Qin Manjiang offered no explanation, of course.
There were four of them altogether, and the other three had all driven there. Qin Manjiang got into Yan Xiao's car, and Yan Xiao led the way straight to the riverside.
"Did you lay your cards on the table with him in [Seven Children]?" Yan Xiao asked.
He meant Abyss.
"Not really. We both knew already. It's just... his situation wasn't what I imagined." Qin Manjiang looked out the window. Fu City was always so gloomy, and it was raining again.
"Oh? He had no choice?" Yan Xiao asked.
"Something like that," Qin Manjiang said.
"Can he be trusted." There was no real question in Yan Xiao's tone; he was simply describing something.
"Someone has to take the first step toward trust." Qin Manjiang glanced in the rearview mirror, and his eyelid suddenly began to twitch. "Tell me, I don't even own a car myself. Isn't it a bit much for my stand-in to be driving a luxury car?"
Yan Xiao gave a rare smile and glanced in the rearview mirror too.
"That means he wasn't trying to hide it from you. Someone behind him is supplying funds, and someone is watching him."
"I know." Qin Manjiang folded his hands behind his head. "Someone's watching right now."
"I invited him today precisely to put on a show for whoever's behind him."
Yan Xiao made no comment. This was Qin Manjiang's own business, and he could handle it himself.
What he wanted to ask was why Qin Manjiang had suddenly returned to Fu City.
"Why did you suddenly come back?"
"You'll find out in a bit. There's one more person coming." Qin Manjiang said nothing more.
Half an hour later, the car stopped outside an establishment by the river. It appeared to be a