She casually roused him as well. Yuan Gang walked to the crate and looked down as the person inside slowly came to.
Niu Youdao leaned back in his chair and watched.
Just then, Lü Wushuang arrived. As she walked over, she looked back at the person brought in inside the crate and placed a piece of intelligence on Niu Youdao's desk.
Chu Anlou, the Rainbow Inn shopkeeper of many years, the man Yuan Gang wanted—Yun Ji had Wu Zhaoxing and the others bring him here.
A hand gripped the edge of the crate. The person inside slowly climbed up, his entire body aching and stiff.
He swayed as he got to his feet, shook his head, and only then saw his surroundings clearly. "You are..." His gaze fell on Yuan Gang's face, and he froze. It seemed familiar.
Then he turned to Yun Ji. When he saw Lü Wushuang, he was greatly startled. He clearly knew her.
When he saw Niu Youdao again, he froze once more and exclaimed in surprise, "Niu Youdao? Aren't you..." He swiftly looked around, somewhat wondering whether he had died and arrived in the netherworld.
They had truly brought this man here. Leaning against his chair, Niu Youdao gave a bitter smile and waved in greeting. "Shopkeeper Chu, long time no see."
The discomfort in his limbs and bones from being packed into the crate confirmed for Chu Anlou that this was the living world. He also recalled being ambushed and captured.
Why had they captured him for no reason? Chu Anlou's gaze fell once more upon the smiling Niu Youdao, and he seemed to understand why he had been taken. His heartstrings tightened instinctively.
Feeling that his cultivation was restrained, then seeing Niu Youdao sitting there so steadily, with even Lü Wushuang standing respectfully