Gu Nianzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
There were only five nuns in the convent.
The Reverend Mother was doing something in her room, Tess was fainting in her room, and the other three nuns were shut up in the Rose Chapel chanting, so it was much easier for him to slip out without being discovered.
Gu Nianzhi glanced in the direction of the Reverend Mother's room and regretted that she couldn't borrow the phone there. She was worried that the phone was also being controlled.
She silently returned to her room to pack. She definitely couldn't stay here any longer.
To avoid alerting the enemy, Gu Nianzhi wrapped her pillow in the blanket to make it look like a person was sleeping under the blanket.
She then wore the jacket she had changed out of yesterday under the nun's robe. She put her wallet, a pack of sanitary napkins, a Swiss Army knife key ring, a Zippo lighter, and her phone back into her pocket. Josephine also wrapped her underwear into a ball and stuffed it under the nun's robe.
The nun's robe was long and big, so she could hide many things inside.
Gu Nianzhi opened the door in the nun's robe and peeked into the hallway.
There was no one in the spacious hallway.
There were few people, but the place was big. This ancient castle could really hide people.
Gu Nianzhi walked all the way down the stairs and opened the door. She quietly left the convent and quickly walked towards the path in the forest.
Turning onto the mountain path, Gu Nianzhi walked faster and faster, sprinting along the path she had come from.
The morning in the mountains was very quiet, but the sound of a car engine quickly broke the silence. Gu Nianzhi's heart pounded as she quickly hid.
Two black police cars sped past her on the mountain path.
Gu Nianzhi shivered. She knew she had guessed correctly. The people who were after her were here again.
Last time, it was the "police" …
She crouched nervously in the grass and didn't move until the two police cars were out of sight. Then she hunched her back and turned to run deeper into the forest.
…
The Reverend Mother took a short nap in her bedroom.
She didn't sleep all night and rushed to make breakfast in the wee hours of the morning.
She hadn't been like this for many years. Occasionally, her body couldn't take it anymore. When she returned to her room after making breakfast, her eyelids were fighting to keep her eyes open. She couldn't help but fall asleep on the bed until that person called her again and told her that they had already set out to catch the "fugitive" and asked her to keep the "fugitive" under control.
The Reverend Mother sat up from the bed and remembered that she had crushed the anesthetic used to beat wild animals and applied it to the bacon. Then, she fried it until it was red, just for Gu Nianzhi.
This kind of anesthetic could even deal with bears, let alone the "fugitive".
She would fall into a deep sleep. She wouldn't wake up even if someone shouted in her ear with a loudspeaker.
This was the first time the Reverend Mother had done something like this, so she felt very uneasy.
He could only continue to encourage himself.
She was helping the police to catch the "fugitive".
It was everyone's responsibility to cooperate with the public.
The Reverend Mother kept convincing herself in her heart, and the lingering sense of guilt gradually subsided.
But he couldn't fall asleep. He got up and washed up. After a while, just at seven o'clock, the sound of a car braking suddenly came from outside the monastery.
The Reverend Mother stood up abruptly and looked out the window.
Outside the iron gate, two police cars came to a screeching halt. A policeman in a police uniform with a gun at his waist and sunglasses got out of the car. As soon as he got out of the car, he kicked open the iron gate of the monastery that was half the height of a person.
Then he got back into the car. The two police cars drove straight to the entrance of the monastery castle.
The doors opened, and this time, seven or eight police officers in the same uniform got out. They looked up at the castle in front of them.
The Reverend Mother quickly came out of her room and knocked on Gu Nianzhi's door. No one answered.
Josephine had just finished chanting and came out of the Hall of Rose. Seeing the Reverend Mother knocking on Gu Nianzhi's door, she quickly said, "She said she wanted to sleep for a while. She should be asleep now."
The Reverend Mother nodded with satisfaction. "Then let her sleep." She then said to Josephine, "You go back to your room. There are outsiders here today, so don't come out. Tell the three of them clearly as well. "
Josephine quickly agreed and went to the other two nuns' rooms to tell them to stay inside and not walk around.
The Reverend Mother went downstairs alone to greet the police.
"Excuse me, are you police officers from the Munich Regional Police Department?" The Reverend Mother asked out of habit to confirm their identities.
The leader of the police grunted and showed the Reverend Mother their ID. "Where is she? Where is she? "
The Reverend Mother lowered her voice and said, "I drugged her. She should be sleeping in her room right now."
The police officer immediately broke into a smile, revealing a set of neat white teeth.
He reached out with his right hand and snapped his fingers. "Lead the way! We're going to catch the fugitive now! "
As he spoke, he pulled out the gun at his waist and waved his arm behind him. "Follow me!"
Two of the seven or eight police officers stayed at the door to guard it.
What if the woman was sly and really escaped?
They had to be careful.
The other five or six people followed behind the Reverend Mother into the narrow and dark stairwell.
The Reverend Mother felt a little strange.
Shouldn't the police be leading the charge themselves?
Why would they let the citizens lead the way?
She pursed her lips and walked in front with a straight face. She led them to the room on the second floor where Gu Nianzhi was staying. She pointed. "Cereus is inside. She's already asleep. She won't wake up even if you take her away."
