Wondrous Immortal Pavilion, Elegant Charm Pavilion...
For a moment, the room fell into an awkward silence.
Wang Mazi stared wide-eyed, utterly lost, as though words were stuck in his throat...
By the zither, Ouyang Jing froze too. Fine beads of sweat formed on her fair forehead.
Smack!
Xiao Fan gave Wang Mazi's shoulder a light pat and laughed. "Look at you! I was only joking!"
At that, Wang Mazi and Ouyang Jing breathed a sigh of relief...
"Y-you! Of all the things to joke about, how could you... how could you joke about that?" Wang Mazi scolded loudly, trying to hide his nerves.
The zither sounded again. Ouyang Jing regained her graceful composure and continued plucking the strings.
Xiao Fan grinned. "Sorry, sorry. I noticed your skin was even finer than a woman's, Brother Wang, so I spoke out of turn. I hope you'll forgive me."
"Ah... that's just how the skin of my people is... Don't pay it any mind," Wang Mazi explained.
Xiao Fan nodded lightly. "I see."
That was what he said, but in his heart, he had already pieced together most of the truth...
He had deliberately "beaten the grass to startle the snake" just now, then watched Wang Mazi's reaction. Sure enough, this one was none too clever and had given the game away at once.
This Wang Mazi... was a woman!
Which raised the question: why was she disguised as a man? And why choose a disguise like this?
By that reasoning, she probably had not come to Wondrous Immortal Pavilion for its beauties, and most likely not for the music either...
Still thinking, Xiao Fan asked, "By the way, Brother Wang, didn't you say you had something to ask me when you came in? What was it?"
"Ah, right! You threw me off