( He nods, humming an affirmative note, then turning and wagging a finger at Shen Qingqiu. )

Can it be you've found nothing? I'm not even one so dedicated to the love of books, and here I am, finding time to read interesting novels and locate all sorts of plot holes.

( Okay, so what he did was flip through books and leave piles all over because he wanted a sense of answers, and found none. But he did find the weird gaps in books! )