"I'm asking you!" Tian Buyi sized up his seventh disciple, who stood before him looking perfectly obedient. "Did you hide monkey wine in your room?"
When Zhang Xiaofan heard that, his heart gave a jolt.
He abruptly raised his head and looked toward his Eldest Senior Brother, Song Daren.
He saw Song Daren hanging his head, staring fixedly at the table, and knew their master must have learned it from Eldest Senior Brother.
He did not know whether he should tell the truth. If he lied, their master had already gotten the news from Eldest Senior Brother, so there was no way he could deceive him.
Besides, he did not dare lie to Tian Buyi's face.
But if he told the truth, what if his master asked him for the wine? There was no way his little junior brother would pass that hurdle.
Once Luo Yunji started making a fuss, no one would come out well.
In the end, Zhang Xiaofan could only use the method he used most often: lower his head and say nothing! No matter what Tian Buyi said, he kept his head down in silence.
Tian Buyi said a great many things, but this seventh disciple of his just kept his head lowered and did not speak, giving no response at all. He was so angry his belly seemed to swell another size.
"Wake that little brat up!" Seeing Zhang Xiaofan give no reaction, Tian Buyi angrily pointed at Sixth Senior Brother, who was closest to Luo Yunji, and ordered, "You do it!"
"Me?... Oh!" Sixth Senior Brother and the others had already been baffled by Tian Buyi's unprovoked anger. Now that he had been singled out, he could only obediently do as told.
Sixth Senior Brother spent a tremendous effort finally waking him up, and