Similarly to Ling Zhenghui, after questioning Ling Haining for quite a while and receiving only denials, Ling Zhengping began to doubt as well and uncertainly asked once more, "Are you sure it wasn't you who did it?"
"No," Ling Haining swore he was just short of taking an oath to heaven, "Dad, it's true I orchestrated many things before, but not this time. After being expelled from Yanjing by Great Grandpa and not allowed to return for two years, would I dare do such things again?"
"What's so strange about that? Precisely because you're about to be expelled from Yanjing, you were extremely frustrated. What's so strange about that?" Ling Zhengping, although enraged, held back from lashing out on the spot.
