Feng Jun was taken aback by the question, then smiled and replied, "I knew you were the ones acting in Mairui Country. I've been unhappy with them for a long time too. Listening to their nagging was annoying, so I casually framed them."
He would never admit that he was worried someone might not make it back. He did not want the other side to discover this "weakness" of theirs.
Lin Beauty had specifically come to ask this question, so she naturally had her own considerations. As for his answer... how should she put it?
It could only be called conventional. Not the best answer, but not the worst either.
Still, she could not help probing further. "I thought you might have been worried that some soldiers would fall into someone else's hands."
Feng Jun glanced at her, then laughed. "You've been drawing portraits for so long, and you still haven't finished? That's really quite exhausting... All right, stop probing. I won't give you the answer you least want to hear."
Lin Beauty blinked and tilted her head. "The answer I least want to hear... what is that?"
"There are many answers you least want to hear," Feng Jun replied expressionlessly. "But I won't say them."
Lin Beauty tilted her head and blinked rapidly twice, putting on an innocent expression. "Just tell me one, okay?"
Feng Jun's face darkened. "I'm starting to think you're getting a little full of yourself... You don't want anything in the future anymore?"
"All right, forget it then." Lin Beauty helplessly pursed her lips. "You're getting more and more boring."
Feng Jun could not even be bothered to respond. He turned and left, thinking that it was about time to get the cargo transport from Xingzheng Star underway.
Later that same day, Yu Qingzhu came