Two small tents had already been set up in the clearing.
Ye Chenyang held a red cord threaded with most of the processed Radiance crystals.
"Ye Chenyang, what are you doing?"
When he finished, Yin Mengyao finally couldn't hold back her question.
"This?"
Ye Chenyang inspected it and confirmed it was exactly as it had been before, then replied:
"It's the first gift I'm giving her. It broke in the car earlier, and I haven't had time to fix it."
Yin Mengyao: "..."
She wished she hadn't asked.
Nearby, Shen Qiuyu looked enlightened.
No wonder Jiang Mian had seemed so terrifying back then. So that was why.
Putting herself in Jiang Mian's shoes, she figured she'd have gone berserk on the spot. Keeping her cool would've been a miracle.
The air fell quiet for a few seconds.
Suddenly, the sound of light footsteps came from the woods nearby.
The three instinctively turned toward the darkness.
A few seconds later, Jiang Mian appeared in their sight, with... Xu Xiaoan following behind her?
She didn't look well. Her eyes were vacant, as if she'd been played until she was broken.
"Mian Mian, what happened to her?"
Ye Chenyang was the first to speak.
Before leaving, Jiang Mian hadn't explained Xu Xiaoan's true identity. The others had trusted her and let her take Xu Xiaoan away alone.
They'd thought Jiang Mian would kill her outright, but she'd spared her after all.
"Her brain got cooked."
Jiang Mian took the bracelet from his hand, put it on her wrist, and examined it for a moment before saying unhurriedly:
"But it's fine. She'll be all right after a nap."
"..."
All three fell silent.
Yin Mengyao's mouth twitched. Why did that sound so wrong?
"Then what's her true identity?"
Unable to hold back her curiosity,