Starry: "..." She really had let her guard down.
Their group laughed and chatted happily. Starry was so beautiful that no one wanted to treat her like a Riding Beast. Instead, they crowded around her, curious, trying all sorts of ways to win her over. All they managed to do was make her retreat again and again.
That was the scene Herman and his companions came upon: Akes and the others laughing together, thoroughly at ease. As for them, even seated high on their imposing Riding Beasts and looking down at Akes's group on foot, they couldn't muster the slightest bit of happiness.
Herman's mood was dark. He stared at the women's backs, his thoughts unreadable, so his companions could only exchange looks and keep their heads down, not daring to speak.
Elmer was also watching Ye Chuqi's back, his thoughts equally hard to read.
Ye Chuqi suddenly turned and met Elmer's gaze. She was smiling, but her eyes seemed to brim with killing intent. The look struck him head-on and sent a chill through his whole body.
Ye Chuqi had no fondness for Herman, and even less for Elmer, who always greeted people with a smile and seemed so mild-mannered. Nora had called Elmer a "lackey." It wasn't polite, but it suited him perfectly. If Ye Chuqi had to describe him, she would have called him a scheming lapdog.
Nora had also said that, for all Elmer's attempts to smooth things over between Herman and Akes as though he had their best interests at heart, he was often the one giving Herman ideas. Herman had never been likable, but in the past, he would not have done anything this revolting.
Ye Chuqi's lips moved, forming words Elmer could read clearly: "Stay away. It's dangerous." The danger, of course, was