The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 1411 - 1424: Days Loved by the Escape Boss (25)

Chapter 1411: Chapter 1424: Days Loved by the Escape Boss (25)

Gu Ling: "..." Her pride surged, making her want to retort.

However, when her gaze swept over Su Li’s cold eyes, she suddenly felt timid.

She could only awkwardly change the topic, worriedly saying, "The family’s influence is very strong, and now that I’ve discovered their secret, they definitely won’t let us go. We might not be able to escape. Oh, by the way, is the place we’re staying in safe?"

Su Li couldn’t help but glance at Gu Ling and said, "Haven’t you realized we’re still in the old mansion?"

Gu Ling jumped up from the ground, wanting to curse, but she swallowed it back down.

She, she felt this cousin was a bit frightening.

"Ah, haha, that’s fine... the most dangerous place is the safest place."

"Mm, suit yourself, I’m going back to sleep."

Ignoring Gu Ling’s anxious yet hesitant appearance, Su Li pulled the blanket over herself and went back to sleep.

Last night was anything but peaceful outside, noisy enough that she hadn’t slept well at all and could only make up for it now.

Gu Ling felt both aggrieved and anxious. Last night’s experience had upended her years of understanding; staring at that thin door, she couldn’t feel at ease.

Wandering around the room like a headless fly a few times, Gu Ling finally aimed for the snack cabinet, emptied it, and curled up inside it.

The enclosed space finally managed to soothe a bit of her panic, providing her with a bit of comfort.

Su Li, with bleary eyes, glanced at the trembling cabinet and then closed them again.

Su Li slept straight until noon, only getting up when the outside noise made it impossible to sleep any longer.

Opening the door, she saw several elders outside confronting the newcomers.

More accurately, it was Bearded Brother and the others aggressively oppressing the poor, weak, and helpless little seedlings Lan Ye and Lan Cao.

Lan Ye and Lan Cao huddled together, trembling but resolutely blocking Su Li’s door.

"Move aside or don’t blame me for being rude," Zhixin puffed her cheeks, pointing a heavy weapon at Lan Cao and Lan Ye’s faces.

Bearded Brother and the others stood nearby with sullen expressions, glaring.

Xu Qingqing was even more displeased, staring directly at the two newcomers... the door behind them.

Su Li lazily yawned and asked, "What are you guys doing?"

Upon seeing Su Li, Yi Lin showed deep malice, "It’s you, isn’t it? You’re the one causing trouble."

"Qingqing, I’m sorry, when you suspected her before, we didn’t believe you."

"You are really too insidious."

Bearded Brother solemnly said, "I never thought I’d be wrong one day."

"Nonsense, Sister Su has never left this room. How can you blame her for something in such a terrifying and strange place? Even if you’re stronger than us, you can’t just frame her arbitrarily," Lan Cao mustered the courage to say unhappily.

.....

From their argument, Su Li also pieced together the cause for them blocking the door.

She raised an eyebrow, smiling faintly.

To the disappointment of the innocent plastic siblings, last night’s event might actually have been triggered by her.

No wonder they’re so angry, as although they’ve been cleaned up, their injured and embarrassed state is quite evident.

Zhixin’s hand not holding the weapon dangled limply, clearly heavily injured and almost useless.

The game had barely started, and one hand was already down; a bad start would definitely make it harder to pass later, and if unluckier, such discrepancies might cost them everything here.

Yi Lin’s back was heavily injured, and despite treatment, her vigorous movements and emotions made blood start to seep through the clothes again.

Looking at her biting her pale lips, trying to endure, she appeared somewhat pitiful.

Bearded Brother and another man had more or less battle scars on them.

The one looking the best was Xu Qingqing, only... her body didn’t hurt, but it burned.

Last night’s fierce fight had consumed almost all of her rewards from the previous round.

It shouldn’t be like this; she had a feeling that it shouldn’t be like this.

This frustrating feeling was exactly the same as last time.

Recalling that last time might have been something Su Li did, Xu Qingqing became sure that Su Li must have done something again last night.

The first night was supposed to be the safest, the best time to gather clues and information...

"It was the same last round; a fierce attack happened on the first night too," Xu Qingqing said lightly.

Her words were like a drop of water falling into hot oil, triggering a violent reaction from the other elders.

Su Li: "Then why don’t you mention that we all advanced early last round?"

"According to you, people have to die to be considered normal?"

Xu Qingqing: "Don’t twist my words, you know that’s not what I meant."

"Zhixin and the others are injured."

Su Li: "Death or injury in the game is your own responsibility; are you saying I hurt them?"

"Not you, but..."

"Not me, then why are you here acting like you’re interrogating me, are you just bored or got hit too hard on the head?"

Su Li’s sharp words sent everyone’s tempers flaring.

Xu Qingqing’s persistent focus is quite understandable... It’s just that as someone always suppressed by her rising up, her proud and inferior heart has resulted in a series of complex psychological reactions.

Perhaps even she didn’t realize; her mind, once calm, steady, and self-reliant, was now in turmoil.

Xu Qingqing said, "I’m not arguing with you, last night Gu Ling ran... the Gu family sent many people to track her, but it triggered the monsters in the lake into a frenzy."

Taking advantage of the night, they naturally got caught up, not only dealing with the Gu family’s servants but also contending with the monsters in the lake.

What frightened them the most was that anywhere with water had those kinds of monsters.

Even more terrifying, ponds, artificial lakes... the Gu family made countless numbers of them.

They almost all fell to those monsters, the only fortunate thing was that the monsters couldn’t survive far from the water, and once daylight came, they receded and sank back into the water.

It was because of this that they got a breather, managing to escape with difficulty.

But they were severely injured because of it.

They couldn’t gather any useful information, but rather ended up in this state, no wonder Bearded Brother and the others were infuriated.

Xu Qingqing: "Earlier, the nanny came and said that today they’ll arrange for my coming-of-age ceremony."

In a short time, Zhixin had taken Xu Qingqing as her best friend, even angrier than Xu Qingqing, pointing at Su Li, "Originally, the coming-of-age ceremony should have been prepared for you first."

Su Li flicked her fingernails, carelessly tilting her head and asking, "And how did you come to that conclusion?"

"Isn’t it obvious? I saw it; the pearl around Gu Ling’s neck during the coming-of-age ceremony was golden."

Thinking back to Gu Minxing and the other clan elders’ attitudes towards their shell pearls, even a fool could see something was up.