บท 297: Confession

Mai Qi stopped pacing. She looked at me. "My brother is still at M City?!"

I nodded. Finally, her brain was working again.

Mai Qi muttered to herself. "I haven't seen him in years already. How could I be so stupid and believe him when he said he was here just for business when he saved me from my mother? Even if he was here for business, after saving me, he would have looked into the people my mother had been interacting with.

"Wait, that's wrong. The Brothers have made such a big move, it's impossible for my brother to just find out about it now." She turned to me and asked in doubt. "My brother has been here all along because of the troubles created by my mother?"

I shook my head lightly. "Is that really important?"