Boom!!
That single sentence exploded in the minds of Tower Master Mo Yu and his clueless group, as well as everyone from the Sky Patrol Directorate.
The watching disciples found the truth all the more bewildering and elusive.
"Had the people behind Li Tianming finally made a real move? Was his background actually genuine?"
"That had to be fake, right? The Young Director had yet to reach a conclusion. How could they decide Li Tianming did it based on a little girl's words alone?"
"I never heard that those two had any grudge against him. They were people who couldn't have been more unrelated."
Why had she reached that conclusion?
That question lingered in everyone's hearts.
"You know who the murderer is? What made you conclude that Li Tianming harmed him?" Zhao Ziyue frowned slightly and asked coldly.
The expression on Yao'er's tear-streaked face suddenly froze. It was as though she had been struck by a paralysis spell; her movements froze, and so did her expression.
Eager to investigate the case, Zhao Ziyue considered the girl's grief and softened her voice somewhat. "Just tell the truth. This is all to help you find the enemy of your so-called Brother Fan."
Yao'er's pupils trembled faintly. Cold sweat seeped from her forehead and mixed with the tears plastered across her face, making it impossible to distinguish.
She stammered for a long while, unable to form a complete word or sentence.
"Don't be nervous. Just speak," Zhao Ziyue said.
After a long while, Yao'er finally forced out a halting sentence. "Th-this was only... only my guess..."
Yao'er's strange behavior, combined with the location of those two ice sculptures, which happened to be exactly where Li Tianming had been attacked—
It looked far too much like retaliation!
Retaliation for the attack!
These clues gave