Upon hearing what that group of people said, Qiuting finally understood that Qiao Xue had suspected him all along and had deliberately played along just to make a fool of him.
"You really reap what you sow!" Qiuting muttered to himself, standing on his side of the river and looking helplessly at Qiao Xue and the village youths on the opposite bank. As he watched, he suddenly noticed that the headcount over there seemed a bit off—they appeared to be missing three people.
Just as Qiuting was spacing out, he suddenly felt his arms gripped tightly from behind, sending a wave of burning pain through them. Immediately after, a hemp rope was thrown over him, wrapping around him tightly seven or eight times until he was completely immobilized and unable to move an inch.
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