章 213: Episode 16.9 Lurking Eyes

And with that, Qin Mian's grilling session was postponed for better or for worse.

The atmosphere immediately sank once Assistant Su reported what happened.

Nobody dared to make a sound and aside from the shallow breaths of the frantic alpha, the low murmuring coming from Xia Jinhai's phone could be faintly heard.

Xia Jinhai's expression was grave, "I see. Thank you for reporting it to me. Please reach out to all relevant departments and make sure to provide all needed backups to all affected guilds. I am with their guild master so; I will cooperate with him on my end. Great work. Bye."

If they were under normal circumstances, Shen Yuan would have made fun of how abruptly Xia Jinhai ended the call. Instead, he solemnly picked up his son from the back of the Mammy Yin and carefully reassured the boy that everything was okay—even though it was not.