Please Sit

There were only ten minutes to take their seats, and more time had been wasted. Someone couldn't help reminding them, "We'd better hurry and sit down. What if..."

Hua Subai tugged at Yu Xing's sleeve, too. "Don't wait. Let's go up."

Some of the Deductionists who weren't planning to compete for a seat on the second floor had already sat down nearby. The first floor was open seating anyway, so it made little difference where they sat.

Yu Xing looked around and pointed Zhang Yu and Mo in the right direction. "Go sit with Xue Shouyun."

Xue Shouyun of Hourglass had a decent reputation overall. No one had heard of her harming others or using the weak as cannon fodder.

Besides, they'd chatted briefly on the bus, so Yu Xing had unilaterally decided they were on friendly terms.

Zhang Yu had no objections. Even if Xue Shouyun didn't know him, she wouldn't turn him away out of respect for Broken Mirror. He'd already noticed that Xue Shouyun had initially been with another Hourglass member, but that person hadn't shown up.

They were probably dead.

Who knew whether they'd died in the eerie Fang Mansion Yan Li had described, or somewhere unknown, without a sound.

Either way, now that Xue Shouyun had lost her companion, she surely wouldn't mind adding another faction as a temporary ally.

Most importantly, Xue Shouyun was formidable in a fight. She could protect them.

He and Mo dashed over and claimed the empty seats at Xue Shouyun's table. She straightened her qipao and looked up at them, her eyes forming a silent question mark.

"My captain told me to sit with you," Zhang Yu said, ingratiating himself first, looking obedient. Then he dropped the submissive air. "Broken Mirror wants to work with you."

Seeing that