"Wait—"
Shen Tang saw that it was Kang Shi who had spoken.
The other four looked over, too.
She asked, "Ji Shou, do you think I'm being ruthless?"
After all, Zhao Feng had helped them a great deal in the early days of building their enterprise. For her to immediately think of killing him did sound rather bad. It would be perfectly normal for Kang Shi to object, but Shen Tang had never expected—
Kang Shi looked both exasperated and amused. "My lord, did you forget that there's something else you've been hiding from me?"
Shen Tang was puzzled. "Was I hiding something?"
Kang Shi blurted out, "What's the deal with the literary fortune?"
Shen Tang: "..."
Chu Yao and the other three: "..."
Five pairs of eyes stared at Kang Shi, who had asked a question that wasn't exactly clever. Their gazes plainly said, "You mean you still don't know?" As if it were only natural for Kang Shi to know. But how was he supposed to have found out?
Under their scrutiny, he looked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, fur standing on end.
"I really had no idea!"
Shen Tang and the other four exchanged bewildered looks. Tilting her head, she asked Chu Yao, "Wuhui, didn't you tell him?"
Chu Yao replied calmly, "I thought he knew."
Qi Shan said, "I thought so, too, cousin."
Gu Chi feigned surprise. "There's actually someone who doesn't know?"
Gongshu Wu looked at Kang Shi curiously as well.
He'd assumed these Literary Scholars, who were practically made from scheming, knew everything already. Even if Kang Shi hadn't known Lord Shen had a National Seal, why had he helped her without hesitation? Did he perhaps enjoy starting from scratch and playing at raising a ruler?
Kang Shi, facing their