The two of them passed through the kitchen, and Reinitz pushed open the kitchen door to look around.
The kitchen door faced the backyard.
The moon was bright, and the stars were sparse. The night sky was clear, and occasionally a few crows cawed in the woods. It was eerie in the middle of the night.
At that moment, two sneaky figures also climbed over the fence in the backyard and fell into the trap with a thud.
It seemed like the people in the front and backyard hadn't been spared.
Reinitz held Gu Nianzhi's hand and practically dragged her as he stumbled forward.
His motorcycle was parked at the backyard entrance and was very close to the two people who had fallen into the trap.
They ran near the motorcycle, and Reinitz kicked the wooden planks on both sides of the backyard door into the trap.
Ahhh!
The two people in the trap screamed and fired at the same time.
Of course, the random bullets didn't hit their targets.
Gu Nianzhi didn't have the time to admire these people's wretched state. Reinitz had already put a large motorcycle helmet on her.
"Hold on to me, we're going now!" Reinitz put his travel bag on Gu Nianzhi's back and straddled the motorcycle. He turned to her and said sternly.
The usually gentle person suddenly showed a decisive side, and Gu Nianzhi couldn't help obeying his orders. She straddled the motorcycle behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
Reinitz felt a burning sensation on his waist where she was hugging him. His eyes dimmed and he stepped on the gas.
The motorcycle made a loud noise and startled the jackdaws in the night sky.
"What's that sound?!"
The people who had groped their way into the front yard and backyard jumped in fright.
By the time they reacted, they only saw a motorcycle speeding up the mountain road at lightning speed.
The motorcycle's headlights drew a long curve, and in an instant, it was far away.
"What's going on?! Did they already run away?! "
"Maybe it's a diversion!"
"Yeah! I don't know if they ran away or stayed! "
The men in black discussed and split into two groups. Most of them went after the motorcycle, and a small group decided to set fire to the cabin.
Gu Nianzhi hugged Reinitz's waist tightly and pressed against his broad back.
The motorcycle ran as fast as lightning, constantly bumping on the bumpy mountain road. Although he was wearing a helmet, he could still feel the mountain wind blowing past his ears.
She looked up and saw that Reinitz wasn't wearing a helmet. She immediately understood that he had given her the helmet!
Gu Nianzhi was touched.
She wanted to return the same kindness to all those who had protected her and treated her well.
Reinitz gripped the motorcycle's handlebars with both hands and focused on slamming on the accelerator. He wasn't wearing a helmet, so he could hear the sounds of the pursuers getting closer and closer.
These people also came here on motorcycles.
The first thing that woke them up was the sound of the motorcycle coming to a screeching halt.
If someone were to stand halfway up the opposite mountain, they would see a motorcycle running wildly in front, followed by four motorcycles on the narrow Alps mountain road.
The headlights of the motorcycle drew a long arc in the night sky, converging into a river of headlights. The people on the motorcycle were like small boats floating in the river, swaying and swaying, as if they would capsize if they were not careful.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Several bullets scraped the ground and flew towards Gu Nianzhi's motorcycle, kicking up a large cloud of dust.
"They're shooting!" Gu Nianzhi's voice trembled as she reminded Reinitz.
"Hold on tight! Take out your guns! Get ready to shoot! "Reinitz suddenly turned around and glanced at Gu Nianzhi, then quickly turned his head to look ahead.
Gu Nianzhi already had her gun in her hand.
As soon as Reinitz gave the order, she immediately turned to the side and calmly aimed at the tire of the motorcycle that was chasing them. She raised her arm and squeezed her wrist, pulling the trigger!
Bang!
Gu Nianzhi's marksmanship was very accurate. With just one shot, she blew up the tire of the motorcycle at the front!
Boom!
The motorcycle instantly lost its balance and rolled down the mountain.
The people on the motorcycle quickly jumped off to avoid the crash, but they were also seriously injured. They hugged their legs and rolled down the mountain with the motorcycle.
The motorcycle at the front was knocked down, so the three motorcycles behind became Gu Nianzhi's targets.
