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However Senja wasn't surprised. Instead she put both her elbows on the table and cupped her hands between her palms. "Too bad, to think that I like you."

Xiao Tianyao looked intently into Senja's dark brown eyes as he muttered. "That's indeed too bad."

And then he stood up and walked out of the room leaving Senja alone who was still staring at his retreating back.

"Well, we don't know yet." She shrugged.

Her intuition had never failed her before, and she believed it wouldn't start to now. Like always, she wasn't someone who beat around the bush. If she didn't like someone, she would make sure the other person received her message loud and clear and vice versa. She would never do anything halfway. That, wasn't her personality after all!

***

"Feng Chang didn't reveal anything strange during the battle." Yang Yu was submitting his report to Xiao Tianyao. "However, there was one oddity though. Twice, some of the enemies were left befuddled when they faced him as he fought fiercer than the others. It was almost like he didn't want to let any of them live." Yang Yu added carefully, "But, this subordinate isn't very sure about this."

He was facing more than 3 people at the time and it was hard enough to keep up with them, not to mention paying attention to Feng Chang as well. What if he suddenly turned his back to attack them?!

That whole time was a pandemonium.

"Should this subordinate continue to monitor him?" He asked.

All this time Feng Chang hadn't revealed anything strange, despite their suspicions towards him, he never did anything out of the ordinary.

Yang Yu finished his report and waited for Xiao Tianyao's instructions but his Master kept silent as he tapped his finger on the table, deep in thought.

It was more than 15 minutes before Xiao Tianyao finally spoke. "Keep your eyes on him." He said slowly. "And tell my brother to meet me, once he arrives."

"Understood." Yang Yu retreated after that.

***

Xiao Jun and Qi Xunyi came after daybreak and both of them went to meet Xiao Tianyao directly in his room. Their intention this time wasto discuss outright a secret matter, but Xiao Tianyao let Yang Yu and Feng Chang stay.

Qi Xunyi could understand if Yang Yu stayed because he was Xiao Tianyao's right hand man, but Feng Chang wasn't someone from their circle. He frowned upon seeing Feng Chang, but since Xiao Tianyao had let him stay, he couldn't voice his reservations.

On the other hand Xiao Jun knew his brother's intention and didn't say anything about this and the three of them sat together at the round table.

"Now tell me what you're up to Jun?" Xiao Tianyao came straight to the point.

Xiao Jun drank his tea and spoke slowly. "I didn't do anything bad behind your back Tianyao. Senja had gone missing for a year and her sudden reappearance begs to be questioned. Both of us know how Senja was before. She held so many secrets."

Xiao Tianyao's thoughts were aligned with his brother's. He had run an investigation on Senja even before she went missing. Yet….

"I told you that she doesn't remember anything and I would handle this."

Xiao Jun nodded. "I know, you will. It was my impulsiveness. My apologies." Xiao Jun admitted his mistakes. But, this gesture was only to appease Xiao Tianyao. He had another thing that he needed to find out about this 'current Senja's' origin.

"How did you get involved with them?" Xiao Tianyao pointed towards Qi Xunyi with his chin. He was quite agitated by the fact that his brother hid the involvement of an outsider in their matter.