At those words, every player turned in unison to look where Fang Jun was pointing. But once they saw who he meant, their first reaction was not shock, but-
Why was it him again?!
"What... do you mean by that?" One player looked at the expressionless Bo Yi, then at the hatred on Fang Jun's face. "What do you mean... 'he got her killed'?"
"Yeah, exactly..." The other players chimed in. "When did this happen?"
"How did your girlfriend die? Where's her body?"
A body?
The expression on Fang Jun's face visibly stiffened.
How was he supposed to know how Xiao Xiao had died? He did not even know whether her body was still in the back courtyard... But he quickly composed himself, putting on an expression of overwhelming grief again. "Here's what happened-"
"Last night..."
Fang Jun recounted how the two of them had followed Bo Yi out the previous night. In his version, however, he and his girlfriend were no longer freeloaders who had been secretly watching Bo Yi all along, hoping to steal the fruits of his labor. Instead, they became "concerned citizens" who, "having heard Bo Yi talking to an NPC, chose to follow him despite the danger for the sake of every player's safety, hoping to see what he was planning."
The other players automatically skipped over all that supposedly noble rhetoric. Their attention was focused on-
"You said you saw him talking to that Master Kang NPC?!" One player leaned forward eagerly, urgency written all over his face. "Did you hear what they were saying?"
Fang Jun shook his head heavily. "No... They were both very cautious. Xiao Xiao and I only decided to follow them because we couldn't hear exactly what they were saying... And then, then Xiao Xiao... she..." As he spoke,