At 2:20 in the afternoon, Ye Jinghong, Ying Gou, Jiang Xiaohui, and I arrived at Grand View Tower.
R9 called me and said that the Second Liaison Group had agreed to accept our protection, but the Third Liaison Group had refused.
The Third Liaison Group believed they were capable of protecting themselves.
So, according to the agreement between R9 and the Second Liaison Group, the Second Liaison Group's "steward" would come meet us personally at 2:30 that afternoon, and we would discuss the details together.
Ye Jinghong and I sat in a pavilion beside Grand View Tower. This was the place we had agreed upon.
Ying Gou and Jiang Xiaohui had both hidden themselves nearby so they could respond quickly if anything unexpected happened.
Ye Jinghong said, "I had Xiaohui and the others keep an eye out for anything unusual nearby."
I nodded. I knew Ye Jinghong was worried that the people from the Second Liaison Group might also be targeted by whoever had wiped out the First Liaison Group.
"Don't let anything happen to the person coming to contact us. If something happens to him, the Liaison Group will never trust us again," I said.
Ye Jinghong glanced at me. "You're worried about Yan Rou, aren't you?"
I frowned. "What are you thinking? If something happens to the Second Liaison Group too, they definitely won't even trust their own base anymore. What will they report to headquarters? If their headquarters sends more people, it probably won't just be twenty thousand next time. There may be even more, and those who come may be harder to deal with than R9. They might even declare war on us directly. Do you think we're prepared for battle now?"
Ye Jinghong froze for a moment. "So you really do intend to cooperate with