"Since the man had gone insane, how did you get all this information from him?" Li Bai pressed.
"Mr. Yuan comes from a family of doctors and is skilled in acupuncture. When he heard that someone in the village had suddenly gone mad for no apparent reason, he went to examine him and used silver needles to help him regain his senses," Luo Tianhe explained.
Luo Tianhe's explanation seemed to defend Yuan Shanyuan, but it also sounded like he was shifting the blame onto him. Yuan Shanyuan still wore his kindly smile. "You flatter me, Mr. Luo. It was a mere trick, hardly worth mentioning. Besides, the man wasn't truly insane. He'd simply been badly frightened, and a surge of pent-up energy had clouded his mind. On top of that, he lived in a remote village where the only doctors were unlicensed practitioners, so his treatment was delayed until now."
"Damn it. Who else knows about this man?" Li Shanru's expression changed as she pressed him.
Yuan Shanyuan gave her a reassuring look. "Don't worry. No one else was there when we questioned him. It was just me, my granddaughter Bai Yu, Mr. Luo, and the man. No one else could have found out."
Ding Zhenzong's expression grew conflicted. "That's hard to say. Maybe the man didn't dare say anything while you were there, but once you've left, he might tell someone. Word gets around. If this leaks out, it won't just implicate us—the whole village could suffer the Japanese retaliation."
"You're worrying too much, young Ding," Yuan Shanyuan said with a chuckle. "That won't happen. After we questioned him, the man went completely insane. He won't get the chance to tell anyone a thing."
As they looked at Yuan Shanyuan's kindly face, a chill ran through them all. It