Chapter 102: Tunnel Completed (1/2)
“Spill it! Did you do this?!” After Qianqian stood up, she turned around and screamed at Bai Luochu.
Bai Luochu’s brows arched upwards and her guess was right. Her cousin had indeed arranged this for her. I guess my counterplay was brilliant after all...
Of course, Bai Luochu definitely wouldn’t admit that she used the silver to attack Qianqian. She quickly denied, “What is the meaning of this? Don’t try to find fault with me just because you are unhappy after falling into a bucket full of swill.”
“You used the piece of silver to hit my ankle! I fell because of you! How dare you try to deny it?!”
“Do you have any evidence that the silver on the ground belongs to me? It won’t respond to me even if I call out to it. Furthermore, even if I accidentally threw out a piece of silver to make you trip, why will the bucket of swill be there? Should I ask the manservant about the identity of the person who instructed him to carry a bucket of swill over to my courtyard?” Bai Luochu felt that it was hilarious when she looked at her cousin whose scheme had completely failed. She even fell into the pit she dug for Bai Luochu. Right now she was even trying to push the blame away.
Qianqian lost her imposing manner as she was the one who instructed the manservant to prepare this bucket of swill. She originally wanted to speak with Bai Luochu before getting her to walk to the door. According to her plan, she would then trip Bai Luochu who would fall face first into the bucket of swill. She even instructed the servant to pour more trash in order to catch Bai Luochu off guard. No matter the case, she never expected herself to fall when leaving the room.
This cheap lass, why did she become so shrewd after coming back? How is she able to see through my plans and make me walk into them myself?
Qianqian stood at the entrance for a long time without saying a word. After a long moment, she flung her sleeve with anguish and didn’t forget to leave behind a vicious threat before she left. “Luo Chu, you better remember this! I will make you pay for this one day!”
Bai Luochu didn’t feel that Qianqian was worth her time. She simply asked someone to clean up the entrance before closing the door. She went back to cultivating as though nothing had happened.
“Mistress, it is time to eat lunch.”
When Bai Luochu opened her eyes again, Cai Ling was calling for her to eat lunch. The sun was already high up in the sky and Bai Luochu personally opened the door for Cai Ling.
“Mistress, why is there a strange smell at the entrance?” Cai Ling entered and asked.
“Nothing much. Someone wanted to scheme against me and ended up covering herself with swill. Light up some incense later and fumigate the entrance. If some idiots were to smell the stench, they might think that your mistress likes to eat swill…”
After laughing, Cai Ling thought about the matters that Commander Ying instructed her to do when she visited the Remote Paddy Inn earlier in the day. She then said, “Mistress, Commander Ying said that after you finish your lunch and have a rest, you should go to that courtyard at around 5 pm and wait.”
Bai Luochu frowned slightly at the news and asked, “Is the tunnel completed?”
“This servant isn’t very clear either as Commander Ying hasn’t said anything about it. I am afraid that we can only wait at the courtyard for him to appear.”
Bai Luochu smiled and shook her head. “ Ying Lan even dares to keep me in suspense right now.”