As soon as Li Piaoqing left the street, she exhaled deeply, her eyebrows furrowed in concentration. She remained silent, her gaze fixated straight ahead.
Anybody who has spent time with her would know, the Junior Sect Leader was not in a good mood.
Earlier at the prefecture's office, the hurriedly-arrived Cui Yu had been rendered helpless. By the time they arrived, Qi Jiao and Lord Sui's discussion was nearing its end, leaving little time for them to speak. The presence of the head of the Zhang family took away a lot of space for refutation.
Most importantly, by the time they figured out what happened, Qi Jiao had skillfully exhausted Lord Sui's patience for the matter.