He glanced at Jiang Li and said, "Don't be foolish."
Jiang Li silently sighed in her heart, looking at the now empty birdcage, and silently stopped speaking.
After walking a few steps away from the empty birdcage with Jih Heng, Jiang Li said, "Duke, I must wait here for my friend Liu Xu. I'm afraid I cannot accompany you any further. Besides..." Besides, it would likely arouse curious stares if she were seen walking with Jih Heng at the Shen family's residence.
Jih Heng looked at her intently, as if trying to see right through her, and suddenly asked, "How do you plan to deal with Xiao Deyin?"
Jiang Li was startled. Jih Heng continued, "The piece you played earlier, 'Guanshan Yue,' greatly disturbed Xiao Deyin. Although I do not know the reason," he said, fondling the handle of his folding fan, "you played it for her."
