Tang Zan was somewhat surprised. Usually, Pei Shu'er was nice to the people of the third house, but this was a matter of life and death.
She wasn't unaware of the consequences of entering the mountain stronghold—it was surely a nine out of ten chance of dying.
From the previous two people's descriptions, the stronghold was full of countless experts, and they had no choice but to resort to banditry.
Most of them were government officials, a bunch of strategist types of people.
The two of them together with seventy to eighty others had to rescue the people from the third house, which was almost impossible.
He was going because they were his family, and even if it meant death, he couldn't abandon them.
But Pei Shu'er, why would she do this for his family?
"I can go alone."
Pei Shu'er laughed, "No worries, they're my family too."
Tang Zan glanced at Pei Shu'er, his eyes deep, his thin lips pressed into a line, not saying another word.
