582nd Break: Chat

Qiu Shiba looked at the still surface of the tea and ignored Qiu Si who was seated across from him. "Where is your shidi?" he asked him.

"I don't know." Qiu Si honestly answered.

"But you know where he is going to, and what is he going to do?" Qiu Shiba said as he finally raised his gaze and looked at Qiu Si who fell silent. "Or was it that he has already accomplished what he should do, to our boss?" he asked after he recalled the message that he received from Qiu Qi earlier as he collected information.

Qiu Si remained silent.

Qiu Shiba's lip curled up, though due to derisiveness. "I have already noticed." He spoke as he looked at the tea where no stalk was floating*.

*it is believed that it's a sign of good luck to have a tea stalk floating vertically in your green tea

It was a bad omen. And with their topic right now, who is their boss, Meng Xing…

Qiu Si finally looked at Qiu Shiba. "What do you mean?" he asked.