"Wasn't that really you...?"
Faced with Chief Yuan's gesture of hospitality, Fu Qian couldn't very well turn her away. He immediately found something to pack the "Spinal Lock" in, then went downstairs to open the door.
Still, Yuan Shan was visibly torn between shock and resentment at this welcome.
"Couldn't you have just come to my place? You've barely gotten back, and you're already making a huge commotion."
"It should be fine. I think the people of Shangjing are used to it by now."
Smiling, Fu Qian ushered her inside without even glancing at the shopping bags in Chief Yuan's hands.
"Those giant bats are still around, aren't they? They're bound to be a little sensitive to this kind of commotion... Anyway, did everything go smoothly?"
Yuan Shan had only been venting in passing. With a sigh, she hurried in and sat down, then turned her attention to the real question.
"It went pretty smoothly. Everyone got a lot out of it. You should've received some reports about it, right?"
Fu Qian sounded confident, and was curious about how information was being circulated within the Night Watchers.
A big reason he'd made a special trip back to Shangjing to disturb the locals was that the local chief was good at covering for him.
And good at answering his calls.
"The latest update I have is that Sir Stos was on his way to help handle the situation. It sounds like you and Su Gao discovered something extraordinary.
"So what's the latest? With Stos involved, the council may impose even stricter confidentiality requirements."
Yuan Shan shook her head. Without being on the front lines, she was bound to get news late.
"The latest? I suppose Wen Li has become a demigod."
She apparently didn't even know that Su Gao and Stos