Qiu Si heard what Qiu Shiba said and just grinned. Naturally, he knows that for someone who was raised in a palace like Qiu Shiba and is expected to make great achievements, Qiu Shiba would be very careful, as well as suspicious, by nature. And so, Qiu Si who reeked of deep secrets to hover around Meng Xing, Qiu Shiba would be alarmed when it came to him (QS). Thus, Qiu Si had already expected Qiu Shiba to react that way when he asked him that question.
"But what?" Qiu Si asked as he got down the bed and walked towards Qiu Shiba.
But Qiu Shiba was unfazed as he neither retreated nor withdrew his gaze from Qiu Si. "But you are very suspicious." He answered. "As long as I can't see your true objective toward Meng Xing, I will never acknowledge you as a colleague." He told Qiu Si.