The voices and footsteps outside echoed one after another, gradually drawing closer.
Li Jinshuang sensed that someone was coming too. She turned toward the doorway.
Her eyes asked Yu Sui whether they should hide.
Yu Sui shook her head.
If whoever was possessing Wen Yangzhou could see all his memories, they should know that Wen Yangzhou and Senior Martial Brother were very close—not merely "on good terms."
Unless the Young Master they were talking about wasn't Mei Chengyu.
As for Xing Chun and Zhongli Shan, they didn't seem to have much contact with the two Wen Yang brothers.
Yu Sui decided to take a gamble.
She bet that the Young Master they meant was Senior Martial Brother, and that whoever possessed Wen Yangzhou couldn't access all his memories.
The door swung open from the outside, and Wen Yangzhou's voice came through. "How's the finishing work on the Water Control Mechanism coming along?"
Yu Sui turned and answered respectfully, "It'll take a little more time."
"Get a move on." Wen Yangzhou looked over the Golden Sea Conches that hadn't finished their work, then turned to Hu Gui. "Bring a couple more people over."
He seemed to think they were making too little progress.
After speaking, he left without noticing anything unusual.
The door remained open. Yu Sui gazed in the direction the two had gone, deep in thought.
Outside, Hu Gui quietly reminded Lin Chenghai, "That should be enough."
"Is the Wen Yang Family short-staffed?" Lin Chenghai lowered his voice. "They've even brought in such a young Mechanism Technician."
He gestured with his eyes toward the room they had just left.
Hu Gui lowered his voice too. "Maybe they're giving them a chance to get some experience. Sea Eye eruptions don't happen often."
They continued talking as they gradually walked away.