Xiao Chengxuan paid them little mind, however. Something else was bothering him.
"Third Brother still isn't back. Who knows what's happened to him!"
Consort Ru composed herself and glanced at him.
Xiao Lansi said tactfully, "Mother, Brother, I'll go check outside again. That way, we'll know the moment Third Brother returns."
Consort Ru nodded, and Xiao Lansi rose and left.
Once she was gone, the smile on Consort Ru's face slowly vanished. She stared gravely at Xiao Chengxuan.
"Chengxuan, tell me the truth. This business today... was it your doing?"
Xiao Chengxuan was furious. "Mother! It's one thing for Father to suspect me, but how can you distrust me too? On an occasion like this, I'd have to be insane to pull something like that!"
