Chapter Sixty Three.

"How did they escape?"

"They said they wanted to answer nature's call so naturally we wouldn't follow them and that's how they ran away,"Yuan Ye replies still panicking.

"Since they were on foot so they might not have run far away or they could be hiding somewhere. You stay here and guard the carriage."

Yuan Ye stays there as Lei Qiang and Duan Xinyue go to look for the two ladies. Wen Luo's maid was carrying a strongly scented fragrance pouch so they have to follow her scent in the direction they went to answer nature's call. But they have no idea whether the two are still hiding or they have run away. Lei Qiang slashes the bushes as they search along. After one hour they finally catch up with the two due to Mei Xin's carelessness and drag them back.

"Miss Wen,do you know what this is?" Duan Xinyue asks revealing the handcuffs in his hands.

"Handcuffs? Those are the ones used by prostitutes to please their customers by tying themselves."

"That's right,"Duan Xinyue smiles mischievously as he stoops in front of them and leans in to the ladies.

"What are you doing? Don't come closer .I'm not that easy to take advantage of,"Wen Luo gives out a warning.

Duan Xinyue laughs sarcastically before replying,"Miss Wen, why do you always flatter yourself that you are to my liking and I might take advantage of you?"

"What? Am I not slender and beautiful enough?"

"You're slender and beautiful enough but you're not my type."

Duan grabs each of the two ladies' arms and binds them together using the handcuff. They board the carriage and they resume the journey. Yuan Ye is having a hard time understanding how Duan Xinyue can easily change from the amiable man that he always is to a beautiful sly devil with murderous intent.

"You two look like girls that have just been sold as slaves,"Yuan Ye comments after sometime.

"So what? At least we're better than you who tags along with others like a third wheel."

"What do you mean?"

Wen Luo has clearly noticed the intimate relationship between Duan Xinyue and Lei Qiang. She has seen how the two men look at each other differently. She has seen them flirting with just their eyes. If they were the ones in the carriage they would definitely be cuddling or flirting verbally.

Since the two girls tried to escape,the four men always have their guard up. Wen Luo is waiting for the moment they lower their guard so they can escape.The moment the men will lower their guard is when they will be approaching the border of Meanders City. They will be sure Wen Luo will have lost hope of escaping anymore. Before crossing the border they make a stop somewhere. Yuan Ye and the soldier go ahead to pack the carriage while Duan Xinyue and Lei Qiang go ahead to tie their horses on the few trees available. Wen Luo and Mei Xin try to serve food each with the handcuff still binding them. They then settle down to eat the cooked food they had just bought at a small market they passed by.

Having finished their food it doesn't take long for the sedative powder to take effect. The guys suddenly feel dizzy and end up sleeping where they are. Wen Luo and Mei Xin find an opportunity to escape. But as they try to run, someone using the lightness skill flies and stops in front of them. The man is none other than Duan Xinyue.

"How come you are not...?"Wen Luo asks with a shocked look on her face.

"Not sleeping as them?"Duan Xinyue asks smiling mischievously,"I'm an alchemist. so I know how to curb the effects of the sedative powder. I caught a glimpse of your maid mixing something in the food. You're clever enough but your maid is not."

"I can't go back to Meanders City."

"Why?"

"The guy that saved me on the wedding day might kill me with the fear that I might expose him."

"Who is the guy?"

"He never told me his name but he said he was Mister Lei's senior brother."

"I have been suspecting him for a while I didn't expect my assumption to be confirmed so soon,"Duan Xinyue mumbles.

"So can you please let me go?"

"Of course."

"Really?"Wen Luo asks surprised by how Duan Xinyue easily agrees with her.

"I don't want to see you being skinned alive by your father."

"Thanks. My father has always been discontented with Lord Du Yuan's governance so it's possible he might have joined hands with the Illusion Lair to get rid of him so you should know what to do."

"Got it. Your sedative powder isn't that strong so they might wake up in an hour so leave now."

"Thanks Mister Duan."

Duan Xinyue unbinds the handcuff from them and throws it away. The two girls leave as Duan Xinyue joins the guys and sleeps along with them. As predicted,the guys wake up in an hour.

"Where are we?" Yuan Ye asks stretching out.

"In the middle of nowhere."

Yuan Ye gets up and walks towards the carriage and looks inside. The two girls are gone.

"Where is Miss Wen and her maid?"

"Are they not in the carriage?"Duan Xinyue asks without raising the least bit suspicion.

"Oh no! They have run away again."