Here, they probably had guns which were less elegant but equally annoying.
Lu Chengran lifted one hand. Everyone stilled.
"No one opens the gate."
Ma Shun screamed, "Captain Lu! Please!"
Tang Li Yue looked at him from behind the fence.
"You were warned."
His eyes found her. "Bai Ruolan said you would never let us come back!"
The words landed in the night.
For a second, even the wind seemed to stop.
Tang Li Yue's smile vanished.
Behind her, someone inhaled sharply.
Bai Ruolan had appeared near the back of the group, wrapped in a coat, face pale with horror.
Ma Shun pointed at her through the fence. "She told us where the north road was! She said if we found people, you'd be forced to take us back! She said you wouldn't dare risk outsiders knowing!"
Bai Ruolan staggered. "No… no, I didn't…"
Liang Wei looked at her with wild hatred. "You said if we made enough trouble, Captain Lu would pity us!"
