Adorable Food Goddess

Chapter 28: No Need to Act

Translator: YTJS_  Editor: Perriemix

Ye Jiayao slowly regained consciousness to a dark surrounding and the sounds of gunfire and shouting. What happened? Is the army already attacking?

F*ck!  This time, she was too careless. She actually fell into the trap of those two baboons and almost lost her life. Thankfully, Chunyu did not heed her warnings, otherwise, she would live the rest of her life wracked with guilt. He was still in danger, though. First-in-charge was such a villain that he was making use of Chunyu even till the end to save their own hide.

Ye Jiayao struggled mightily against her bonds. Fortunately, second-in-charge did not tie the rope too tightly and she managed to just scrape a layer off her skin before she broke free. She ignored the pain and looked out the crack in the locked door. There was not a single soul outside.

She has to get out of here. Ye Jiayao groped around in the darkness, feeling the window. She pushed with all her strength and blessedly, it opened. Ye Jiayao was exhilarated as she climbed out through the window.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!

Ye Jiayao looked back and saw her skirt caught on a nail. Impatient, she just tore the ripped hem off. Escaping was of the utmost importance and she could not be bothered with her image at that moment.

There were flames blazing everywhere and people were running in all directions. Ye Jiayao was at a loss, not knowing where to go.

“Brother, what is going on now? Where is first-in-charge, second-in-charge, and third-in-charge?” Ye Jiayao asked the man she grabbed.

“How would I know? It is all a complete mess right now.” The person shook off Ye Jiayao’s grip and ran off.

Ye Jiayao approached anyone she could talk to, and after several attempts, she finally got news of Chunyu.

“We are not sure of the specific details, but we heard that first-in-charge is going to abandon the brothers and escape on his own. Third-in-charge would not see to it and they fought,” a bandit answered, scratching his head in distress.

“F*ck! Now, I don’t even know who is fighting who! We should just try to escape,” another bandit added.

“Escape? Escape to where?” Ye Jiayao asked. Did they know where the secret passageway was?

“Up the mountains. Hei Feng Gang is huge, we should be able to hide for a while,” the bandit replied.

Ye Jiayao hesitated for a while before saying, “You guys get to the meeting room. There’s a secret passageway in there that leads to outside.”

“How do you know?” One bandit was suspicious.

Ye Jiayao replied, “I overheard first-in-charge and second-in-charge’s conversation. They intend to escape from the secret passageway by themselves and abandon the brothers.”

Everyone felt indignant at the betrayal.

“So, the rumor is true! F*ck that! First-in-charge is too disloyal.”

“Everyone risked their lives for him and he’s just going to run?”

“Let’s curse him another time! Come on, let’s go!” Ye Jiayao urged.

“Third madam, I saw third-in-charge near the kitchen earlier,” one of the bandits informed her.

Ye Jiayao brightened up. She bid everyone farewell before heading for the kitchen.

Chunyu must be looking for her back at the courtyard.

“Everyone search carefully. Don’t let a single bandit off.” The voice of a soldier came from ahead.