Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm-Chapter 525 - 355, Fortune Arrives

White Stone City.

"Hoosh!"

Zhang Hehua was panting heavily, hurriedly turning into a narrow alley.

She didn’t dare walk on the main road.

Because the two strong Old Hei pursuing her looked robust, she wouldn’t be able to outrun them for long before being caught.

Even worse, everyone knew that the gangs wielded significant power; even if roadside surveillance captured gang members abducting civilians, the police would ignore it.

This wasn’t a rumor; she had witnessed such events firsthand.

Only by using the complex terrain of the alleys did she have a slim hope of shaking off Old Hei.

This was her only chance for survival.

"Creak!"

The sound of snow crunching underfoot kept echoing.

Zhang Hehua could feel her steps growing heavier, as if shackled.

She glanced back at the trail of clear footprints in the snow and cursed, "Fxxk!"

Ms. Zhang suddenly felt that turning into the alley was a huge mistake.

For Old Hei, this was the best clue.

Zhang Hehua turned into another alley, feeling her heart pounding and her vision darkening.

This was a sign of hypoglycemia. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

She hadn’t had a full meal for days, so after running a few hundred meters, she was feeling faint.

Zhang Hehua couldn’t run any further, stopping to support herself against the cold wall with her right hand.

She glanced back again, and a thought popped into her head: "If I accompany Old Hei once, will they let me go?"

Zhang Hehua shook her head, dismissing the absurd thought.

Not because she valued chastity highly.

But with her current physical condition, facing two Old Hei might leave her half-dead.

Moreover, considering the nature of gang members, even if she did accompany them, she’d likely end up kidnapped and sold.

Vaguely, voices drifted over from not far away.

"Where’s that woman?"

"The footprints go this way!"

Zhang Hehua’s heart was suddenly gripped by immense fear.

At that moment.

A muffled voice suddenly whispered in her ear.

"Go through this alley, turn right, and the door of the third house on the left is unlocked. There’s no one inside; you can hide there."

Zhang Hehua shuddered, instinctively asking, "Who?"

No one responded.

Zhang Hehua didn’t have time to think more. Facing the imminent crisis, she had to grasp at straws and follow the stranger’s advice.

She hurriedly went through the alley, turned right, and indeed saw the third house on the left.

From outside, the alley had no snow; all the household entrances were cleared. It didn’t seem like an uninhabited place.

But it was her only lifeline.

Zhang Hehua clenched her teeth and quickly approached, reaching for the cold doorknob and trying to turn it.

"Ka!"

The door opened.

Zhang Hehua’s face instantly lit up with joy.

The voice wasn’t lying!

The door indeed opened!

She quickly entered, closed the door, locked it, and stood behind the curtain, listening to the noises outside.

Soon.

There was movement outside.

The two Old Hei took a stroll through the alley, not noticing any footprints in the snow outside and concluded Zhang Hehua must be hiding inside a house.

They came back, starting to knock on each door.

When they knocked on the first house, conflict erupted.

A window in the adjacent bedroom suddenly slid open, a dark gun barrel protruding.

Accompanied by a stern warning: "You sons of bitches, stay here another second and I’ll shoot."

The two Old Hei, who were arrogant in front of Zhang Hehua, were now scared shitless, fleeing in panic, afraid of getting shot if they lingered.

Zhang Hehua, peering out from inside, watched this scene and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Escaped danger at last!

She didn’t rush to leave but was curious about the living room’s furnishings.

Everything had a thin layer of dust, indicating the place hadn’t been lived in for some time.

Scanning around, Zhang Hehua’s gaze froze.

On the wall behind the sofa, a large red upside-down "Fu" character was pasted prominently.

According to Great Xia tradition, an upside-down "Fu" signifies—fortune arriving.

Zhang Hehua stood there dumbfounded, feeling an urge to cry out loud.

At this moment.

She longed for her homeland with all her heart.

Although it had been a decade since Zhang Hehua set foot on Great Xia’s soil, through the internet, she was well aware of the domestic situation there.

Especially after the Age of Calamity arrived, life for the Carmenians worsened, and her attention shifted more towards Great Xia across the ocean.

She knew that if she were in Great Xia, pursued by someone, she could shout at the omnipresent cameras, prompting a drone to fly over and investigate the situation, while the pursuer would face dire consequences.

She also knew that if she were in Great Xia, she wouldn’t be reduced to eating only one meal a day, almost fainting from hunger the day before yesterday.

The very foundation of the brick system she once scorned, Great Xia, established a brick system supply mechanism, ensuring that if any Great Xia citizen were to long subsist on just one meal a day, local officials would face severe accountability.

Furthermore, during the Spring Festival, Great Xia provided every household with a festive gift package, containing rice, vegetables, meat, candies, and snacks, along with various small gifts.