Was there any need to guess? He had come right up to her to demand an explanation. Bian Weiying had no desire to argue with him and turned to call her companions. "Come on, let's take a look."
Gan Tangyu and Xiang Lan'er immediately followed her.
The group arrived at the spot where Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang had been lying in wait. They held up Sandalwood Gold to illuminate the scene and examined it. First, they found no signs of a fight. Then they searched the surrounding area, but the two men were indeed nowhere to be seen.
At Bian Weiying's signal, Gan Tangyu simply channeled power into a full-throated shout. "Shi Chun! Wu Jinliang! Shi Chun! Wu Jinliang..."
The shouts vanished into the boundless night. Even shouting until her throat gave out would bring no reply.
Bian Weiying took out the other halves of two Mother-Child Talismans-the halves Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang had given her-and activated them on the spot to send a message, asking where they were and demanding that they return at once.
Those two had already decided not to return, so naturally, there was no response.
Watching Bian Weiying silently put away the talisman halves, Xiang Lan'er said gravely, "There was no warning, and there are no signs of a fight. Could someone from our own group have approached them, catching them off guard?"
Bian Weiying glanced sideways at her. "You suspect Bai Shuchuan and the others stabbed them in the back?"
Xiang Lan'er said, "It's not impossible. Bai Shuchuan has always disliked them. He mocks and targets them at every turn."
Bian Weiying turned to look at Gan Tangyu.
Gan Tangyu thought for a moment, then said, "That's true."
Bian Weiying looked into the depths of the night again and murmured, "Could they