"Mm, you do have a point." Luo Fan's reasoning was sound. Xiaodie thought it over, then nodded.
"Are all of you going together, or are you going alone as their representative?" Xiaodie then asked Luo Fan.
"I'll discuss it with my friends."
After a moment's thought, Luo Fan told Xiaodie this, then returned to the courtyard to discuss the situation with Jiang Shengnan and the others.
"Luo Fan, what do you think? Should we go?" Jiang Shengnan asked for his opinion directly.
"I think I should keep the Miss and Xiaodie occupied for now. The rest of you can use the opportunity to look around. Ideally, you'll find an escape route or something," Luo Fan replied.
"All right, we'll do as you say." Jiang Shengnan nodded, and Zhao Yong and the others beside her nodded in agreement.
But just as Luo Fan turned to leave, An Xiaoran tugged at the hem of his clothes.
An Xiaoran said nothing. She simply held his hem and stared at him with her big eyes.
"All right, come with me." After thinking it over, he decided An Xiaoran wouldn't be much help staying with Jiang Shengnan and the others anyway, so he nodded and took her along.
Led by Xiaodie, Luo Fan walked through the underground palace for another few minutes, silently updating the layout he had memorized, before finally coming face-to-face with the Bride Weird.
In her room, the Bride Weird wore a vivid red wedding dress embroidered with auspicious designs such as mandarin ducks playing in water and a dragon and phoenix singing in harmony.
On her feet were red embroidered shoes, their uppers adorned with peonies symbolizing wealth and honor.
A large red veil covered her head, making it impossible to see her features clearly. Atop the red veil sat a