He walked away from Senja leisurely, as though he was strolling in a park.

Well, he could because Xiao Jun was already there and would eventually take care of all of them.

It had all been a part of Xiao Tianyao's plan to begin with. Stuffing Feng Chang with as much important information to the extent of suffocating him to restlessness where he would be forced to contact his people. It was only a matter of time before Feng Chang became desperate to convey the information.

In fact, Xiao Tianyao and Xiao Jun had been observing the situation from the shadows all along. They had deliberately let Yang Yu fight alone in order to lure out the other enemy who had yet to reveal himself. Everything happening now was well within their purview except Senja's appearance. As though the girl moving stealthily wasn't stunning enough there was the ill feeling nagging them now: what if Senja turns out to be the enemy's pawn?!

However, their worries had been soon put to rest when girl, even if clumsily, tried to help Yang Yu by notifying them by throwing the stone at the balcony. Only after that were Xiao Jun and Xiao Tianyao privy to Senja's actual intention.

The two people had now been knocked out on the ground by Xiao Jun while Feng Chang who had tried to run away had been secured by Yang Yu the moment Xiao Tianyao arrived at the scene.

"You are very slow." Xiao Jun grumpily grumbled as he tied up one of the two people who had fainted.

"When you can do it, why should I tire of myself?" Xiao Tianyao replied as he tied up the remaining man.

Feng Chang was still struggling under Yang Yu who was trying to tie him up.

"Is that how you talk to your brother?"

"This is the way I talk."

What he meant was even if Xiao Jun was his brother, Xiao Tianyao would talk to him in the same way he spoke to the others.

"I can't believe I have a brother like him!" Xiao Jun grunted under his breath.

Xiao Tianyao ignored the petulant Xiao Jun.

When he finished his complicated knot, Xiao Tianyao spoke, "You can come out now." He called Senja over.

However, Senja didn't come alone. A man in black clothes and mask dragged her over with a dagger to her neck.

Xiao Tianyao and Xiao Jun were alarmed, even Yang Yu stopped what he was doing now.

This was the thing that they had been waiting for since the beginning! However, because of their reckless decision to show up earlier than intended stemming from their presumption that there wouldn't be a fourth person, they had put their guards down.

And now they were paying the price!

The dagger stuck quite close onto Senja's neck until it started to bleed. Even as no words were exchanged, in the silence of the night, the man's message was crystal clear: release my people.

However, Xiao Tianyao and Xiao Jun simply stood there, not moving an inch to comply to his demand. It wasn't that they didn't want to release his people, yet, who would guarantee that he would release Senja afterwards?

This was how the things worked.

Senja could feel the blood trickle down on her neck and the pain because of the wound. Earlier, this man had shown up out of the blue the moment Senja was stepping out as a response to Xiao Tianyao calling her over and had directly aimed at her neck forcing her to yield.

The current scenario had indeed put her in a tight spot. She had the same thoughts as Xiao Tianyao and Xiao Jun. No one could ensure her safety after they gave up those three people. He wouldn't release her right away because if he did, either Xiao Tianyao or Xiao Jun would finish them off right there and then.

The only working scenario for him was to bring Senja out of the brothers' reach and then finish her off.

She couldn't think of any other possibility. It was her life on the line, and she couldn't be bothered with thinking of consequences of her action lest there would be another consequence in which she'd end up dead.

Senja certainly disliked this consequence.