"What are you talking about?"
Lin Xinglan said she wasn’t afraid of Shen Lingxi at all, but that was false.
Her knowingly questioning tone was tinged with guilt.
Shen Lingxi saw through it at a glance and huffed lightly, "It seems that compared to Tang Xiaohua’s success or failure, your father’s career is worthless in your eyes."
"Shen Lingxi, after all, you are also Commander Shen Xinhui’s daughter. If you dare not compete openly and resort to these sneaky plots behind people’s backs, what kind of commander’s daughter are you!"
Lin Xinglan lifted her chin, neither servile nor overbearing.
Shen Lingxi, as if facing someone unaware of their imminent doom, said, "You will pay the price you deserve for your choice today."
"Whether I will pay the price or not, we can talk about that later. Right now, the one who’s trapped is you."
Despite her fear of Shen Lingxi, since she had already offended her, Lin Xinglan definitely wouldn’t let Shen Lingxi off easily with her words.
"Xinglan, I’ll throw down a rope. Tie yourself up, and I’ll pull you up!"
No one knew where Song Lili had gotten the rope from, but she had just dropped it down.
Lin Xinglan was both elated and touched, but before she could grab the rope, Shen Lingxi snatched it away and quickly tied herself up.
"Tang Xiaohua, pull me up first; otherwise, Lin Xinglan won’t get her turn."
Lin Xinglan glared fiercely at Shen Lingxi, "How could you be so shameless!"
Her childish question sounded so powerless to Song Lili.
She responded and didn’t intend to keep struggling here, so she pulled the rope to drag Shen Lingxi up. While Shen Lingxi was climbing, she laughed inwardly at Song Lili’s foolishness.
Once she was up, she would definitely not give Tang Xiaohua any chance to rescue Lin Xinglan. She would try everything to kick Tang Xiaohua into this hole!
She had carefully surveyed the area; no surveillance equipment was present. The sparsely wooded Luqing Mountain, this particular spot shielded by trees, was hardly visible even from an aerial view.
This trap set by the hunter for the prey seemed tailor-made for her!
At that moment, Song Lili suddenly let go of the rope, and Shen Lingxi, still engrossed in self-satisfaction, fell straight back into the pit!
The water accumulated in the pit splashed up a meter high.
Lin Xinglan watched and felt the pain herself.
"Tang...Xia...hua...!"
Shen Lingxi glared at the emotionless Song Lili at the edge, gritting her teeth.
"I didn’t mean to; I just ran out of strength."
After saying this, Song Lili sat down. She really needed to rest... she didn’t know if it was due to exhaustion or the recent heavy rain, but she felt very cold.
"You think I’m a fool, huh! Tang Xiaohua, you really are cunning!"
Shen Lingxi pointed at Song Lili, furiously.
Song Lili sat at the edge, leisurely watching the frantic Shen Lingxi in the pit.
In this world, good people seem to look alike, but the bad ones each have their own style of being bad, shouting "stop thief" while having a villainous demeanor, hideous and detestable in the muddy pit.
"Xinglan, I don’t have much strength left. I’ll rest for a while, then come and pull you up."
"Xiao Hua, are you alright... you..."
Before Lin Xinglan could finish her words of concern, and just as Song Lili had begun to rise, a hand suddenly appeared behind Song Lili and pushed her down!
Song Lili fell down, scraping her hands and feet and unfortunately hitting her head.
After a painful groan, she passed out.
Lin Xinglan, beside herself with worry and panic, shouted but got no response.
Shen Lingxi didn’t have time to gloat over Song Lili’s mishap but hurriedly looked up towards the pit’s edge. A figure, face covered and indistinguishable in gender, looked down at them for two seconds before walking away.