Suspicion, but Danzeng Made a Move

Ying Gou listened from the side for a long while before finally speaking. "Tell me, is there any point in discussing this now? Hurry and get out of here. We can talk after we leave."

Father and Danzeng spoke at the same time. "We can't leave."

I froze. Hadn't we agreed on this before? Once we rescued them, we would leave.

This prison was that madwoman's home turf. Here, she not only had terrifying methods, but countless helpers as well.

The time Xu Zheng had bought for us was meant to give us a chance to leave.

He had told me to take Xu Qiuyan and get out of here.

"We really can't leave, because we have to obtain the core," Ye Jinghong said as well.

Only then did I come back to my senses. I looked at Father. "Don't tell me the core is inside this prison?"

Father nodded. "If that weren't the case, do you think your mother and I would have come to this damned place, let them capture us, and torture us into this state?" As he spoke, he looked at Old Shu again. "And them? Didn't they put themselves in danger because the core is here too? It's just that woman probably misjudged their strength. Or perhaps that madwoman knew perfectly well that they were no pushovers, yet she still brought them in. She must be very confident in her own strength."

Old Shu said, "She wanted to use us to help Jiang Xiaobai retrieve the core, then reap the benefits without lifting a finger. I have to admit, that woman is indeed a master schemer. How could we not see through her intentions? Yet even though we knew exactly what she was planning, we still walked right into it."

Xu Qiuyan said, "That's right.