Don't Try to Escape, My Wife! novel Chapter 717

"Nicole!"

Because Samuel was holding Nicole's hand, he fell with her.

Samuel turned in the air and took Nicole in his arms. When they landed, Samuel was under Nicole.

Nicole was unharmed. But she panicked as she heard a groan.

"Samuel, are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

Samuel suppressed the pain and held Nicole to get up.

The place they fell on to looked like a cave, but there was light inside.

"Where are we now? I remembered I was walking with you. It's not a valley. Why did we suddenly fall down?" Nicole said in fear.

Samuel was also a little vigilant and put Nicole behind him.

"Follow me. If anything happens later, just run."

"What are you talking about? How can I leave alone?"

Although Nicole was afraid, she would not leave Samuel behind.

Samuel whispered, "It seems that someone lives here."

"What?"

"Look. It's very clean. It won't be spotless without cleaning."

Nicole got more nervous.

"Let's get out. This place is too gloomy. It's scary."

"Keep quiet. Follow me. We won’t be able to return the same way. We can't climb up, can we?"

Samuel held Nicole's hand tightly. Her hand was covered in sweat.

"It's alright. I'm here."

Samuel's gaze calmed Nicole down.

They walked inside one after the other.

After walking through a path, they saw a larger place.

It looked like a warehouse, but there were beds, instant noodles and bottled water.

Nicole felt relieved.

"There must be people living here. But who would live in a cemetery? It's too terrifying."

Nicole felt goosebumps all over.

Samuel held her and they sat down beside the bed. He then looked at the surroundings.

People here didn’t go out very often, because there were boxes of food. And the garbage was also kept here.

Samuel did not know who was living here. He said in a low voice, "We can only wait here."

"Lucas may get worried. I should give him a call."

Nicole took out her phone, only to find that there was no signal at all.

"What’s wrong?"

"No signal."

Nicole became even more upset.

They didn't know how long they waited, but no one showed up.

Nicole got tired.

Seeing that she was exhausted, Samuel said softly, "You can take a nap. I'll call you if anyone comes."

"I want to watch with you. This place is too gloomy. I can't leave you alone."

"It's fine. Just get some sleep. I will handle it."

Perhaps it was because of Samuel's reassuring gaze, Nicole leaned against his chest and soon fell asleep.

Samuel smiled as he saw Nicole being peaceful in her sleep.

After a while, he smelled something strange.

Samuel was alarmed and immediately held his breath. He wanted to wake Nicole up, but it seemed that Nicole was already affected.

Who was it? Was it someone who lived here?

Samuel wondered. Then he suddenly fainted.

Before long, a man walked in. He seemed to be in his fifties or sixties. Seeing that Nicole and Samuel had fainted, he laughed.

"Young men, it's stupid for you to come to my place."

The man approached them. He stretched out his hand to get something on Samuel. Suddenly, Samuel opened his eyes and grabbed the man's wrist.

"Ouch! Wait! It's broken!"

The man cried out.

Samuel looked at him coldly and said, "What is the smell?"

"What? It's just a kind of medicinal herb that can make you unconscious for a while. Let go! You broke into my place and attacked me. What do you want to do?"

The man howled, but Samuel did not let go of him.

"Give me the antidote!"

"What antidote? A basin of cold water will wake her up."

Samuel narrowed his eyes.

"I said give me the antidote! Otherwise, I'll break your hand."

As he spoke, Samuel pressed harder on the man's hand.

"No! No! I'll give it to you!"

The man screamed in pain, his voice getting high.

Samuel stretched out his hand.

"I am her fiancé! We got engaged years ago but hadn't gotten married. A disaster hit our town. I found this cave and survived. After I got out, I found that the town was damaged. I buried all the people here, but I didn't find Alice. I thought she had died, but the next year I received a letter from her. She said that she was in Seapolis and had a good life. She asked me not to wait for her. However, she is the only fiancée in my life. How can I give her up? I went to Seapolis to look for her, but I didn't find her. I had no choice but to come back. I haven't heard from her since then. It had been almost thirty years. I have been guarding these graves for nearly thirty years."

Tears flashed in the corner of his eyes as Johnnie said.

Samuel and Nicole exchanged a glance. They didn't expect that there would be a living person in this town. And they didn't expect the person to be Zama's fiancé.

"She has passed away. I come here to bury her ashes. And I've bought the town. The ancestral hall is also under repair. You don’t have to stay here now."

Johnnie was stunned.

"She has died? What happened? Who killed her?"

Johnnie was emotional.

Nicole did not want the hatred to continue. Too many people had lost their lives for revenge.

She hurriedly said, "Why do you think she must have been killed by someone?"

"She went out for revenge! I know her well. We've suffered a great calamity. She will definitely take revenge."

Johnnie said firmly.

Samuel said coldly, "What does your calamity have to do with my mother? Why should my mother continue to live in pain?"

"What did you say? Your mother? You are Alice's son? She got married?"

Johnnie was stunned again.

Samuel said in a cold tone, "Yes. She got married. Her last wish is to have her ashes buried here. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here."

"No! This is impossible!"

Johnnie cried out.

"She's my fiancée! She's mine!"

"But you didn't protect her. When the disaster occurred, you hid here to take refuge. Why didn't you bring her with you? When you knew that she left for Seapolis, why didn't you go to find her? If you did your best, you would find my mother. But you did nothing. On what ground can you say she's yours?"

Johnnie didn't know how to reply.

"I... I was..."

He looked very painful.

Right. Why didn't he bring Alice here?

He didn't have time to save her.

His home was far away from Alice's. He was afraid that both of them would die if he ran over to find Alice, so he gave up on her.

Thinking of this, Johnnie cried in pain.

"I didn't mean it! It was too scary. I didn't have time to save her. I really didn't mean it!"

Samuel looked at him and thought that if they had escaped together, there might not have been so many things afterwards. However, they didn't have a second chance.

"Show us the way out. You can cry as you want after that. We have to go out to find Blue Star Herb and bury my mother."

Johnnie paused as he heard what Samuel said.

"You're looking for Blue Star Herb?"