Thieves' Den Case
Shang Xin Lei and Yaoshi Yuan froze, then looked toward Ying Ru Shi at the same time.
"The Concentric Lock that was triggered yesterday was—?"
"Just as you thought. Bai Fox and I ran into danger, which triggered the Concentric Lock." Yan Qing replied calmly, "Unfortunately, it wasn't much use. We still had to rely on Bai Fox's Relying on Heaven Sword to turn the situation around."
"Weren't you in the Land of Gathering Demons? Was Bai Fox there too?" Shang Xin Lei asked.
"We happened to run into each other." Ying Ru Shi finally found a chance to join the conversation and hurriedly explained, "I ran into danger inside, and Yellow Dog recognized me and saved my life. To repay him, I helped him explore the Land of Gathering Demons. Apart from me, there was also my close friend in the party. The three of us formed a temporary team inside, then split up after leaving the Land of Gathering Demons."
"Why are you so nervous?" Yaoshi Yuan asked, puzzled.
Yan Qing said, "Oh, that's because she and I—"
"It's because I was afraid you'd misunderstand and think Yellow Dog and I had secretly formed an alliance!"
Ying Ru Shi quickly cut him off. "The Thieves' Den's missions are becoming more and more difficult. We should trust each other and cooperate seamlessly. I don't want suspicion, conflict, or cracks to appear between us. Although I owe Yellow Dog a favor, I'll repay him somewhere else. I won't take his side because of it."
"Black Wolf, you have the nerve to ask me that." The more Ying Ru Shi spoke, the more aggrieved she became. "If you hadn't made things so awkward with him during the last mission, would I have been so nervous? You know what