Chapter 555: Chapter 245: Missing?

After committing the act, they could either turn and flee or blend in with the Tingtiao Pavilion disciples. Either would serve as a good distraction.

Nothing was certain, but it was at least a lead.

Luo Shuqing glanced at Fang Shuwen, then looked away.

Fang Shuwen hadn’t been able to discern much more. After speaking, he walked out the door and said:

"In that case, I will return to my quarters to rest."

Suhe Zhen offered to have Suhe Chen escort them back, but Fang Shuwen politely refused, saying Tingtiao Pavilion was busy tonight and they could find their own way back.

With that, he led Luo Shuqing away.

Fang Shuwen walked in front, with Luo Shuqing following behind.

The distance between them was no more than two paces.

Soon enough, they returned to the small courtyard where they were staying, one following the other.

Once inside the room, Fang Shuwen immediately went to meditate.

Luo Shuqing, however, took off her mask and began to chug tea, downing one cup after another.

Fang Shuwen opened his eyes and glanced at her.

"Are you trying to make yourself burst?"

"...You, you’re quite pleased with yourself, aren’t you?"

Luo Shuqing glared at Fang Shuwen, huffing with indignation.

Fang Shuwen was baffled.

"What makes you say that?"

"The second young miss of Tingtiao Pavilion... they may call her the second miss, but she’s effectively the eldest."

"It’s your first day in Tingtiao Pavilion, and Suhe Zhen... he’s already offered you his daughter in marriage. Isn’t that enough to make you smug?"

Hearing this, Fang Shuwen actually nodded.

"Pavilion Master Suhe certainly has a good eye for talent. It was abrupt, but his judgment is sound."

Luo Shuqing took a deep breath and shot to her feet.

She bit her lip, staring at Fang Shuwen.

"You... you..."

"What is it?"

Fang Shuwen watched her, his expression one of utter bewilderment.

"Even so, what does this have to do with Miss Luo?"

"We haven’t known each other long. Surely Miss Luo hasn’t already fallen for me... and is now getting jealous?"

"I... I’m not!"

Luo Shuqing shook her head vigorously, as if the force of the motion could lend more conviction to her words.

"I, I just wanted to tell you, that... Suhe Zhen and the others, they’re not good people!"

"Don’t trust them!"

"I just have a feeling they’re up to no, no good!!"

The corner of Fang Shuwen’s mouth curled into the faintest of smiles. He was about to speak, but Luo Shuqing seemed to recall something and spoke through clenched teeth:

"You say, you say we haven’t known each other long."

"So how long have you known that Suhe Lan? Is it a very, very long time?"

"You’ve only known each other for a few days! And you’re already talking about marriage? It’s, it’s just ridiculous!"

Fang Shuwen actually nodded again.

"You’re right. The matter is indeed ridiculous."

"Perhaps Miss Luo could enlighten me?"

Luo Shuqing froze, then sat down unconsciously. She picked up her teacup and took a sip.

"How should I know? I’m just a sheltered young lady."

"What would I know about plots and schemes..."

As she spoke, she seemed to land on a convincing argument. She looked up at Fang Shuwen.

"You’re the Human World Demon God!"

"You’ve witnessed countless plots... countless schemes and conspiracies. If even you don’t know, how can you ask me? Is that proper?"

"Is that so?"

Fang Shuwen smiled, said no more, and closed his eyes again.

Luo Shuqing stole a glance at him and frowned slightly. She put her mask back on, and through its eyeholes, her gaze was grave.

Fang Shuwen appeared to be meditating, but in reality, he was reviewing the day’s events in his mind.

Whether Tingtiao Pavilion was friend or foe remained unclear.

But based on the current trajectory, he feared things were developing in a direction he did not want to see.

Suhe Zhen’s proposal tonight had seemed abrupt, but it wasn’t necessarily genuine.

Especially when someone had shouted, "An assassin!" The reactions of Suhe Zhen and Suhe Chen had been too peculiar.

There was no shock and anger in their eyes, only bewilderment.

Normally, if an intruder had infiltrated one’s home, a cry of "assassin" should provoke alarm and anger, not to mention anxiety over who might have been harmed and who could be so audacious...

So there was no reason for them to be bewildered.

It felt as if something had happened that was outside their expectations.

Only after that moment of bewilderment passed did Suhe Chen begin to act ’alarmed and angry’.

The sequence of these two emotions was very strange.

’As Suhe Lan’s father, there’s no way Suhe Zhen doesn’t understand his own daughter.

’Making a proposal like that... he can’t have been serious about wanting me as a son-in-law...

’Suhe Lan didn’t show any anger, but her leaving the table was a statement in itself.

’She doesn’t have the disposition of a shy young maiden, so she wouldn’t have left out of bashfulness.’

Fang Shuwen thought to himself:

’But if Suhe Zhen did this intentionally, what was his purpose?

’Provoke Suhe Lan into leaving... and then what?

’The assassin, however, was definitely beyond the father and son’s expectations. The "Tide Sound White Jade Palm," one of the Four Saints of the East Sea, Saint Mother Chaoyin, Xin Wufang... Why would her people come to Tingtiao Pavilion to do this?

’Ours was the only boat that came to Tingtiao Pavilion today.

’There shouldn’t have been any of Saint Mother Chaoyin’s people on our ship... Does that mean the assassin was already lying in wait at Tingtiao Pavilion?

’And was it just one person, or a group?

’Why didn’t they strike earlier, or later? Why kill someone at this specific moment?

’Could it be that the matter of Black Island was exposed? And Saint Mother Chaoyin is also connected to Black Island.

’They know I was the one responsible, so they’re making a move now to try and stir up conflict between me and Tingtiao Pavilion?’

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