"Little brother Chu Feng, how could we possibly not trust you?"
"That's right. If it weren't for you, we never would have found this place."
"Little brother Chu Feng, you're overthinking."
The moment those words left Chu Feng's mouth, everyone present immediately put on hypocritical smiles.
"In that case, I'll head in first. Everyone, wait for my word," Chu Feng said.
"Wait, little brother Chu Feng. I'll go in with you."
But at that very moment, Chu Zhiyuan suddenly spoke up, adding: "You've already gone through so much trouble to bring us here. We're a collective — when there are blessings, we share them; when there are hardships, we should share those too. If I go in with you and something truly does come up, we can look out for each other."
These words from Chu Zhiyuan were delivered with such noble righteousness and brotherly loyalty that an ordinary person hearing them might have been moved to tears.
But Chu Feng felt not a shred of emotion, because he knew that Chu Zhiyuan simply didn't trust him and was afraid he would hoard the treasures for himself.
This man was the very definition of hypocritical.
"Sure, let's go together then," Chu Feng said.
"I'm going in too." At that moment, Chu Ruoshi spoke up.
"I think big brother Chu Zhiyuan makes a fair point. If blessings are to be shared, then hardships shouldn't fall on little brother Chu Feng alone. I'll go in with you as well."
"I'm going too."
After Chu Ruoshi spoke, two more people actually piped up, saying they wanted to accompany Chu Feng inside.
These two had no grudge against Chu Feng. From the look of it, they genuinely seemed to want to share the danger with him — but Chu Feng still felt they were simply too worried to let him go in alone.
As for Chu Haoyan and Chu Huanyu, they didn't get involved this time. Presumably they figured that with Chu Ruoshi tagging along, that was enough.
Of course, the two of them not going in could also have been out of fear. After all, who knew what might happen once they entered? If Chu Feng turned against them, they probably wouldn't even know how they died.
"Little brother Chu Feng, just let me go in with you. It'll be better for everyone if we look out for each other." Seeing that Chu Feng remained silent, Chu Zhiyuan spoke again.
"Sure, let's go together." Chu Feng didn't refuse. First of all, Chu Feng wasn't the least bit afraid of them trying anything, because as long as Her Majesty was there, they were absolutely no match for him.
Second, since they had already put it this way, if Chu Feng still refused to bring them inside, it really would look like he was trying to keep the treasures all to himself.
"Chu Feng, I'm going too." At that moment, Chu Lingxi also spoke up.
"You'd better not go. There are already enough people. If too many go in and something goes wrong in there, I won't be able to watch over everyone," Chu Feng said.
"One more person won't make a difference," Chu Lingxi said, her tone firm.
Seeing this, Chu Feng could only walk over to Chu Lingxi's side, lean close to her ear, and speak in a voice only she could hear.
"I'm not joking. It really is dangerous in there. They want to go and throw their lives away — that's their business. But not you. Stay out here and wait for my news."
"Um…"
Hearing this, Chu Lingxi froze for a moment, but in the end she still nodded. "Alright then."