A blinding light suddenly shone in, and Lin Qixia was momentarily dazzled by the bright light.
After finally calming down, she looked up to see who it was, but because of the light, she couldn't see the person's face clearly, only a blurry outline.
"Oh, you're awake." Fortunately, Li Yuan's voice rang out in the room at that moment.
Lin Qixia frowned. "How long do you intend to keep me here?"
Actually, Lin Qixia already had a question in mind when she asked it.
She was just trying to get more information out of them and buy some time, since who knew what Li Yuan was planning to do when he came in.
"How long?" Li Yuan squatted down in front of her, his face, which had been bruised and battered by Huo Yanqing, now looked at her with a playful smile: "Naturally, until what you originally wanted to do is completely ruined."
“But you—” he said, reaching out to touch Lin Qixia’s face.
Lin Qixia abruptly turned her face away to avoid it.
Li Yuan paused, then chuckled dismissively, "No matter what, I advise you not to cause any more trouble. Just behave yourself and don't make things difficult for me."
"If you obediently hand over the account books and let us complete the task assigned by Lord Feng smoothly, I will naturally not make things difficult for you."
After he finished speaking, he stared silently at Lin Qixia.
Lin Qixia remained silent.
"Not planning to pay?" Li Yuan asked.
Lin Qixia turned her head away. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"You don't know?" Li Yuan raised an eyebrow at her words. "Miss Lin, are you playing dumb with me?"
Lin Qixia knew that the best course of action at this moment was not to provoke the other party, so she took a deep breath and said, "Do you think I'm stupid enough to carry the evidence around with me? I've already hidden it!"
Li Yuan stared at her for a long time, but couldn't find any flaws in her words.
He sighed and then relented, "Alright then, in that case, I'll trouble Miss Lin to stay here for a while, and I'll let you out when the time is up."
Lin Qixia was not surprised by his words, and lowered her head without saying anything more.
Li Yuan didn't say anything more after that, and got up and left.
"How did it go? Did she say anything?"
Not long after the door was closed, Hua Xiaoguo's voice could be heard outside.
Reluctantly, Ruan Pang asked, "Li Yuan, what are you thinking? Why can't we take action against her?"
“She said the ledgers weren’t on her,” Li Yuan said.
Fatty Ruan was clearly unconvinced. "You believe her just because she said that?"
"Even so, we can't just let her go!"
With a malicious smile on his face, he tried to walk past Li Yuan into the house, but was quickly blocked by Li Yuan.
"Stop pretending! Didn't you have feelings for her the first time you met her?" Hua Xiaoguo couldn't stand it anymore and scolded him directly.
Li Yuan remained blocking their way at the door, his voice deep and resonant: "Lord Feng didn't tell us to touch her. If something happens to her and Lord Feng finds out, do you think he'll punish you?"
His words silenced the other two.
Lin Qixia listened to their conversation from inside the house and roughly got the gist of it.
So these people weren't really united; they each had their own agendas.
She realized this and was relieved.
If that's the case, she might be able to use that to get out of trouble.
Outside, Hua Xiaoguo and Ruan Pang clearly didn't want to hear Li Yuan's arrangement.
The two exchanged glances, and after a moment Hua Xiaoguo said, "Don't joke around. How could Lord Feng care about the life or death of a mere commoner like her?"
“That’s right! I’m determined to deal with Lin Qixia today!” Ruan Pang said, pushing Li Yuan aside without hesitation.
He was strong and powerful, and Li Yuan was pushed so hard that he stumbled.
Just then, Hua Xiaoguo stepped forward to help Ruan Pang.
The two of them quickly worked together to open the door.
"You—" Li Yuan was so angry that his face turned ashen.
However, they were determined to do so, and he couldn't stop them.
Li Yuan thought Lin Qixia must be terrified, but when he turned to look at Lin Qixia inside the room, he was stunned.
The girl, who was tightly bound and sitting on the ground, was staring at them with a contemptuous and mocking look.
There was no fear in her eyes.
"What are you looking at?" Ruan Pang felt insecure under her gaze and asked her angrily.
Lin Qixia said casually, "It's nothing, it's just that I feel like what you guys are doing is getting more and more shameless, it's really disgusting."
"You!" Fatty Ruan's face turned a deep purplish-red as he clenched his fists and retorted, "Stop talking nonsense! You're definitely going to die today!"
Hua Xiaoguo rubbed his hands together, "Yeah, hehehe, Miss Lin, if you know what's good for you, you'd better just obediently submit to us!"
"Maybe we'll spare your life if we're in a good mood!"
As he spoke, he stepped into the house.
Lin Qixia suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha—spare my life?"
She made Hua Xiaoguo stop in her tracks, completely bewildered, and turn to look at Ruan Pang behind her.
Fatty Ruan also looked puzzled, "What are you laughing at?"
Even at this point, she could still laugh!
He instantly realized something was wrong.
“I laugh at you for being stupid! Oh no, there are some smart people among you, it’s a pity about the two of you—” she said, glancing at Hua Xiaoguo and Ruan Pang with disdain.
"With the two of you here, the three of you are definitely going to die today!"
Both Ruan Pang and Hua Xiaoguo were stunned by the ruthless expression on her face when she said those words.
Li Yuan calmly asked, "Why do you say that?"
Lin Qixia replied, "Why? Do you think if Magistrate Feng really didn't care about me, why didn't he just order you to get rid of me?"
"After all, getting rid of me is the only way to truly and completely solve his problem."
"Stop beating around the bush and get to the point!" Although Fatty Ruan was impatient, he still urged her to continue.
Lin Qixia secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The fact that he asked that question meant he had taken her words to heart.
Hua Xiaoguo, who was standing nearby, was also quick-witted. This time, she refrained from attacking her without permission and waited for her to continue.
Lin Qixia was actually very nervous, but she maintained her composure on the surface: "I have the key to Feng Changchao's problem, his weakness. Didn't Li Yuan just ask me—where are the ledgers?"
“I did ask you, but you didn’t tell me. You only said that you hid it,” Li Yuan said truthfully.
He had already seen through what Lin Qixia was doing, but he didn't interfere.
I'm also curious whether Lin Qixia can use this opportunity to escape her predicament.
Lin Qixia nodded and continued, "Yes, I meant I hid, but I didn't say I simply found a place to hide. I handed it over to someone else."
"If I don't meet with her within an hour, she will hand over the account books and evidence directly to Lord Tong!"
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