Li Tianming's questioning left Qin Siyang speechless.
He gave an awkward smile and lowered his head, inwardly cursing whoever had killed Roylena.
You've ruined everything!
Qin Siyang hesitated. "Old Li, I did find out about someone, but she's already dead..."
Li Tianming gave a disdainful laugh and sat on the sofa. "Qin Siyang, are you making a fool of me? Can a dead person talk?"
Knowing he was in the wrong, Qin Siyang could only nod. "I understand. I'll find a way to get some clues from this dead person as soon as possible, then get back to you."
"Get clues from a dead person?" Li Tianming gave Qin Siyang a strange look. "The longer someone's been dead, the fewer traces remain. Since you sound so confident, I take it she died recently?"
"You could say that."
"Don't tell me it was that policewoman who was killed yesterday?"
Qin Siyang glanced at Li Tianming and nodded.
At that, Li Tianming's eyes went wide, and he suddenly leaned forward from where he had been reclining on the sofa.
Bracing his hands on the table, he thrust his face forward until his eyes met Qin Siyang's, barely a fist's width between them.
Li Tianming asked, stressing every word, "So you knew all along that she belonged to the [Deceiver] sequence, didn't you?"
Qin Siyang avoided Li Tianming's gaze and licked his lips without answering.
"You knew all along, but you never told me. Now that she's dead, you finally tell me?!"
Li Tianming gave a self-mocking laugh. "And here I was, treating you with complete sincerity. This is how you play me? After all that, you still have the nerve to ask me to keep being your [Insurance Provider]?"
"Qin Siyang, oh, Qin Siyang. You've really broken my heart."
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