Although County Magistrate Zhang had been stripped of a scholar's Divine Essence, he could still see clearly from this distance.
The surroundings were bustling, people coming and going. From time to time, commoners pointed and whispered in this direction.
There were too many people, and the place was a noisy jumble. With everyone saying something at once, the combined noise became chaotic and incoherent.
But County Magistrate Zhang saw no one else. He had even automatically filtered out the surrounding sounds, seeing only Xu Bai.
That face... of course he recognized it. Just a few nights ago, he had summoned this man to the County Office and threatened him.
He knew this man's identity better than anyone.
—The head of the Fulong Escort Agency!
At that moment, the man was smiling at him, smiling for no apparent reason.
That smile made his skin crawl. Just one glance left his entire body numb with terror, and within that smile was something inexplicable.
It was as though... mockery! Or perhaps... toying with him! "This is..."
County Magistrate Zhang's mind kept replaying that night, recalling how frightened and timid this man had seemed when he summoned him to the County Office.
But now, he was actually smiling at him, smiling so happily.
Why! This should not be happening!
Stormy waves rose in County Magistrate Zhang's mind. Then he pieced every fragment together and came to a conclusion.
"It was him! He was pretending that night!"
He had done all of this. The head of the Fulong Escort Agency was that Mysterious Person.
County Magistrate Zhang stared fixedly at Xu Bai, already receiving the answer from Xu Bai's smile.
"No wonder, no wonder that wooden box was empty. It was never stolen by someone else—he took it himself."
Once he understood this, every clue