Pei Ye's heart and lungs contracted ever more slowly, but in the end, neither of them made another move.
The man watched him for a while, then actually turned his head away again, as though he cared nothing about where the youth on the eaves had come from or what he intended to do. So long as Pei Ye had not stepped into the courtyard, it seemed to have nothing to do with him.
Pei Ye did not want to expose Glaze so abruptly, with the initiative out of his hands. Watching the man take a sip of wine and resume weaving his bracelet, he slowly retreated into the night.
Back toward the theater.
Azure Sky Pavilion.
"Pei Ye said the Yi family owns Qi Yun, and that man is indeed in Seven-Nine City," Black Cat's voice sounded in her ear.
Li Piaoqing nodded. Though she was already in their residence, the youth's confirmation still put her somewhat at ease. She glanced once more at the entry for [Shuiyang Yuke], then began turning back through large sections of the ledger.
She had not forgotten that she had come here over Xifang Tian's affair.
But as expected, even turning to the very beginning did not take her back thirty years.
Hoping Qi Yun would use the same ledger for thirty years really was unrealistic.
Where, then, should she look for the earlier private accounts?
Another closed ledger lay at the corner of the desk, looking old and worn too. With a sliver of hope, Li Piaoqing leafed through it, only to freeze again.
It was certainly not the volume from thirty years ago, but its contents were equally familiar to her-this was plainly the public ledger from twenty years ago, the very one the owner had taken from the Public Accounts