After shutting the door whose bolt had been smashed, Hobart said to Xue and Fors, "Pack your things. We're moving somewhere else for two days."
Fors asked, "Where to?"
"Blackthorn Security Company! Hurry, before they realize what's going on!"
The three of them grabbed one or two changes of clothes, found some wire to twist the door shut, and left in a rental carriage.
Once they were in the carriage, Xue finally asked, "What were they trying to search for when they wanted to enter just now? Why were they in such a hurry?"
"Obviously, they were searching for those two corpses." Hobart smiled. "I almost fell for their trick."
Xue added, "But bandits broke into our house, didn't they? We're the victims."
"That's true, but there's plenty of room for maneuver in practice." Hobart said, "By a lawyer's usual standards, if someone dies in your home, you definitely call the police.
"As long as the investigators determine that the two dead men were guilty of something like breaking and entering for robbery, then we acted in self-defense and can be released on bail tomorrow.
"But that is precisely the problem. Under the relevant regulations, the determination of self-defense cannot take more than five working days. If it is self-defense, bail can be granted immediately. As long as the victims' families do not file suit within a month, the bail money will even be returned.
"If the investigators have doubts about the case details, they can bring a public prosecution, and the lawyer can defend us as not guilty."
Hobart smiled. "They intend to exploit that loophole of 'five working days.' They know that, as a lawyer, it would be difficult to convict me of intentional homicide during questioning.
"And in my understanding, determining whether something counts as self-defense is