Originally Posted by
bliss
Wasn't Hua Manlou completely duped by Shangguan Danfeng as well? It wasn't until her cover was exposed that he fell out of it.
Yes, he was completely duped in the beginning, but he already knew there was something wrong before her cover was exposed. Exactly when he figured out, I'm not sure.
Here's the text that indicates so.
click to show/hide spoilers"By that time there was only Hua ManLou there, he would never suspect me of anything. Even if I tell him that snow is black and ink is white, he would still believe."
"Why?"
"Because he loves me." ShangGuan FeiYan confidently replied. "Once a man falls for a girl, then he becomes really quite hopeless."
"Precisely because he likes you, therefore you think that all the tricks and lies that he falls for is deserved?"
"Because he himself wanted to. I didn't make him love me."
Lu XiaoFeng suddenly sighed again.
"I only have one thing to tell you now."
"What?"
"If a person keeps making everyone else to be idiots, then that person is the dumbest of them all."
"What's that suppose to mean?" ShangGuan FeiYan frowned.
"If you turn around and take a look, then you would understand."
ShangGuan FeiYan turned around. She felt as if she had suddenly completely fallen into a dark and deep hole.
The room was even darker, a person quietly stood in the darkness, completely motionless.
"Hua ManLou!" ShangGuan FeiYan could not stop herself from letting out a startled shout.
But Hua ManLou's demeanor was still very peaceful, as if he was not feeling a bit of pain or rage.
ShangGuan FeiYan looked at him in shock.
"How... how did you get here?"
"I walked." Hua ManLou casually replied.
"But I... I sealed your pressure point."
"When others hit your pressure point, if you can force your body's energy to the area around that point, after a while maybe you could be able to push open that sealed pressure point. Luckily, I know a small bit of that skill."
"You already made preparations? Did you already suspect that I would do something?"
"I didn't want my friend to kill in order to save me."
"Did you hear all of what I just said?"
Hua ManLou nodded.
"You... you... you are not mad?"
"Nobody can avoid making mistakes," Hua ManLou casually replied. "Besides, you really did not force me to fall for you."
Credit to Moinllieon for the translation.