Mr. CEO Wants to Renew Our Contract-Chapter 1048: With You Always (193)

When the brothers sat down again, she yanked Stars over and pulled off all his clothes, leaving none. In this season, Stars’ skin instantly raised in goosebumps from the chill.

Then she did the same to Listen.

Dai Ji tied them back to back with a very sturdy rope, binding them tightly. Surprisingly, they remained silent as ever.

Afterwards, Dai Ji was very sure the two couldn’t untie the rope, so she blew out the torch and left with their clothes and shoes.

After she left, Stars whispered, "Brother, I’m scared."

"Don’t be afraid, she’s gone. If we can find a way to untie the rope, we can leave here."

"But it’s impossible to untie; it’s too tight."

"Don’t move, brother will try to untie your rope first." His hand could barely touch the knot of his rope.

But it was tied too tightly, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t untie it.

Listen’s little fingernails got all split, and his fingers were pulling the rope tightly. After over ten minutes, both were shivering from the cold, yet still unable to untie it.

"So cold."

"Let’s try to see if we can stand up. If we can stand up, maybe we can rub against the stone wall and break it."

Using all their strength, the two managed to stand. It was a difficult process, especially while trying to rub the rope.

Now it was mid-November, in winter. The kids’ immunity was naturally low. Before the rope was broken, the two already started sneezing non-stop.

After rubbing for about half an hour, the rope finally broke due to their persistence.

One in front of the other, they freed themselves from the rope. Listen held onto the rope, and both started running barefoot towards the exit.

It was pitch black, and they had no idea where this place was.

But no matter where it was, it was better than staying here.

They ran blindly in one direction, heading towards low terrain.

But after all, this was a mountain; in the dark, they couldn’t see the path.

They wore nothing on their bodies, frozen to the bone, often getting pricked by dry twigs or falling down.

That wasn’t the worst; because of the rush, Listen rolled down a slope.

Stars was terrified, crying and shouting as he carefully made his way down to find him.

Fortunately, Listen only sprained his foot and got a cut on his head, but he was still conscious.

"Brother..."

"On this mountain, even lonely ghosts can’t be seen. We need to hurry down." Listen forced himself to stand.

"It’s all Grandpa’s fault. Weren’t many rules put in place? Now even brats are easy to see."

"Even with rules, there are always ways around them. They’re still around, so let’s hurry up."

Going further down, unexpectedly, there was a river.

Even though there was no moonlight tonight, they could still see shadows floating on the river’s surface.

Midnight Water Ghost drags souls.

As they reached the riverbank, the Water Ghost’s hand tried to drag them, Listen shouted sternly, "How dare you! A mere Water Ghost, trying to drag the Seventh Prince down?"

The brat in the water shuddered, unable to scare those they intended to, instead frightening themselves.

"You are..."

"I’m the son of the Seventh Prince of the Netherworld, Long Chan. I lost my way here given my young age. Point me the way."

The Water Ghost, hearing this, quickly replied, "Keep going right, and you’ll find a bridge there. Cross that bridge."

Listen quickly pulled his brother away from the water, following the Water Ghost’s directions. Sure enough, after walking for dozens of minutes, they found a bridge.

But that bridge was not meant for humans; it was a bridge to the Netherworld!

The bridge was invisible to those lacking Spirit Communication.

If they crossed that bridge, their flesh would surely be left behind.