The Merit Was Fulfilled
"..."
There was nothing for it. Daiyu was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. After thinking it over, she turned to Zijuan, who had recovered.
"Zijuan?"
"What exactly happened?"
"Tell us everything, in detail."
Tanchun naturally came over as well, then asked with a worried look:
"Exactly!"
"Zijuan, don't hide anything from us."
"You've been gone for half the day. Lin Daiyu and I have been on tenterhooks this whole time. We need to know what happened."
At this, Zijuan first glanced at the troublesome little girl immortal who was monopolizing the food box, then at the three expectant faces before her.
Then she sighed softly and looked around before lowering her voice.
"It's about..."
"that matter in Jiangnan, isn't it?"
When they heard that it was just as they had suspected, even though they had been mentally prepared, Lin Daiyu, Tanchun, and Xueyan couldn't help but turn pale in unison.
Before they could ask anything else, Zijuan continued:
"Do you and Third Miss still remember..."
"those two strange people who met us behind that so-called Mountain God and Earth God temple outside Yangzhou that day?"
Lin Daiyu and Tanchun exchanged a glance. Then Lin Daiyu nodded and lowered her voice too.
"Of course we remember."
"Those two..."
"What happened to them?"
"Could they have been discovered by the Heavenly Court and arrested?"
If that was really the case, Daiyu would be worried.
Though they had met the two while masked that day, those people knew far too much. There was no telling whether the Heavenly Court might follow the clues back to them—or to some troublesome little girl immortal.
"No, that didn't happen!"
Zijuan hurriedly shook her head.
"But another group of people started watching them."
"They're probably from Jiangnan."
"Fortunately, the two