The red-faced old man stopped and threw in a bit of suspense. Before he could continue to describe how grand the Pang Family's reception for the distinguished guests from Lan Country was, a startled shout suddenly emanated from the crowd excavating the water channel in the distance, sounding as if they were scared.
The people who had been digging upwards from the pit also scrambled to climb out, as if afraid that if they were too slow, something might grab them and pull them back in.
Zhu Yu quickly got up and hurried over there.
The few old men behind her saw this and also got up, retreating several steps further away while observing the situation at the edge of the channel from a safe distance and shaking their heads, murmuring, "These young people are so impulsive, always wanting to get closer to anything exciting! Can't he see everyone else is trying to stay away?"
