Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 1054 - 1053: Underestimated Her!

While Di Yelei and the others were searching frantically for Liu Sisi, she was actually situated just about thirty feet away from them.

Since discovering that she had fallen into a strange loop, Liu Sisi had also tried to break free.

She first screamed and shouted, only to find that this place seemed to have a soundproofing effect. No matter how hoarse her yelling, there was no movement outside at all.

Then she used a method she had learned from somewhere to break the "ghost hitting the wall" phenomenon, walking straight forward with her eyes closed.

The result was that she walked straight into a rock, bumping her head and forming a large bruise that brought tears streaming down her face, yet she still couldn’t see any so-called exit.

In the end, she simply closed her eyes and whenever she reached a crossroads, she would choose a direction at random, turning circles inside, with no sign of getting out.

With her mouth parched and tongue scorched, she gave up on wandering aimlessly and just sat on the rock, looking up at the foggy sky and closing her tired eyes.

There must be a way!

There must be a way out, it’s just that I haven’t found the right method yet!

What about Ye Lei? Was he now scouring the manor for her too?

The very concerned Liu Sisi, in whom Di Yelei had harbored much care at the moment, was indeed searching throughout the manor in a chaotic manner. Seeing that he had thoroughly combed the entire place like a rake three times yet still couldn’t find a single trace of anyone, he could no longer remain composed.

"Old Master Marquis! If we continue searching, it will soon be dawn. At present, we are in the light and the enemy is in the dark. If the enemy encircles this place, we might have no way to retreat. If that time really comes, I’m afraid..."

Zhang Peng spoke with a heart full of reluctance, yet could not help but point out the situation.

Di Yelei turned and looked at Zhang Peng with eyes bloodshot and without saying a word.

"Don’t worry too much, since Princess Sisi was taken away by Lin Xiner, at least we don’t have to worry about her life being threatened, right?" Old Tang beside him spoke up in a hurry to help.

Several old generals also nodded repeatedly: "This place is really too tricky. For the sake of all our brothers below, we’d better make a quick retreat!"

Di Yelei naturally understood the logic, but the thought of returning without achieving anything really made him feel caught between a rock and a hard place.

Turning to look at the brothers who had been through life and death with him, he clenched his teeth and said, "Send the order down, gather the team immediately, leave at once! No mistakes from anyone!"

"Yes, Old Master Marquis."

The order was quickly passed down.

Looking at the big manor, Di Yelei gritted his teeth in frustration!

Sisi, wait for me, I will definitely rescue you!

Military orders are like mountains. The men Di Yelei had brought with him withdrew like the tide, soon disappearing into the vastness, and the large manor became silent once again.

Not long afterwards, there was movement again in various parts of the manor. Countless figures began to stir, appearing at key checkpoints.

"Master, all the people have been fully withdrawn. Except for the young man who came alone to scout the path and was captured alive by us, the rest of the people did not encounter our troops," someone reported quickly to Lin Xiner.

Without turning her head, Lin Xiner looked at the starry sky: "What about Xin’er? Has she broken through the array yet?"

"Reporting to the Master, she has not. There have been a few times when Young Master Sisi almost reached the edge, only for our troops to manipulate the array in time and trap her inside again, thus avoiding an encounter with the newcomers."

"Good! Continue the surveillance and you may leave."

Lin Xiner barked the orders, her mind swirling with various thoughts.

Fortunately, this array was controlled by humans; otherwise, she might have really managed to escape!

It seemed he had underestimated her!

Dawn had just broken when Di Yelei’s team reappeared at the foot of the hill they had entered.

Looking up and surveying the surroundings, the ordinary hilly terrain was covered with shrubs grown wild with weeds—nowhere to be seen was the previously lush forest. Where exactly had that place been?

It seemed to get a specific answer, another exploration was necessary.

"Let’s go! Back to the city."

Di Yelei directed everyone to return to the city, his mind tirelessly working on the next plan.

But just as they approached the city gate, he saw a familiar figure standing tall beside the wide-open gate.

He knitted his brows, unable to resist spurring his horse forward to approach, "Why are you here?"

Zuo Xingyu didn’t speak but instead looked up at him. The next moment, his figure flashed, appearing right in front of Di Yelei and extending his hand to deliver a palm strike.

Di Yelei, who had been holding back his anger, wouldn’t be hit so easily.

He instinctively dodged to the side to avoid the punch and, at the same time, swung his palm to counterattack.

Zuo Xingyu didn’t give in, and the two, exchanging blows, quickly engaged in close combat.

At this moment, whatever was said was pointless and even redundant!

Only those ferociously thrown fists, using every ounce of their strength, were a testament to the truth. The two threw caution to the wind, abandoning defense and focusing entirely on attacking each other.

The hearts of countless soldiers watching were in their throats, wishing they could immediately join the fray and battle heartily!

From the city gate to the moat nearby, Di Yelei and Zuo Xingyu were both covered in marks, and only when they were both exhausted did they finally release each other, collapsing onto the grass under the willow tree, gasping for breath!

"Di Yelei, you’re a scoundrel! A true scoundrel."

Zuo Xingyu was panting heavily, his words coming out in bursts.

"What do you mean I’m a scoundrel? If I were, I’d have run off and stolen someone else’s wife, playing the runaway from home, right? Ha!" Di Yelei was equally unyielding.

The fact that Liu Sisi had left the Marquis Mansion with the other party had always been a thorn in his side. Now that he had the chance, he naturally shouted angrily.

"What nonsense are you spouting? You knew full well Sisi’s situation back then. Sisi was beyond the help of medicine, and her last wish was to see the ocean. I merely helped her fulfill her dream. In the end, I still snatched her back from the King of Hell’s hands, deciding to worry about consequences later."

"No matter what excuse you find, the fact that you took Sisi away is undeniable!"

Di Yelei still couldn’t let go of the incident.

"Hmph! Given Sisi’s special circumstances at that time, and as her guard, taking her away was within reason. I didn’t overstep my boundaries in the slightest."

At that time, Liu Sisi had been covered in poison sores, which truly terrified everyone, afraid she might slip up again.

"As long as she was willing, not to mention taking her out of that cage, even taking my life was fine. Do you think you could have stopped me?"

As he spoke, he chuckled coldly, but the movement agitated the wound on his mouth, causing him pain that made him wince and gasp repeatedly.

Di Yelei’s strikes had certainly not been gentle!