Since the Eternal Lamp was not far away, Su Bai led the Jin Family Brothers deeper into the Dense Fog, taking them farther from the Central Plaza and the Dense Fog Zone's exit.
Su Bai did not know Xia An'an. The information he had about her was not enough to piece together a picture-he could not even assemble its frame. Everything he knew about her came from Jin Zheng and Jin Yi's descriptions, so his suspicions sounded like baseless speculation, like wild guesses made while watching a mystery movie. Ultimately, though, his suspicions stemmed from Jin Zheng and Jin Yi's own attitudes toward her.
No matter how the Jin Family Brothers introduced Xia An'an as their teammate, how loudly Jin Yi insisted that he trusted her, or how he described her kindness and good heart, their voices still lacked conviction. Speaking louder and using firmer words did not always make someone sound more confident. Sometimes, people raised their voices precisely because they had begun to doubt something themselves but refused to admit it, using volume to cover up their uncertainty.
That might well have been the case with the younger brother, Jin Yi.
Jin Yi was very fond of Xia An'an; he could even be called her admirer and suitor. And Miss Xia An'an had probably already reciprocated his feelings to some extent. That was why Jin Yi firmly believed she had left because the player named Lei Ming had forcibly taken her away, and that Lei Ming must also have stolen their items. None of it could possibly have had anything to do with Xia An'an.
But deep, deep down, Jin Yi had probably sensed, or even become certain, that something was wrong with Xia An'an. He simply did not want to betray his feelings for her. That was