"That's great!" The police officers' eyes lit up. "Thank you, Reverend Mother!"
The Reverend Mother nodded with a straight face. "I'm helping the police catch the fugitive."
"Yes, yes, yes! Reverend Mother is helping us solve our problems. We'll definitely tell the boss when we get back! " The police officers immediately became serious and waved at the Reverend Mother. "You go first. Leave this to us. Don't scare the Reverend Mother."
The Reverend Mother turned around with a straight face and saw Josephine's round eyes. The two nuns beside her also looked at her in shock.
"What are you looking at?! Go back to your rooms! The police are catching the fugitive, don't get in the way! "The Reverend Mother glared at them, especially Josephine." You! Go back and recite the rosary 500 times! You're not allowed to eat dinner until you've finished! "
Josephine was so scared that tears welled up in her eyes. She quickly turned back to her room and slammed the door shut. She leaned against the door and started crying.
She could tell that the adorable Cereus was doomed today.
But she couldn't understand why Cereus, who was so young and adorable, would become a fugitive.
In front of Gu Nianzhi's room, the police officers took the key that the Reverend Mother had given them and carefully turned the lock.
As soon as the lock was unlocked, one of the police officers raised his leg and kicked the door open. Then, without any regard for the consequences, he started shooting into the room!
On the bed, under the bed, in the bathroom, behind the door, in the closet, on the windowsill, everywhere the naked eye could see, they fired a volley of bullets.
The thin duvet in the room was riddled with bullet holes, and white feathers were flying everywhere, blocking the view.
The police officers nervously blocked the door and waited until all the flying white feathers fell to the ground before rushing in and yelling, "Put your hands on your head! Get down! "
There was a motionless human figure under the duvet on the bed. It must have been shot to death, right?
A bold police officer rushed over with his gun and lifted the duvet, then quickly fired another shot!
Boom!
This time, the entire duvet pillow split open. Countless feathers flew out and covered the person's head and face.
The person screamed in fear and jumped out of the room.
The police officers outside fired into the room again until they ran out of bullets. They put away their guns and stared blankly at the feather debris in the room.
"Where is she?!"
"Someone with sex on the bed! It's clearly a pillow! "
The police officers knew they had been tricked and were so angry that they fired into the air. They yelled in the hallway, "Reverend Mother, get out here!"
The Reverend Mother heard the gunshots outside and knew something was wrong. She opened the door a crack and was watching the police officers.
Now that she saw them firing into the air in anger and asking her to get out, her heart sank. Was the "fugitive" not in the room?!
That was impossible …
The anesthetic was used by the nunnery to deal with ferocious wild animals. Did it not work on humans?
Also, she had clearly heard Josephine say that the "fugitive" was sleeping in the room.
The Reverend Mother scuttled out of the room and asked the police officers in the hallway weakly, "Did you catch her?!"
The police officers saw the Reverend Mother come out and rushed over to grab her by the collar. They said fiercely, "Look! Where is she?! Where is she?! "
The Reverend Mother looked at the mess in Gu Nianzhi's room and was shocked to see that there were no signs of anyone inside. She straightened up and said, "But she was sleeping in the room just now?!"
"Sleep my ass!" The police pounded on the door with the butt of their guns. "If she's sleeping in there, go in and find her for me!"
The Reverend Mother trembled as she was pushed into the room. The duvet on the bed was wide open, and there was only a pierced pillow under the duvet. There was no one there.
What was going on?!
The Reverend Mother turned to Josephine's room and shouted, "Josephine! Come out! Tell the police gentlemen, where did Cereus go?! "
The police officers turned to see a fat nun with a double chin peeking out from the crack of the door. She stammered, "I … I don't know … The last time I saw her, she said she was sleepy and wanted to go back to her room to sleep. Then we went to chant … "
"Bah! She must have run away! " One of the police officers understood and glared at the nuns. "Tell me, which one of you tipped her off?!"
The Reverend Mother saw the police officer's unfriendly expression and quickly said, "I didn't tell anyone! They didn't know Cereus was a fugitive! That woman must be too cunning! I heard her lie to Josephine yesterday, so I decided to help you! "
One of the police officers glared at her angrily. His fingers itched to shoot all these silly nuns!
However, his colleague tugged at him and said in a low voice, "… Don't cause trouble for the boss …"
They could handle killing Gu Nianzhi, but if they killed all the nuns, it would be a big deal. They might even be used as scapegoats.
They had forgotten that people who killed with their own hands had no right to say they were scapegoats.
The police officers who wanted to shoot were finally persuaded to put away their guns and began interrogating the Reverend Mother and Josephine, repeatedly asking for information about Gu Nianzhi.
Josephine had no choice but to tell them everything from the first time she saw Gu Nianzhi yesterday to the last time she saw Gu Nianzhi this morning. She even told them about how she swapped breakfast with Tess in the morning and how Tess was still unconscious.
The Reverend Mother was shocked and quickly took them to see Tess.
Tess was sleeping like a dead person in her room and didn't wake up even after they slapped her.
