HPDBC Chapter 71
Chapter 71
Chapter 71
Because Wen Qian didn't want to talk to the other person, she had closed the door and entered her tent early, but she could vaguely see someone passing by the window.
It must be the person from the next room, but it didn't matter as long as they didn't disturb her.
Wen Qian lay in the tent with her eyes closed, unable to fall asleep for a while, but she also didn't want to listen to music or white noise since she had to pay attention to any sounds from outside.
She silently counted sheep in her mind, hoping to fall asleep out of boredom.
Just as she was dozing off, she heard a voice outside the window.
It was past ten o'clock at night, and the other person was loitering outside the door: "Are you asleep? If not, come out and chat."
Wen Qian didn't say anything, wanting the other person to think she was already asleep.
Then she heard them knocking on the window: "Are you asleep? Really asleep? Or just pretending to be asleep?"
Wen Qian wanted to continue pretending, but then she heard the sound of the doorknob turning.
"What are you doing?" Although there were things piled up behind the door, it was clear that the sound of the door opening was not something Wen Qian could resolve by pretending to be asleep.
"I knew it, you definitely weren't asleep. Who sleeps that early?"
Wen Qian said bluntly, "I was asleep, but you woke me up. You're disturbing my rest."
The other person acted as if they didn't hear her: "Who goes to sleep so early? I'm not a bad person."
"I'm going to sleep now, please don't disturb me," Wen Qian thought to herself with a snicker, this statement didn't sound very convincing.
"But you're not asleep yet, are you? Let's chat, our meeting is fate, right?"
Wen Qian: "I don't want to talk."
The other person joked, "But you're talking to me right now, aren't you? Besides, if you're not polite, you might run into trouble on the road."
Wen Qian ignored them, and the other person knocked on the window, shining a light in.
"I won't come in, just come out and chat."
Wen Qian continued to ignore them, and then the doorknob was turned again.
Wen Qian sat up abruptly, having been sleeping in her clothes these past few days.
Damn it! You're the only one with a light! Wen Qian took out a large flashlight and turned it on.
The person outside saw the light and asked, "You're not pretending to sleep anymore?"
Wen Qian took out a whetstone.
Seeing her place a stone on the ground, the other person asked, "What are you doing? Do you want to chat through the window? This has a security window, it's like talking through prison bars, how unlucky. Come out and chat."
"What did you say?" The other person heard Wen Qian talking but couldn't make it out clearly. "Why don't you dare open the door now?"
It was then that Wen Qian realized she had said her thoughts out loud.
"Let me tell you, I'm usually quite tolerant, but you disrespected me last night. Apologize to me, and everything will be fine."
"What do I need to apologize for?"
"What was that attitude of yours last night? We just met by chance, and I wanted to chat with you, but you treated me like a thief, defending yourself and sharpening a sword? Who were you trying to scare? Do you think you could scare someone like me that easily?"
The other person grew more aggressive in their tone, as if they were the ruler of this area.
They felt that even with a sword, they could easily disarm and kill Wen Qian, and besides, they didn't think she could actually use the sword, they thought she had just bought it to scare people.
"Some people shouldn't be too self-important, they should look in the mirror. Even if it was free, I wouldn't want your type, yet you lock the door on me? I've seen your kind before, what are you putting on airs for? Backpacking, what's there to show off about? Who doesn't know?"
It was then that Wen Qian realized what they were talking about. When researching travel guides online, she had also seen various sensational news stories.
Saying such things was asking to be beaten up, but since the other person dared to say it, they clearly didn't think they were being reckless.
"Because I didn't talk to you, you flew into a rage, didn't you? You said those things because you thought there wouldn't be any consequences for you, right?"
"Oh? What consequences? What could you do to me? How could you do anything to me? The window is closed, the door is locked. Isn't that just being a coward, too scared to come out? All bark and no bite, what could you do to me?"
"No bite? Your mouth is pretty harsh too, why didn't you stick around longer when I was sharpening my sword last night?"
The other person grew angry out of embarrassment: "You think just because you sharpened a sword, I was scared of you? I left because I was tired and wanted to sleep, you think I was really scared of you?"
"Let me tell you, there have been quite a few missing persons over the years, who knows if they were taken by wolves or sold by people. If one or two people like you went missing, who would know?"
Wen Qian let out a cold laugh, thinking about what she could use to kill the other person.
She feared natural disasters just as she dreaded the law. It was said that the law was a vast net that left nothing uncaught - she had seen so many legal TV shows where even after twenty years, murderers could still be caught. Was there really such a thing as the perfect murder?
Wen Qian felt that if she killed someone now, she would be caught right after, and this vile person would be called the victim.
How ridiculous!
Wen Qian didn't care about all that anymore, her mind made up, she put away the stone and opened the door.
The other person thought they had succeeded in provoking Wen Qian and was pleased. Originally, they hadn't planned to do anything, it was just that this woman was so disrespectful, if she had just been polite and exchanged contact information to be friends, that would have been fine. But she completely ignored them, wasn't that looking down on them?
They had to make her realize her mistake.
The next second, Wen Qian said coldly, "In this desolate wilderness, aren't you afraid at all?"
The other person was stunned, wasn't that line supposed to be said by themself?
Then they noticed Wen Qian was gripping a knife or dagger in a reverse grip, with the emphasis on the reverse grip.