Huo Sining looked at Chen Xiaolong as if he were an unreasonable child:
"Everyone was busy in the ancient tomb all day and was exhausted by the time we got back to the tent. We quickly laid down to sleep, fearing that if we slept too little, we wouldn't be able to get up the next day and the professor would scold us."
"I went back to the tent and saw my husband, and was very happy. After all, we had been in this wilderness for a week, and seeing a relative inevitably made me a bit excited."
"But I was truly too tired at the time; I only casually chatted with my husband for a bit and then went to sleep."
"I can't exactly get someone to stand next to me watching me sleep just to prove my innocence, can I?"
"If I could have predicted that something would happen or someone would die the next day, I would've found someone to keep watch. But who could have guessed something would happen in the tomb?"
At this, Huo Sining paused, having thought of something, and suddenly said:
