The Townspeople's Warm Welcome

Li Mo took off his suit jacket and handed it to Yin Xiu.

Yin Xiu took the jacket and draped it over the little girl instead.

In that instant, Zhong Mu clearly saw the little girl and Li Mo's expressions turn equally peculiar.

“I don't want to wear his clothes...” the little girl muttered, tugging off the jacket with obvious distaste.

“You can't take it off. Your mother told you not to let the townspeople see you. The road to Grandma's house is very dangerous.” Yin Xiu gently reminded her, draping the jacket over her again.

“Do I really have to wear it?” The little girl was still reluctant.

“You do.”

After Yin Xiu gave her a firm answer, the little girl gave in.

Wang Guang wore a complicated expression. This little girl monstrosity really did listen to Yin Xiu. If someone else were doing this instance, it probably wouldn't be so easy. Zhong Mu had been right—Yin Xiu was indeed better suited to be their leader than he was. But if he let a newbie take charge while he coasted through the instance, people would laugh at him when he got back to town. That was out of the question.

“Let's go. We should head back to town before it gets dark.” Yin Xiu took the little girl's hand and glanced up at the sky. They needed to get back as soon as possible...