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Mind games are something everyone has, it all depends on the motive and timing.
The motive is obvious, and as for the timing, it also happened to be just right, there is nothing more to say about these, and everyone can speculate on their own from a simple sentence spoken by Qin Yu.
Facing such a situation, they only thought later about how best to handle it.
Directly attack? Or...
They thought again about what Qin Yu had said and done.
She didn't even ask what the previous conflict or hidden grudge between the Wuque Disciple and the other group was, she just took a grand stance—fighting is fine, but let's first make a legitimate reason for it.
Taking direct action like Xie Shuling was possible, but it would be troublesome afterward.
It would allow the other party to unjustly accuse them of being the thief while playing the victim.
