Chapter 554: This Place Doesn't Need You; Go Do What You Should

An Yi and the others were uneasy about Shi Lin, occasionally glancing inside; the Tianqi Nation people invited them to eat, but they didn't go and kept watch outside.

Shi Lin ate little, but sat inside for about three quarters of an hour.

When he came out.

An Yi and the others saw his face a bit flushed and thought he had drunk a lot.

"Master, your face…"

As soon as An Yi spoke, Shi Lin knew what he meant and said evenly, "I didn't drink much; it must just be a bit of redness on my face."

Without waiting for them to say anything.

Shi Lin called them and left together.

Around midnight.

When An Wu and An Si took turns guarding, they saw Shi Lin suddenly emerge from the tent; they felt odd, and before they could speak, they saw him fly outward.

They followed without a second thought.

Seeing Shi Lin head toward the Tianqi Nation camp, they were stunned.

Why is our own master going over there?

Is there something that can't be said in daylight?

Could it be that he discovered a problem and is checking at night?

Thinking that way.

An Wu and the others quickened their pace to catch up with Shi Lin.

But what happened next left them dumbfounded.

Shi Lin turned out to be meeting the Tianqi Nation princess Yue Zixuan, chatting and laughing with her, and walked toward the tent.

They lost their composure.

They swooped down before Shi Lin and said, "Master, what are you doing…"

Seeing them, Shi Lin said expressionlessly, "What are you here for? This place doesn't need you; you go do whatever you should!"

Go do whatever you should.

Aren't you here to protect him?

An Wu only thought something was off with Shi Lin and said, "Master, since when have you become so familiar with the Tianqi Nation princess? Even if you're familiar, you shouldn't come at night; if others see this, what will they say, what will they think?"

"Exactly."

An Si agreed.

Shi Lin's face instantly soured: "When does my business ever give you the right to point fingers and dictate!"

His words just fell.

Yue Zixuan addressed An Si and the others, "Isn't that right? Why are you meddling with your own master?"

"It's not that we want to manage our master, but our lady instructed us to take good care of him; if we fail, we can't report back properly."

An Wu, without waiting for Yue Zixuan to finish, said to Shi Lin, "Master, if you have something to tell them, it's better to do it in daylight; otherwise, if others find out, they'll think whatever they want."

Having said that.

An Wu gave An Si a signal; the two each grabbed Shi Lin's hand and led him away.

They just walked off like that.

A palace maid beside Yue Zixuan frowned and asked, "Princess, are you letting them just leave like that?"

"No hurry; he'll come back."

Yue Zixuan smiled, turned, and walked toward the camp tent.

The facts proved it.

She was right; Shi Lin returned shortly after and came back to her.

An Wu and the others didn't dare be careless this time.

Fortunately they were many.

Otherwise.

Guarding a whole night, who could endure it?

At dawn.

Shi Lin woke feeling extremely tired, rubbed his brow, thinking he had slept early enough last night, yet he still looked half-asleep.

He slept another half hour before getting up.

He lifted the camp tent flap.

Shi Lin saw An Wu and the others looking at him, each with a grim expression, and couldn't help asking, "An Yi, what's the situation with each of you? Where did you go last night? Why do you look like this?"

What on earth happened?

An Yi immediately asked Shi Lin, "Master, do you not remember what happened last night?"