That evening, Ye Tianyu escaped from Yun City Prison and hurried to the agreed rendezvous point with Hong Jinmao.

Ye Tianyu wasn't just rushing on; to prevent pursuit by prison guards, Ye Tianyu made some misleading false trails along the way.

Then, he reached a river, jumped into it, and floated downstream. It was simply a brilliant escape route because there were no traces left in the water, not even footprints.

It turned out Ye Tianyu had familiarized himself with the environment around Yun City Prison before his imprisonment, and he had already planned his escape route even before he was incarcerated.

After drifting along the river for a while, he landed at a pre-prepared location, changed out of the prisoner's uniform into regular clothes, and then hurried to meet Hong Jinmao.

Ye Tianyu was very proud of his escape route; he thought, even if the police deployed tracking dogs to follow his trail, it would be to no avail. Not to mention he left misleading false trails along the way; even if some expert could see through them, they would ultimately be helpless against that little river.

Even if they eventually found the rendezvous point, by then, Ye Tianyu would have already disappeared without a trace; he was confident that the police could never find him.

He wasn't worried about the police; he was worried about someone else.

He was worried about people like Lin Fan. Initially, he thought that having the young man would guarantee his safety, but Lin Fan's appearance shattered his illusions.

Seizing the opportunity, Ye Tianyu escaped without hesitation, paying no mind to what happened to the young man; he just wanted to save his own life.

Diving into the forest, Ye Tianyu applied the same technique again, leaving misleading trails in the woods for counter-surveillance and counter-tracking.

He did this to defend against Lin Fan because, in his judgment, Lin Fan was likely to defeat the young man. Once Lin Fan handled the young man, he would come to track him.

He must exert all his abilities to shake off Lin Fan.

After all, if even the young man might not be a match for Lin Fan, how could he be? His only skill was escaping.

Unfortunately, Ye Tianyu miscalculated; he never dreamed that Lin Fan possessed an ultimate cheat of top-tier insight.

In front of a player with cheats, his counter-surveillance measures were just child's play.

After chasing into the forest, Lin Fan quickly saw through Ye Tianyu's tactics, yet Lin Fan still developed a bit of admiration for Ye Tianyu.

It turned out, while at the quarry in the evening, Lin Fan noticed Ye Tianyu's counter-tracking measures, and when Lin Fan learned there was a small river three miles outside the quarry, he immediately abandoned the idea of tracking Ye Tianyu along the way.

This Ye Tianyu evidently made very thorough preparations for today's escape; it wasn't a spur-of-the-moment decision but carefully planned in advance, almost perfect.

Even with top-tier insight, Lin Fan faced with this meticulously planned escape route, had to give up on tracking. Later, Lin Fan took a different approach, investigating from Ye Tianyu's cellmates and found Hong Jinmao.

However, now that Ye Tianyu had escaped into the forest, it wasn't part of the pre-designed route. Although Ye Tianyu leveraged his strengths, fabricating traces to try and mislead Lin Fan, to Lin Fan, these traces were too crude, easily seen through.

Instead, the young man, eager to chase, accidentally was misled by the false trails Ye Tianyu left, and after searching for a long time, couldn't find Lin Fan or Ye Tianyu.

Ye Tianyu fled hastily, and upon reaching a cave, dove straight in.

He continued groping forward, and breathed a sigh of relief; he believed he should be temporarily safe.

He was still very confident in his counter-tracking abilities; after all, these were experiences gained through life-and-death situations.

"Hehe, trying to catch me won't be that easy!" Ye Tianyu couldn't help but smile triumphantly.

But at that moment, a voice came from behind: "Have you run enough?"

The voice was calm, indifferent, emotionless, but in Ye Tianyu's ears, it was like a bolt from the blue!

It was Lin Fan's voice!

This cave wasn't just an ordinary cave; it was a place connected to an underground stream.

Startled, Ye Tianyu slipped and with a splash, fell into the underground stream below.

"Ah!"

With a scream, Ye Tianyu was swept away by the stream, lost his voice.

When Ye Tianyu regained consciousness, he found himself on a slope, lying on a large stone, soaked, clothes still not dry.

Ye Tianyu tried to get up but felt severe pain throughout his body, especially in his legs. Previously, due to a car crash, his legs were already injured, now injured again, feeling as if they were wasted.

"Awake now? Lucky you, you got your life back." A voice came from the side.

Lin Fan was sitting on another large stone nearby, moonlight shining down, illuminating Lin Fan's face with a smile, so handsome, so harmless.

Ye Tianyu was as if he had seen a ghost, face turned pale—he was doomed, ultimately falling into Lin Fan's hands!

"Who the hell are you?" Ye Tianyu couldn't help but shout, utterly shocked, wondering how this young guy, barely in his twenties, could be so formidable!

He couldn't fathom it, how Lin Fan easily saw through his counter-tracking tactics?

After he fell into the stream, how did Lin Fan rescue him again?

Lin Fan said, "Me? I'm just an enthusiastic citizen. I heard there was a prisoner escape from Yun City Prison, so I came to help find him."

Ye Tianyu paused for a moment: "You're not one of them?"

Lin Fan, somewhat curious: "Who do you mean by 'them'?"

Seeing Lin Fan's expression not faked, Ye Tianyu was sure Lin Fan indeed wasn't one of them.

Indeed, based on his understanding, none of those people were as formidable as Lin Fan, or else he wouldn't have survived until today.

"I get it; after I escaped, did the police issue a bounty, and you're here to make money?" Ye Tianyu said.

Sometimes, for elusive fugitives, police do issue bounties, offering rewards for capturing escapees.

Ye Tianyu believed Lin Fan was here for side income, since he called himself an enthusiastic citizen.

Lin Fan chuckled, "If police can't catch you within twenty-four hours, they might indeed issue a bounty. But it seems the police can save that money now."

Ye Tianyu was stunned, speechless: "You mean you caught me without any payout at all, then what's the point of meddling!"

Ye Tianyu was about to cry; Lin Fan was truly meddling in others' affairs. It doesn't matter if an insignificant person meddles, but Lin Fan, being so formidable, coming to meddle brought him to this state!

Lin Fan said, "Don't just talk about me, you should speak up; I have a lot of questions for you."