Cloud Retainer was hardly the only one with a stubborn streak.
Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper reacted in precisely the same manner, both of them putting up stiff and clumsy pretenses:
"What is Ningguang talking about? Has the Geo Archon not been resting in the Golden House all this time? We are well aware of this!"
"Quite right, quite right! What playacting, what illusion? Could the Tianquan have lost her mind?"
When the turn came to Ganyu, the young woman was far less skilled at acting in front of familiar friends.
She flushed crimson, lowered her head with a knot of anxiety in her stomach, and simply refused to say a word.
Watching the awkward and amusing scene unfold before him, Lord Guchen let out a hearty laugh.
"Enough, enough, everyone.
Ningguang, the two of you can stop probing; Cloud Retainer, you can drop the act as well. We might as well lay everything out in the open!
I will go first, I will explain it to everyone.
The Geo Archon was indeed not assassinated; it has been a sham from the very beginning. Apart from Ganyu, all the adepti present here were in on the secret from the start. Every single one of you cooperated!"
Chapter 199