"Whoosh~ Whoosh~"
With a wingspan of over ten meters, my wings beat the air, sending the rain scattering as I turned and flew straight down.
It wasn't far to begin with. In less than a minute, I reached the villa blazing with fire.
"Ning Jing!? Sasha!"
I shouted toward the flames and saw people below running around with fire extinguishers, trying to put out the blaze. My brows knitted, and I plunged downward.
The instant my feet touched the ground, I folded my wings away and looked up, only to see...
"Ning Jing? Are you okay?"
Between the chaos of the crowd and my own anxiety, I hadn't noticed that these two were mixed in among the soldiers.
"Yuxuan, you're here?"
Ning Jing looked at me, her brows furrowed.
"Who did this?"
I took a couple of steps forward and looked Ning Jing over. She seemed fine, and Sasha, standing beside her, was safe and sound too. That put my mind at ease.
"Yuxuan... You'd better stay out of this. I'll handle it."
Ning Jing turned to me, her eyes carrying a hint of pleading. I could only sigh helplessly.
"Ning Jing... If that's what you want, then you can handle it. But as Chang'an's highest-ranking official, I can't pretend I didn't see this. Three days. I need an answer from you within three days!"
Ning Jing looked at me, furrowed her brows, and nodded.
"Okay... Three days."
I looked at Sasha beside her, then back at Ning Jing, and finally let out a long breath. Still, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being kept in the dark. And I had a feeling things weren't as simple as they seemed.
What happened next seemed to confirm my suspicion.
I had only just returned to my room when someone