Chapter 5 Escaping the Devil's Pursuit

  A desperate escape, Chen Shaoqin took the girl into a mountain valley, seeing the surrounding trees and wild grasses were lush, they hid inside, waiting for the little devils to come and search.

  As night drew near, the sun on the west mountain withdrew its last rays of sunlight. Under the shade of the trees, the forest grew darker and darker. Chen Shaoqin and his companions took advantage of the cover of night to escape the pursuit of the little devils, so Chen Shaoqin chose this place to hide.

  All the way through their escape, that girl had already been scared by the bullets chasing them from behind. She didn't have any self-control, completely at Chen Shaoyin's mercy. Maybe at this moment, Chen Shaoyin was the only person she could trust, and she believed that only he could take her out of the clutches of those little devils.

  Before long, the devils and Yan Lao San's troops appeared around them with torches. The devils used bayonets to randomly poke around in the forest, conducting a thorough search of the forest in an orderly manner, while Yan Lao San's puppet soldiers held up torches and slowly examined the forest.

  "Older brother, it's already so late, how much longer do we have to search?" The deputy officer was getting impatient. They had been chasing after the little devils all along, and in this forest, they lost their target. The little devils were anxious and started setting fires, scolding and beating them was nothing serious, losing their lives was also a normal thing. The grievances in his heart couldn't be expressed to anyone anymore. But these little devils just wouldn't stop, conducting a massive search of the mountain, he was exhausted to the point of collapse.

  "You ask me, who should I ask?!" Yan Lao San was also furious, in the ditch of Xiao Yang Village, their brothers had already made a great effort to charge forward, but the opponent's marksmanship was too accurate, and it was reasonable for the brothers to be afraid. However, that damned Wild Village No. 2 didn't say a word, came up and shot two guns, killing two of his brothers. This naturally filled him with resentment. But facing the Japanese devil's ferocious face, he had too much helplessness. He endured and swallowed his anger, but when the deputy officer asked him during this mountain search, at the moment when his resentment was strongest, he naturally didn't have a good attitude to respond, "Wild Village doesn't finish speaking, do you dare to leave?"

  The official heard this and immediately shook his head. He obviously didn't have the guts to do so, let alone him, even Yan Lao San wouldn't dare.

  "That's it, do your own duty well, and being able to survive is not bad. Don't be like the two brothers who were killed by Nomura today, with just two gunshots, the guys who were eating are gone!" Yan Lao San looked at Nomura, who was organizing people to search the mountain at this moment, and continued to speak to his deputy.

  The devils were getting closer and closer to Chen Shaoqin, their bayonets almost touching his forehead, just an inch away from his eyes. But Chen Shaoqin remained calm and still, not moving a muscle. However, the female student next to him was trembling with fear, sweat dripping from her forehead onto the ground like rain. Fortunately, the puppet soldiers had torches in their hands, which prevented them from noticing anything unusual behind the weeds under the dim light. After searching this area, they continued their search forward and left.

  Half an hour later, the little devil walked slowly forward under the illumination of the pseudo-army's lights and disappeared into the depths of the forest. Chen Shaoqin and the female student temporarily gained safety.

  Chen Shaoqin let out a soft sigh, then got up and said to the female student: "The little devil has gone far away and won't be back for a while. You can go home now!"

  "Go home? It's pitch black, how can I walk? Besides... besides, my home isn't even here!" The girl stood up and immediately said in response to Chen Shaoqin's words.

  "Aren't you from Xiao Yang Village?" Chen Shaoqin looked at the girl with curiosity, "Then how did you end up here?"

  "I'm a student of Yenching University, two months ago I went to the front line with several classmates to join the army, but on the way we encountered little devils, Lieutenant Lin who was responsible for escorting us to the front line led a few team members to exchange fire with the devils, in the chaos we got separated, I couldn't find them, and didn't want to go back like this, so..." The girl wiped the sweat from her face and told Chen Shaoqin the reason why she ended up here.

  "Are you going to join the army just like that?" Chen Shaoqin looked at the weak and delicate girl in front of him, his face full of doubt. Perhaps in his heart, he thought that such a female student couldn't even tell the difference between real and fake devils, let alone on the battlefield, it would be lucky if she didn't drag others down. How could she possibly become a soldier? It was purely a case of student fervor, without having seen true bloodshed.

  "Don't look down on people, we female students are also Chinese, and as Chinese, we have the right to contribute to the fight against Japan. Even Chairman Chiang said that the land is not divided into north and south, and people are not divided into old and young, all have the responsibility to defend their homeland against the enemy! Isn't that so?" This female student was not very old, but she spoke in a well-organized manner, without any hesitation, and there was no way to persuade her.

  "Whether you look down on me or not, whether you think I'm worthy of your attention or not, the fact is that you must leave here now and find a safe place to hide. Then go back to your Yanjing University and study hard! Chen Shaoqin had no intention of staying with this burden for too long. Earlier in Xiao Yang Village, if it weren't for this girl sticking to her like glue, she would never have been chased by the little devils so easily. Now, of course, she didn't want to stay with this troublemaker any longer."

  "No, I'm here to fight the devils at the front line. I won't go back like this. Your marksmanship is so fierce, teach me how to shoot, I want to follow you and fight those little devils together!" The female student perhaps felt that going to the front line alone was a slim hope, but Chen Shaoyin in front of her was an expert at killing devils. Wherever he went to kill devils, it would be killing devils anyway, so she might as well follow Chen Shaoyin and let him teach her the skills of killing devils.

  "Hey... what's following me? I don't agree to this!" Chen Shaoqin heard the other person say this, and instinctively took several steps back, then refused.

  "You're a fighter against the devils, an officer, what reason do you have to refuse my request to fight against the Japanese? Moreover, can you bear to see me, a lone woman, fall into the hands of those little devils?" This girl was using both soft and hard tactics, determined to get Chen Shaobin's consent.

  "You can't travel alone, I'll temporarily take you in and help you find someone to take you back. If not, I won't care about your life or death!" Chen Shaoqin heard her say this and seemed to be worried about her safety on the road, so he could only reluctantly agree to temporarily take her in, lest something happen to her and make him feel guilty.

  "I'll definitely listen to you!" The girl saw that Chen Shaoqin was willing to take her, and naturally agreed to whatever conditions came with it. After all, the first step had been a success, and she believed there would be ways to get Chen Shaoqin to teach her his skills later on. So she didn't mind the condition he'd mentioned at all, and readily agreed. "Where are we going now?"