Li Jia walked in a small forest not far from the school. The autumn sun wasn't warm, but his forehead was sweating slightly. He was a little nervous, but even more expectant.

Because at this time, he was not alone, and Selinda walked by his side. She was still carrying the basket, and some bread and fruit could be faintly seen in it. The upper body is still wearing the same set of coarse cloth clothes, but it has been changed to a red dress with a somewhat old color. Li Jia knew that for a poor peasant girl, this might be her best dress. Her long fiery red hair was wrapped in a white cloth, revealing a swan-like head and neck, allowing Li Jia to keep peeking at her with her afterglow.

It seems that this is a well-prepared date, Li Jia thought with some excitement. This was the fourth time they had met, and each time before, they had met quietly inside the school. And today, as soon as Selinda met in the secret stronghold, she pulled him out. Thinking that the girl took the initiative to invite her for an outing, Li Jia's heart has always been jumping.

The two of them walked slowly and quietly, Li Jia enjoyed the quiet, but he was afraid that it would become evidence of his boring crimes, and he felt the need to say something to break the silence.

"It's nice to be here. Li Jia pushed her glasses, looked up at the sky, and said seriously.

"Good!" Selinda smiled back.

Li Jia knew that her words were just a retelling of her own voice, just like a babbling child. But he always felt that she could understand everything, and this feeling made him want to talk.

"In the past, there used to be such a forest in the park not far from my house. Every time I didn't do well in an exam, I would comfort myself by buying some KFC and eating it while walking in the woods. Every time I do well in the exam, I will reward myself, or buy some KFC and eat it while walking in the woods. But in either case, there's only one person. When I was there, I thought, go to the fucking test, and take the test and take the test, it's not like eating KFC alone. ”

Selinda tilted her head sideways and listened to him, looking ignorant, and repeated it: "KFC?"

Li Jia laughed, "KFC, it's really nostalgic." If I could go back now, I would be able to eat a family bucket. I'll buy two, one for you and one for me, and eat them in one gulp until I die. ”

"Family bucket?"

Li Jia looked up at the other party's somewhat confused appearance, and laughed happily, he gestured to pick up rice in his mouth, "Well, it's some kind of delicious junk food that I have eaten before." But then again, now that you're there, it's okay not to go back. Well, I'm actually trying to say that who you eat with is much more important than what you eat. ”

Selinda seemed to misunderstand him, and when she saw that he was going to eat, she thought he was hungry, and quickly pulled him to sit down on a rock, put down the basket, and took out the bread in it and handed it to him.

The bread was hard and dark, but Li Jia knew that it was already a very good food for the people in the surrounding villages and towns. He broke off a tiny piece and stuffed it in his mouth, then shoved most of the rest back into Selinda's hand. Unexpectedly, Selinda did the same, broke off a small piece and ate it herself, and handed the rest back to him. The two of them came and went, and the bread became smaller and smaller, but a strange tacit understanding began to flow between them.

If all goes on like this, it's going to be the perfect afternoon.

However, before the bread was finished, Li Jia suddenly heard the sound of dead branches being trampled behind him, and when he looked back, he was so frightened that he dropped the bread on the ground. I saw that more than ten meters away, there were two sturdy men in black, with masked faces and sharp blades in their hands, who came out of nowhere. The two were originally quietly approaching, but when they saw that Li Jia had spotted them, they quickened their pace and pounced.

Li Jia was horrified, pulled Celinda and ran. Selinda, who didn't know why, looked back and hurriedly followed Li Jia to escape.

Li Jia hurriedly glanced at the roof of the school high above the treetops in the distance, and secretly regretted in her heart, it turned out that she had walked so far unconsciously, at least two or three kilometers away from the school. He believed that as long as he was close to the school, he would be able to run into the patrol team, and no matter how fierce the bandits behind him were, they would not be the opponents of "five or six and a half".

However, they were too close, only seven or eight meters away from Li Jia at most. And Li Jia also ran with a girl...... , Hearing Selinda's heavy breathing beside her, Li Jia's heart sank.

Sure enough, before she ran fifty meters, Selinda seemed to have tripped over something, screamed and fell to the ground, Li Jia's palm slipped, and she lost Selinda's hand. He turned around and saw that Selinda had been carried in front of him by a man in black, and a long sword was pressed against her neck.

Li Jia pulled out a dagger from her waist and yelled, "Let her go!"

Seeing that Li Jia was no longer running away, the other man in black did not rush over, but pointed at Li Jia with a sword and scolded loudly.

Li Jia couldn't understand what the other party was saying at all, he could only watch Selinda being held hostage with a pale face, and then swung the small dagger vigorously, shouting over and over again: "Let go of her!"

