"What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
In theory, just knowing the time wouldn't make it easy to see how it related to the earlier issue. But that was only because she had so much faith in the Poison Master at her side.
Seeing Fu Qian lost in thought, Yuan Shan couldn't help pressing him for an answer.
"If I remember correctly, I ran into your teacher's oathbound partner around that time."
Fu Qian never bothered to keep people in suspense without a reason. He nodded and gave her a startling answer.
"...Ah?"
It took Yuan Shan a moment to realize who Fu Qian meant. Her mouth fell slightly open, as if she couldn't find the words to express how she felt.
There was simply too much to take in.
"Her... and you came away unscathed?"
She knew the name Rainbow of Yao Bian, of course, but even now, she seemed reluctant to speak of her.
After a complicated series of expressions crossed her face, Yuan Shan immediately looked Fu Qian over, worried that he might be experiencing a last burst of energy before death.
"We just ran into each other. It's not like we fought."
Fu Qian only gave a cold laugh, then picked up his still-warm tea and took a sip.
The explanation made sense, but his air of arrogance was impossible to conceal. It was as if he were saying that Rainbow of Yao Bian had seen him and fled in terror.
"Then... how could that have affected my teacher?"
Yuan Shan might not believe that Rainbow of Yao Bian had been frightened off by the man before her, but she clearly didn't suspect Fu Qian of making things up.
As she'd said earlier, that one remark alone carried a great deal of information. That was enough to