Kang Baqi smiled and said, "I really had been overthinking it. What did this have to do with me anymore? I'd long since had nothing to do with this place."
Ning Fei said, "Leave the building quickly. If you wait any longer, someone might spot you."
Kang Baqi nodded. He was still in the office building Black Gauze and Alice had rented together. After logging out of the game and arriving downstairs, he happened to run into Reiss.
Reiss suddenly widened his eyes and stared at Kang Baqi. "Why aren't you in the game?"
"Alice needed me for something." Kang Baqi snorted. "I was delivering something to them, unlike certain people who wanted to get close but couldn't."
Reiss froze for a moment, then gave an awkward, helpless smile. "What could I do? I gave it everything I had, but she still got on that yacht. I know she won't be doing nothing tonight, but what could I do even if I knew?"
Kang Baqi's heart ached as well. At that moment, he felt a little closer to Reiss. "Stop thinking about her. She isn't from the same world as us. Her dream is to marry a rich man and restore her noble family, not to be with ordinary people like us."
Reiss's expression twisted. "I won't just accept this. I'll keep trying. One day, she'll be mine."
Kang Baqi shrugged. "Suit yourself. I gave up long ago. We're just friends now."
Reiss said, "Then go on."
Kang Baqi nodded and left. Yet an hour after he was gone, the more Reiss thought about it, the more something felt wrong.
"Damn it." Reiss's eyes suddenly widened. He realized his suspicions had been correct. Kang Baqi was a traitor.
Reiss hurriedly flew to the hidden fortress at Silent Ridge. But when