"That was an item! Like a game item!" Luo Ye choked for a moment, then said righteously, "Of course I took it. I'd be a fool not to take advantage of such a bargain!"
He refused to believe that if a powerful game item were placed before her, she would not take it.
"A game item?" Xiao Ai's eyes widened at once. "Why would he give something so valuable to you instead of me?!"
Although Luo Ye had not said what the item did, anything that could be called a game item was generally not weak. Why would her stepfather give something so amazing to him instead of her? She was Mom's child, wasn't she?!
"Because it was an apology gift." Byakuya Kuchiki came down from above and sighed. "It was my apology gift to him. After all, he was dragged into this because of you, so I thought I should compensate him."
He had simply not expected that, although he had given it in private, Chrollo would still discover it and even egg Xiao Ai on to come question Yezi, letting things escalate to this point.
Though he had not heard much by the time he came down, he was certain no one had seen him give the ring. The only possible person who could have discovered it was Chrollo, whose Nen abilities were strange and varied. He had seen the gift, become curious, and told Xiao Ai. That was the only explanation that made sense.
Otherwise, with Xiao Ai's scatterbrained personality, the ring was so small that she might have overlooked it even if he had given it to Luo Ye right in front of her. How could she possibly have deliberately lured him away and gone to Yezi to demand it?
No wonder Yun'er had told him