By all accounts, Lady Selena had returned even sooner than expected.
Fu Qian had always been good at holding someone's gaze. The word "guilty" simply wasn't in his vocabulary.
And Selena, who had clearly come for more than just business, had no idea how long Fu Qian had been looking forward to this.
Of course Selena would come.
As mentioned before, once things had progressed that far, she wouldn't stay in Moore.
And if she wasn't staying in Moore, where else would she go?
The answer was obvious: there was nowhere she'd rather be than Shangjing.
After all, there was one central reason. She'd first heard the title "Death Master" in Shangjing, and the one who told her about it was none other than the Bookstore Owner before her.
And now, the connection between the Death Master and the Greedy Worms had truly been confirmed.
In this situation, what was wrong with being eager to return and talk to the Bookstore Owner?
Not to mention that, as soon as she got back, she discovered that the family had lost another Secret Treasure.
That's right. A certain Bookstore Owner might be difficult to deal with, but there was one person connected to the Death Master who was much easier to handle: the younger generation of her family, Taylor.
And the latter had undoubtedly distinguished himself time and again, always managing to surprise people.
For example, he'd just had his cloak stolen by the Great Fortune Ming King, and after it was tossed into the Warehouse, there was probably no way to track it down.
That sort of brilliant feat—trying to be clever and failing to cover his tracks—was exactly the kind of thing Taylor probably wouldn't want to spread around.
But how could something like that possibly stay secret? Don't forget,