A pair of fair arms pressed against the dining table as Mo Chou stared expressionlessly at Shi Yijian.
Her gaze had been tender only moments earlier, yet now she exuded a bold, commanding fierceness.
Thud, thud, thud!
Even as heavy footsteps surrounded her, not the slightest change crossed her lovely face.
"Hong Kong Island Police Force National Security Department, Ms. Mo Chou, you're under arrest!"
Impeccably dressed in a suit, Jing Jinxian slowly approached Mo Chou and presented the arrest warrant in accordance with procedure.
This arrest warrant was not merely a document signed by the Hong Kong Island Police Force.
After all, this was Macau, where the Hong Kong Island Police Force lacked independent law enforcement authority.
The official document authorizing Mo Chou's arrest therefore also bore the signature and official seal of the head of Macau's Disciplined Services.
Because of the Macau Judiciary Police's inaction toward the Yi Family in Macau, the Hong Kong Island Police Force remained wary of them during this operation.
Yet if the Hong Kong Island Police Force wanted to conduct an operation within Macau, there was ultimately no way around the local Disciplined Services authorities.
To maintain the case's confidentiality, the Hong Kong Island Police Force National Security Department simply took a different route.
Rather than following police procedures for a joint investigation between the two jurisdictions, this arrest operation went directly through cooperative channels within the National Security System.
In his capacity as the principal official responsible for Hong Kong Island's National Security Committee Members, Luo Danian met and consulted with the principal official of Macau's National Security Committee, namely Macau's Security Secretary.
Of course, however little the Hong Kong Island Police Force trusted the Macau Judiciary Police, they could not possibly let it show openly.
The reason Luo Danian offered on