Inside the tent, the cramped space shut out all the noise and chatter from outside.
Gu Yuexi sat cross-legged. Her exquisitely beautiful face was cold and impassive, but deep down, she was far from calm.
The protection from the City Lord's Mansion was a welcome surprise, temporarily neutralizing the direct threat from the Jingzhe Guild.
But this was, in the end, an external force—a double-edged sword hanging over her head.
This feeling of entrusting her safety to the protection of others was deeply unsettling and unfamiliar to her.
In her past life, she had climbed to the pinnacle of the world and earned her title as the Beast Taming Empress, never relying on anyone's protection, but on her own power!
To hold her destiny firmly in her own hands—this was the only truth she abided by across two lifetimes!
Besides, this sudden protection came at an equally steep price.
