Tingyun's head buzzed. When she recovered her senses, she immediately realized something seemed off.
"Wait, how did you know?" Tingyun stared at Chu Mu in disbelief.
Chu Mu pointed beside his ear and said:
"I can hear it. Is there a problem?"
Tingyun instantly understood that this was probably some kind of artificial intelligence announcement. She tried imagining the scene and felt even more mortified, to the point that she wished she could crawl into a crack in the ground.
"The Foxian Tingyun's tail is swishing rapidly..." Faf calmly reported.
Chu Mu once again told her to leave:
"Miss Tingyun, if you have nothing else to discuss, please leave."
"Do I have to have a case to stay here?" Tingyun asked plaintively.
"What else?" Chu Mu countered. "This is a courtroom. Why would you come here without a case?"
"All right." Tingyun sighed. "I don't have a case, but I can offer you a lead, benefactor. Norton, the merchant traveling with me, seems a little suspicious. Would you like to investigate him?"
At that, Chu Mu asked evenly:
"Be specific. What's suspicious about him?"
"Norton said the people here were all selfish and greedy, but after speaking with them, I learned that he's been trading cheap packaged food for gold dust for the past thirty years." Tingyun smiled faintly. "By that reckoning, Norton is the most selfish and greedy one of all."
She paused, then continued:
"If you're going to govern this place, benefactor, you must keep an eye on these unscrupulous merchants!"
"It seems you believe you've discovered the truth," Chu Mu said leisurely. "Miss Tingyun, have you seen that gold dust?"
"No. Those people refused to show it to me." Tingyun shook her head. "Is there something wrong with it?"
"Heh. That's hilarious." Silver Wolf scoffed.
Tingyun turned