At Silent Ridge and along the Lingshui River defense line, she had no idea how many times she had secretly sent people to investigate. Other areas had all been making money behind her back, even slacking off. She could not even count how many people had been forced to leave the guild over this, or had even been sent to court by her.
Only Kang Baqi—only Kang Baqi—had defended Silent Ridge seriously and carefully. The Iron Blood Brotherhood had never once been able to pass through his area easily, nor had any of his players ever slacked off.
Reiss could accuse anyone he wanted, but not Kang Baqi. Of everyone in the guild, Black Gauze only trusted that Kang Baqi would not cause problems. She trusted no one else. Moreover, Black Gauze had secretly placed all the spies embedded in Tiger's Maw Fortress under Kang Baqi's control.
Black Gauze said coldly, "Don't bring this up again. I believe Kang Baqi would never betray me, and he absolutely has not been skimming money. I know how hard and exhausting things have been for him all this time. Reiss, stop watching everyone else all the time. Work hard. If you do well, I will promote you too."
Reiss had not expected Black Gauze to shut him down so directly, especially in front of so many people. He immediately lost face. He really had been making baseless accusations, because Black Gauze had always treated Kang Baqi differently. There were even rumors in the guild that the two had once been a couple.
Reiss had tested Kang Baqi before. He was just an ordinary person with no great abilities at all. Therefore, Reiss had always wanted to find an opportunity to deal with Kang Baqi, but he had not expected to disgrace himself in