"P... Plain?" Gita was momentarily taken aback before realizing what the brash woman was implying, "Mi... Miss Fuli, you...!"
"Wow, don't come any closer, Gita. What's wrong? I'm just stating the facts. How about we compare?" Tianlan exclaimed, retreating quickly as she saw the other's anger flare up.
Seeing the two young girls squabbling in the cottage, Atira felt both amused and exasperated, and just as she was about to intervene, Tianlan stepped back right into the dilapidated cabinet behind her.
There was a light click, as if a mechanism had been triggered, and suddenly Atira felt the floorboard tilt downward, hastily grabbing the bed frame for support.
Once she stabilized herself and looked down, she saw that below the slanted floorboard, a dark tunnel entrance had been revealed.
"Ah, what's this?" Tianlan and Gita immediately stopped their scuffle, staring dumbfounded at the hidden passage that had unexpectedly appeared, both equally baffled—could this even be possible?