Caught red-handed?
What had he said earlier? During a sensitive time, trying to prove your innocence was risky. And now look—it had come true.
Fu Qian blinked, immediately grasping roughly how things had unfolded.
"Hotel?"
It had little to do with him, but the morning news was pretty explosive.
From Wen Li's expression, she was clearly just as shocked.
"Not that far. Outside a bar."
Wen Li shook her head, sounding rather rueful.
"Honestly, even now, I'm still having a hard time believing it."
"But the source is pretty reliable. Apparently, last night he sneaked out of his house and went looking for prey while concealing his appearance. Someone recognized him, and when he tried to run, he didn't get away..."
He'd risked trying to prove his innocence, then, once he was spotted, found it too hard to explain and fled as if guilty. Every step had made things worse in exactly the right way. It was definitely something Taylor would do.
Fu Qian nodded, unsurprised.
"The people who stepped in to do the right thing were the ones who spread the news, right?"
The folks who'd managed to stop Taylor from escaping—while he was carrying that Supernatural Item, no less—couldn't possibly be ordinary do-gooders. They were probably teams from the various organizations, lying in wait and acting when the opportunity arose.
And Taylor had blundered right into them.
"Exactly. The Night Watchers don't have much reason to suppress the news, so quite a few people know by now."
Wen Li clearly understood what he meant. She sighed softly.
"Anyway, Taylor's in a bit of trouble this time. Do you think he's innocent?"
"Yes."
Fu Qian replied without hesitation.
"Taylor's just not the sharpest tool in the shed. He does have some pride, though."
"Besides, fortune favors fools. Things may