Several people squatted in a row, glancing at one another suspiciously.
"Sis... what do you think they're talking about?" Meimei asked first.
"I can't hear them very clearly... but from the looks of it, they seem to be having quite a conversation." Her sister cautiously took a peek, then quickly turned to Xiao Luo SIR. "You know that Mr. Luo fellow well. What do you know, Lin?"
"Chicken knows?" Xiao Luo SIR shook his head, looking like a lovesick fool. "As expected of an idol. He immediately cowed the old men."
"Useless." Her sister rolled her eyes, then formed hand seals with both hands.
"Earth-Listening Technique?" Meimei was startled.
Unexpectedly, before her sister could activate the technique, Witch waved her hand and interrupted her. "My lady... oh, old lady's business isn't something you should pry into!"
Your ears are practically as big as palm-leaf fans already...
The group continued squatting in a row—as for the Tanuki Yokai with a green leaf on his head, he had been tied up... and then tethered.
Witch suddenly blinked, her gaze stealthily falling elsewhere.
She seemed no longer afraid... There was actually nothing to fear.
Huiye Qianfeng's final fate would probably be miserable, right? After all, people who fell into Yu Huatian's hands almost never ended well... That was common knowledge among the residents of White Steel City.
Chu Xin silently took Huai'an No. 2—Brother Huai'an's—hand. Faint memories from her childhood began surging into her mind.
"Brother Huai'an, can you hear me?" she called softly, carefully wiping the grime from his face. "Tell me how to help you this time, all right... Say something."
As she called out, grief welled up inside Chu Xin, and she could no longer hold back her tears.
She was no formidable heroine. Before she left home, she