No third person knew what the two discussed at the beginning.
Zhang Liang, Wei Liao, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Chen Ping arrived later.
Of course, they were not curious either.
After all, Xiao Tianyang and Sun Wu's matter was a private discussion.
Besides, knowing might not necessarily be a good thing.
Yet everyone present was intelligent.
Even without taking part, they could still guess some of the content.
It was just that people could not always be too clever, and some things had to be pretended not to be known even when they were.
Otherwise, even if it did not bring about a fatal disaster, it could still invite trouble.
Since there was no benefit to be gained and trouble might follow, why should they involve themselves?
Were they bored?
Thus, each of them now watched their noses, and their noses watched their hearts.
Simply put, they wore expressions of diligent work and an attitude of ignoring worldly affairs.
Xiao Tianyang did not pay attention to their expressions either.
At least in Xiao Tianyang's view, things were far less complicated than they imagined.
Whether they knew or not, it did not really matter.
Just as Sun Wu had thought.
If he had no plan in mind, why would he have summoned Sun Wu?
If he truly had no idea, Sun Wu and the others would be more anxious than him.
His former self was completely different from who he was now.
At the very least, Xiao Tianyang had learned how to conceal himself and understood how to command others.
Although, given the intelligence of everyone present, there was not much technical skill involved in the whole operation.
Still, a method did not need to be sophisticated to be practical.
In any case, Xiao Tianyang liked using simple methods to