Chapter 4: Making a Mountain out of a Molehill
“Who’s there, why are you dawdling?”
Suddenly, a shout came from a fork in the road ahead. A figure wearing a woven mask also turned out from the fork, pointing remotely at the two, one tall and one short, in the dim light.
There was more than one passage in this tunnel that resembled a mine. Because the exact location of the target was unknown at the beginning of the excavation, a group of native cultivators dug aimlessly underground for about a month.
Only after reaching the target did they focus on one direction of excavation, which is why there were many forks in the cave.
The reason they drew the supervisor’s questioning was naturally because the two, secretly whispering, were so engrossed in conversation that their steps were too slow and their slacking off was too obvious.
As Wu Jinliang had said earlier, aren’t we being too open with this? In any case, both were startled by the sound. Seeing it was a supervisor, they immediately bent their backs, ready to grovel and run forward to admit their mistake, their synchronized actions remarkably consistent.
However, the supervisor was truly angered by their obvious laziness; they simply didn't take the supervisors seriously enough. He flashed over, raising his hand and lashing out with a whip towards Shi Chun’s face, intending to teach him a lesson.
Human nature and temperament can sometimes be this self-absorbed.
This action greatly displeased Shi Chun.