Splash, splash~
The pleasure boat raced beneath the moonlight. Inside the window, a lamp burned like a tiny bean as three differently dressed people sat around a table. At a glance, they looked like the lady of a scholarly family chatting by the fire at night with her scholar son and her eldest daughter, who had joined the army.
Xie Jinhuan actually felt that A Piao's motherly getup made it rather hard to resist making a mistake. But with both ends blocked, he had to cling tightly to A Piao's thigh to give Sister Guo an acceptable account. At the moment, he behaved like a thoroughly respectful junior, serving tea and pouring water:
"Have some tea first. What happened yesterday really was a misunderstanding. Sister Ye should understand. Could you help explain to Senior Qixia-"
Because Zisu had taken precautions against being detected by a Sixth Realm old devil like Xie Jinhuan, and the drug's effects were delayed, Ye Hongshang had not realized that Zisu had improvised another trap. She merely accepted the cup and took a sip:
"What happened last night was purely a coincidence. In any case, it wasn't aimed at you. Xie Jinhuan suffered an undeserved calamity too. Now that the wood has been made into a boat, there's no point discussing it. If you ask me, why don't you two just..."
"..."
Xie Jinhuan blinked. His Ghost Wife might be willing to play matchmaker, but the White-Haired Immortal probably would not agree, so he looked across the table.
Qixia True Person reacted exactly as expected, frowning as she said sternly:
"Sister Ye, don't go pairing mandarin ducks at random. I'm so many generations his senior. How could I simply drift along with the current over an unintentional mistake? Either he names whoever drugged us, or he