There were no secrets that could stay hidden forever.
Especially not with someone like Tong Zhiwu deep behind enemy lines, constantly relaying firsthand intelligence.
Ji Jue had been captured alive by Jianyuan the night before. Before dawn even broke, the encrypted report had reached the outpost and been personally delivered to Ye Xian by Lü Yingyue.
She had even prepared a whole load of comforting words.
Unfortunately, none of them proved necessary.
"Oh, I know."
Ye Xian kept her eyes on the furnace, waving a hand without looking up. "Leave it there."
She was utterly unmoved, without the slightest reaction.
There was no faking that indifference. If anything, it seemed like a rare display of genuine emotion... For a moment, even Lü Yingyue was slightly taken aback, wondering whether Yu Hanguang had taken that beating a little unfairly.
"You're not worried at all?" she asked, baffled.
"Even if I were worried or upset, you'd only enjoy watching, wouldn't you?" Ye Xian shot her an impatient glance, making the smile at Lü Yingyue's lips turn all the more helpless. "I'm not that kind of person."
"He brought this on himself, so he can bear the consequences himself. I'm his teacher, not his nanny."
Ye Xian was cold. "If it were anyone else, I might pay some attention. But if it's Jianyuan, forget it. There's no need for any rescue."
"Are you sure?"
Lü Yingyue pressed on. "He infiltrated Jianyuan's Workshop alone and rescued that child Yan Yue. Not just Tide City and the Lou Family—this favor is one the Security Bureau has to acknowledge as well. Now that he's been captured after a missed shot, who knows how he'll be tortured?"
"Tortured?"
Ye Xian sneered. "I'd say he's probably having the time of his life. You did look into my background,