"I told you I'm innocent! Why won't you believe me?!"
The young girl retorted emotionally, tears finally slipping down her face, yet she still held her head high stubbornly.
At that moment, Gu Yuanyuan, standing behind Gu Sheng, quietly tugged at her master's sleeve and transmitted her voice.
"Master, I feel like... she doesn't seem to be lying."
Gu Sheng calmly glanced at the girl and replied via voice transmission.
"Feelings may not be true. This matter has nothing to do with us. Do not meddle. Just wait and see."
Gu Yuanyuan obediently answered, "Oh," and said nothing more.
Tantai Bingyu looked at the girl, who would rather die than allow anyone to search her sea of consciousness, and felt a headache coming on.
He rubbed his brow, then finally sighed.
"Miss, if you continue like this, it will be difficult for me as well. Since you insist you are innocent yet refuse to cooperate with the investigation, then I can only..."
He did not finish, but his meaning was already clear. If the girl still refused to relent, he would summon someone from the Law Enforcement Hall.
At his words, all color drained from the girl's face. Despair flashed through her eyes before being replaced by determination. She closed her eyes as tears silently streamed down her cheeks and murmured.
"I would rather die... than allow my sea of consciousness to be violated..."
Tantai Bingyu frowned slightly at the emotional girl threatening death. Then, with two fingers moving like the wind, he sent a gentle yet irresistible stream of true qi directly into her brow.
The girl's body went limp. Before the stubbornness and tears in her eyes could fade, she had already lost consciousness and collapsed to the floor.
"Sigh." Tantai Bingyu let out a soft breath and