Qian Zhenghao had gone back for a second look the previous night, but he had not found anything unusual. When Chen Mo said he wanted to stand night watch with him, Qian Zhenghao had been so frightened that he lost all such thoughts and retreated directly.
When he returned to Hilly Nursery, Qian Ying was waiting for his report.
Qian Zhenghao reported everything that had happened the day before, the dangers they had encountered during their exploration, the Strange Beast called Line Red, how they had detoxified themselves, and all the rest.
Naturally, he did not mention how he had made a fool of himself early that morning because he wanted to see whether that rope would break. He skipped over the rope entirely and moved on to what happened afterward.
As for the rope itself, although he suspected Elder Qian might have tampered with it, he could not casually speculate about such a thing, so he kept his mouth shut.
"Wait. Stop there first." When Qian Wantong heard Qian Zhenghao skip over the matter of the rope and go straight to what they had seen and heard after crossing the gorge, he immediately interrupted him. "How did you cross the gorge that morning?"
It would have been fine if he had not asked, but the moment he did, Qian Zhenghao shot Qian Wantong a resentful look.
That left Qian Wantong rather baffled. What was with Qian Zhenghao's gaze? He had never seen such resentment in his eyes before.
Damn it, why was he looking at him like that? He merely wanted to ask about the rope. Elder Qian could not ask such a question himself due to his position, so Qian Wantong had to do it for him.
Seeing that Qian Zhenghao did not answer, Qian Wantong asked again,