Bai Hu remained deeply puzzled until his death as to why You Chen had dared to kill him, a guard the Pope had assigned to Hu Liena.
But that was only because, from beginning to end, he had never understood his own place.
He was merely a pawn assigned to protect Hu Liena. Even if there really was evidence that I killed him, why would Bibi Dong fall out with me over it?
Watching the stunned expression on Bai Hu's face before he died, You Chen silently shook his head.
Bibi Dong had sent Bai Hu alone to protect Hu Liena on this trip, and even Hu Liena herself did not know that!
Out in the remote wilderness of Fanos Province, even if You Chen killed Bai Hu, there would be no proof left behind.
Suppose Bibi Dong sent someone to ask You Chen about Bai Hu's cause of death?—Sorry, had someone like that come here? I didn't know.
You said he had come to Notting City to carry out a secret mission?—He carried out his secret mission. What did that have to do with me?
Huh? He had been secretly protecting Hu Liena, so it was impossible that I had not seen him?—Sorry, I really hadn't encountered him. I hadn't done anything to Hu Liena, so why would he, her protector, need to show himself to me?
There were no witnesses and no physical evidence. Unless Bibi Dong forcibly pinned a crime on him, there was nothing she could do to You Chen.
And if she had truly been able to force a charge onto You Chen, she would have done so long ago.
It was true that You Chen and Qian Renxue had been at odds and had not met for ten years, but master and disciple had