"Meixi, did something happen between you and him?" Jiang Wanyou pressed again.
She hardly concerned herself with matters outside.
So she did not even know that Hua Meixi had gone to the Eastern Plains, and Hua Meixi had also told Yao Yuzhi not to mention it.
"N-No, nothing happened."
Hua Meixi thought of everything that had happened between herself and Sikong Jing, as well as the matter between Sikong Jing and her father, Hua Lidian. So much really had happened, but she absolutely could not say any of it.
"Then why did you just try to kill him?" Jiang Wanyou asked again, clearly unconvinced.
Hua Meixi was even more speechless at that, secretly cursing herself for being far too impulsive just now.
But who the hell could have known that Mother would go to Chaos District Eight and unexpectedly run into Sikong Jing?
Then again, Yang Yi was from Chaos District Eight, and with Wan Tonghui's attack on Yang Yi last night, Sikong Jing had happened to rush over to save him... damn it, how could it all be such a coincidence?
But how was she supposed to answer now? She could not possibly say that Sikong Jing had come bearing Hua Lidian's request, could she?
Wouldn't that expose Hua Lidian's existence and make Mother sad?
Gritting her teeth, Hua Meixi suddenly said, "It's because this Sikong Jing has terrible character. I was afraid he might hurt Mother."
That was all she could say. Hua Meixi truly could not think of any other excuse.
"Huh?" This time, Jiang Wanyou was the one taken aback. The person Uncle Xiu wanted to take as a disciple had such terrible character?
Hua Meixi gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, his character is awful. He even runs around with a rotten man whose character