That was why Li Yan felt Song Chuxia really had no need to see Master Xiao.
After all, Song Chuxia truly had nothing to ask him.
If she couldn't see it, she couldn't see it.
If she couldn't see it... how else did she expect to prove it?
It all came down to whether Song Chuxia herself believed it.
Xiao Xiao lifted his coffee cup and took a sip.
When he set the cup back on the tray, Song Chuxia realized she hadn't heard a sound.
How had he done that?
Master Xiao had looked like he'd simply put it down casually...
Uh...
Song Chuxia reached out and lightly tapped her head.
She'd been distracted.
The conversation hadn't been going smoothly at all... and it was making her a little restless.
Song Chuxia took a deep breath.
"Master Xiao, please understand."
"You know, this is the first time I've ever heard about monsters... It's only natural that I lost my composure a little."
"Master Xiao, let me ask a different question."
Seeing that Master Xiao had no objection, Song Chuxia continued slowly, "Earlier, Qian Cheng thought I was the one who insulted him, but actually... it was the monster, right?"
"Yes."
Xiao Xiao glanced at Li Yan out of the corner of his eye.
Li Yan felt innocent.
He'd already told Song Chuxia all of this.
But she clearly hadn't believed him and wanted confirmation from Master Xiao.
"Why did it help me—the monster, I mean?"
The familiar question from Song Chuxia made Li Yan purse his lips.
She really was asking everything all over again.
Did he seem unreliable?
Well.
He could understand how Song Chuxia felt, too.
"Just a chance encounter."
Xiao Xiao answered succinctly.
"A chance encounter..."
Song