"You knew this would happen all along?"
"Then..."
"You donated Mekaisi and Buzhan's Bookstore to the orphanage to lure the Danton Church into taking the bait!"
Ann Rattridge Oaken had hurried into the guest room to bring Qin Ran news of the Danton Church. When she saw his smile, realization suddenly struck her.
Qin Ran said nothing, tacitly confirming it.
Ann Rattridge Oaken was no fool. She would not believe him if he kept denying it.
Of course, Qin Ran would not explicitly admit it, either.
Giving a woman like Ann Rattridge Oaken something she could use against him would be far too troublesome.
"You're such a bad man!"
"You actually exploited the Danton Church's desperate need for a 'Knight' to set them up-did you find that information in the books in the secret room at Mekaisi and Buzhan Bookstore?"
"But why would you do this?"
"Don't tell me it was just for the title of 'Knight'!"
As Qin Ran's partner, Ann Rattridge Oaken quickly pieced together most of the truth once she noticed the clues.
Still, a few things puzzled her.
Naturally, Qin Ran would not explain.
"I'm just searching for my memories... I discovered that my power seems very similar to a Knight's."
That was his answer.
Upon hearing it, Ann Rattridge Oaken couldn't help laughing.
The woman before him did not believe a word he said.
Of course, as a clever woman, she would not press him further.
Ann Rattridge Oaken rose from the sofa opposite Qin Ran and stretched without restraint, still dressed in her nightclothes.
At once, she exposed a large expanse of skin before his eyes.
Then Ann Rattridge Oaken walked over, bent down against the sofa where Qin Ran sat, and lowered her head to whisper into his ear, her breath brushing against