When Reinitz heard the noise, he turned around to look and froze. He didn't expect this little girl's marksmanship to be so good …
He turned around and took a deep breath before slamming on the accelerator again.
The three motorcycles behind saw that the people on the motorcycles they were chasing were so accurate, so they immediately changed their route.
They crisscrossed on the narrow mountain road and drove their motorcycles in all sorts of different ways.
Gu Nianzhi was dazzled and wasn't so lucky this time. She couldn't hit the target even after firing several shots.
The people on the motorcycles behind saw that their countermeasures were working and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
The situation immediately reversed, and the people on the three motorcycles behind started shooting at Gu Nianzhi.
Gu Nianzhi panicked and yelled at Reinitz, "Can you slow down a bit? I didn't hit them … "
Reinitz tilted his head and listened. He held the motorcycle with his right hand and extended his left hand. "Give me the gun."
"Aren't you going to drive?" Gu Nianzhi was a bit worried.
It wasn't a big deal that she couldn't hit them, but if Reinitz wasn't focused while driving, he would end up like the motorcycle that rolled down the mountain …
"It's fine. Give me the gun." Reinitz spread his hands at her steadily. "Hurry!"
Gu Nianzhi had no choice but to place the gun in his hands.
Reinitz didn't turn around and tilted his body slightly to listen to the sound of the motorcycles behind him. As if he was trying to determine the location by sound, he raised his left arm and turned his wrist diagonally downwards. There was a crisp bang!
Bang!
The wheels of the motorcycle in the back made an explosive sound, and the entire motorcycle suddenly fell forward.
The people on the motorcycle didn't have time to jump off and were thrown forward by inertia.
Immediately after, there were two gunshots. The two people who had just been thrown off the motorcycle were shot in the head and rolled down the mountain with the motorcycles.
Gu Nianzhi's eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
Under the bright moonlight, Reinitz's typical Germanic beauty was no longer gentle and warm. Instead, it was cold and indifferent.
His superb shooting skills were only slightly inferior to Huo Shaoheng's, and he was better than anyone Gu Nianzhi had ever seen.
There were still two motorcycles left behind. Seeing that the people in the front were so powerful, they didn't dare to drive too close and deliberately kept a distance. However, they fired even more intensely at Gu Nianzhi's side.
No matter how fast Reinitz's motorcycle went, it couldn't outrun bullets.
He didn't have time to retract his arm, and a layer of skin was grazed by the enemy's bullet.
"Hold the gun." Reinitz stopped shooting and stuffed the gun back into Gu Nianzhi's hands. "There's a cliff in front. Hold on tight. I'm going to lure them over."
Gu Nianzhi complained internally, but there was no other way. At this time, she could only trust Reinitz. After all, his shooting skills were so good, wasn't it?
Reinitz gripped the handlebars with both hands and stepped on the brakes.
The motorcycles behind suddenly realized that they were getting closer and closer to the motorcycles in front. They couldn't help but be overjoyed and madly stepped on the gas to chase after them. At the same time, they kept firing.
However, Reinitz's motorcycle skills were very good. He drove in a figure-eight pattern on the road and constantly confused the people behind.
When the other party felt that the target in front was within reach, Reinitz suddenly stepped on the gas again.
The motorcycle made a deafening roar and suddenly accelerated forward.
The motorcycles behind instinctively stepped on the gas and relentlessly chased after them.
When Reinitz heard the motorcycles behind them getting closer and closer, he stepped hard on the gas and gripped the handlebars tightly. He used all his strength to twist to the left and at the same time, he used his feet to support himself on the ground to slow down the motorcycle's inertia and make a sharp 90-degree turn.
Gu Nianzhi sat behind Reinitz and waited for the motorcycle to turn around. She was shocked to discover that the 90-degree turn on the mountain road was practically a corner of death because the left side of the road was a hill going up and the right side was a cliff going down.
If they didn't know the road and were driving so fast, they could fall even in broad daylight.
Her heart was in her throat. Just as the motorcycle was about to slow down due to the sharp turn, Reinitz turned around and hugged her. Then he stepped on the gas pedal and used the reaction force to leap into the air. Carrying her, he dove down the hill on the left.
