Fu Qian's tone, combined with what he said, left no doubt that people would let their imaginations run wild.
Even Li Weixuan was taken aback. Just like everyone else, his curiosity was instantly piqued.
Unfortunately, Fu Qian gave them no chance to satisfy it.
After leaving everyone hanging, he turned and walked out, leaving behind only a lonely figure.
"Teacher Lanaia, is Professor Fu close with Liu Shuang?"
Amid the room's collective disappointment, Li Weixuan fell silent for a moment, then turned to ask Lanaia.
"I'm really not sure about that."
Lanaia withdrew her gaze with a strange expression and shook her head instinctively.
"Professor Fu hasn't been at the academy for very long. In theory, the chances of him knowing the students well shouldn't be very high, right?"
Despite saying that, Lanaia remembered something that had happened before.
During the incident when Ruan Shuo tried to assassinate Warehouse, she'd gone to find Fu Qian. He'd just been kicked out for trespassing in Sword Pavilion.
And it seemed that the person who'd come out with him was Ji Liushuang.
She hadn't thought much of it at the time, but now that she recalled it, the atmosphere between the two of them really had been a little strange.
Moreover, as a model student of the Sword Participation Institute, Ji Liushuang had gone out to take a break while Sword Pavilion was open. That was rather unusual behavior.
Could Fu Qian's real reason for going to Sword Pavilion have been to see her, rather than to secretly comprehend Sword Intent as he'd claimed?
Lanaia's heart stirred, but she kept her expression under control.
"Okay."
Li Weixuan seemed to have only asked offhandedly and hadn't expected to learn anything. After mulling it over for a moment, he shook his head.
"Right or wrong,