"Do you think... I'd believe a reason like that?"
Doubt
Yuxuan looked down at Xi Yang in the front seat. At that moment, she even unconsciously adopted the Empress's bearing she'd had in Chang'an—domineering and imposing.
The feeling of being looked down on made Xi Yang deeply uncomfortable.
He knew that kind of excuse wouldn't convince her, but he hadn't expected Fang Yuxuan to be so impatient. She'd only said a couple of things before trying to get at the truth. Was that how normal people talked?
Shouldn't they beat around the bush, then beat around the bush some more, and finally leave things vague?
He glanced at the woman sitting behind him. Her face radiated an imposing air, and it looked like... if Xi Yang didn't explain himself, this woman wouldn't let him go.
After hesitating for a moment, Xi Yang fell silent. In the end, he spoke.
"I... used to be with the organization."
Fang Yuxuan hadn't shown the slightest surprise from start to finish. He could tell that her identity was definitely no ordinary one. Her thought process wasn't that of a normal person; there were too many logical gaps. And something about it was strange: she must have known that saying this would make him suspicious, yet she'd still revealed her identity. In other words... this person must have some ulterior motive.
Was this... a deliberate approach?
But... what was his goal?
"Go on. I'm interested."
Fang Yuxuan glanced casually at the rearview mirror, a faint, almost imperceptible smile on her lips, as if she were inscrutable. In truth, though, her thoughts were a little chaotic.
Xi Yang looked at the rearview mirror too. From beginning to end, the two of them had only met each other's eyes through it; they hadn't even looked directly at