Xu Shuangrong wore a mask and a bucket hat, keeping her entire face tightly covered.
She stood in the dim stairwell and looked through the window, which gave her a clear view of the unfinished building across the street.
She watched the thugs carry two bulging sacks into the unfinished building. After a while, they came back out and seemed to make a phone call.
Then they settled into a bored wait.
Xu Shuangrong was waiting too.
She had known Xiao Jingxi's goal from the very first day she traveled here.
Getting rid of Shen Yeqing would only benefit her.
So she was perfectly happy to watch Xiao Jingxi and Xie Mi fight each other. After all, the power to return to reality rested in her hands.
As long as she didn't call a halt, this game couldn't end.
[System: Sis... sister...]
The system's voice was so weak it sounded as if it might drop dead any second.
[System: Can't we go back yet... I... really can't hold on anymore...]
Time travel was its ability, and how long they could stay depended on its power.
Neither of their previous two trips had lasted more than twenty-four hours. It had managed those easily and even found time to prank Xu Shuangrong for fun.
Who could have known Xu Shuangrong would turn into a slave driver this time? She hadn't given it a single chance to catch its breath, forcing it to keep going for over seventy hours.
Even the production team's donkey couldn't work this hard!
Yet all its protests were brushed aside by one casual remark from Xu Shuangrong.
[Xu Shuangrong: It's not time yet.] [System: ?]
If it had the energy, it would already be cursing up a storm.
*His granny's eggs, his