The Aili Aishan brothers had no room to resist, so they could only nod in agreement.
Xu Huo kept his promise; after learning everything they knew, he used Excavator 114 to dig three deeper tunnels for them—two leading to nearby homes, and one to the city wall. If they couldn't stay in Jewel City anymore, they could sneak over the wall and escape at some point; anyway, players didn't really know if they were thieves or not.
Ai Li was smart—so as not to attract attention, he only took a single gemstone. If not for being caught by the King while escaping, maybe no one in the castle would have noticed anything missing. He left that footprint on purpose, and when he got back, he changed into shoes of different sizes, managing to evade several rounds of footprint comparison by the guards.
