Qianshan Xue curled her lips. "You men really do say one thing and mean another, and you're still trying to argue your way out of it. If you didn't know her well, would she have come looking for you so late last night?"
Chen Shi'an froze. "You were still awake then?"
Qianshan Xue rolled her beautiful eyes slightly. "I had gone to sleep, but you two were so loud that you naturally woke me up."
Chen Shi'an sighed softly. "Sister Qian, eavesdropping outside someone's room in the middle of the night isn't very nice, is it?"
Qianshan Xue glared at him. "If I hadn't been worried that Gu Qingyao might harm you, I wouldn't have bothered listening."
Chen Shi'an chuckled. "Since you heard everything, that saves me the time of explaining.
"Gu Qingyao wasn't looking me up to reminisce. She came to make trouble for me."
Qianshan Xue's expression grew solemn. "To think that Huang Dao not only killed people from our Windrise Stronghold, but also went looking for trouble with Flowing Stone Stronghold.
"Twenty Marrow-Washing Pills, plus several hundred thousand taels of silver.
"If Gu Qingyao was telling the truth, Flowing Stone Stronghold suffered quite a loss this time, and had to swallow it in silence."
Chen Shi'an nodded. "Judging by Gu Qingyao's expression and tone when she spoke about it, it's almost certainly true."
Qianshan Xue frowned slightly. "This Huang Dao has such mysterious origins. What exactly is he trying to do?"
Chen Shi'an shook his head. "Who knows?"
Qianshan Xue followed up, "Why would Gu Qingyao suspect that you were Huang Dao?"
Chen Shi'an spread his hands. "I'm lost in a fog myself. I have no idea what that woman is thinking.
"Most likely, she just made up some flimsy excuse to pick a fight with me."