Lin Yi could not help connecting it to what had happened then and recalling it.
[What you're going to do next is dangerous...]
[Isn't having cannon fodder who trusts you a good thing...]
[What's bad about it...]
[She didn't have long to live anyway. Some things are better discussed openly...]
[Haven't you noticed... that fellow in the blue apron has been staring at her from the start, as if looking at a dead person?]
"Cannon fodder? A dead person?"
A flash of insight suddenly struck Lin Yi. "You inferred that from the Blue Apron Chef staring at her?"
He thought about how that Blue Apron Chef, which was "as if present," did not stare at just anyone. As far as he remembered, it had only stared at them, and aside from that, at Li Huiyuan.
"Wait... by that logic, don't we have little time left to live either?" Lin Yi asked in surprise.
Tian Bufan smiled and patted his shoulder. "Congratulations on spotting the blind spot."
Lin Yi's expression tightened, and he could not help rubbing the goose bumps on his arm. "Young Master Tian, that joke isn't funny at all!"
"Do you think I'm joking?" Tian Bufan asked. But instead of continuing, he glanced at Wei Liang and Li Huiyuan.
Wei Liang froze briefly, then obligingly pulled out a napkin, balled it up, stuffed it into his ears, and covered them with both hands...
The whole sequence was smooth and silent, so practiced that Lin Yi wanted to go over and give him a beating.
"He still 'refused' to listen, so..." Tian Bufan glanced at Li Huiyuan. "You can listen to our conversation, but don't start thinking through any questions you have. Once we finish, ask Lao Lin directly, and treat whatever he tells you as a fact you