novelxo Chapter 375
**Live Stream Room**
[What's going on? Why did both horses suddenly go berserk? How could the crew let the guests get into such danger?]
[Did you see that? The difference between love and indifference is huge. The only coach ran after Diana, and Connor also went after Diana, completely ignoring Chloe's safety.]
[I'm really crying for Pax, who went after Chloe without a second thought.]
Once Faith and Justin snapped out of their shock, they mounted their horses and joined the chase. But their riding skills were just average, and they moved slowly. Once they were in the forest, they had no idea which way to go.
Lovebot, in its panic, flew around aimlessly. It crashed into a tree trunk as soon as it entered the forest and was out of commission.
The live stream room went dark. Ruben was pacing frantically in front of the monitors. He had no idea what was happening. How could two perfectly fine horses suddenly go mad? He quickly dispatched a rescue team to the island.
Only Kalilah remained calm, leisurely stroking the mane of the horse beside her.
Inside the forest, a black horse was galloping wildly, its hooves kicking up dirt and occasionally leaping as if trying to throw off its rider. Chloe was hugging the horse's back tightly. She remembered the coach saying all the horses here were racehorses. Falling off at such speed would mean either death or severe injury.
Although it was her first time in such a situation, Chloe managed to find her rhythm amidst the chaos. She clung tightly to the horse's back, hoping it would stop after exhausting its energy.
Meanwhile, Connor, after initially
running toward Diana's direction,
quickly turned his horse and climbed a hill. This bill led in the direction of Chloe's runaway horse. He had studied the island's map and knew there was a high slope within the forest. Following this slope would broaden his view and was the shortest route to catch up with Chloe.
Indeed, once he reached the high ground, Connor first spotted a figure-it was Pax, catching up. He was on the same path as Chloe. But upon entering, he found that the dense trees and bushes obscured his view. Chloe and her horse had already vanished from his sight. Moreover, Pax was lost. Unable to discern north from south, he gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and chose a direction before running again.
From his higher vantage point, Connor scanned for Chloe's figure-and he actually found her. But Chloe's horse was running very fast, and Connor could only glimpse a fleeting shadow.
Connor's heart skipped a beat. If he remembered correctly, the direction Chloe's horse was heading led to a cliff on the map.
Connor rode his horse frantically towards that direction. His heart was pounding like never before. He had never felt this anxious. He didn't have time to ponder whether this was an accident or sabotage. All he wanted was to catch up with Chloe.
He had studied the map and his
brain had already deduced her position from the direction she was last seen and how close she was to the cliff. He knew with their current distance, he couldn't catch up. He couldn't bear to imagine that mad horse, upon reaching the cliff's edge, might leap off!
Just the thought made him feel his heart might burst out of his chest. Connor felt as if the air in his lungs had been sucked dry. This suffocating feeling reminded him of being pushed into a pool by Claire at ten years old and nearly drowning. It was an almost death-like chill.
Later, he learned to dive and could hold his breath underwater for nine minutes. He had never felt that near-death suffocation again.