Hu Xuan left decisively, without showing the slightest interest in the people who had arrived in the courtyard.
This left Cheng Shi slightly dumbfounded. He had thought that no matter how cooperative a sage who was also a friend might be, she still shouldn't have been so obedient. He had merely made a suggestion, yet she had carried it out as though it were a military order.
This clearly wasn't Hu Xuan's style. It was more as if she also needed some time alone to do something.
But the problem was, what could she do in this collapsing Tusnat City?
As far as his friend was concerned, Cheng Shi was merely curious, not suspicious. But regardless of what Hu Xuan wanted to do, he had to finish acting out his own role first.
Thus, without the slightest hesitation, he put that set of clerical robes back on beside Meng Youfang. Then, under the other's thoughtful scrutiny, he strolled out as casually as if he were taking a walk in his own courtyard.
Meng Youfang didn't follow. He merely moved to the window and silently became a spectator, because he felt that Cheng Shi's self-introduction was what should come next.
He firmly believed that no ordinary mortal could possibly be so "familiar" with him.
When Cheng Shi saw that the other man hadn't come out, he revealed a smile that said everything was under control. Everyone else thought Meng Youfang was crazy, but in his eyes, he was clearly a perfect scapegoat.
Whether it involved using the power of time or topics concerning Them, Cheng Shi could simply push everything onto Meng Youfang.
If this man's delusions were really as "firm" as he thought, then the other man would be a second Zhen Yi. He would never shirk "responsibility," and might