Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight novel Chapter 180

Chapter 180: Chapter 180 Lin Zhiyi, You’re Really Something

Perhaps Lin Zhiyi’s words seemed too naive to them.

Sixth Uncle, disregarding the dust on the ground, stepped with his shiny leather shoes right next to her.

"Lin Zhiyi, you are nominally Gong Shiyan’s stepdaughter, so it’s not unreasonable for you to visit the Gong Family mine. If there’s a collapse, it’s just your bad luck. Who else do we need to explain to?"

"Gong Shiyan? What is he? Even if we kill him too, his family’s old man wouldn’t dare say a word."

"As for the mine issue, do you really think those poor villagers can turn things around? We wanted to settle properly, but now that they refuse to sign the error acknowledgment, they dare oppose the Gong Family! The next to die will be them! It’s just about 100,000 yuan; I can’t be bothered to care."

At this moment, Fifth Uncle frowned and interrupted, speaking sternly, "Why are you telling her all this? Get on with it!"

Hearing this, Lin Zhiyi understood that the less talkative Fifth Uncle was the formidable one.

When they made eye contact, Fifth Uncle narrowed his eyes.

"Wait a moment, knock her out before sending her in!"

"..."

Lin Zhiyi’s heart skipped a beat, her hands tied behind her back instinctively clenched.

Indeed sly and cunning.

Afraid she would resist or escape, not dying thoroughly.

Pain surged through Lin Zhiyi’s body as she struggled fiercely, but the bodyguard, being robust, easily subdued her and threw her into the mine shaft.

Before Lin Zhiyi could take a clear look at her surroundings, darkness fell before her eyes, and she collapsed onto the ground.

A subordinate ran out of the mine and checked the time: "We need to leave immediately; there will be a secondary collapse soon."

Fifth Uncle and Sixth Uncle exchanged a smile, then disappeared into the night.

Perhaps it was divine mercy, but Lin Zhiyi was awakened by a small rock falling on her.

She raised her hand to block the continuing fall of dirt and coughed twice before she could see the situation in front of her.

Behind her was a large rock held back only by a wooden stake, and behind it was a countless heap of dark, pressing rocks.

A feeling of suffocation immediately chilled Lin Zhiyi, and she nearly crawled on hands and knees trying to rise.

Yet, after struggling on the ground for a while, her body did not move an inch.

Turning around, she realized that during her unconsciousness, much dirt had fallen from the crevices, burying her lower body.

Crack, crack, crack...

As she paused, more rocks began to fall from above.

Lin Zhiyi looked up; nothing was visible in the pitch-dark surroundings, but she had a premonition that it was about to collapse.

Her heart thumped wildly, and she gritted her teeth, frantically scraping the dirt off her body.

Just as her legs became movable, the wooden stake made a cracking sound, and seeing the stone pressing down, she even forgot to scream.

At the critical moment, a pair of hands pulled her out of the dirt, shielding her at his chest.

She clearly heard a muffled grunt from the man above her.

Lin Zhiyi panicked and looked up, seeing the newcomer clearly.

It was Gong Chen.

He pushed Lin Zhiyi, vaguely exerting force, "Climb out this way. Quick!"

Lin Zhiyi took a step forward, "What about you?"

He urged, "I’ve got the rear, don’t make trouble!"

At that, Lin Zhiyi crawled forward without looking back.

In the distance, she thought she heard Gong Chen softly call her name.

"Zhiyi..."

Lin Zhiyi paused, instinctively turning around, only to see the rock about to collapse and the motionless Gong Chen.

Either leave, regardless of Gong Chen’s life or death.

Or stay, and perhaps both would die.

Reason told her to hurry away, that Gong Chen deserved whatever came to him, all deserved...

Lin Zhiyi turned her head forward.

At that moment, Gong Chen furrowed his brow and closed his eyes.

Suddenly, there was a creaking noise, and when she opened her eyes next, Lin Zhiyi frantically jammed a discarded minecart into the crevice, preventing more rocks from falling.