"Hmm?"
Hearing him say that, Zhao Xing'er narrowed her eyes, a dangerous glint appearing in them.
"Brother Geng, why would you say that?" Yue Wen asked on her behalf.
"Because that Storage Magic Artifact in her hand was specially made by my master and presented to the Tianfu Zhao Family's Patriarch for his fiftieth birthday a few years ago. You can tell by the distinctive array patterns if you look closely," Geng Bihu said.
Yue Wen and Zhao Xing'er both lowered their heads to look at the bracelet. Its jade-green color was no different from the others. They stared in blank surprise.
How on earth had he figured that out?
"The Zhao Family Patriarch liked it very much at the time and said he would give it to his daughter. But now the bracelet is in your hands, young lady, so there's only one possible truth!" Geng Bihu's cloudy, bulging eyes gleamed with wisdom. "You're the Zhao Family Patriarch's illegitimate daughter living far away in River City, aren't you?"
"..." Yue Wen watched him in silence for a moment, then asked, "Brother Geng, you don't really keep up with the news, do you?"
"How could I find the time?" At the mention of it, Geng Bihu's face fell into a bitter grimace. "You have no idea how exhausting our line of work is. There are always more magic artifacts to refine and more arrays to build. The moment we open our eyes, we're working! As soon as I finish the work at hand, my master tells me to circulate my cultivation method and says I can't let my cultivation fall behind... My parents are also nagging me to find a girlfriend. Tell me, where am I supposed to find the time..."
Watching him pour out his troubles, Yue Wen nodded