Seeing this, Xiao Qingyin asked curiously, "Cousin Zhao, aren't you going to go find the whale?"

"I'm not looking anymore."

"oh."

She thought Yun Zhao was disappointed because he couldn't find it, and was about to comfort him when she heard him say, "Cousin Yin, can you help me..."

Yun Zhao stopped halfway through his sentence.

"Never mind."

He gave a wry smile.

Why bother asking about something that's obvious to everyone?

Xiao Qingyin noticed that he was in a bad mood. "Cousin Zhao, just say what you have to say. Don't be so polite with me."

Yun Zhao remained silent for a moment.

After a brief internal struggle, the burning emotion ultimately prevailed.

He pursed his lips and replied, "I'd like to ask you to sound out Third Sister whether she is the leader of the Heartfelt Whale Gang."

Xiao Qingyin: "???"

What?

Does Third Sister like the leader of the Giant Whale Gang?

Isn't a scandal the exact opposite?

But seeing Yun Zhao's distraught appearance, it was clear that he hadn't misread the word order, so he couldn't help but wonder: "Why do you think she might like the leader of the Giant Whale Gang?"

Yun Zhao recounted how he had taken Qiu San Niang to see the whales.

Xiao Qingyin: "..."

She couldn't tell whether Qiu San Niang liked or disliked the leader of the Giant Whale Gang.

All I could tell was that she had deliberately interrupted Yun Zhao's confession.

Does she not like Yun Zhao?

That shouldn't be the case.

Xiao Qingyin recalled the speculation she had after seeing the furnishings of Yun Zhao's room when she went to Hong Kong to treat his leg, and felt that things might not be as Yun Zhao thought.

She had just promised Qiu Sanniang that she would go to Hong Kong for dinner the next day, so she said, "Okay, I'll look into it."