Chapter 130 - A TALK WITH GUIYING (1/2)

LOOKING at Guiying fidgeting, Luo Yan knew he already hit the jackpot.  ”Relax, I'm just testing you.  They don't know about Wei yet,” he said, still whispering.  Guiying gave him a skeptical glance.  ”I'm just like you.  I'm also under the command of the Wei Kingdom.”

The girl still looked at her as if she didn't believe an ounce of what he just said.  ”I- I don't know what you're talking about.”

Luo Yan, in return, looked at her with impatience.  ”Let's not play that kind of game, Guiying.  I don't have the patience.  If you just did your job well, we wouldn't even be having this conversation,” he said coldly.

Guiying's face turned red in humiliation.  Then she glared at Luo Yan.  ”If you didn't get in the way, I wouldn't have failed!”

Guiying might have as well confessed in doing the deed because of what she just blurted out.  Luo Yan almost laughed.  This NPC was probably programmed in a way that once someone suspected her, she would be easily fl.u.s.tered.  And if she was pushed hard, she would probably reveal information she shouldn't.  Exactly like what she's doing now.

”If you actually have the sense to observe your surroundings, then you might have noticed that one of the crown prince's dark guards were already rushing towards the smoke the moment you threw that dagger.  If I didn't intercept it, he would have already captured you.  You wouldn't be sitting here.  Instead, you'd be in some torture chamber.  Or worse, already dead,” he said, looking at her as if she's the most stupid girl in the world.

”But we're still put in prison anyway,” she retorted.

”Yes.  But we're still alive, aren't we?  Because of my quick thinking, I managed to buy us some time.  Enough time for aid to arrive.”

Guiying suddenly stopped glaring at him after he said that.  ”Help is coming?  Did Madam Ru tell this to you?”

Madam Ru?  She's also involved?  Knowing that didn't really surprised Luo Yan that much.  She's the owner of the pavilion.  Being oblivious about the identities of her courtesans seemed almost impossible.  That explained her calm demeanor despite this stark situation.

No wonder he saw her and Guiying talking in hushed tones before the banquet started.  He didn't think much back then.  Because he thought that she was just talking to her about the performance.  He should have known that that was kind of impossible.  They're NPCs.  They wouldn't act that way unless it's related to the plot.  That's his negligence, not taking note of it sooner.

”Yes,” he answered Guiying.

The girl seemed to let out a long sigh of relief when she heard that.  ”How come Madam Ru never told me about you?”

”I'm a hidden piece.  Only supposed to be activated when needed.  Do you really think that the person groomed by Madam Ru to be the number one courtesan in our pavilion wouldn't be part of this?”

”What are the two of you whispering about?” Zhenya suddenly called, clearly much more irritated than before.