Rebirth: Solely Cherished by the Devoted Commander novel Chapter 7

Chapter 7 - 7 I Am Not a Thief

"Found her! Is that Sun Chan? Over there!"

Everyone shouted, and Zhao Xiuxia's heart soared when she heard someone say they spotted her in the front.

She told her family that Sun Chan knocked out her sister and stole the family's money before running away, which made it a serious criminal act. Plus, Zhao Xiuxia promised to give a twenty-dollar reward if they caught her!

So everyone was full of energy in their pursuit.

Sun Chan dashed rapidly along the winding mountain path. She absolutely couldn't follow the same path as her past life; if she was caught tonight, she would either be beaten to death or violated by Zhou Jinzhu. She would rather die!

Sun Chan turned a corner and saw a car parked halfway up the road. In the shadows of the roadside grass stood a person, seemingly relieving himself.

The person tidied up his clothes, returned to the car, and started the engine. Sun Chan glanced back at the increasingly closer flashlight beams and quickly climbed onto the car.

The car was too tall, and in her haste, her right ankle hit a protrusion on the car, nearly causing her to fall off. The car was already starting, and she knew it was a matter of life and death; if she fell, she'd be done for. Ignoring the pain, she clung onto the truck bed, strenuously climbed inside, and collapsed into the vehicle. She heard a cracking noise from her right foot, and tears welled up due to the intense pain.

Poor Sun Chan, on her first day back, was this unlucky. Truly tragic.

The driver had no idea someone had already hidden on top, and drove off just like that.

When the villagers caught up, the wide road was deserted, with no one in sight.

The grass on either side wasn't very tall and couldn't hide anyone. After searching around to no avail, everyone looked at each other in disbelief. Where was she? Zhao Xiuxia ran over and, seeing no one captured, angrily slapped her own thigh.

"Damn girl, after beating someone and stealing money, she just ran like that, utterly lawless!" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Someone said, "I think I saw a car parked here just now. Did she get on it?"

"Yeah! I saw it too, it was a military vehicle. Did the girl jump on it to escape?"

Zhao Xiuxia slapped her thigh, nearly crying, "Oh no! What are we going to do!"

Tomorrow was the day Sun Chan and Zhou Jinzhu were betrothed. If the Sun Family failed to produce her by then, what would Zhou Jinzhu do? Not to mention that this incident happened at night; if it somehow affected her own daughter, Sun Lijuan, ending up as Zhou Jinzhu's wife, it'd be over!

Zhao Xiuxia cursed in distress, while Sun Chan, now drowsy, had already fallen asleep inside the car.

She was terrified and in severe pain from her ankle, barely catching any sleep. She was surrounded by large crates, unsure of what they contained, but they were quite clean, so she leaned against one. Though it was summer, the latter half of the night was quite cold. She huddled up, enduring until the early dawn when she finally drifted off to sleep.

At some point, the car suddenly tilted and stopped, jolting Sun Chan awake as she hit a crate.

Sun Chan looked outside and realized they seemed to have reached a town. On either side of the street were factories and buildings, with many shops lined along the road, although it couldn't compare to the towns she'd seen on TV.

Yet to Sun Chan, this was already quite a bustling scene.

At this moment, someone exclaimed, "Captain Gu, look at what's inside the truck!"

Sun Chan hadn't fully understood what was happening, then saw a hand reach in, grabbing her swollen ankle. Overwhelmed with fear and the pain, she screamed.

Both she and Xiao Wu were startled, with Xiao Wu thinking it was a rat, only to realize it was a person!

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