There were many vines growing on the hillside. As soon as Reinitz jumped up with Gu Nianzhi in his arms, he grabbed the vine closest to them and tried his best to stop the slide.
Gu Nianzhi clutched tightly to Reinitz's shirt and closed her eyes, not daring to look.
The people on the two motorcycles behind them didn't understand what was happening and suddenly realized that the motorcycle they were chasing had already turned a corner and was already out of sight.
They hurriedly stepped on the gas and chased after it.
When they reached the intersection, they discovered that it was a 90-degree turn!
The people on the motorcycles immediately felt that something was wrong, but it was too late.
Although they slammed on the brakes, the turn was too sharp, the mountain road was narrow, and the cliff on the right was too close to them. Before they could react, they had already fallen off the cliff with the motorcycles!
…
Reinitz held Gu Nianzhi's head tightly in his arms and used his body to protect her. He grabbed the vine with one hand and held Gu Nianzhi with the other.
The two of them hung on the mountainside by relying on the vines. It wasn't as dangerous as the last time Gu Nianzhi fell off the cliff.
They finally got rid of the last two motorcycles chasing them and could finally catch their breath.
Reinitz lowered his head to kiss Gu Nianzhi's hair and said gently, "It's okay, Cereus. It's okay now …"
Gu Nianzhi slowly opened her eyes and looked up at the situation around her.
They were hanging on the mountainside, surrounded by vines and large patches of leaves that rustled when the wind blew.
Fortunately, the hillside here was a bit flatter than the one Gu Nianzhi had come from. It wasn't a straight cliff.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to hang on and would have rolled down a long time ago.
Gu Nianzhi poked her head out of Reinitz's arms and murmured, "… Where is this?"
"We can get out from this road." Reinitz shrugged and was about to continue speaking when he suddenly frowned and looked in the direction they had come from. He froze for a moment and couldn't speak for a long time.
Gu Nianzhi saw that Reinitz had suddenly become quiet and felt a bit strange. She looked at him, then followed his line of sight and was also stunned.
She saw that Reinitz's home, in the direction of that beautiful wooden cabin, was burning with a raging fire!
There were helicopters circling back and forth in the night sky, spraying white foam to put out the fire.
Although it was far away, the fire was so bright that it didn't take much effort to see it.
Gu Nianzhi's heart suddenly shrank and she almost cried. "… It's all my fault! Mother Hanna! Mother Hanna! She … she … "
If anything happened to Mother Hanna because of her, Gu Nianzhi would never forgive herself for the rest of her life.
Reinitz hugged her tightly in his arms. His voice was very low and very different from his usual gentle voice.
He suppressed the emotions in his heart and whispered, "It's okay. Mother Hanna will definitely be fine."
"How do you know?" Gu Nianzhi's tears were already flowing. "It was such a big fire! The people who were after me must have stayed there. They split into two groups! "
"… Because the helicopter there is a ranger's plane. They came to put out the fire. When we left, Mother Hanna was already hiding in the basement. There's water there and another exit, "Reinitz said calmly and gently.
He wasn't completely sure.
But he had to comfort Gu Nianzhi like this.
Seeing her sad, his cold and hard heart began to ache.
"Really?" Gu Nianzhi wiped her tears. "Then should we go back and take a look?"
"No." Reinitz immediately objected. "There are still people after you. I suspect they have a backup plan. We can't go back."
"But your mother …" Gu Nianzhi was extremely apologetic. "Reinitz, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have …"
"Don't say should or shouldn't." Reinitz cut her off. "Since it already happened, there's no should or shouldn't."
He lowered his head and looked deeply at Gu Nianzhi. His azure eyes looked a bit translucent in the night sky.
Reinitz's expression was like the water in the glacier. Although gentle, it was also extremely cold.
Gu Nianzhi closed her eyes. "Then what should we do? What about you? What about Mother Hanna? "
Reinitz thought about it and tugged at the vines. "We'll go up. There's a shortcut up the mountain. We can get out of this mountain."
