finished searching in two minutes.

Zhang Danhua grumbled as she walked to the wall, spitting at the footprints on the ground: “He ran away! Dai Rong, go call your elder brother and second brother, Guangzong, go get some people, catch him!”

“Okay!” The three of them rushed out of the door.

Wen Zhile only dared to breathe deeply after she heard the courtyard quiet down.

She lifted the tattered cloth that was used to cover the pig trough, jumped out of the pig trough.

Her thin body, covered in stench, rushed into the main house, her fingers trembling as she put on Zhang Danhua’s clothes, put on a headscarf, wrapped her schoolbag in a piece of cloth and held it against her chest, and ran out of the Dai family without looking back.

There was no one on the road in front of the Dai family’s house, the neighbors had all been called to catch her.

Wen Zhile bit her lip hard, using the pain to relieve her trembling from fear.

In her previous life, she was a delicate flower in a greenhouse, never having been in such a desperate situation. Fortunately, the pain calmed her down a bit.

Wen Zhile knew that all the exits from the village would be guarded by the villagers, she gritted her teeth and ran towards the back mountain.

Ten years ago, a girl in the village was assaulted and hanged herself under the crooked neck tree in the back mountain. In the following years, there were several elderly people with serious illnesses who went there to commit suicide. Afterwards, the village spread rumors that there were ghosts in the back mountain catching substitutes, and gradually no one dared to enter the mountain, even if they passed by the foot of the mountain, they would run away quickly.

Over the years, “back mountain” has been replaced by the two words “wasteland”.

The sun rose higher and higher, Wen Zhile looked at the dazzling sunlight, running without stopping.

She was in pain all over, but she didn’t dare to stop for a moment.

Wen Zhile didn’t know if any villagers had seen her, maybe they had.

In such bright light, she, a living person, was running wildly on the road, attracting the most attention.

But she had no other choice, the back mountain was the only way out she could think of at the moment, she had to run to the back mountain, even if she met people, she couldn’t stop.

After running for an unknown amount of time, she finally saw a “majestic mountain” radiating vitality.

Wen Zhile quickly stepped into the mountain; her breathing was erratic.

[Sister, take a break, this wasteland is very safe.]

The words appeared in front of her again, Wen Zhile shook her head, running towards the depths with a determined goal.

[Villagers saw you on the road, they didn’t tell the Dai family.]

[Sister, you are safe.]

Wen Zhile’s eyes were sore, although she could barely lift her feet, she still ran.

If she was caught by the Dai family, it would be difficult to escape again.

She didn’t want to marry the village head, she didn’t want to be a stepmother to a son who was about the same age as her, she didn’t want her whole life to be ruined in the hands of Jianghe Village and the Dai family, she wanted to go home and drive away Dai Nuan who was impersonating her!

[Don’t run, you should rest.]

“Who are you?” Wen Zhile’s heart was beating fast, she had to slow down and take a break, she asked in a low voice.

[I am your helper, sister.]

“Why help me?” There is no such thing as help for no reason in this world, from the moment it appeared, Wen Zhile has been puzzled.

The words appeared after a while: [I belong to the rules of time and space, my task is to help those who should have lived a peaceful life but died due to various accidents to turn the tables in parallel worlds, you are one of these people with good fortune, in other words, you are my task target.]

[I hope you can trust me unconditionally; I will not harm you.]

Wen Zhile pursed her dry lips.

She was smart since she was a child, she probably understood, but she couldn’t trust: “The only people I trust unconditionally are my family.”

[I understand. Ten meters ahead you will see a fork in the road, sister, if you want to try to trust me, stop there.]

“Stop, then what?”

[Then you will have a way out.]

Ten meters away, there was not only a fork in the road, but also a small stream.

Wen Zhile walked over, scooped up a handful of clear water and washed her face, soaking her lips.

It took her a long time to finally calm down her breathing and mood, then she frowned and took off the woman’s clothes she was wearing over her own clothes.

The sun was overhead, it was probably twelve noon.

The words didn’t appear again, Wen Zhile stood by the stream, thinking whether to trust it.

“Hello, have you been by my side all this time?”

[Yes, sister.]

“What should I call you?”

The words didn’t respond.

Wen Zhile waited for a while, slowly squatting down: “Thank you.”

She put her hand in the stream, watching the water engulf her rough palm in this life, her mind was a little dazed.

In a daze, she seemed to hear the sound of a car starting up from far to near.

Wen Zhile turned her face towards the source of the sound, a green jeep drove out of the fork in the road.

She was stunned, her tired peach blossom eyes locked on the license plate, the words “military use only” appeared in her mind, and she immediately stood up to stop the car.

This might be her last chance to run away, let alone anything else, stop it first.

The jeep stopped abruptly twenty centimeters away from her.

The man driving was wearing a sharp military uniform, his beautiful eyebrows were sharp, he frowned slightly, his eyes fell on her.

Under his gaze, Wen Zhile walked to the car window.

“Comrade, hello, what’s your name?” She didn’t dare to tell her purpose rashly, she wanted to have a simple chat first to see what kind of person he was.

The man turned his face to her, his face was impassive.

“My surname is Zhou.”