A teammate who had once helped Qiu Lei and Yang Yu-who could even be said to have saved their lives when they were on the verge of starvation-had suffered potentially fatal injuries. After asking Yang Yu for help, the teammate had him seek out Qiu Lei, who possessed some healing ability despite being a newcomer. Since the injured player was both a companion and someone she owed her life to, Qiu Lei had hurried to the warehouse Yang Yu had mentioned.
Although a new player heading alone to an unfamiliar, abandoned warehouse hardly sounded safe, according to Yang Yu, that warehouse was where their teammate was hiding, and the others were also on their way there. The danger did not sound particularly great.
Even Yang Yu's main reason for wanting to accompany Qiu Lei to the warehouse was simply his concern for their teammate, whose condition he knew little about.
On the surface, then, everything seemed perfectly reasonable-provided that no players with ulterior motives had set their sights on Su Bai and the Mist Shop.
"If you're really worried, why don't I push you there?" Seeing the kindhearted Boss Bai whom Qiu Lei had spoken of "insist" on going moved Yang Yu a little. But he did not want to remain in the general store doing nothing, either, so he still tried to persuade the owner sitting before him in a wheelchair. "I know you really are a good person, but with your mobility issues, going alone would be..."
Out of politeness, Yang Yu left the rest unsaid. Still, even if he was not worried about Su Bai's ability to protect himself, he was clearly concerned that by the time Su Bai slowly wheeled himself to the warehouse, Qiu Lei would have finished treating their teammate and returned to the