She was flustered, not because she was worried she'd used the wrong skill, but because she couldn't shake the feeling that she'd made a fool of herself. She couldn't help asking, "You're not a Shura, so how do you know?"
"My master has that ability. He's already cultivated it to the 'Eye of Divine Sense' realm. If you're interested, you can ask him to give you some advice." Yu Lian answered casually. "...But do you really have to hold such a grudge against Feifei? From Seagod Square to here, it's more than twenty kilometers in a straight line, isn't it?"
"W-wasn't I supposed to be angry?" Gongsun Qing said indignantly. "I had something important to tell her, but she rejected my call! She rejected my call!"
Well, thinking about it carefully, this really had been a rather trying night for the countess. Still, out of sheer hatred for Europeans, Yu Lian replied with a wicked grin, "Well, if she didn't plan on talking to you then, she must've had her reasons. Aren't friends supposed to be considerate about timing and learn to understand each other?"
"Reasons? You were with her then, weren't you?" Gongsun Qing asked, fixing Yu Lian with an unusually perceptive stare. Her clear, bright eyes, like the finest amber, had suddenly grown sharp.
Her face flushed crimson, and she lowered her voice. "So the reason was that she was cuddled up in bed with you?"
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Besides, I was the one cuddling her in bed," Yu Lian said seriously.
Gongsun Qing couldn't help gaping. "W-what difference does that make?"
"A huge difference. I don't want you getting the active and passive roles mixed up. A normal, mature man's dignity is at stake!"
Gongsun Qing froze for nearly half a minute. Whatever she