Lin Wan’s words made the others feel somewhat discouraged.

Mrs. Hong was determined not to give up and told He Xiaoyu, “Miss He, can you try asking around to see how many stops this particular train made during the whole journey? What I meant was a temporary stop, not stopping upon arriving at a station.”

“Sure. I’ll go ask around now!”

After fumbling around, He Xiaoyu was told that in order to make way for other high-speed trains, this particular train had made three temporary stops. Two of them were in the middle of nowhere and one in the vicinity of a small village. These were all under the deliberate arrangement of dispatch.

The group rushed to the small village immediately. After investigating, they ended up with no result. Then they moved on to the two wastelands and found a highway not far away from one of them. Everyone felt disappointed as they lost their only hope.

They had no choice but to return to Shanyang City for the time being. He Xiaoyu was disheartened while Mrs. Hong was also helpless.

The only one who didn't want to give up was Lin Wan. After much deliberation, she asked He Xiaoyu, “Xiaoyu, do you have any connections in the Public Security Bureau? I'm planning to make him a fugitive who’s involved in a serious crime!”

He Xiaoyu's eyes lit up as she clapped her hands and agreed, “That's a good idea. Make him a fugitive that’s under arrest and offer anyone who catches him a huge sum of reward! He definitely won't be able to escape as long as he hasn't left the country yet.”

“Yeah. That's what I had in mind, too. He shouldn't have left the country yet. So if he’s a fugitive, the police will be able to catch him once he uses his own identity no matter what he does!”

Concerned, Mrs. Hong asked, “Isn't this a little too much? It will screw him up even if we manage to find Li Mu!”

Lin Wan replied calmly, “I couldn't care less now. My main priority now is to find him out. If we can’t locate him, everything else is bulls**t!”

“Then what reason are you planning to file a report on?”

“I have an idea!” He Xiaoyu said confidently, “Li Mu left without notice. Hence I can tamper with the company's accounts and report him for embezzling huge sums of money, which is the reason he’s running away. I will list him as a fugitive through my connections so that he can't escape!"

Mrs. Hong shook her head with a bitter smile and muttered in a low voice, “You two can do what you want then!”

“And also, Shen Xingyue. Xiaoyu, don't let her go either!” Lin Wan said softly.

“Don't worry. I'll list her as a potential criminal. As long as she has the guts to use her real identity, she definitely won't get away from us either.” He Xiaoyu said confidently.

“Don't take this into your own hands. Don’t risk leaving yourself any evidence of false accusations. It's best to find someone close to you and ask them to go to the Public Security Bureau to report the case instead. If something goes wrong later on, that person can cover up for you!” Mrs. Hong reminded her kindly.

“Alright. I know what to do. Thank you, Miss Hong!”

Li Mu would never have imagined that he would become his country’s top-tier fugitive someday, and that his personal information and pictures would soon be posted on the Fugitive Locator website.

The worst thing in life was having a disobedient wife as well as a toxic friend. Now this was what was exactly happening to Li Mu. One of them was his wife, and the other was his fellow sister. They were well known to be difficult to deal with. Hence he was unlucky enough to meet these two women in his life.

But Li Mu wasn’t dumb this round. He was less experienced but he’s got some good old brains. He found a chance to get off the car to escape from his tailgaters, and paid a cab driver a huge sum of money to get him back to Shanyang City.

This was the next level! When Lin Wan and the others were highly focused on locating Li Mu out of Shanyang, Li Mu came back to Shanyang City.

Immediately after, he did two things. The first thing he did was locating a professional forged card underground shop to make him a fake ID card. The second thing was using his fake identity to buy a second-hand car from an underground dealer.

In fact, Li Mu had the potential to be the head of the family. He wasn’t sure what Lin Wan would do to him. All he knew was that he could no longer use his real identity. On top of that, he had no car, which made it hard for him to travel from place to place. If he really planned to escape to somewhere far and into the unknown, he needed to get a car.

These things were difficult for him to do in somewhere he was unfamiliar with. It would make things easier for him if he knew that place from head to toe.

After all, he was not yet a fugitive, and there were still many connections at his grasp. Li Mu had long escaped with a car when Lin Wan and the others finally realized that he had been long gone.

Lin Wan ranted about it for a long time, while Mrs. Hong merely smiled and did not say anything. She started to think that she underestimated Li Mu, and he had full potential to develop into a better man. Alas, he used his potentials in the wrong place.

Of course, this was all because she, as Li Mu’s tutor, has taught him well. In order to let Li Mu be mature as soon as possible, Mrs. Hong gave him tons of lessons. Li Mu’s theoretical knowledge was enough. What he lacked was practice.

What Mrs. Hong did not expect was that Li Mu's first object of practice would be Lin Wan. For her, this was the textbook version of digging her own grave.

......

After driving on the road, Li Mu did not dare to take the highway. Instead, he deliberately chose to drive on provincial roads and country roads. The cons were that it was a waste of petrol, but the pros were that all roads lead to the place they were going and their actions were well-hidden and safe!

