Five people arrived, led once again by Elder Xia.
At the sight of Elder Xia, the two men in the cell felt inexplicably reassured. They knew their chance to get out must have come.
On the surface, of course, they still looked resentful about being imprisoned after their punishment. They sat cross-legged on the floor without moving, watching Xia Fuli and the others coldly.
Xia Fuli stood before the iron bars and studied the two ragged men for a while before saying slowly, "We have now established that Wei Bian did indeed order people to assassinate you both. The matter had nothing to do with Bian Weiying. It arose because Wei Bian's love made him jealous of you, Shi Chun."
Neither man in the cell quite understood this. Struggling to keep a straight face, Shi Chun could not help breaking his icy expression. "Jealous because of love? What does that mean? Whoever he was jealous of, what did it have to do with me? Why come after me?"
Xia Fuli said, "It began when you went shopping with Bian Weiying. No one had ever heard of Bian Weiying accompanying another man on a shopping trip. Wei Bian liked Bian Weiying, so he grew jealous of you and ordered people to assassinate you."
"Huh? Seriously?" Wu Jinliang also dropped his feigned look of implacable hatred.
Shi Chun immediately turned and rolled his eyes at him, as though saying, You actually believe that nonsense?
At least Shi Chun did not believe it. He gave an "Oh," then went straight to the heart of the matter. "So you're saying Bian Weiying had absolutely nothing to do with the attempt to assassinate us?"
Xia Fuli caught his implied meaning and inwardly approved. He was not stupid, merely young and hot-blooded, prone to acting rashly