It was Li. Among the workers from Dayang Village, he was the smartest. If he wanted to follow Xu Ji, Hu Ma had nothing to say. Of course, if anything happened, Hu Ma wouldn't care either.
Now, seeing that the other workers, despite suffering some minor losses, were at least safe, this Li had somehow fallen into the well. His face was pale, his fate uncertain. Hu Ma sighed, raised a hand, and closed Li's vacant, staring eyelids.
"Get the rope down first!" Hu Ma shouted upwards, his voice buzzing as it resonated through the well's opening.
He tied the rope around Li's waist and had him pulled up first, then began to observe the surroundings.
He noticed the well water was filthy, stinking, and bone-piercingly cold. After a careful search, he found some red tatters in a corner of the well.
