Many people did not understand why, when Jing Jiu chose to cooperate with the Military, he took Flower Creek away with him instead of Ran Handong.
He did not respond to General Li, because responding meant explaining, explaining meant lying, and he could not be bothered to lie.
All right, the main reason was that he was actually very good at lying, but talking too much in front of someone like General Li would always lead to problems.
His response proved correct. General Li's thoughts turned elsewhere. "The Flower Household is different from the other aristocratic clans. They keep a very low profile and rarely involve themselves in affairs. Very few people know that they are close to the Priestess."
Jing Jiu gave a thoroughly insincere hum of acknowledgment.
General Li returned the book in his hand to the shelf and asked, "I heard you were very interested in that painting, Sunflowers?"
Nothing that happened at Star Gate Base could be kept from him, not even the private conversation between Jing Jiu and the Star Gate Priest.
Jing Jiu hummed again.
"That painting isn't in the Art Museum, or in the North. It's at the Flower Household now."
General Li said, "Did you bring the Flower Household's little girl along just because you wanted to see that painting?"
Clearly, he did not believe Jing Jiu's reason for bringing Flower Creek along was so simple and absurd.
He believed Jing Jiu still could not trust him completely and wanted to maintain contact with the Priestess.
Jing Jiu still did not respond, instead raising an entirely different subject. "Dark matter isn't any known or unknown particle."
The book General Li had just been reading was Seven Scattering Methods of Low-Speed Neutrinos.
He sighed and said, "There is a pessimistic conjecture in the