Right, What Did You See?
Wang Yue knew, of course. The three Senior Brothers had just filled him in on what they'd uncovered. He pretended to look surprised as he glanced at Fang Duobing, then asked in agreement, "If he wasn't after money, then he must have been after fame. You said he wanted to join the Hundred Rivers Academy, right? That makes sense."
After saying that, he turned to Li Lianhua and asked curiously, "His motives are clear now. What about you? What are you after?"
Only then did Fang Duobing realize that Li Lianhua seemed unusually invested in Wang Qingshan's death.
It dawned on him that he'd been used, and he demanded unhappily, "Right, you tell me! If you can't explain yourself, you're coming with me to the Hundred Rivers Academy. I'm going to investigate you properly!"
Li Lianhua stared at him, dumbfounded. He hadn't expected things to take such a sudden turn. He'd only just managed to fool Fang Duobing, and now Wang Yue had exposed him in an instant. He would have to come up with another story.
He gave an awkward cough and hurried to explain, "Wang Qingshan owed me five taels of silver..."
Fang Duobing cut him off. "You're still not telling the truth? Fine. I'm not particularly interested in this matter anyway. I'll take you to the Hundred Rivers Courtyard's dungeon first."
Wang Yue found the scene rather amusing and quickly reminded him, "That's the way. Not everyone believes our Sect Leader really shed his mortal body and ascended to immortality. But you're the only one who came right out and said he was murdered."
Seeing that they were serious, Li Lianhua hurried to defend himself. "You didn't let me finish. I was just saying Wang Qingshan owed me five taels of silver.