The speaker meant nothing by it, but the listener took it to heart. Qin Yutong's pretty face grew hot at her words.
"Naturally, we were looking for a hole that would lead us out," Hu Xiaotian said.
"Did you find one?" Meizhuang asked.
Hu Xiaotian glanced at Qin Yutong with a smile. "We did! Unfortunately, it wasn't a way out!"
Qin Yutong pinched his arm hard.
How could Meizhuang know what had happened between them? Seeing only their tender, lovey-dovey behavior, she gave a cold chuckle. "Save your flirting for after we get out. I'm afraid we don't have much time left."
Hu Xiaotian deliberately asked, "We were gone so long, yet your senior brother never came to rescue you?" Inwardly, he understood that their location must be beyond Ren Tianqing's reach. Otherwise, the man might have seized this rare opportunity to grant Meizhuang her freedom.
Meizhuang studied Qin Yutong. Waves of guilty unease washed over Qin Yutong, and she actually lowered her eyes, afraid Meizhuang would notice the change in her.
"It seems you've recovered," Meizhuang said.
"So you'd better be good and hand back the Phoenix Armor," Hu Xiaotian said.
Meizhuang laughed coldly. "You certainly sound much more forceful now. Do you think I'm afraid of you two? So what if I die? It's only a question of sooner or later!" Certain that they had found no way out, she remained exceedingly defiant.
"You may not fear death," Qin Yutong said, "but do you fear being unable to live or die?"
Meizhuang gave Qin Yutong a disdainful look. "Qin Yutong, do you think having the Soul-Chasing Flute lets you control everything?" When she had stripped the Phoenix Armor from Qin Yutong, Meizhuang had also swept up everything else on her person. Naturally, she had not overlooked the Soul-Chasing