It took Mo Roulan a few moments to register that perhaps she had heard Mo Chen's voice.
Her brother's voice.
She almost thought this was just a hallucination…until the whisper came again.
"Jiejie…Chechen is here."
A cautious whisper came again and a tear slid down from Mo Roulan's eyes.
She breathed deeply before she slowly turned around. She could finally see a silhouette sitting on a chair.
"Mo Chen…"
Mo Roulan called out as she staggered towards the chair. A few steps closer and she could see that the silhouette was none other than her brother.
Relief and joy flashed through Mo Roulan's eyes and she even forgot the pain she was feeling in her left leg.
In one jump, she stepped more closer to Mo Chen and held his small face in her hands.
"Chenchen,…"
Mo Chen's chin and lips trembled as he looked at his elder sister.
"Jiejie…u r here?Chenchen was …s..sso scared…"
Mo Chen whispered tremblingly. Tears flowed down from his eyes and Mo Roulan could see very clearly that he was scared.
"Ssshhh…Now Jiejie is here. Everything will be alright."
After Roulan said that to Mo Chen he looked reassured..However, she herself was not sure about their situation.
What could she do?
Should she leave this hut with Mo Chen?
As this thought came to her mind, she had already started to loosen the ropes on Mo Chen's hand with her trembling hands.
Her eyes suddenly fell on the cloth tied on Mo Chen's temple. She could see a red patch on the top of the cloth. Before she couldn't see it clearly but now when Mo Chen moved, the moonlight from the small window was falling on his face and she could clearly see the glaring wound on her brother's temple as well as his bruised and swollen cheek.
Anger flashed through Mo Roulan's eyes and she asked Mo Chen quite harshly.
"Did they do this?"
Mo Chen was sensible enough to understand the anger in his sister's voice was against the Zhu family. So he didn't feel afraid and nodded his head with tear-filled eyes.
"I tried to run away, Jiejie…but that Uncle slapped me and I fell down hitting a big stone. That Auntie…Jiangruu's mother…she tied it here."
Mo Chen said pointing towards his temple.
Mo Roulan's heart was filled with anger. She didn't feel grateful for XunWeilanjust because of this small act of kindness towards her brother. The Zhu family's sins were too many and in front of them, this small act of kindness seems very less.
However, seeing the fear in Mo Chen's eyes she forced a smile on her lips and said gently
"We will not leave them."
"Yes…Chenchen will also kick that uncle."
Mo Chen nodded his head with a pout on his lips and Mo Roulan started to untie his feet.
Not only on his face, but Mo Roulan found redness on Mo Chen's wrists and legs too. It was obvious that he had tried to free himself and hence got them from ropes.
Her brother…she had never let any harm come to him and here Zhu family did so much to him.
Mo Roulan had already decided in her heart that she would not leave Zhu family once she takes Mo Chen to some safe place.
She was just thinking this when she heard a sudden sound. It seemed to come from outside the hut and it was growing with every passing second.
Neither was it too loud nor was it muffled.
"Helicopter!"
Mo Roulan's head shot up to look at Mo Chen when she heard him saying this.
"What?"
She asked him in confusion. Mo Chen blinked his big black round eyes and said
"Jiejie…I think it is a helicopter. The helicopter in TV also makes a sound like this."
Mo Roulan's eyes flickered and her throat went dry.
The officers from the department must be keeping an eye on the boundaries of the forest. So Zhu Jidong and XunWeilan would not be able to go out just like that.
So they planned to go out by …
No!
Mo Roulan's face went pale when the next moment she heard a sound from the next room. She knew that someone had stepped out from the other room.
She looked here and there and then stopped untying Mo Chen's feet.
"You …Sit here…Chenchen. We can't let them know that I am here."
Mo Chen nodded his head vigorously and his big black eyes were filled with fear.
Mo Roulan tied Mo Chen's hands again in a jiffy. She continuously looked towards the door as she was afraid that someone would enter the room the next moment.
Fortunately, no one really came to the room in the next few moments.
However, Mo Roulan didn't dare to go slow. Her eyes flashed with panic when she heard the sound of footsteps and after looking here and there she finally staggered towards a corner where there was no light.
A big fat tear rolled down from Mo Chen's eye when he noticed that his sister was not walking normally. He wanted to ask what happened, however at this moment, the door of the room opened and XunWeilan stepped inside the room.
Mo Roulan shrunk herself in the corner, although she knew that XunWeilan could not notice her.
Even she couldn't see anything clearly when she was standing at the door.
"You are awake."
XunWeilan whispered gently as she went closer to the chair Mo Chen was tied to.
Mo Chen didn't say anything and just stared at XunWeilan silently. XunWeilan also didn't say anything as she could understand that Mo Chen must be taking her as his enemy at this moment… which she was.
She only sighed and bent down a little to loosen the ropes on Mo Chen's hand. However before she could loosen it completely, she glared at Mo Chen coldly.
At this moment, she looked completely different from how she looked usually.
Even Mo Chen's eyes were filled with fear as he heard her say
"Don't try to run. You don't even want to know what will happen if you ever try to run."
Scared, little Mo Chen could only nod his head vigorously with teary eyes.
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