Shen Xingyue had followed him around ever since and never left him. If it was any other woman, what Li Mu did would have aroused the other party's suspicion.

But Shen Xingyue did not say anything. She was willing to do anything and everything for the sake of Li Mu.

In short, she followed whatever Li Mu wanted to do and never asked why.

After leaving Shanyang City, they found a farmhouse and stayed there temporarily. Li Mu decided to have a good talk with Shen Xingyue.

It seemed quite problematic to take away a general manager for no reason. Who knew if this was her own intentions, or was she forced to follow him? The latter would make him a human trafficker!

If Weihua Group filed a police report for her going missing, he would never get away with it!

After listing out the concerns he had, Shen Xingyue reassured him, “You don't have to worry about anything. I went back to my company to resign when we returned to Shanyang City the other day. I’m no longer working there now and have nothing to do with Weihua Group anymore. So don't worry about it!”

“When did you go? How did I not notice?”

Shen Xingyue smiled delicately, “I took care of all these things when you went to buy the car. It didn’t take a lot of time. And I was already home by the time you came back.”

“Home!” Li Mu sighed, “There’s no home for me. I’m homeless.”

“There's still me!” Shen Xingyue reassured him, “We can start a new family, a home that belongs to us!”

“Xingyue, this is the matter I wanted to talk to you about. You helped me a lot. And I am forever grateful to you from the bottom of my heart. But it’s too impulsive of you to do this now!”

Speaking of this, Li Mu stole a glance at her and found that the latter was happily listening and did not react, so he had no choice but to go on.

“Xingyue, I’m homeless and had no choice. But you’re not. I find it irrational for you to give up everything you have just for the sake of me.”

“Li Mu, you're hiding from someone, aren't you?”

Shen Xingyue asked an irrelevant question.

“No. I just want to leave Shanyang City and start a new life. I’m not hiding from anyone.”

“You can't fool me!” Shen Xingyue laughed, "Jumping out of the car midway, sneaking back to Shanyang City, making fake IDs, and now sneaking around and not daring to take the highway. All these uncommon behaviors of yours can only mean one thing, which is that you’re hiding yourself from someone who’s after you.”

Li Mu didn’t respond.

Shen Xingyue changed her sitting position to make herself feel more comfortable and continued, “Remember the night we met at the station where you were penniless and wanted to borrow some money from me? I started to feel suspicious and suspected you were running away from that very moment onwards.”

“Alright. Stop analyzing. I’m indeed running away from someone. You got it right!”

“Your ex-wife is really someone prominent, isn't she?”

Shen Xingyue's question was so sudden that Li Mu was caught off guard. Not knowing how to answer the question, he simply chose to keep his mouth shut.

“Seems like I got it right. Lin Wan is really not who I think she is!”

“Stop with your wild guesses. She's not the one I'm hiding from!”

“Don’t lie. She has a high position in the company but her sudden appearance was too strange and unbelievable to many. Plus, she targeted you at every move she made. I think her target was not Dongyang Group, but instead, you!”

“And what does that tell you?”

“Of course, that tells me a lot! The ease with which she was able to attain a high position means she's someone prominent. I have talked to her once and I'm not going to lie, she's very intelligent, elegant and knowledgeable. But when it came to our field, she…”

Shen Xingyue didn't go on but giggled and laughed.

“It didn’t make sense, right?” Li Mu said blatantly.

“Pretty much. Honestly, she doesn’t have enough professional qualifications to sit in that position, which only proves that she has a remarkable status and is from a powerful family. And the fact that you went to such lengths to escape from her yet she could still track you down showed that Lin Wan was obviously not who I thought she was, right?”

Li Mu nodded and helplessly admitted, “Well, you guessed it right. But don't ask too many questions. Knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing. You know what I mean?”

“Of course I understand. I'm not curious about who she is. The only thing I’m concerned with is where you're going next!”

“Where am I going next?” Li Mu sighed, “Xingyue, I don't know where to go either. The world is so huge but there is no place for me to stay. Sigh!”

“Are you scared of her?”

Li Mu hesitated to give a response.

Shen Xingyue asked again, “You're still in love with her!”

Li Mu didn't hesitate this time and nodded his head honestly.

“But you thought that there was no future between the two of you. You loved her yet you were afraid of her at the same time. This ambivalence left you breathless and stressed. Hence you thought of running away!”

“Yes. That family was making me depressed. And I wanted a different way of living.”

“You'll need my help for that then. I can help you live differently!”

Li Mu looked at her and asked with some uncertainty, “What can you do about it?”

“Remember what I said in the tavern?”

Li Mu shook his head and said with some embarrassment, “You said a lot that day. I'm not sure which one you're referring to!”

“It's the story about my grandfather!”

“Yeah. I remember it now. Your grandfather left you a field and a yard. And you’ve always wanted to go back to plow and plant in front of the gourds. You mentioned that you longed for that kind of simple life!”