In truth, Bai Yaoyao was nowhere near as calm as she looked. It was all an act. The Bai Family couldn't tell, but every one of her brothers in Dark Night could.
Whenever Sister Yao was nervous or emotionally unsettled, she tended to tilt her head up slightly and tuck in her chin.
She used to look just like that whenever she'd done something wrong and was afraid her master would find out.
"Sister Yao... you..."
Bai Yaoyao gave everyone a reassuring look.
There was nothing she needed comforting over. It was already the apocalypse, yet she'd happened to reunite with her family, and they all looked safe and healthy. Besides, they hadn't deliberately abandoned her back then.
This was good. Leaving things like this was enough.
Not everyone gathered around the shops had come to buy things or join in the fun.
Nearly every faction in the base, large or small, had sent someone over.
Ever since the Dark Night Squad arrived at the A City Main Base, they had shown strength far beyond everyone else's, yet remained incredibly mysterious.
Aside from leading their people on a sweep of the Dueling Arena rankings, they rarely took action, never visited the Mission Hall, and didn't welcome just anyone's approaches or overtures.
They were only somewhat closer to Meng Qilin and Xie Shannan on a personal level, so when everyone heard that the Dark Night Squad was opening shops, they all came over today.
Of all the people gathered here, at least seventy percent were Ability Users, another ten percent belonged to the various families, and only the remaining twenty percent were ordinary passersby.
Everyone was rather shocked to see Old Master Bai, from one of the five great families, come in person and even bring gifts.
Wasn't this attempt to