"Yangjin also brought a team of guards up the mountain—more than three hundred of them," Zheji Xie'e said.
My eyes widened. What was that crazy woman doing here? Didn't she know how dangerous this was?
Zheji Xie'e sighed. "I told her the Tumba Family shouldn't get involved in something like this, but she said you'd helped the Tumba Family so much that now that you were in trouble, they absolutely couldn't stand by and do nothing. The Tumba Family's crisis has now been resolved, and she handed the whole family over to Maru, so she no longer had many concerns. She brought people up the mountain because she wanted to repay what she owed you. Oh, right. The Dawa sisters came too."
Although I felt Yangjin shouldn't have done this, I was still deeply moved.
"Where is she?" I asked. "Where is she now?"
Zheji said, "Not far from here. Less than half a kilometer away."
I frowned. "Why didn't she bring everyone up here? It's the middle of the night, freezing cold. Don't let those guards freeze sick."
Zheji said nothing, but Ye Jinghong spoke up. "She's waiting for you to go down and welcome her personally."
I froze. What the hell? She was waiting for me to go welcome her personally?
Zheji Xie'e said, "That's not it. She was just afraid you'd blame her once you found out. Still, you should go get her. It's starting to snow again outside. It's cold!"
I said to Ye Jinghong, "Come with me."
A smile appeared on Ye Jinghong's face.
Zheji sent an Iron Rod Lama to guide us.
Before long, we reached where Yangjin and the several hundred guards were staying.
They had actually set up tents. But in a place this cold, those tents were practically useless, barely enough