Only then did the policemen realize that the fugitive was very cunning. He must have noticed that the situation was not right, so he immediately exchanged the anesthetic breakfast with someone else. Then, he took the opportunity to run away when the others were not outside!
"Damn it! This is too much! We came here for nothing! "The police slammed their guns against the wall and picked up their walkie-talkies to contact them.
"Reporting! Reporting! Target escaped! Target escaped! Not at the convent! Not at the convent! Requesting backup! Requesting backup! "
Their switchboard quickly connected to the Copernicus satellite system again to track Gu Nianzhi's phone signal.
But Gu Nianzhi's phone wasn't made by a European manufacturer and didn't have the Copernicus system's backdoor installed. Therefore, when she didn't turn it on to make a call, the Copernicus system wouldn't be able to track her.
"Roger that. Team two, retreat. Team three, move out." Their boss changed his strategy so they didn't have to continue searching the convent.
A few police officers drove away in their police cars, startling flocks of birds in the quiet valley.
Josephine's eyes were red as she held back her tears. She looked at the Reverend Mother and said loudly, "Reverend Mother! Don't you want to explain what's going on?! "
The Reverend Mother refused to back down and said coldly, "Sister Josephine, what kind of attitude is that? I cooperated with the police … "
"Cooperated with the police?!" Josephine clenched her fists and took two steps forward. She said angrily, "Are they the police? They're robbers! I want to file a complaint! I want to file a complaint against these robbers who broke into people's homes and did whatever they wanted! "
So she only wanted to file a complaint against the police …
The Reverend Mother sighed in relief and took a step back. Her tone softened as she said, "I want to file a complaint too. Go to my room and call the Munich Police Complaint Department. "
Josephine raised her head. "I'll go right now!"
She rushed to the phone in the Reverend Mother's room and called the Munich Police Complaint Department. She said with dissatisfaction, "Your department sent seven or eight police officers to our convent today to do whatever they want! This is too much! "
The police officer on the other end of the line took her complaint seriously and quickly said, "Don't worry, please wait a moment. I'll go check the numbers of the officers who were sent out today and report it to them. They'll definitely give you an answer!"
Josephine's anger calmed down a little, but she still said forcefully, "They opened fire here and almost killed someone!"
If Cereus had really been sleeping in the house at the time, she would have been shot dead!
The police officer checked for five minutes and came back with a puzzled expression. "You're saying that the people who were sent out today were from the Munich Regional Police Department?"
"Yes, we saw their IDs."
"But we didn't send anyone out today?" The police officer on the other end of the line was confused. "It just started today. Our people haven't even started working yet, so there wasn't a single call."
"Huh?! Are they fake police officers?! This is too despicable! How can you let these criminals go around harming people?! " Josephine continued to scold the police officer for half an hour. The police officer on the other end of the line could only smile bitterly. He took down her complaint and reported it to the Munich Regional Police Department's Major Crimes Unit.
Someone had broken into the convent pretending to be a police officer. This was already under the jurisdiction of the Major Crimes Unit.
After making the complaint call, Josephine frowned and said to the Reverend Mother, "Reverend Mother, the police said that they didn't send anyone out today. The people who came might be fake police officers."
The Reverend Mother covered her mouth in shock and stopped herself from screaming. "… Really? Those people were really fake police officers?! "
"It's very likely." Josephine nodded. "I knew something was wrong when I saw them shooting randomly into the house, but I really didn't expect them to be fake police officers!"
Josephine waved her hand indignantly. "If they're fake, then Cereus, who they're after, is definitely not a fugitive! They wanted to harm her! Reverend Mother, I'm very disappointed in you! The Virgin Mary will not forgive you! "
The Reverend Mother blushed from Josephine's words. She lowered her head and silently counted the rosary beads in her hand. Then she turned around and went to the Rose Hall to pray.
Josephine wasn't in the mood to pray. She returned to Gu Nianzhi's room and cleaned it up. She only sighed in relief when she saw that Gu Nianzhi had taken away her nun robe and brand-new underwear.
But then she thought about how upset Cereus must have felt when she discovered that there was something wrong with the Reverend Mother's breakfast!
Her heart grew heavy again.
"Virgin Mary! Please protect your people … "She knelt by the bed and began to pray for Gu Nianzhi.
…
While Josephine was deeply worried, Gu Nianzhi had already returned to the place where she came from.
The river shimmered with light, and the white clouds in the sky blocked the direct sunlight.
The weather in the mountains had completely cooled down. She didn't feel hot even in the nun robe.
But now she didn't want to wear such cumbersome clothes. So as soon as she returned to the small forest, she took off the nun robe and folded it on a large rock. She was still wearing the already tattered tracksuit.
But she had already washed it once. Although it was a bit tattered, it was clean.
Gu Nianzhi touched her long, fluffy hair and sighed.
She was hungry again.
Without another word, she found a branch and fashioned it into the shape of a harpoon. She began to fish by the river.
The small silver fish in the river didn't know how powerful Gu Nianzhi was, so they didn't know how to dodge. She caught a few of them and placed them on the grill she had set up earlier.
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