"Yueli? What Yueli!"
"Fellow Daoist Qin, how many times have we said it? Yueli is not here with us at all."
"Dragon Sea City has already been returned to you, and you still aren't satisfied? Using Yueli's disappearance as an excuse to make trouble, do you have even the most basic bottom line!" Dugu Zixuan immediately scolded.
That heartbroken, bitterly grieved look of hers left Qin Hongyi completely stunned.
If his own heart had not been firm enough, he might really have suspected he had wronged them.
That back view just now—he could have recognized whether it was his niece even if she had turned to ash.
She had already been discovered, yet they were still covering and hiding it!
Qin Hongyi suppressed his fury and said through gritted teeth, "Fellow Daoist Zixuan, you keep saying Yueli isn't here with you. Then who were those two people I just saw through the window... right where you and I are standing now?"
"Fellow Daoist Qin, my apologies... I truly didn't notice just now. Perhaps it was my son and some girl!"
"But I am certain it was absolutely not Yueli from your Nine Dust Hall."
Qin Hongyi was so angered by Dugu Zixuan's stubborn denial that his teeth ground together, yet there was nothing he could do.
If the other side refused to admit it, no matter how hard he insisted, it would be useless.
In the end, he could only change tactics and say, "Fellow Daoist Zixuan, you said you could take me to see your son. Let me have a talk with your son!"
"Of course. Come with me!"
Just like that, Qin Hongyi followed Dugu Zixuan to the inner court of Hot Spring Manor.
It was a side hall used specifically for receiving guests.
Meng Yutong stood not