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Hearing Gu Xi be so uncompromising, the person who had just sat down changed expression and immediately rose to their feet.
"I didn't say anything."
Seeing how eager they were to stay out of trouble, Gu Xi merely smiled.
From what had just happened, that woman had already subdued everyone in the tavern.
Regardless of why this person had come to warn him, Gu Xi still expressed his thanks.
He pushed a cup of wine that was still on the table toward them, indicating that it was on him.
Their expression improved somewhat. They picked up the cup and returned to their seat.
Then Gu Xi thought things over seriously, stood up, and returned to his room on the third floor.
Although he had only been gone for a few minutes, the room on the third floor had already been cleaned up.
The formerly messy room had been tidied. Everything, whether on or beneath the bed, had been cleared away.
The sheets had been replaced with fresh ones, and there were even Fresh Flowers.
But Gu Xi paid no attention to any of that.
After closing the door, a great gate appeared behind him at once.
The gate opened only a narrow crack, and Shaya led a group of thieves out from behind it.
Gu Xi was considering whether he should build a smaller City Gate separately.
That way, whenever he secretly released his subordinates in someone else's city, he would not have to be so cautious every time, afraid that one excessive movement would use the City Gate to destroy the entire building.
"Shaya, take a look. See those thieves down there? They've got their eyes on me..."
As he spoke, Gu Xi pulled Shaya to the