Xie Luohe's command, "Take them all," left Chu Chengfeng and Xiao Buping stunned, their minds reeling.
'What are they planning?'
'Anything but this!'
Xiao Buping tactfully tried to distance himself, claiming he had nothing to do with the matter and barely knew the man named Chu. He suggested they should just tie up the others.
Xie Yunliu immediately slapped his forehead and let out a sinister chuckle. What a coincidence, he said. He didn't want to bother tying them up either—it was too much trouble for no reward. It would be easier to just kill them on the spot.
Hearing this, Xiao Buping finally understood the brutal nature of these bandits and immediately submitted.
Sometimes, a person never knows just how low their principles can sink until they're truly tested.
The bandits expertly hogtied the four of them, threw sacks over their heads, strung them onto a pole, and carried them away.
The practiced way they were trussed up secretly alarmed the captives.
