Chapter 272: Underground Passage

Half of my face was burning with pain.

Normally, even if that bastard Si pinches her face as a prank, it will leave a red mark. How could she have been slapped?

They hit him?!

Yuan Siyin was dumbfounded.

She was just acting, but you're taking it seriously?

Unfortunately, two people behind her held her down tightly, preventing her from freeing her hands. Otherwise, she would have instinctively returned the two slaps.

The leader sat back down and gave a signal. His subordinate immediately understood, pulled out a strip of black cloth from his pocket, and quickly blindfolded Yuan Siyin.

Is this a sign that they're not planning to let her go yet?

Yuan Siyin remained silent.

Of course, she still wanted to act the whole thing, but the next second a piece of cloth was stuffed into her mouth, and she couldn't act anymore.

After all this was done, she was forced to spin around several times by the two men beside her. When she straightened up, she had completely lost her sense of direction. Clearly, this was what they wanted.

Everything was dark, and the intense dizziness hadn't even subsided. I could only shake my head haphazardly and vaguely judge my location by the changes in the intensity of the light.

She didn't know who triggered what mechanism, but with a faint "click," she was forced forward by her head. There was no light, no distinctive sound, and all she could feel was that she was going downhill, one step at a time.

After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the discomfort gradually subsided, and the view before my eyes slowly brightened.

Could there be an underground passage beneath this gambling den, and now we're going to go back to the surface after passing through it?

The somewhat stagnant air suddenly became more lively. Yuan Siyin sniffed, and a musty smell of straw rushed into her lungs.

As if to confirm her guess, the group stopped walking and, with a creaking sound, the two pulled her up, and then everything was brightly lit.

"Why have they arrested people again?"

Another impatient voice came from not far away.

"Who knows? Boss is always cautious. He'd rather kill a hundred innocent people than let one guilty person go free. Anyway, just lock him up for now. If anyone posts a picture of him or comes looking for him, he'll demand a ransom of five hundred taels, which we'll split. You won't lose out, kid."

Besides, you're just here looking at people, and we even bring you your meals. What do you have to complain about?

"Alright, we'll leave them here. You hurry up and lock them all up; we need to go back and keep order."

"Okay, okay, I can handle this skinny guy who's as thin as a bamboo pole."

After finishing her conversation with that person, the two people behind her turned to leave, but when they noticed Yuan Siyin trying to pull off the blindfold, they immediately kicked her knees twice: "Behave yourself!"

Caught completely off guard by the sudden force, Yuan Siyin nearly fell straight to her knees, but fortunately she managed to brace herself with her hands in time to avoid a severe fall.

The two men burst into laughter: "They really are idiots. They're handing us money, and in the end, they'll lose it all."

"Why bother arguing with him? He's already locked up here anyway. Next time we're unhappy, we can take it out on him. It's like he's just asking for a beating."

After saying that, the two left arm in arm.

Yuan Siyin gritted her teeth, tearing off the blindfold. Just as she drew her golden whip from her waist, she realized she was standing in an unfamiliar, dilapidated courtyard. In the house directly opposite her, Yu Shiyan and Zhong Heng were tied up.