Ye Chuqi was still in Jelous's arms, and he had no intention of putting her down. He held her with an untroubled smile, a bright glow still lingering before his chest.
"You really want to hit me?"
The look on Ye Chuqi's face said she did, and she made no effort to hide it.
Jelous suddenly felt a little guilty. "Did I interrupt something important?" All he knew was that if he hadn't done something, the person in his arms might have been lost. At the time, he truly hadn't been able to worry about whether he was ruining anything important.
If he had ruined something, then he would take a beating. If one wasn't enough, he would take two!
Ye Chuqi patted his chest, gently dispersing the glow. Sensing the familiar presence within it, she sighed. "That's fate for you..."
Jelous: "..."
"Put me down!"
"Can I refuse?"
"That wasn't a question. It was an order!"
"All right. As you command."
"Ugh, could you stop being so sappy?"
Yan Jiu and Bone Wolf exchanged a glance. They saw the same thought in each other's eyes: I shouldn't be here.
Jelous's appearance had been far too sudden. Ye Chuqi had stepped onto the Teleportation Array alone to investigate the underground city, so how had two people come out? Was this place offering a two-for-one deal?
Bone Wolf rolled up his sleeves, looking eager to give it a try. Ye Chuqi saw him and smiled. "Brother Wolf, the Teleportation Array has been destroyed."
Bone Wolf stared. "What?"
Ye Chuqi slapped Jelous's arm away and jumped out of his embrace. She had tried asking nicely to spare his feelings, but he had taken advantage of it. She might as well have used force from the start. She ran over to look at