"Something else?"
Fu Qian glanced at Wen Li, signaling her to continue.
"I heard someone's been secretly investigating a bookstore owner named Fang Xun."
She gave a straightforward explanation without beating around the bush.
"When I heard about it, I worried there might be something fishy going on, so I thought I'd come let you know. Good thing you're here today."
So that was it.
After hearing Wen Li's news, Fu Qian looked thoughtful.
They knew his name and identity, presumably because of the questioning at the hospital.
Besides, he hadn't gone out of his way to change his appearance while he was there, so it wouldn't be hard to find this place.
Fu Qian had been prepared for that.
But coming after him so urgently? That was a pretty intense reaction.
He didn't know whether Gan Zuoxun had anticipated all of this.
The man seemed to be using himself as bait to draw out any potential threats.
And just like at the hospital, Daria and the others had reacted with such extreme sensitivity that they might as well have been shouting about Gan Zuoxun's problem.
From that perspective, Gan Zuoxun's little test seemed perfectly reasonable.
On another note, Wen Li had clearly begun to find her footing in Shangjing, given how quickly she'd heard about this and come to warn him.
"Did something happen?"
Seeing Fu Qian lost in thought, Wen Li waited a moment before asking cautiously.
"Don't worry."
Fu Qian shook his head. He knew the strange phenomenon in the sky just now had been rather dramatic.
Given her temperament, it was easy for her to let her imagination run wild.
"It's nothing serious."
"That's good."
Wen Li looked relieved by Fu Qian's reassuring answer.
For all that she was an Intermediate Tier expert, she had no