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Back then, he and Zhongsun Mou had been no more than acquaintances, and they could hardly be considered old friends. However, Cen Boqing knew full well that Zhongsun Mou was cautious. With the situation in Baishajue already turning messy, Zhongsun Mou still came in person. Is he not afraid that the Crown Prince’s special envoy would seize on some weakness and make it an issue?
“I heard about what happened this afternoon at Chao Lake Tower,” said Zhongsun Mou. The Water-Mirror Spell did not last long enough for a serious discussion; if he wanted to talk properly, he had to come himself. “Your subordinates were taken by He Xiao’s trickery. Your secret won’t stay secret much longer.”
“Our secret,” Cen Boqing corrected smoothly. “Didn’t you say you took all the materials and intelligence from Mai Xuewen’s house? Then how did that He fellow learn Mai Xuewen’s time and place of trade in Baishajue?”
It had caught him completely off guard.
He had not even taken this Crown Prince’s special envoy seriously at first. He never would have thought that he would suffer this kind of loss.
True, He Xiao still could not do anything to them, but the sensation of being watched, of being tracked, sat like a thorn under the skin.
Who liked being dragged into the light? Who did not prefer to stay...
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