Chapter 1499: Human Tree (3)
Sure enough, that explained the outfit and the whole look.
The word "guest" carried a lot of implications.
Fu Qian's gaze immediately fell on the evening gown, which no longer seemed so formal.
"So that's why. No wonder you came dressed to the nines."
The confusion Aiko had tried to hide beneath her composure now made perfect sense, too.
She'd been surrounded by guests, raising glasses and enjoying a hotpot, when she'd suddenly been dumped in a place like this—a site that resembled a graveyard in the real world. It was understandable if she'd been a little more aggressive.
There was just one small problem.
"May I ask what the banquet's theme is?"
"You certainly have a unique set of priorities. And considering what you said happened to you, aren't you being a little too calm?"
Aiko had clearly noticed Fu Qian's gaze, but his next question still seemed to take her by surprise.
She narrowed her eyes and studied Fu Qian carefully again instead of answering at once.
"You should know that your story isn't all that convincing. If you made it up to mislead me, you've given yourself away awfully fast. That's not very professional."
"It's also possible I'm deliberately acting strangely to make myself seem less suspicious."
Despite the threat that nearly dripped from her words, Fu Qian's tone remained calm.
Aiko's point still made sense. Suddenly finding herself in a difficult situation, with inexplicable changes even happening to her body, she should have been at least a little uneasy—just like Aiko.
That seemed to be one source of the negative emotions surrounding them.
Still, even if Fu Qian had indeed gone against the grain this time to find himself a Tool Person, he'd never planned to play a helpless victim and