At those words, Aldan froze for a moment, then looked at Takamine.
Takamine gave her a look telling her to stay calm, then settled in to enjoy the show, seemingly eager to see what came next.
"Thirty horses in one boat?"
Well, well. Three Horses in One Trough, huh?
Zhou Yuang couldn't help recalling the story of Cao Cao questioning the Sima Clan. That had probably been the suspicious Cao Cao putting Old Thief Sima on notice.
And now... Mejiro Grandmother was using that historical allusion to put him on notice.
Seres culture had influenced all of Asia, so it was only natural for Japan's upper classes to know something about its culture and writing.
There was nothing strange about her borrowing a historical story to question Zhou Yuang.
After all, Silence Suzuka and Air Groove were both here. And with the Mejiro Family's resources, finding out that he and Little McQueen had once sat together to watch Aldan's debut race would be no problem.
With all those clues together, it would have been stranger if she hadn't suspected anything.
At this level, the moment even a scrap of information surfaces, you're instantly exposed.
First Rudolf, then Mejiro Grandmother. Zhou Yuang felt that keeping his identity secret was a losing game.
Unless someone was genuinely stupid, they could dig up his identity as soon as they had some information.
"...Why not just admit it?"
White McQueen thought there was no need to hide it. After all, this was her own grandmother. Since she and Zhou Yuang already shared mind and body as one, that made him family too.
There was absolutely no need to dance around the issue with Grandmother.
Besides, what was the point of all this secrecy?
"Grandmother, let's put our cards on the table."
Looking at Mejiro