Facing Lawrence's Wife's incessant chatter, Jing Yuexin replied crisply, "Money isn't a problem."
The team's Alliance Coins were not plentiful, but taking out a tiny fraction of their spare change would still be more than enough to help several ordinary families.
However, Lawrence's Wife refused. She seemed worried that once she accepted the money, they would not put as much effort into rescuing her husband.
She said that aside from working during the day, she also kept watch over the estate at night.
If Lawrence and his wife had not both been Awakened Ones, they might not have been able to rent such a courtyard even if they had spent more money.
Qu Jianlei waited outside for a full two and a half hours before Jing Yuexin finally came out.
He had roughly sensed the situation through his Mental Strength as well.
However, he did not want people to say he was being overly sentimental, insisting on saving someone useless, so he asked, "What's your plan?"
"My plan isn't important," Jing Yuexin answered with a troubled expression. "The question is... how can we get him out legitimately?"
Qu Jianlei glanced at her in surprise. "Your cultivation has improved, yet you've become less willing to use your brain?"
"Isn't that what First One is for?" Jing Yuexin replied righteously. "I'm not very interested in things like social maneuvering."
"I'd rather cultivate too," Qu Jianlei muttered softly before saying in a deep voice, "Then let's go meet Lawrence first."
Lawrence had been taken away on Tianyu Star and was currently imprisoned on Tianyu.
Although this case was important, there were simply too many suspects involved. It was impossible to hold them all in one place.
The whereabouts of those under especially heavy suspicion were unknown, but there was no need to handle