Lie Chi wasn't absolutely certain, either. After ruling out the various possibilities, he had simply arrived at a natural guess. At first, it had only been a response to the way Qing Zhe and his people had acted so aggressively earlier.
But that response had hit the mark.
Qing Zhe couldn't possibly admit it, of course. But the brief flash of astonishment on his face had naturally caught Lie Chi's eye, only deepening Lie Chi's suspicions.
Could I have guessed right? Could those two really have turned on each other?
Jiang Yue, who knew the whole truth from beginning to end, was secretly astonished. Lie Chi really did have a knack for his job as commander.
After all, guessing that they'd turned on each other without knowing anything about the situation was extremely difficult. Even if Lie Chi had just been taking a wild guess, getting it right was no easy feat. Jiang Yue couldn't help admiring him.
Qing Zhe knew that he absolutely couldn't back down now. If he did, it would be tantamount to admitting it.
So Qing Zhe said indignantly, "Sir Lie Chi, we work hard all day, then drag our exhausted bodies out to patrol the medicine fields at night. That's bad enough, but now, after those two brothers of ours met with disaster, they're being accused of killing each other. Do you think that's fair to us?"
"Besides, if they'd turned on each other, with no sign of an enemy, how could Zu Yao and the others have sent out a warning signal?"
Jiang Yue had never expected Qing Zhe to use him as an excuse.
Now that they'd fallen out, Lie Chi was even less inclined to be polite. He blamed Qing Zhe and the others for the next attack, slapping a huge accusation