Jane snuggled up in Noah's arms and said while crying, "Alright, Noah. How fated we are. Your name, Noah, means 'to rest', and my name, Jane, carries the meaning that 'God is gracious'. This is how fated we are. We are not leaving here anymore. We will just hide and rest here. God will be gracious to us. In case we have successfully dodged this, then we’ll be victorious!”
As she said that, the three of them then went into the cave again.
Inside the narrow cave, the three of them nestled against each other and spent another night.
Jane had not eaten for two days.
She was so hungry that her lips had cracked and a layer of skin had come off. She was also feeling very light-headed. Noah’s mother was lying motionless on the pile of grass with her eyes shut.
Noah was afraid that something bad might happen to his mother, so he would call out from time to time, " Mom..."
His mother would then say firmly, "I'm fine. I just don't want to waste any energy."
Noah did not know what to feel about it.
Early morning the next day, the day had just dawned,
and Noah felt very dizzy from hunger. However, he was in good shape, had a good temperament, and also was a big man, so he could withstand it. Even though h e was light-headed, he still sat up straight and wanted to try his luck to see if those people, who came to search the mountains, had left. 1
However, in this early morning, Noah had just poked his head out, and he saw three men, who were dressed in suits, looking around.
Noah immediately got back into the mountain.
He did not even dare to breathe too loudly, and he whispered to Jane and his mother, "They're here! They're here! Don’t make a sound."
The cave was very narrow. If the people who came up from the bottom of the mountain did not look carefully, they truly would not be able to see any cracks in the mountain.
One of the men, who came searching the mountains, said loudly, "Master Alex said that someone had seen them stopping along this road, but there was no record of their travels in the next county. Also, they have had the experience of living in the forest deep in the mountains, so all of you have to search harder. Whoever finds them first will be given a generous reward!"
One of the mountain-searching members immediately asked, “Sir, what’s going on with Master Alex this time? Why is he putting in so much effort in searching for a woman?"
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