Li Yao smiled silently. Ai Li and Locke appeared humble and courteous, impeccable, yet they were actually very proud and quite calculating, with no lack of intelligence and methods.
It's like at the beginning, they seemed to flatter Li Yao, yet without a trace, had Gollum take action to kick himself out of the game.
Later, when Gollum failed, joining was inevitable for him, or else Amon might have run away. Moreover, only after demonstrating enough of his strength was he truly acknowledged, but they still insisted that if anyone else intervened, he should take action, maintaining an air of detachment.
Locke seemed honest but was still in disguise and was not much different from Gollum. If deceived by his seemingly simple appearance, one would be mistaken.
In the previous life, they had fought side by side for so long and understood each other's characters perfectly.
