Jiang Xinli was silent for a moment. She lifted her gaze and swept it across the men.
"I've decided to accept the welfare commutation mission from the interstellar prison."
At her words, Xuan Ying's icy blue eyes snapped open.
Hua Xi was puzzled. "Jiejie, we all agreed to accept a mission. Why do we have to get a divorce?"
"Yeah," Ye Kuo added, confused.
Jiang Xinli's voice softened. "I didn't know the mission would be this dangerous before. It's not a one-in-ten chance of survival; it's more like one in a million."
"I want freedom, but I can't drag you all to your deaths with me."
"Even if the road ahead is perilous, I'm willing to take this mission and protect our Female Master to the death." This time, Ye Kuo was the first to speak up. "Female Master, no one wants to just waste away their lives in a daze on Dark Star."
"Rather than be exiled here for a hundred years, I'd rather risk it all in one go." He clenched his fists as he finished.
