Yu Sui's eyelashes quivered. She was shocked that Ou Rushuang had left Red Island, yet Zou Qian and the others hadn't noticed. She quickly reacted, pretending to sigh with relief. "Dean, are you all right? The other deans said you were badly injured and unconscious. After everything that happened, I was scared half to death!"
She still acted as if she were innocent and ignorant. It was the disguise she was best at.
With the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly resting against the side of her neck, Yu Sui didn't dare make a rash move. Right now, even moving a finger might prompt the suspicious, distrustful Ou Rushuang to cut it off.
Ou Rushuang asked, "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to the outer city to send a message to my family." Yu Sui answered obediently, volunteering an explanation. "After the outer city investigated the Lan Poison incident, some disciples who were suspected but couldn't be proven guilty had to undergo a month of surveillance by the academy. It was only lifted today."
Ou Rushuang had already looked into all this. He just wanted to see whether Yu Sui would tell the truth.
If anything seemed amiss to Ou Rushuang, the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly would take a quick bite, and the person before him would be sent to the Yellow Springs.
Yu Sui knew the Blood Jade Golden Butterfly was here, but Ou Rushuang might not be. Even if she struck now, she could only escape for a while.
If she fell out with Ou Rushuang here and the other Sages learned of her connection to Xuan Kui, she could forget about continuing to stay at Taiyi.
So what if he killed Nangong Ming's Daughter? Nangong Ming had other daughters.
Ou Rushuang only wanted to know who had brought him