“A bandit liaison point? Do you mean I’ve been kidnapped?” This was her first kidnapping, which somehow seemed amusing.
“Miss, why are you laughing?” Only she could laugh after being kidnapped! The other girls were miserable and weeping.
“Nothing! Why are there so many girls here? Those bandits aren’t planning to sell people, are they?” She’d discovered their hideout quickly—quite clever of her!
“Yes, they’re all here because of that flower! We were too fascinated by it, leading us into this trap!” The girl sighed, deflating like a punctured balloon, lying weakly on the straw pile.
“Those flowers? They’re just drugged! In this cold weather, could you really believe such beautiful flowers could bloom?” Lan Ling’er stood up, pointing at the weeping girls and scolding them.
“Aren’t you also someone who loves beauty? Weren’t you also caught like us?” A girl stood up, pointing at Lan Ling’er defiantly.
“I deliberately let them catch me to save you all.”
Did you think I was truly stupid? If I couldn’t see through such a small trick, how could I survive in this world? These ordinary people—how pitiful compared to her genius! If she hadn’t heard locals discussing women disappearing daily, connected to a mysterious flower, she wouldn’t have come out in this cold to suffer.
“You deliberately got caught? Have you gone mad?” The girl grabbed Lan Ling’er’s hand, forcing her to sit down, and whispered while looking around.
“You’re the ones who are crazy! Quiet, someone’s coming!” Faint footsteps approached the room.
Everyone held their breath, hearts racing.
The bearded man squatted on the ground, picked up a stick, and drew a big turtle in the snow, muttering to himself, “That bastard is calling me an idiot!”
“Hurry up and go!” He grabbed the bearded man and moved toward the voice. What an idiot!
“My little beauty, where are you running to?” Sha Laoda appeared behind Lan Ling’er, laughing eerily.
“Do you see me running? Beauty? Disgusting!” What a revolting face—truly a gang leader’s face!
“Aren’t you running? You were locked in the room just now, so why are you outside again?” What a cunning girl, even when caught, she’s still so tough.
It seems I’ve met my match.
