This was the first time Jiang Yingcheng had heard System Bro sound so frantic since she had bonded with it.
System Bro said bluntly, [This is Wu Leyong wearing a human-skin mask!]
Jiang Yingcheng was already very close to him. If he noticed anything amiss now and suddenly seized her, even the nearest Shadow Guard would be unable to reach her in time.
Items for self-defense usually cost several times as many points as medicine. The little girl never held back when exchanging points for medicine for the adults, and she had rarely managed to save any before this. The few soldiers she had just helped up had not earned her enough to exchange for even a single-use suit of protective armor.
There was almost only one option left: [Stay calm. Don't get too close. Find a way to stall, then look for a chance to signal the Shadow Guards nearby.]
Jiang Yingcheng swallowed. [Chengcheng... Chengcheng thinks she just saw that Wu Leyong's martial arts rank among the best in Dongli...]
The instant that thought sounded, the three people standing behind her felt their hearts stop for a moment.
Wu Leyong... They had only recently heard that name in the little girl's thoughts!
Although he would later become a friend to their Great Rui, right now he was still a spy intent on gathering military secrets for his childhood sweetheart!
Jiang Xingran immediately tried to move in front of Jiang Yingcheng, but Jiang Tinghuai caught him and held him back.
Then, forcing himself to smile as though nothing were wrong, Jiang Tinghuai said, "What's wrong? Has our Eleventh Princess helped so many people up today that she's run out of strength?"
He released his tight hold on Jiang Xingran, patted his shoulder reassuringly, and stepped forward. "Ask your big brother