Thirteen said nothing; he didn't know what to say. He would have ignored anyone else, but he couldn't ignore his Miss's questions. His entire life was lived for her.
"When did this start?" He Mengji asked.
"At Thunder Mountain."
He Mengji remembered that. At Thunder Mountain, Thirteen had gone missing. Ghost's apprentice, Ghost Shadow, had disguised himself as Thirteen in a plot to harm Ye Xiong. She had gone out to find Thirteen and eventually discovered him unconscious in the bushes. At the time, she hadn't thought much of it, assuming he had narrowly escaped a terrible fate. Thirteen himself had claimed to have gotten away by a stroke of luck, so she hadn't dwelled on it. She never imagined that he had already been compromised back then.
"What happened at Thunder Mountain?" He Mengji asked.