"Surrender...... Follow me!" Suddenly, the man in black popped out a very stiff Chinese, and the tone was very strange, but Li Jia understood.

"You ...... Can you speak Chinese?" Li Jia said stunned.

"Surrender, go!" the man in black pointed at Selinda, "Don't surrender, die." ”

Li Jia's mind turned sharply, and he suddenly understood something, and said: "You are definitely not ordinary robbers, you are here to arrest me, right?"

"Hmph, yes! You...... Escape...... No way!" the man in black said strongly.

Li Jia suddenly put the dagger at his throat and roared loudly: "If you let her go, I will surrender, if I don't agree, I would rather die here." ”

This action not only shocked the two men in black, but even Selinda, who was kidnapped, looked at Li Jia with a complicated expression.

The two men in black glanced at each other, and the man in black who spoke sneered, "You die...... Others...... Let's catch it again!"

"But will there be such an opportunity today? as long as you promise me to let her go, I will obediently go with you. Not only have you completed your mission, but you don't have to take any more risks afterward. I'm just an ordinary person who doesn't know magic, and if you meet really powerful warriors and mages, you may not even be able to save your life!" Li Jia said.

The man in black didn't know if he understood his words, he hesitated a little, and discussed it with the other robber in a low voice. Li Jia pointed a dagger at his throat, and his heart was also in turmoil, he knew that it would be difficult for him to escape today. All he can do is use his worth to save Selinda's life. I hope you'll get out of here, or at least get a message to the people at school, he looked at her with some despair.

However, what puzzled him was that Selinda was not panicked at this time, but slowly showed a resolute look on her face. I saw that while the two robbers were still arguing, she slowly put her hand into her pocket and secretly took out a knife. The knife was originally used to cut food, and it was only two inches long, and Celinda held it in her hand backwards, which was inconspicuous.

She gave him a resolute look, which made Li Jia's heart tremble. Then, gritting her teeth, she struggled to stick the knife into the thigh of the robber behind her. Then he bent down and slammed it backwards.

The robber's weapon fell to the ground, his hands on his thighs, and he screamed and fell backwards. The other robber was stunned by the sudden change, but he didn't expect to be followed by a knife thrown by Selinda's hand and a kick from Li Jiafei.

Li Jia never thought that he would fight hand-to-hand with a knife-wielding gangster. Usually, if this situation is encountered, he must have fled as far as he can. But just as Selinda pulled out the knife, he somehow found enough courage to rush towards it.

Maybe it was Celinda's movements that were too fast, maybe it was the flying knife that distracted him, Li Jia's kick actually kicked the man in black under the body, the man snorted and bent down to kneel.

"Run!" Li Jia hurriedly pulled up Selinda and got into the woods.

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After running for a long time in a panic, the two finally arrived at the secret exit of the school exhausted. Li Jia looked back at the forest behind him with palpitations. There was no trace of the man in black.

He gasped, hugged Selinda, and muttered, "It's okay, it's okay, you're okay, we escaped." We really escaped. Scared the hell out of me. ”

Selinda was hugged by him, a little overwhelmed, and her body couldn't help but stiffen, but listening to Li Jia's babbling post-catastrophe speech, she relaxed and began to gently pat his back with her hand.

Li Jia talked for a while before slowly relieving herself. He put his hands around Selinda's arm, looked at her and said, "Thank you." If you weren't so brave today, we'd be finished. But I'm also very happy, because I understand one thing, I really like you, and I'm willing to work hard for you. I'm really, really happy to understand that. ”

Looking at Selinda's flushed face, revealing puzzled eyes, Li Jia smiled self-deprecatingly: "I didn't expect that the first time I confessed, others didn't understand at all." But that's okay, you'll understand one day. Now, let's go back to the village. Take the big road, be careful!"

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Not long after Selinda left the road, several people came out of the forest and came to her, led by Nina, and the two black-clothed robbers, who removed the black cloth from their faces, followed her. The two of them were in good shape, and they didn't look injured at all, and it seemed that the battle in front of them was purely acting.

"Your magic writing is terrible!" Selinda said angrily to the two robbers.

"That's an old saying, after all. We can't compare to you. A man in black said in embarrassment.

"The guy understood, though. Moreover, his reaction was quite brave. Another robber added.

A smile appeared on Selinda's face, but she quickly covered it up, "That's all for today." “

"Miss, why did you change your mind?" asked Nina softly.

"I suddenly didn't want to arrest him and come back and torture him. Selinda said lightly.

"This ...... Didn't you say that there wasn't much progress now?"

"I think...... Maybe keep it as it is and get more out of it. Selinda waved her hand and walked into the woods first.