'Fuck it, just wing it,' Zhen Liu told himself as his cousins kept staring.
As naturally and nonchalantly as he could, he denied everything.
"Last night...I don't think I did? Again, I was very much engrossed with modifying my puppets for the upcoming trip."
"Really? No sudden arrow or a flux of aether that caused the letter to appear in your hand?", Zhen Hai followed up.
"No. Honest," Zhen Liu lied.
His cousins stared at Zhen Liu a while longer, before just shrugging and believing him this time in regards to the ship being all weird without his intervention.
That didn't stop them from speculating a touch though.
"Could just be a massive coincidence."
Meanwhile, Zhen Li started making a few mental notes based on this interaction.
'So the Fourth Young Master's teacher has a reputation in regards to stuff like the ship suddenly transforming? Interesting...'
