Qi Si watched Shang Qingbei's expression stiffen for a moment. Smiling faintly, he neither confirmed nor denied it.
He knew the kid must know something, but he had no intention of exposing it. He even deliberately delayed the moment he revealed the crucial clue, making it easier to shift the blame later.
Shang Qingbei was left in a mess for a while. When he looked up, he saw Qi Si standing loosely off to one side, looking like he was enjoying the show.
He strode over and asked in a low voice, "You did this?"
"What did I do?" Qi Si scratched his head in apparent confusion, his eyes full of doubt. "You, on the other hand, Xiao Qing—why such a big reaction all of a sudden? Are you hiding something from us?"
Shang Qingbei choked on his anger.
Looking at the young man's innocent expression, he vaguely realized that if he dared admit it, the other party could make him the target of everyone's ire.
"Nothing." Shang Qingbei ground out the two words through clenched teeth.
Seeing the look in the young man's eyes that said, "You can be taught," he suddenly had an absurd suspicion. Did "Qi Wen" already know the setting of this world and realize that he had withheld clues, but was deliberately pretending not to know?
The thought was too far-fetched, and Shang Qingbei dismissed it himself after only a few seconds.
This was a team Instance. Survival was the top priority. There was at least some logic to him hiding clues, but what the hell was with tacitly allowing others to hide clues?
The two men who looked like farmers exchanged a few pleasantries such as "Eat as much as you like" and "Have fun," then each slipped back into the crowd.
They had