Song Lili's eyes narrowed.
Wen Nian shrugged his shoulders, clearly not meaning to underestimate her, just instinctively... wanting her to stay away from all dangers.
He knew Song Lili didn't like it when he did this, but he still felt compelled to protect her as much as he could.
This ingrained thought pattern, to suddenly change it now, was truly difficult.
"I understand."
Wen Nian responded.
The twelve people who had caught up needed to be dealt with first.
Song Yangling assured there was absolutely no problem.
Zhongli Wuzhi and Lu Xiaoer did not object, even though both felt a momentary discomfort and conflict in their hearts...
Always being the one who needed protection did bruise one's ego to some extent.
But neither of them were unreasonable people; at life-and-death moments, showing off could genuinely cost them their lives, something both Zhongli Wuzhi and Lu Xiaoer were well aware of.
After reaching a consensus, they each set out to act.
