Yang Xiao asked Juan and the others to recall if they had done anything different before the paper window and the ghostly shadow appeared, as it was this seemingly inadvertent action that had drawn the ghost's attention to them.
But Juan Maria shook his head firmly, saying they hadn't, since they weren't newcomers and knew well what to do and what not to do. They had been very careful the whole night.
Yang Xiao believed this because no one would risk their lives as a joke.
There were some contradictions in Hafeez's and Juan Maria's accounts: Hafeez said Ahmed stabbed him on Juan's order, claiming it was to chase away the ghost perched on his shoulder. Yet Juan claimed he never gave such an order and had separated from them with Maria long ago, saying it was the shadow behind the window that attracted him.
A very flimsy excuse, not at all convincing. Based on various clues, Yang Xiao had roughly pieced together about seventy to eighty percent of the truth at that time.
