Live-in Son-in-law-Chapter 791 791: Acting

Qin Yi and the others were stunned; it was Lin Zhengnan's voice.
"It seems we've been discovered," Bai Jingqing said.
Qin Yi glanced at her, "You might want to drop the 'seems'.
"It's strange, how did Lin Zhengnan find us?" Mo Wuji wondered.
Qin Yi laughed, "That's not important, what's important is that we've been discovered."
"Brother Qin, what do we do now?"
"Chill."
Mo Wuji smiled wryly, "Brother Qin, it's not the time for jokes.
Wang Zheng and his men are true warriors, guarding the frontier; we can't really face them in battle, can we?"
"It's not going to come to blows. Don't forget, we only need half an hour, and no one can stop us. What's there to fear?"
"But will Lin Zhengnan give us half an hour?"
Qin Yi shrugged, "Just stall for time. Lin Zhengnan doesn't know we need just half an hour to leave. Once we delay that long, we can say goodbye to them."
With that, Qin Yi walked to the window, opened a crack, and looked out.
"Oh my."
"What is it?" Mo Wuji stepped closer and was dumbfounded as well.
They saw hundreds of armored warriors surrounding the entire inn, with dozens more holding bows and arrows in the air sealing them off.
"Qin Yi, I know you're in there, come out. Hiding isn't in your nature," Lin Zhengnan shouted.
Qin Yi suddenly showed a terrified expression.
Mo Wuji and the others' faces changed slightly, their bodies went stiff; it was rare to see Qin Yi so scared, something big must have happened.
Qin Yi walked over, pushed open the window, and waved his hand, "City Lord, help, save me..."
Mo Wuji and the others were all dumbfounded.
"Is he crazy?" Bai Jingqing muttered, having been quite frightened by Qin Yi's earlier expression, and now he was pretending to be mentally ill.
Mo Wuji suddenly laughed, "That's Brother Qin for you, truly resourceful.
He's currently in the guise of Qin Ankang, and since Lin Zhengnan doesn't know Qin Ankang, he'll surely mistake Brother Qin as a hostage taken by us, which will help delay a lot of time."
Only then did Bai Jingqing and the others understand.
"Cunning and shrewd," Bai Jingqing said disdainfully.
Mo Wuji chuckled, Qin Yi's performance was clearly calm under pressure and resourceful.
Down below, Lin Zhengnan noticed Qin Yi had a hostage in hand, and his face changed slightly.
"What's happening? Wasn't everyone from the inn brought out?"
Wang Zheng's face changed too, "We did indeed quietly remove everyone from the inn in a day, how could there still be a hostage?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?" Lin Zhengnan replied irately.
Wang Zheng waved his hand to bring over the innkeeper and said angrily, "Didn't you say all the guests were out? Where did this person come from?"
The innkeeper looked at Qin Yi standing at the window, his face full of grievances, "I... I don't know either. I can confirm that none of our guests match this person."
Lin Zhengnan frowned and waved his hand, "Stop talking so much, think of a way to rescue that person first."
Wang Zheng nodded, stepped forward, and loudly said, "Qin Yi, would you please show yourself?"
Qin Yi held back a laugh, turned to look at Mo Wuji and the others, blinked, then turned back and said, "He said he's not seeing you and told you to quit wasting words and leave quickly, or he'll kill me."
"His act is quite something, a true drama king," Bai Jingqing remarked, genuinely convinced.
Below, Wang Zheng was stunned, felt odd when the person said 'or he'll kill me.'
"Qin Yi, please show yourself, we won't harm you, we just want to talk," Wang Zheng shouted.
Qin Yi looked back, but to Lin Zhengnan and the others, it seemed as if he was looking at Qin Yi.
Qin Yi turned back around, all panic on his face, and shouted, "He says there's nothing to talk about, hurry up and leave, go mind your own business."
Lin Zhengnan shouted, "Qin Yi, I respect you as a character, but doing something as disgraceful as threatening us with an innocent person's life is beneath you, I've misjudged you."
Qin Yi turned back, then turned back around and shouted, "He says to cut the chatter, quit jibber-jabbering, hurry up and go sell your tofu pudding.
Oh, and he says you tricked him in the Ghost Valley, and he hasn't forgotten that. You tricked him once, he's tricking you once, call it even. That mineral vein is your reward."
Lin Zhengnan's face twitched, "Tell him if he's a hero, come down for a real fight, doing something so disgraceful like using a hostage is beneath him, and I don't respect him."
Qin Yi turned to look at Mo Wuji, let out a small breath, turning back around his shoulder felt better.
"City Lord Lin, he says a lot of people don't respect him, so what are you worth, you can't even get in line behind tens of thousands.
He also said those thousand Earth Spirit Stones will be considered a tax for intelligence, the City Lord's Mansion is too arrogant, which gave him a loophole, so take it as a lesson."
Lin Zhengnan's face turned dark, just about to speak, Qin Yi suddenly screamed.
"My leg, my leg..." Qin Yi suddenly dropped to the ground as if his leg were wounded, crying out in pain.
Mo Wuji was dumbfounded watching Qin Yi's performance.
Qin Yi sat on the ground holding his leg with a mischievous smile, but his mouth let out painful wails, truly remarkable. An Oscar was overdue for Qin Yi.
After a while, Qin Yi scrambled up to the edge of the window, sticking his head out, his face in pain, and shouted, "City Lord, he says if you speak one more useless word, he'll cripple my other leg too.
And he says it's break time now, he needs a nap, talk in twenty minutes."
Lin Zhengnan and Wang Zheng's faces looked particularly grim, always thinking Qin Yi was cunning but still somewhat principled, but didn't expect he'd do something as low as harm a hostage.
"City Lord, what should we do?" Wang Zheng was angry, especially upset about Qin Yi harming a hostage.
With a serious tone, Lin Zhengnan said, "Ensure the hostage's safety first, then we'll see in twenty minutes. Notify everyone to be cautious, I'm worried Qin Yi plans to use this time to escape.
This guy is very cunning; everyone must stay alert and not be careless."
Inside the room, Qin Yi moved away from the window, poured himself a cup of tea, took a few sips, and smiled wryly, "Didn't expect acting to be such hard work."
"Brother Qin, admiration! You have your ways."
Bai Jingqing looked down on him, "Trickster, swindler, you're quite skilled in deceit."
Qin Yi: "..."
"What's wrong with you? Is your mouth rotting or your tongue turning white? I'm doing this to save everyone. You don't need to be grateful, but do you have to mock me?
Why don't you try? If you can lead everyone out, I'll bow three times. Of course, trying to fight your way out is not an option."
"You..." Bai Jingqing pointed at Qin Yi with trembling fingers, "There are plenty of solutions, we've been surrounded at the inn, and the sky is sealed off, we can dig a tunnel and escape underground."
Qin Yi stared at her in disbelief, unable to help but clap, "Wow, Little White Fairy, you're so smart, how did you come up with such an amazing idea? Your IQ must be off the charts."
At first, Bai Jingqing felt proud, but when she heard the last sentence, her smile froze on her face.