At the sight of Xia Qiuer's smile, Hua Yunfei, who knew her well, felt his heart lurch. This is bad.
Xia Qiuer never smiled like that at strangers. They had only just met, so did that smile mean she had already seen through his identity?
But that was far too quick.
Hua Yunfei felt certain he had exposed no flaws. All his behavior had been reasonable. Where had this girl spotted a problem?
Surely it couldn't have been because of a name alone?
"Is that so? Quite a coincidence, then." Hua Yunfei could only force himself to remain composed and reply calmly.
"Is it really a coincidence?"
Xia Qiuer stepped closer and leaned her head beneath Hua Yunfei's hood, trying to get a clear look at the eyes behind his mask.
How could Hua Yunfei dare let her look?
Although the face beneath his mask was false as well, his eyes could not deceive her. Someone who knew you very well really could identify you through the faintest clues in your gaze.
Especially when that familiar person was a woman.
A woman's sixth sense was the most frightening thing of all.
"Fellow Daoist Qiu Xia, please conduct yourself properly."
Hua Yunfei did not dodge; his voice merely grew colder.
He could not deliberately evade her, or he would only invite more suspicion.
Sure enough, Xia Qiuer stopped and straightened up again.
Xia Qiuer studied the Black Robed Person before her. She could not be certain this was the person she suspected, but her intuition told her she had not been mistaken.
Every sign suggested that she and the Black Robed Person must know each other.
Among the people she knew, only a handful both cared about her and possessed such terrifying strength. It was easy to narrow down who it