It wasn't exactly wrong. Su Gao probably didn't have the best reputation in Jianghu.
The scene was bizarre, but this sort of almost-real, almost-not-real situation was pretty interesting.
Each of the three people beside him was undoubtedly acting somewhat out of character, unlike their real selves.
Yet their core traits had all been preserved, allowing exchanges that would have been impossible in reality. As an audience member, Fu Qian was having a novel experience.
As for Yuan Shan's assessment of Su Gao, it might have sounded sarcastic and uncomplimentary at first, but Fu Qian knew it was true.
From what he knew so far, after the first Old Town incident, Su Gao's strength had surged. She had also officially left her former post in public security and started hunting down criminals of her own accord.
Whether from the Night Watchers' perspective or that of ordinary people, she was undoubtedly a guardian angel.
But for extraordinary individuals who dwelled in the gray areas, surely more than a few went cold at the mention of her name.
She was incredibly efficient and tireless, with no hobbies besides chopping off criminals' heads. Even after her subsequent advancement to demigod, she hadn't settled into a life of luxury...
Perhaps there were other factors behind her present achievements, but she had undoubtedly earned the claim that she'd fought her way through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
So was Yuan Shan hinting that Wen Li shouldn't ask too many questions? That the woman beside her was someone you didn't want to cross?
It was an easy enough conclusion to draw, and Fu Qian thought it was quite likely.
Chief Yuan might usually seem carefree, but that was more a choice in how she approached life.
When it came to the world as