The day passed without incident.
When he returned home, Mrs. Zhao told him that Wang Chengde had stopped by looking for Zhao Jing. After learning that he had accepted a friend's invitation to see an opera, Wang Chengde hadn't stayed long before leaving.
He had come and gone in a hurry, his brow deeply furrowed. It didn't seem like a major crisis, but even Mrs. Zhao found it hard to believe it was nothing.
Mrs. Zhao suggested that Zhao Jing find Wang Chengde at his tavern the next day and see what was the matter.
Of course, this was what Wang Chengde had intended as well.
Chen Wanqing and Zhao Jing exchanged a look, both of them immediately thinking of the two pieces of news Wang Jun had shared that day.
No man walks this earth without leaving a trace.
Wang Jun had his sources to get that information, but there were countless other well-connected people in the world.
It was hard to say whether something considered a secret by some was truly a secret at all.
