In the Inner Hall, Sun Michen watched Ren Ye bow to him and asked with feigned surprise and shock, "Nephew, what are you doing? Why are you suddenly apologizing when nothing is wrong?"
Beside him, Sun Qingxue sipped her light tea. She barely lifted her eyelids to glance at the blind man, a faint coldness lurking in her expression.
Ren Ye bent at the waist and cupped his fists, declaring, "I judged a gentleman by my own petty standards. Your family risked your lives to save me, Uncle, yet I hesitated and deliberately lied... I have truly failed to live up to the Sun Family's kindness."
"What do you mean?!"
Sun Michen's eyes went perfectly round, as though he were utterly astonished.
"In truth, I deliberately concealed a few things earlier," Ren Ye said with feigned guilt. "It was only because my aunt and I were in such danger that I had so many concerns."
"What did you conceal?" Sun Michen asked again.
Ren Ye swallowed "nervously" and stood ramrod straight before the table, answering like an elementary school student who had done something wrong. "Actually, that day in the Peach Grove Courtyard, we looked into Zhou Taozhi's Divine Soul memories...!"
"Such a thing happened?!" Sun Michen sprang to his feet in shock, his voice trembling as he "scolded" him. "Nephew, why didn't you tell me something this important sooner?!"
Ren Ye merely lowered his head, answering with an embarrassed silence.
"Ah, you may be clever, but you are still a child, after all. You aren't mature yet. Never mind, never mind...!" Sun Michen waved a hand in feigned acceptance, then raised his eyebrows and asked, "Then what exactly did you see in Zhou Taozhi's Divine Soul recollections?"
Only then did Ren Ye look up again and answer decisively, "Uncle,