Gu Tong's mouth twitched twice, and she simply stopped paying attention to this infuriating Xia Xi.
Instead, she focused all her attention on cracking the puzzle!
She traced with her finger in her palm, brows tightly furrowed, slowly starting to dissect the answer.
"Thunk—" Not far away, footsteps stepped onto the stone steps.
Someone!
Gu Tong's heart tightened, and Xia Xi's eyes widened.
At the same time, they reacted on instinct, darting behind a nearby boulder. From this spot they were already very close to the guard's house, but the sound had come from the other side; they still had to prioritize avoiding the danger that was closing in.
In the night, they could only make out vague shadows and the faintest trace of footsteps.
The sound was very soft, but they could be sure there were quite a few of them.
In Xia Xi's palm, Gu Tong wrote a cross, her guess at the other side's numbers.
More than ten people! A conservative estimate.
