Chapter 373
Chapter 373
The moment Arya was pushed out, her body was dragged down by a strong airflow. When she reached
a certain speed, her parachute opened automatically. Her heart was beating disorderly, and her view
was blocked by mountains. She could not find any trace of the plane.
"Xavier !"
Her words were blown high by the wind and could not be heard clearly.
Her tears were blown into the air as well.
She didn't know where she was. There were only lakes and mountains around her, but no trace of
people...
Boom!
Arya suddenly woke up, drenched in sweat. A sense of strangeness surrounded her, "Where am I?"
"You wake up!" A middle-aged man with a messy mustache and tan skin said to her. He had a pair of
bright but alert eyes.
Arya remembered that when the accident happened, Xavier put her on a parachute. She floated in the
air for a long time. Then she fainted and lost consciousness. "Why am I here?"
"You fainted on the mountain. And I carried you down." The man stood beside her. Behind the door,
there was a basket and chopper.
Arya thanked him. She got off the bed and walked out, only to find that she was in the valley of
mountains. There was a narrow muddy path downside, which was surrounded by branches and vines.
"How can I leave here?" Arya turned to look at the man.
She had to get out of here as soon as possible. Just now, she dreamed that the plane exploded. She
covered her chest and comforted herself, "It wasn't real. Xavier would be fine."
She had to leave to find Xavier.
"Are you going to the county?" The man asked.
Arya nodded forcefully. "Yes."
"It's very late. And it'll be dark after a while. You could leave tomorrow..."
"I'm leaving now. Please lead the way..." Arya searched her pocket, but she didn't have any money.
Xavier had arranged everything for her trip to M City.
Because she came for Cullen's funeral, she didn't wear any jewelry, and she didn't find her phone.
Arya looked at the man. "Could you lend me your phone? I'll make up for it for all your help."
The man shook his head. "I do not have, but you can find one in the county."
"Take me there. I will definitely repay you after I get in touch with my family."
The man could tell that Arya was very anxious, so he finally nodded.
He put on a dress and said, "Come with me."
The man led the way ahead, followed by Arya. The path was bumpy and uneven. Accidentally, she
would get injured by thorny vines, which left her ankle with bleeding marks. She didn't seem to feel it,
all she wanted was to get out of here quickly.
It was getting dark and they did not leave the mountain.
"How long could we get out of here? Is it possible for us to make it?" Arya asked uneasily.
"Let's go to the bus stop first, there's a bus to the county. It's the only transportation in our village." The
man said faintly and looked back at Arya. "Are you from the city?"
Arya nodded.
"Do you feel strange to see such a poor place?" The man asked.
Arya shook her head. The world was so big, so there were rich as well as poor places. It was not
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"Many young people in the village have gone out. There are not many people left here, most of whom
are elders or children." Because he didn't leave for earning money, he hadn't married yet.
He was a bachelor.
Arya listened quietly.
It was completely dark, and the man began to use the flashlight. He seemed to know that they couldn't
get there before dark, so he was prepared it in advance.
"Where are you from?" The man asked.
"W City."
The man thought for a moment and said. "It's a big city, isn't it? Some from our village worked there."
Arya nodded. "Yes."
Arya didn't know how long she had been walking, but her ankles were burning with pain. However, she
didn't complain about it or want to rest. She only wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
For a while, they came to a bus stop.
This was a narrow concrete road with a stop sign. The man said, "This is it."
"When will the bus come?" Arya looked around. It was so dark that she could not see anything. There
was no light, and sometimes, there were noises in the grass, which made it even strange.
"The first bus will be at six tomorrow morning." The man looked up to the sky and said. "It's 12 o'clock
now."
He meant that it would take another six hours to wait for it.
The man looked at Arya. "You must be tired."
Arya shook her head and said, "Not at all."
The man did not say a word. He took out a bundle of straw from a big stone with his flashlight and then
spread the straw on the ground. "You could just rest here. The sun will come out."
Arya pretended to calm, as she was still very vigilant towards him. "No, you should have a rest."
She found a flat space and sat down.
The man sat on the stone and took out a cigarette bag pinned to his waist. He skillfully pressed the
tobacco into it, took out a match, and lit it. He exhaled a thick white fog with great force, which was full
of choking smoke.
The man coughed. "I'm not a bad person. If I were, I wouldn't have brought you here."
Arya shook her head. "I don't think you're..."
"Then you can rest there."
As the man said that, Arya could not refuse his request again. So she sat on the straw and looked up at
the sky.
She hoped for the dawn.
She had not slept that night.
She stood by the side of the road for the bus early in the morning.
At last, she saw a bus coming not far away. The bus had all kinds of advertisement on it, and it looked
very old.
"Is that the bus?" Arya pointed at it.
The man nodded. "That's it."
Soon the bus stopped at a bus stop. Arya got onto the bus, followed by the man.
"Two tickets to the county." The man took out ten dollars and handed it to the conductor.
Arya was sitting by the window beside the man. The conductor looked at Arya and then at the man.
"Where did you buy her? She's pretty."
He was a bachelor, and everyone in this area knew it.
As he suddenly brought a woman with him, the conductor thought he bought a wife.
The man's face darkened. "Nonsense!"
The conductor smiled knowingly. "It's a pity for her to be with you." As he spoke, he glanced at Arya
again. Some girls who worked outside came back to the two villages during the festivals, but none of
them were so beautiful.
The conductor thought that the man had bought her from outside.
"Hey, little girl, did you get sold in by human traffickers?" The conductor stared at Arya.
Arya didn't say anything. She just wanted to get to the county as soon as possible.
"So she's really mute." The conductor comforted himself. It would be a pity for a healthy, beautiful
woman to marry that man.
"You're mute." The man couldn't stand it.
The conductor bent over and said, "Isn't it?"
As the conductor bent over, his phone hanging around his neck fell out, swinging in front of his chest.
Arya stared at the phone. "May I borrow your phone?"
The conductor was stunned. Was she really not a mute?
The conductor looked down at the phone and said, "For your beauty, I'll lend you..."