Chapter 2040

"Of course we know her—she's Li Ruanyu's new direct subordinate in Zhili. How could we not know? Didn't Su Qin tell you?" Yu Chan asked.

"She did…"

Gongsun Bai patted the chair: "Alright, now you've met everyone. Sit down—you're not going to be shy about it, are you?"

How could I possibly be shy?

In that case, it's better to obey than to stand on ceremony,

Zhao Chi sat down lightly between Gongsun Bai and Yu Chan.

Sure enough, he squeezed the two of them outward a little.

They weren't being reserved either—they squeezed Zhao Chi back, and the three of them just sat like that across two chairs.

The feeling wasn't bad…

No bragging, it felt pretty nice.

But it was still a little awkward.

"With so many of us, why are we holding a meeting here? I see plenty of space outside—don't we have a bigger conference room?"

Zhao Chi asked Gongsun Bai in a low voice.

Gongsun Bai explained: "Of course we do, but we've just now activated a temporary small-scale formation here. This room can gather energy and reduce energy leakage, so there's no choice—we don't have much energy, we can only squeeze in here."

"A formation? For communication?"

"Exactly!" Gongsun Bai nodded: "Though it probably won't hold for too long. But right now communications everywhere are cut off—at the very least we need to report the situation in each county and town to one another first."

"Understood. What did Captain Li call me here for? I see everyone here is a captain."

The moment this question came out, all five women revealed ambiguous looks.

Zhao Chi's heart began to pound at the sight.

Yu Chan snorted lightly: "Stop pretending. Li Ruanyu told us everything."

"Told you everything?"

Zhao Chi was genuinely a little surprised.

What did Li Ruanyu say?

The fashion show matter? The Experience Fruit matter? Or things like the Carefree Spring?

Would Li Ruanyu reveal these things about Zhao Chi?

Even if they were Li Ruanyu's most trusted direct subordinates in Zhili, they were still independent lords after all.

Given Li Ruanyu's style, she should be very tight-lipped—she shouldn't have said anything.

GLOSSARY:

【Zhao Chi, Su Qin, Li Ruanyu, Zhili, Gongsun Bai, Yu Chan】