He did?

[shi qingxuan, who has been talking about ming yi to anyone who will listen, seems a little surprised that apparently ming yi has been talking about her? hello?]

...aaah, unfortunately, I wouldn't be surprised. He only tried it because he knew, if he could find a convenient scapegoat, enough people would agree to look the other way that it wouldn't matter.

[she crosses her arms]

But that's the sort of thing I can't stand.