Don't You Know Not to Hit Someone in the Face?

"This isn't some lousy chain. I forged it after the design of the Sea-Calming Iron Lock. It won't be so easy to break free." Xiao Ai's shadow cast itself onto the nearby wall as she admired the trapped Owen with satisfaction. "As expected, I'm a genius. I actually managed to invent something like this."

"So this chain was your handiwork." Luo Ye walked over to her, somewhat curious. "But didn't you say you didn't want to help?"

Yesterday, she had gotten angry at him and told him to figure it out himself. Why had she stepped in today?

Still, it was fortunate that she had acted. Otherwise, he and Owen would have been at it for quite a while. Now that Owen had been caught, things were fine.

Xiao Ai snorted. "This is my home, after all. They came into my home to cause trouble. How could I possibly stand by and do nothing?"

"A shadow? A shadow can talk?" Owen stared at Xiao Ai, who had suddenly appeared, so shocked that he even stopped struggling. "This is your home? Are you a house spirit?"

Could those absurd rumors from back then actually have been true? Was there really a spirit inside Rasa's house?

"You're already a prisoner, yet you're still so curious." Luo Ye glanced at him before turning to Xiao Ai. "Xiao Ai, since he's been captured, help me pass the word to his men. Tell them to give up resisting."

Xiao Ai nodded in agreement. "All right. I'll go now. Wait for my good news."

She slipped into the shadows and vanished. Only then did Luo Ye look at Owen. "You said just now that someone else sent you here. Who was that someone?"

Owen gave him a baffled look. "Who else could it be? Of course