Wei Ren had made a bold promise in front of Yu Sui, then taken Ji Meng back to his room.
Wan Qi yawned and sat at the table, staring wide-eyed at Mei Chengyu. At first he looked confused; then he sat up straight. Once he focused, his gaze began to dart away, and he lowered his head. His presence weakened bit by bit, like a leaky drum.
Only then did Mei Chengyu cast a sidelong glance at Yu Sui and say, "Aren't you going to introduce us?"
Yu Sui, standing in front of Wei Ren's door, looked surprised. "You two don't know each other?"
Mei Chengyu studied the person across from him, his finger idly scraping along the bridge of his nose.
They did know each other; they simply weren't close.
Mei Chengyu was a famous figure at Taiyi Academy, so it was hard for Wan Qi not to know him. But the circumstances under which Mei Chengyu had come to know Wan Qi were less pleasant.
Seeing that neither of them spoke, Yu Sui turned to Mei Chengyu and introduced him. "His name is Wan Qi. He's a Medical School Disciple. When I was investigating Lan Du in the outer city last time, we were in the same group. He also went with me to Taixu Hall."
Mei Chengyu nodded thoughtfully.
Yu Sui thought for a moment, then added, "I think I mentioned him to you when we talked about the medical clinic incident, too. Wan Qi helped provide evidence."
"When I got the key to the School of Names, Wan Qi helped hold off the others. Later, I asked him to go to Nether Lake to find Third Brother."
By Yu Sui's account, Wan Qi had helped her with many things and was her "great benefactor."
Wan Qi