Xiao Ruiyuan bowed his head, not letting Yan Junyu see the slight curve of his lips. Since the guy was volunteering to help, he was not going to be polite about it.
"This time, consider it that I, Xiao Ruiyuan, owe you a favor. However, without the Emperor's decree, the Bureau of Military Office cannot act recklessly. We still need Huaixi to go to the palace and request a decree from the Emperor."
Yan Junyu rolled his eyes; he knew this frosty blockhead would not come to him for anything good. It turned out he was just waiting here, really too bad!
"Hmph, then you'd better remember that, I'll make you pay it back."
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Mo Yan had no idea that the outside world was in turmoil trying to find her.
At the moment, she was gnawing on a cold, hard bun, sipping on some thin soup, and thinking of ways to escape with the other seventeen girls who had been kidnapped.