"Oh? Really? "Gu Nianzhi suddenly opened her eyes. Her large, dark eyes looked like they could speak to Reinitz.
Without the motorcycle and the possibility of something happening to Mother Hanna, Gu Nianzhi's spirits had suffered a heavy blow.
But now that she heard there was a shortcut, she perked up.
"Ok, I'll take you up." Reinitz's right hand hugged Gu Nianzhi's waist tightly. He tugged at the vines with his left hand and stepped on the rocks under his feet. The two of them climbed up a distance.
Gu Nianzhi was a bit uneasy. "Reinitz, let go of me. Let me climb up myself."
"It's too dangerous." Reinitz refused to let go. "I'll take you up. Trust me."
Gu Nianzhi could only shut up and focus on climbing with Reinitz.
The two of them climbed from midnight until dawn. They finally reached the top of the small mountain when the sky began to brighten.
There was indeed an unknown path there. It wasn't a paved road, but a path that the people here made with their feet. There were weeds and wildflowers that looked like small lanterns swaying by the side of the road.
Reinitz finally let go of Gu Nianzhi. He lay on the grass by the side of the road and panted heavily.
No matter how strong he was, he would be exhausted after carrying an adult woman up the mountain in the middle of the night.
Gu Nianzhi knew he must be exhausted. She slowly moved to his side and sat down cross-legged. She whispered, "Reinitz, are you thirsty? Do you want some water? "
Reinitz closed his eyes and shook his head. However, he said, "You have my travel bag on your back. There are two unopened bottles of water in there."
Gu Nianzhi reached into the bag and felt two bottles of water.
But she didn't drink.
There were two of them now, so they should save the water for when they were the most thirsty.
Reinitz saw that Gu Nianzhi didn't speak and opened one eye to look at her. He asked, "Why aren't you drinking?"
"I'm not thirsty." Gu Nianzhi shook her head. "I didn't put in as much effort as you did."
Reinitz opened his other eye and looked at Gu Nianzhi with both blue eyes. An extremely gentle smile blossomed on his face. It was like sunlight shining into a glacier, warming the water beneath it.
Gu Nianzhi looked away and looked in the direction of Mother Hanna's cabin. She murmured, "The fire is out. There's only white smoke left. Mother Hanna should be fine, right? "
Reinitz didn't speak for a long time.
The two of them rested at the top of the mountain for a while before Reinitz got up and said to Gu Nianzhi, "If we follow this road for two days, we'll reach the small town up ahead."
Gu Nianzhi clasped her hands together and said to the sky, "Thank you, Reinitz."
She looked at Reinitz and said solemnly, "Thank you, Reinitz. I'll definitely reward you well when I get back. "
Reinitz looked at her for a while and wanted to say, "I risked my life to save you just to covet your reward?"
But looking at Gu Nianzhi's extremely pure black eyes, he didn't say anything and only smiled helplessly.
"Let's go." He took his travel bag from Gu Nianzhi and carried it on his back. He lowered his head and walked forward.
Gu Nianzhi followed behind him with her hands tucked under the nun's robe. She looked back in the direction of Mother Hanna's cabin from time to time.
Reinitz turned around to talk to her, but seeing that she was still worried about Mother Hanna, he quickly said, "When we reach the small town up ahead, I'll call the ranger base. We'll know Mother Hanna's situation then."
"Okay, you must call." Gu Nianzhi was very cautious. "If you need special treatment, don't hesitate to tell me directly."
Reinitz looked at her meaningfully. "Cereus, you make it sound like your family owns the big hospital."
"My family doesn't own it, but I can try my best to help find a good doctor." Gu Nianzhi said seriously, "For Mother Hanna's sake, I'll do my best."
Reinitz grunted and didn't say anything else.
Gu Nianzhi walked a few steps quickly and looked back as she said, "Really, you can ask for anything. Don't make Mother Hanna suffer … Ah … Ah!"
She didn't expect the grass on the mountain road to be so slippery.
Gu Nianzhi accidentally stepped on a particularly slippery patch of grass and fell forward.
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