Chapter 163 Who do you think Qin Yan will choose?

In the cold, damp cave, Xia Qianqian suddenly opened her eyes. Her head was throbbing, and a dull ache was shooting through the back of her neck.

All she remembered was that on her way back from the medical team, someone suddenly struck her from behind, and then she lost consciousness.

She struggled to sit up, only to find her hands and feet tightly bound with rough hemp rope, which made her wrists ache. Dim light shone in from outside the cave, barely enough to make out the jagged stone walls all around her, and the air was filled with a strong musty and earthy smell.

Where is this?

Xia Qianqian's heart tightened. She twisted and turned, trying to break free of the ropes, but they were tied very tightly, and the more she struggled, the more painful it became.

Just as she was about to enter Peach Blossom Spring and ask Zhang San and the others to help her untie the ropes, a familiar voice suddenly came.

"Don't waste your energy."

The voice was Xia Wenwen's.

Xia Qianqian turned her head and her pupils shrank. She saw that Xia Wenwen's wrists and ankles were also wrapped with thick hemp rope, leaving red marks, just like how she had been tied up!

She had initially thought it was a prank orchestrated by Xia Wenwen, but now she was stunned.

"What exactly is going on?" Xia Qianqian struggled with her wrist, the hemp rope rubbing painfully against her skin.

Seeing that Xia Wenwen was also tied up, she calmed down. With a thought, she could hide in Peach Blossom Spring at any time and see who dared to play tricks behind her back.

Xia Wenwen turned her face away and snorted coldly: "You're asking me? I'd like to ask you instead!"

She avoided Xia Qianqian's gaze and muttered, "You must have offended someone in the village to be dragged to this godforsaken place!"

"And what about you? How did you end up tied up here?"

These words struck a nerve with Xia Wenwen, who retorted with a stern face, "Mind your own business instead of mine!"

After cursing, he abruptly turned his face away, staring at the moss on the cave wall, refusing to utter another word.

Her reaction was so strange. If she had been kidnapped, shouldn't she have been scared? How could she have been cursing so loudly?

Xia Qianqian lowered her eyes, concealing the cold light within them. Regardless of who was behind it, this matter had to be resolved today.

Water droplets seeped from the cave walls, dripping onto the stalagmites with a clear, distinct sound in the deathly silent cave.

Xia Qianqian sat with her back against the stone wall, her fingertips unconsciously rubbing her wrists, which were red from being tied with hemp rope, ignoring Xia Wenwen, who was huddled three steps away.

After a moment of silence, Xia Wenwen suddenly spoke up: "My family must have noticed that I suddenly disappeared today, right?"

Xia Qianqian didn't reply, but just turned her head to look outside the cave. The sky was already dark, with a few stars hanging sparsely in the sky. The mountain wind swirled withered leaves past the cave entrance, making a "rustling" sound.

She thought to herself: Lu Zheng must have already discovered that she hadn't come home, and he must be frantic with worry right now. But this cave is hidden deep in the mountains, will he be able to find it?

"Are you deaf?!" Xia Wenwen shouted, her bound feet scraping against the ground as she saw that she was ignoring her. "I'm talking to you!"

Xia Qianqian finally turned her head: "What do you want to say?"

"Xia Qianqian, was it you? Did you order someone to kidnap me?!" Xia Wenwen stared at her and asked.

Why would I tie you up?

Xia Qianqian retorted, "So you want me to squat in a cave with you and feed the mosquitoes?"

Xia Wenwen didn't believe her at all and gritted her teeth, saying, "Let me guess, you must be jealous that I can marry into the provincial capital and are deliberately ruining my good deed!"

Xia Qianqian looked at her coldly: "Marry to the provincial capital? Just based on those few bags of brown rice and that broken thermos today?"

"You!" Xia Wenwen trembled with anger, tears welling up in her eyes, but she bit her lip tightly to keep them from falling. She couldn't lose, especially not to Xia Qianqian!

Xia Wenwen blinked hard to stop her tears and then provoked Xia Qianqian.

"It's this late, Qin Yan must have realized I'm missing, and he's probably leading his men to search the whole mountain right now! You tell me—"

She deliberately dragged out her words, "If he saw the two of us tied up here, who would he save first?"

Looking at her like this, Xia Qianqian suddenly chuckled, her eyes crinkling but devoid of warmth: "Yeah, who do you think he'll save?"

She paused, her tone casual, which sounded particularly infuriating to Xia Wenwen.

"But even if he rushed to save me, I would still find it dirty."

Hearing Xia Qianqian's words, Xia Wenwen was so choked that she almost couldn't breathe. Especially when she thought about Qin Yan's attitude towards Xia Qianqian today, her chest heaved violently and her teeth clenched so tightly they made a grinding sound.

Xia Wenwen suddenly leaned closer, ignoring the pain in her wrists from the rope, her voice trembling but filled with fierceness: "Xia Qianqian, don't be so smug! Why did Qin Yan choose you in the first place? Wasn't it because you stole my opportunity! That ring should have been mine!"

"Where did you find out about the ring?" Xia Qianqian's voice turned cold.

Xia Wenwen glared at her with bloodshot eyes: "Xia Qianqian, you bitch! Did you already know that Lu Zheng's identity was extraordinary, so you deliberately came to this poor, remote place to marry him? You just wanted to climb the social ladder, otherwise, would you have given up such a good prospect as Qin Yan?!"

Xia Qianqian's heart skipped a beat. How could Xia Wenwen know so much?

She stared at Xia Wenwen, trying to read something from her face: "You mean...you know Lu Zheng's identity?"

Xia Wenwen seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and suddenly burst into laughter. Her laughter echoed in the empty cave, sounding particularly eerie.

"Xia Qianqian, there are no outsiders here, what are you pretending for? Do you really think I don't know who you are?"

Xia Qianqian frowned at Xia Wenwen's words. Her identity? Did she know about the bullet comments?

Seeing that Xia Qianqian remained silent, Xia Wenwen thought she had guessed correctly. She sneered, "Xia Qianqian, you were reborn too, weren't you?"

Rebirth?!

She suddenly looked at Xia Wenwen, whose face held a desperate, reckless madness.

Xia Qianqian's heart pounded wildly, and an absurd yet seemingly the only reasonable thought surged into her mind: Could it be that Xia Wenwen was also reborn?

That's why she knew about the ring, Lu Zheng's identity, and Qin Yan's future. That's why she was so unwilling and so desperate to take back her so-called "opportunity."

As the fog dissipated, all the fragments suddenly pieced together to form a complete picture.

Xia Wenwen was actually reborn!

No wonder the Qin family condescended to form a marriage alliance with the Xia family.

If Xia Wenwen were to show off her "predictive" abilities a little and remind Qin Yan to avoid a minor or major disaster, it would impress Qin's parents, who are eager to curry favor with the powerful, and they might even regard her as a "lucky star."

After all, in this day and age, who doesn't yearn to take control of their destiny?

Not to mention the Qin family, even Xia Qianqian was incredibly curious. Although the comments could provide some useful information, they couldn't compare to what she knew from her own experience.

Xia Wenwen looked at Xia Qianqian and saw that she was first puzzled and then calm. She couldn't help but wonder if she had guessed wrong.