Qi Zhu waited for a while, but Zheng Congyuan showed no sign of responding. He merely stood silently in the darkness, his back to the Qishun Building as his final act of defiance. At this moment, Zheng Congyuan suddenly understood what was meant by the fear that grips one when approaching home. All the way back from the Qiandao Temple, he had consciously sped up, hoping to return before dark so perhaps they could share a meal together.
Only...
He could not ferret out any information from Prince Duan. Prince Duan had painstakingly chosen these four people and placed them under his direct supervision for testing. Now, they had reached the step of mutual observation.
He had thought that before he took action, it certainly wouldn't happen so soon.