Seeing the atmosphere between the two grow awkward, and even a little hostile, Gu Si quickly stepped forward to act as a peacemaker.
He strode between them, his face wearing its usual gentle smile.
"Female Master, that fire just now wasn't natural. It was arson—someone set it deliberately."
Chu Jing raised an eyebrow, her gaze sharpening as she asked calmly, "Can you smell who did it?"
Before Gu Si could speak, Bai Ling cut in, "It was a female beast, but we're certain it wasn't Du Nan."
Chu Jing's tense expression softened as she fell into a brief moment of thought.
Her first suspect had been Du Nan.
But now she'd been ruled out.
'Could it be that mysterious female beast I met in the Mad Beast Forest?'
Her heart tightened.
'Or was it one of the female beasts from the group I taught a lesson to yesterday?'
The more she thought, the deeper her suspicions became.
Suddenly, her thoughts returned to the fire.
