Yu Sui had finished checking everything. She closed the door and headed for her room, tapping her Listening Wind Ruler as she went.
It was no surprise that Gu Gan would suspect her, but she had nothing to fear. She had plenty of ways to bluff him—or threaten him.
"You dare say tonight's events had nothing to do with you?" Gu Gan still had his doubts.
"I summoned the Sages to investigate myself?" Yu Sui replied. "I'm not arrogant enough to think I can take on so many Sages."
Gu Gan wavered at her words.
"Don't tell me you know nothing about what happened tonight," Gu Gan added.
Yu Sui flopped back onto the bed and glanced toward Wei Ren's room. He had already returned to the dormitory.
She replied to Gu Gan, "I know someone was hiding Lan Poison."
Gu Gan's expression turned grave. "Who?"
"The one who died tonight," Yu Sui answered.
Gu Gan: "..."
So she was just messing with him?
Gu Gan's face darkened. "I'll ask one last time. Did you take the fragments?"
Yu Sui answered lightly, "No."
Gu Gan's mind raced. "I'll tell the Sages I'm working with about you. If you don't want to cooperate, you'd better make sure I don't catch you."
"Be my guest," Yu Sui said. "If you do something that puts me at a disadvantage, I won't warn you in advance what I'll do."
They had both threatened and tested each other. The conversation had ended in a breakdown.
Gu Gan tightened his grip on the Listening Wind Ruler. He couldn't stand it another moment and wanted to go find Elder Zhu of the Zhu family right away. But the dormitories could only be entered tonight, not left; they wouldn't be allowed out until morning. Other than the disciples