Yi Bingwei's pretty face immediately fell. "What am I supposed to clear up with him? What does Wu have to do with me? Besides, can this even be explained? The more I explain, the more he'll think something's going on. Won't that just make it look even more suspicious?" Xu Yi felt the world spin around him. Nothing had even happened, and already things had reached the point where they couldn't be explained?
"No, we can't handle it like this. Why don't you ask Professor Wu to meet with us? The three of us—" Xu Yi had barely begun before Yi Bingwei exploded. "The three of us what? What do I have to discuss with either of you? You were the one who invited me out for drinks, and now there's trouble. You deal with it. Get going. I'm not seeing you out."
Xu Yi was speechless. He'd been caught in the crossfire, and now no one was taking responsibility. After thinking it over, he said, "How about this: let's link our Ruyi Pearls. If anything comes up in the future, you can tell me right away. Even if you don't plan to explain, at least give me a heads-up so I can react. That's better than being kept in the dark."
Yi Bingwei waved a hand. "I'm not linking pearls with you. Who knows what mess you'll cook up next and expect me to clean up... Anyway, all I can do about this is apologize. At least Wu doesn't dare go too far. Just hang in there and it'll pass. It's only a few months."
Xu Yi wanted to cover his ears. What kind of wording was that? "Just hang in there and it'll pass"? If he kept hanging in there, he'd end up lying stiff in a coffin.