Liu Ruyan froze for a moment, her slender fingers half-covering her red lips as her fragrant shoulders trembled. She giggled, her laughter tinkling like silver bells.
Jiang Shuo's words were far too absurd. Anyone with even a little sense could see that Liu Ruyan was the master of Yulin Dream Red Pavilion—why would she kill her own disciple?
As if he had expected Liu Ruyan's reaction, Jiang Shuo remained calm and spoke slowly. "Because of my cultivation technique, Meng Furen came to Yulin. She happened to discover what had happened to Chen Han and caught the culprit, Gu Ming. That's the official account Dream Red Pavilion gave everyone. But from what I remember, and from what Chen Han told me, only a single day passed between my using the technique and his capture. Meng Furen's headquarters was in the Capital, thousands of miles away. Even if the news reached her, how could she have made it all the way to Yulin in such a short time?"
"Master happened to be in Yulin on business," Liu Ruyan said, still smiling, though her smile now seemed a little strained.
"That's just as I suspected. Meng Furen had been in Yulin all along. But what could have brought her to this remote place?" Jiang Shuo asked in return.
Liu Ruyan's smile vanished. "Young Master Jiang, what exactly are you trying to say?"
"Master had noticed something amiss about Gu Ming early on. Given his abilities, the fact that he spent so many years near Gu Ming and came away with nothing shows just how cautious the other man was. Yet on the surface, Meng Furen merely stumbled upon Gu Ming capturing someone and was somehow able to uncover an entire shadow network that had been hidden for years. That was far too lucky.