Jia Xingzhi was one of the Hall Directors of the Jizhou Trading Company?
Zhao Yi stared coldly at Li Yan, not believing it for a moment-not in a thousand, ten thousand years.
"If he's a Senior Hall Official of the Jizhou Trading Company, how could he not know Dragon Tiger's identity?" Zhao Yi asked stiffly.
Li Yan was puzzled. "Dragon Tiger's identity?"
"What does my lord's connection to the Jizhou Trading Company have to do with Dragon Tiger's identity?"
"That Dragon Tiger-hmm-"
Li Yan glanced around and said with some hesitation, "Actually, I was near Yunqing Tower earlier. The reason I didn't immediately rush over to rescue the Hall Director was Dragon Tiger."
He vaguely sensed some misunderstanding here.
The man who had tried to assassinate Jia Xingzhi had said earlier that he belonged to the Jizhou Trading Company, yet he did not know Jia Xingzhi.
These circumstances-a conspiracy?
Who had laid this trap?
For what purpose?
Before Li Yan could think it through, Zhao Yi smiled across from him. "So Lord Dragon Tiger stopped you earlier. No wonder I didn't notice anything."
That made sense.
That-didn't make sense!
If Dragon Tiger had stopped Li Yan earlier, why had he later come running to save Jia Xingzhi?
Zhao Yi's heart lurched, and his brows unconsciously knitted.
"Then how did you manage to reach Yunqing Tower?"
Li Yan answered truthfully, "He let me leave."
Zhao Yi's expression changed slightly. "How is that possible?!"
"Assassinating Jia Xingzhi was his idea! Why would he let you come and interfere with me?!"
Zhao Yi, too, realized something was wrong.
The night rain was slightly chilly, pattering against him, sliding down the tips of his hair and across his eyes, faintly glistening.
"You're lying to me, aren't you?"
Li Yan shook his head. "I'm an