The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 1403 The Lamb's Struggle

Shu Zifeng hid for half a day.

She figured the other person must have already left, so she struggled to climb out of the mud.

She was stunned as soon as she climbed out of the mud.

On a rock not far ahead, a young man was sitting cross-legged, quietly watching him.

He was right there, but she couldn't sense his presence at all, as if he were a stone, devoid of any life.

Shu Zifeng felt a chill run down her spine. Had she been discovered all along?
But since the other party discovered him, why didn't they expose him directly?
A cat playing tricks on a mouse?
wrong!

The young man before him wasn't among the previous pursuers. The way the young man looked at him was filled with sympathy and admiration, but no malice.

who is he?
Just as Shu Zifeng was about to ask a question, the young man spoke up: "You are very alert, but unfortunately you lack patience. If you could stay in this small patch of mud for three or even five days, you might really have a chance to escape their pursuit. But now, you have been discovered by them."

Discovered?

Before Shu Zifeng could speak, a loud laugh echoed from the sky: "Haha, little mouse, you can't hide anymore? Gotcha!"

Shu Zifeng looked up and saw a golden light approaching from afar, arriving in an instant, tearing through the trees above, and hovering in mid-air.

The white-haired old man looked at Shu Zifeng, who was covered in mud, and laughed, "Little guy, hand over that picture, and I'll spare your life. Keep your word."

Shu Zifeng wiped the mud off his face and subconsciously turned to look at the rock, only to find that the young man who had been on the rock had mysteriously disappeared.

A strange sense of loss welled up in Shu Zifeng's heart. She had a vague feeling that the young man from earlier was not with these pursuers, and that he was probably more powerful than them.

She gritted her teeth and said coldly, "Do you think I would believe that?"

The white-haired old man laughed and said, "Little girl, do you still have the right to bargain? If you don't hand it over, you will definitely die; if you hand it over, you may not die. Why don't you give it a try?"

Shu Zifeng spread his hands: "The map isn't on me."

The white-haired old man narrowed his eyes slightly: "Where is that?" Shu Zifeng said in a deep voice: "In a place that only my grandfather and I know. Now that my grandfather is dead, only I know about that place..."

The white-haired old man suddenly laughed: "You know? That's fine then, little girl. Perhaps you don't know that there's a kind of magic in this world called Soul Searching, which can directly search your memories. Of course, it's extremely painful, like a stick stirring inside your brain. Once the search is over, I'll know where you hid it. As for you, you'll probably become an idiot, or you'll die a very painful death..."

Shu Zifeng's face turned pale. Although she was very smart and tried her best to remain calm and search for a chance to survive, she was ultimately just a sixteen-year-old girl.

Shu Zifeng gritted his teeth, and suddenly a piece of parchment blueprint appeared in his hand.

The white-haired old man's eyes lit up, and he was about to reach out his hand, but his hand suddenly froze.

As soon as the parchment blueprint appeared, Shu Zifeng clasped his hands together and rubbed them vigorously, instantly turning the blueprint into countless dust particles that scattered on the ground.

The white-haired old man's face suddenly darkened: "Little brat, you won't listen to reason, so it seems I'll have to let you experience the power of the Soul Searching Technique."

Shu Zifeng clenched her fists. In front of these ferocious pursuers, she was like a little lamb, powerless against them. Her only option was to find a way to stop them from killing her for the time being.

"I do remember the contents of that picture, but the Soul Searching Technique can't possibly know all my memories, right? What if it can't find anything?"

The white-haired old man's brows furrowed immediately.

Yes, the Soul Searching Technique is not omnipotent. After all, human memory is virtually limitless, and the Soul Searching Technique cannot see all of a person's memories clearly. It can only see some of the most important and profound things, and even then, it may not be able to see them completely.

Using the Soul Searching Technique to obtain Shu Zifeng's memories of the map is highly likely to work, since Shu Zifeng must have put a lot of effort into memorizing them. But what if...?
"Little girl, you're quite the schemer. What do you want?"

Shu Zifeng felt his palms were sweaty. He tried his best to calm himself down and said in a deep voice, "I just want to live."

The white-haired old man stared at Shu Zifeng's mud-covered face, then at her stubborn and calm eyes, and suddenly sneered, "Your family is all dead, yet you can still bargain with me without batting an eye. You're a ruthless girl. I heard you're a sword spirit. With your personality, once you grow up, you'll probably wipe out our entire family."

"I don't want to leave any trouble behind. Besides, if those guys come over, it'll probably be even more troublesome. If I kill you, I'll keep the spoils for myself. Even if I fail, I won't lose out!"

The white-haired old man reached out and grabbed at Shu Zifeng: "Little girl, blame your bad luck!"

(End of this chapter)