Huh?
Hu Hanyi had assumed Mai Yaode had died on sect business and should have earned some credit within the Pudu Sect. Pretending to have been closer to him would make it easier to win their favor.
But Guan Mingli's words stunned him.
Guan Mingli continued, "That idiot wanted all the credit for himself, so he failed to promptly report information that was very likely true. Instead, he took his subordinates to the meeting place arranged with the informant and was killed on the spot. Later, when I came here to investigate, I only learned about this after checking the phone recordings from that day. Such an important lead nearly vanished with his death."
"Even if he were alive, I would absolutely take his worthless life! Now that not even his bones remain, he has only himself to blame!"
Guan Mingli was so furious because she was the superior Mai Yaode had deceived.
If Mai Yaode had not concealed the information and had reported it to her promptly, she might have brought several of the sect's powerful cultivators over to keep things under control, and this tragedy would not have happened.
Then, once they found Great-Grandfather and earned that tremendous merit, she, Guan Mingli, would certainly have received a large share of the credit.
Instead, Mai Yaode had wanted to bring back the important information about Great-Grandfather himself and present it directly to Great-Grandmother. If he had successfully claimed all that credit, he might have vaulted into the family's inner circle and stood on equal footing with Guan Mingli.
His scheme had backfired. Not only had he died a terrible death, but the trail had also gone cold, forcing Guan Mingli to come clean up after him.
How could she not hate him for it?
"I see." The grief on