Chapter 59: Climbing the Wall

The more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became. Xing Lian didn’t know what to do, and didn’t even have the mood to eat.

“Why aren’t you eating? You’ve only eaten so little, you can’t be full already, can you?”

‘How could I not eat? Don’t you know?’

Xing Lian complained internally and pulled her hand free from hers.

The Beast Girl captain wasn’t angry when she saw this. She sat beside her and quietly watched her eat.

Xing Lian finished breakfast. After she cleaned up, the captain chatted one-sidedly with her, then got up to leave.

As a soldier, and especially during wartime, she didn’t have much free time.

Just being able to come and see Xing Lian was already the limit of what she could do now.

“I’ll come again at noon.”

The Beast Girl captain left a remark, then turned and left.

The door was locked again. Xing Lian breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a bit disappointed.

Of course, she wasn’t disappointed that she left, but disappointed that she was locked in here.

If the door wasn’t locked, she might be able to sneak out.

But was escaping really a wise choice?

This border town was once territory of the Empire of Saint Meow, but now it was occupied by the enemy. The entire town was full of the enemy’s people, and soldiers patrolled every street and alley.

If she slipped out, she would surely be discovered quickly. With her outstanding appearance, what might happen then was completely unimaginable.

Xing Lian shuddered, once again longing for powerful strength.

If she had enough ability to protect herself, how could she not even dare to run away? Thinking of the dream she had last night, her desire to become stronger reached its peak.

Although this world didn’t have cultivation techniques, it was a mystical world after all. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Anything is possible.

Thinking this, Xing Lian felt a surge of motivation.

But soon her motivation disappeared.

Having nothing to do is the best way to wear down one’s will.

Trapped in a small square courtyard, unable to even go out, how could she talk about the future?

Xing Lian sat blankly on a small stool in the room, counting her fingers out of boredom.

One, two, three…

Ahhh, so boring!

Xing Lian suddenly stood up. She couldn’t take it anymore.

Trapped in a room, placing her hopes on others—she had had enough of this kind of life.

She wanted to escape. Even if the situation might be worse, she wanted to get out of here.

And besides.

Would things definitely get worse after escaping?

All of this was just her imagination. Maybe after escaping, she could easily leave the town.

Xing Lian convinced herself. She walked out of the room and ran to the small courtyard.

The front door was locked from the outside; there was no way to escape through it. She wanted to climb over the wall, but the wall was over 2 meters high, and she simply couldn’t climb over it.

“If only I had something to step on,” she thought.

Xing Lian looked around the small courtyard. Aside from a few stone stools, she found nothing.

She went into the room, saw the small stool she had been sitting on, carried it to the wall, and stepped onto it.

Failed. It didn’t work at all.

She was short and had short legs; her height was about 1.5 meters, and the stool was about 0.5 meters tall. Together, they added up to less than 2 meters.

With such a height, she couldn’t even reach the top of the wall.

“How about adding another stool?”

Xing Lian thought for a moment, then ran into the room again.

With two stools stacked together, she could reach the top, but she encountered another problem.

Stacking stools on top of each other—stepping on them was wobbly. What if she fell?

Xing Lian felt a bit scared, but she still mustered the courage to step up.

Wobbling, unstable, Xing Lian was extremely nervous.

But fortunately, she had good balance, and with caution, she managed to stand on the stools.

After standing up, she tried to reach upward and easily touched the top of the wall.

Xing Lian gripped tightly with her fingers and, after much effort, finally climbed up.

But after getting up, she discovered a very serious problem.

She was on top of the wall, but what then? Jump down directly?

Xing Lian looked down, and that glance almost made her fall in fright.

She realized she was afraid of heights.

Although this height wasn’t very high, it was still possible to break a leg if she fell.

What now? What should she do now?

Going down directly was impossible, and she didn’t dare. So she just froze there.

But straddling the wall forever wasn’t an option either; she was wearing a skirt, not pants.

The top of the wall was rough. After sitting for a while, she felt a sharp pain in her small bottom, and the inner thighs were burning. Without looking, she knew the skin had been scraped off.

Afraid to jump out, Xing Lian wanted to go back, but when she looked back, she felt like the sky was falling.

If going out would make her fall, wouldn’t coming back be the same?

The wall was the same height both inside and outside.

Although there was a stool below, she couldn’t guarantee she would step accurately, and the stool was unstable, so the chance of falling was high.

Whether she went out or came back, the result seemed the same. She might as well choose to run away.

Xing Lian took a deep breath, mustered her courage, and made up her mind.

And then…

“Hey, who’s that up ahead? What are you doing sitting on the wall? Are you a thief?!”

A loud female voice suddenly rang out, startling Xing Lian.

She quickly shifted her gaze and saw a passerby standing not far away, glaring at her angrily.

From the clothing and appearance, this person didn’t seem to be a soldier, but even so, she instinctively covered her face.

Without Yue Li around, she didn’t dare show this face, very worried that her appearance would cause trouble.

However, Xing Lian forgot.

She wasn’t on the ground now; she was straddling the wall.

The sudden violent movement made her lose her balance, and she fell straight down.

Good news—she fell inside the wall, not caught red-handed.

Bad news—the fall hurt so much that tears streamed out.

Wuwuwu.

Xing Lian’s body was delicate and sensitive. The pain was intense, and she couldn’t stop crying.

Then, something even more unbearable happened.

“Hey, why did you fall? Does it hurt? Even if it hurts, don’t cry. What kind of grown woman cries and whines like that?”

On the other side of the wall, through the gemstone necklace’s perspective, she could see that woman standing just outside the wall.

Xing Lian didn’t answer her, wishing she could beat her to death.

‘You try falling and see if it’s miserable or not! And I’m not a grown woman!’

Xing Lian silently wept, occasionally sobbing.

The woman passerby outside thought that Xing Lian probably wasn’t a thief.

After all, Xing Lian looked very young, and a fall made her cry and whine. What thief had such a delicate body and temperament?

Feeling that she might have misunderstood and done a bad thing with good intentions, the woman felt guilty and turned around to slip away.

The woman ran away, but Xing Lian was in trouble.

This fall was heavy. It took her a long time to recover, and she limped back to the room.

“How infuriating, that damn person, I… I…”

She stammered for a long time but couldn’t think of any curse words. Xing Lian became even more depressed. She lay face down on the bed, occasionally twitching in anger.