"I wanted to stop him too, but people from Second High School were hot on his heels, and I didn't want to expose myself. Even Senior Sister Nian only intervened after the people from Second High School gave up the chase."
Meng Chenyu felt wronged beyond measure. "Master, you have to believe me."
Mu Yanyan lowered her eyes. After a long while, she slowly said, "Let's put this matter aside for now. Chen Yu, go back."
"Yes, Master."
Throughout it all, Zuo Xiaonian stood to one side without saying a word.
As she watched Meng Chenyu leave, a trace of icy coldness flashed through Zuo Xiaonian's eyes.
"Xiao Nian."
Mu Yanyan asked wearily, "What do you think?"
Watching Meng Chenyu leave, Zuo Xiaonian's cool face held nothing but utter indifference. She said mildly, "Master, I wasn't thinking anything."
She gave a cool smile. "I really wasn't thinking anything at all."
She expressed the same meaning twice, in two sentences.
Mu Yanyan understood her meaning in an instant. "Nian'er, you have something else in mind, don't you?"
Zuo Xiaonian said softly, "Master, I have nothing in mind."
Mu Yanyan pondered in silence.
Zuo Xiaonian suddenly switched to secret voice transmission. "Master, there are things we should discuss later. The building we're in was built by the Meng Family. If the Meng Family has other designs, some ulterior purpose..."
Meng Chenyu's abnormal reaction had put Zuo Xiaonian thoroughly on her guard.
With Zuo Xiaoduo's life at stake, Zuo Xiaonian instantly felt as though the entire world was filled with malice.
Mu Yanyan shuddered in alarm and abruptly raised her head to look at Zuo Xiaonian. For a long, long time, she said nothing.
Their eyes met, one pair filled with suspicion and wariness, the other with astonishment.
After another long while, Mu