After recounting this unbelievable experience, Wu Yanjun sighed, "Of course, it's just me, both a skilled skier and a top athlete, otherwise, there's no way I could have escaped. Anyone else wouldn't have held on until now!"

Hearing him speak like this, He Kao felt reassured.

He Kao was previously worried that Xiaowu might have been traumatized and ended up with some PTSD or something. But at this moment, Xiaowu had just been rescued, took a bite of something warm to recover, and was already boasting and swaggering, true to his character.

He Kao: "Stop bragging. When you hid in this tree hollow today, it wasn't dark yet, right? In fact, just a little further ahead, over that ridge, there's a village outside the woods, and if you walk a few more miles past the village, there's also a town.

Hope was right in front of you, oh great expert, why couldn't you keep running?"

Wu Yanjun said awkwardly, "It's not about physicality, I just got a leg cramp... After great exertion without timely electrolyte replenishment, cramps happen easily."

Then he immediately shifted the topic, "I still don't understand why those two people were chasing me?"

He Kao: "Did you notice anything strange?"

Wu Yanjun: "There was! My mind wasn't very clear at the time; I was just really scared. I inexplicably wanted to run away and didn't even think to call the police... by the time I remembered, there was no signal."

He Kao: "The people chasing you are experts, high-tier sorcerers from the Xingshen Sect. From what I know, Xingshen Sect has a technique that can confuse the mind, so you might have been caught in it... they wanted you to run so they could catch you in a deserted place.

But they didn't expect that you had already strapped on a snowboard, were so good at skiing, and could even jump off a cliff to escape, making it past Wulong River without being caught."

Wu Yanjun: "I'm not just any easy target, high-tier sorcerers or not, they'd need more practice to catch up with me!"

He Kao: "Is it hard for you not to show off? Let's talk about serious matters. They said you violated the Joint Punishment Order; what's that about?"

Wu Yanjun looked bewildered, "I also don't know, I didn't even know those two people. That day was the first time I saw them."

He Kao: "Before that, did you have any conflicts with anyone?"

Wu Yanjun: "Does arguing with other tourists count?"

He Kao: "How did the argument happen? Try to remember every detail and tell me in detail!"

The argument Wu Yanjun had with someone was just the day before he went on the run. After lunch that day, he and Ye Yuxuan went to enjoy the sledding project offered by the Ice and Snow Village. There were many people, and they needed to queue up—

"Little junior sister left her phone in the room, handed me the room card, and asked me to get it for her because I was fast. When I returned, I found her arguing with a man.

That guy was being inconsiderate; perhaps he thought a little girl would be easy to bully, so he just skipped her in line. I went over to pull him away and warned him to queue at the back.

Then his girlfriend suddenly appeared from somewhere, claiming she was originally ahead in the line and wanted her boyfriend to hold her place, accusing the little girl behind of causing trouble... That was clearly nonsense!

The junior sister was so angry she wanted to lash out, so I pulled her behind me and pointed a finger at them, cursing them a bit. The guy then snapped and said I was harassing his girlfriend!

How could I let that slide? I wanted to teach him a lesson, but the woman blocked me. Not wanting to hit a woman, I told her not to stop me, or to quickly leave with her boyfriend, otherwise, I'd deal with him!"

He Kao interjected, "Deal with him, when did you learn that Northeastern phrase?"

Wu Yanjun: "I just learned it after coming to the Northeast, from Acheng to Yimei, I heard several people say it."

He Kao: "Did you really tell that woman, if they didn't leave quickly, you'd deal with her boyfriend?"

Wu Yanjun: "Just tough talk! If I had really made a move, I'd have taken him down several times already; I was already very restrained then."

He Kao pondered for a moment before speaking, "If I'm not mistaken, that woman might have been a disciple of the Magic Sect, intentionally looking for trouble so you'd say something threatening to her so-called boyfriend."

Wu Yanjun was startled: "Is that so?" After a pause, he asked again, "Even so, they can't just say I violated the Joint Punishment Order, can't they decide everything by themselves?"

He Kao shook his head, "Of course not, but you no longer have a chance to speak."

Wu Yanjun: "Why can't I speak..." Just then, he suddenly realized, and then said, "The experts had me captured, so I couldn't say anything; is that what they were planning?"

He Kao: "That's likely how they set it up! Once you were taken by the experts, it looked to outsiders like you were fleeing out of guilt."

Wu Yanjun: "But why would I flee if I felt guilty, just because of that argument? My junior sister was there at the time, and there were many tourists watching, they can't just forcefully say I violated the Joint Punishment Order, risking my life, right?"

He Kao: "Just because you went missing, you couldn't speak up. So whatever happened after your argument and before you supposedly fled was all up to them to say. They could fabricate whatever they wanted!"

Wu Yanjun: "How could they fabricate it?"

He Kao: "As long as you can't speak, they can say whatever. For instance, if you met that sorcerer again the next morning and had another conflict, then made bold threats against him, claiming you'd harm her boyfriend.

I was guessing that woman was a Sorcerer. If it's the other way around and that man was a sorcerer, it's the same situation. For example, you had another conflict with that man the next day, and then threatened him to watch out for his girlfriend.

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