After dinner, they each set out to their own rooms. As soon as the group left, Liwu collapsed against her husband's back. She whispered, "They hate him. Whatever happened here, it has corroded the town."
Weijun shrugged. "I saw the way some of the town folk looked at him. It was as if they wanted to walk right up to him and spit on him."
She pushed away and collapsed on the bed. While adjusting her body, she said to him, "I need you to share a room with He Xiao Yi while we are on this case. Keep an eye on him. He doesn't go out and nobody comes in. If he needs to talk about his past, he will have an ear that listens."
"Why would he talk to me?"
"Because..." Liwu sat up, "Xuanji is a conspiracy theorist and he makes light of everything. Linlin is a gossip. Su Jin lacks understanding for others often. I am his rival, in a way. The Chief is his boss. That leaves you..the stranger with secrets of his own. I know him well enough to know that he will talk to you and not me."
