If something really happened to her, who would he repay that money to?
Ye Chuqi: Did it never occur to you that you wouldn't have to repay it then?
Ye Chuqi watched Xiaojiu rush up to her, panting for breath. For a moment, she didn't know what expression to make. "What are you doing here?"
Xiaojiu was a little stunned too. He had been running with his head down, focused only on finding Ye Chuqi. Only when he heard her question did he realize that the situation in the Camp was very different from what he had expected.
After living in Monte City for so many years, he had seen what a beast tide looked like. When one battered the city walls, he could feel the terrifying tremors even from his hiding place inside the city. But now people were coming and going through the Camp as usual, with no sign whatsoever that a beast tide had attacked.
Xiaojiu: "..."
The boy had gone blank again. His dazed expression was almost funny, especially since he had a pair of eyes that practically invited hostility. Their fierce shape always made people overlook how innocent his gaze actually was. One look at his face, and people started thinking about how to teach him a lesson. Who would bother checking whether his eyes were fierce or innocent?
"It's all been taken care of. You don't need to worry so much." She could tell that Xiaojiu had hurried back because he was worried about her. The Adventurers' Camp was two or three days' journey from Monte City. Even running flat out, he must have left the others halfway there and turned back to have returned this soon. "Why are you so silly?"
Xiaojiu looked embarrassed. Seeing the completely unscathed Camp and not a single