Yu Lian felt that this might be the most mystifying request for cooperation he'd ever received since meeting the young lady of the Bei family. She had indeed given him plenty of information, even revealing without the slightest concealment the dark chapters in Rainbow Rose's history that were best left hidden. But even so, Yu Lian still felt she was trying to pull one over on him. Or, at the very least, she was hiding something extremely important.
If he had to point to evidence, she seemed to have shifted her gaze just now, which was surely enough to say something. After all, the dignified Princess of Rainbow Rose, the young lady Bei who was destined to become Rainbow Rose's queen, could navigate both court and underworld without ever getting into trouble. Her skin had to be thicker than a city wall.
If even she had let a crack show in her microexpressions, just imagine how guilty she must have felt.
But when faced with his doubts, Yani adopted a kindly, earnest tone and said, "Yu Lian, let Teacher Yani teach you a little-known fact. The most authoritative research on microexpressions today is Emotional Expression in Microexpressions, written by my great-grandmother, Yagami Hayete Berenkest. But it's actually a textbook for training actors to manage their expressions."
"S-so what?"
"Microexpressions are easy to train. Don't use such a little trick to judge other people's intentions. How do you know I didn't do it on purpose just to tease you?" Yani said.
Yu Lian admitted that she had a point, but still replied, "Who said microexpression training was easy? Look at Creel Corporation's Goodnight Kittens. They're a galaxy-famous idol girl group, and all they can do when they act is widen their eyes, twist their mouths, and go 'awoo' and 'woof'..."
"...That