Chapter 386

Jade put away her joking face and said seriously, "Lloyd is cunning and deceitful. If we publicly cornered him and didn't give him a way out today, he would surely cling to us like a rabid dog.

"There's a saying: 'It's better to offend a gentleman than a villain'. We've given him a lesson, so I believe he won't come looking for trouble in the short term."

"Oh..." Realization struck Hunter as he considered Jade's words and found them reasonable. "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Jade and Hunter exchanged a smile, but her smile froze when her gaze fell on someone in the distance. She had been so engrossed in chatting with Hunter that she had forgotten about Caelan.

He was currently standing ahead and looking at her with a displeased expression.

Jade ran over, grabbing his hand. "Caelan, we won this battle beautifully, didn't we?"

Caelan didn't pull his hand back, instead gripping Jade's hand. "It was impressive. You got Lloyd into a real mess this time."

"That's his own doing!" Jade huf