At the entrance, the people waiting were not just Shen Hongxue and her two companions. There were also seven or eight unfamiliar faces, who, judging by their conversation, all came from the same faction.
Shen Hongxue wore an icy expression. It was not directed at Lin Shuguang; that was simply her personality, and none of her companions dared provoke her lightly.
As Lin Shuguang approached, a handsome young man looked him up and down, then turned to Shen Hongxue. "Are we really bringing him? Even that fellow surnamed Si was no match for that thing. Can he really do it?"
Shen Hongxue could not be bothered to waste a single word. "Everyone's here. Move out."
Having gotten nowhere, the young man curled his lip, glanced at Lin Shuguang, and walked over to the Eagle-eyed man. "Brother Li, what do we do with this kid?"
The Eagle-eyed man said indifferently, "Leave him alone. Let him follow on his own. Once he can't keep up, he'll drop out himself."
The young man understood and paid him no further attention.
The man who resembled a black bear, however, walked over to Lin Shuguang and spoke bluntly in a low voice. "Your senior brother is a real man, so for his sake, I'll say a little more. This operation is much more dangerous. The reason Old Li and the others are shutting you out is that they're worried you'll hold us back... If you can't keep going along the way, you can tell me. Nobody means you any harm."
Meng Yitang patted Lin Shuguang on the shoulder. He meant well, or he would not have taken such pains to say all this to someone he had just met.
Lin Shuguang was no fool. He could hear the concern in his words and nodded, but