The explosion that night...
He really guessed it?
How could he possibly have figured that out just by guessing?
What kind of logic was this? How did it work?
Could this kid really read my expression to find the answers he wanted?
Where the fuck did this freak come from?! You're the real monster here!
"I guess you're thinking about how you hid it so well, yet I still saw through you, and wondering how to stop showing any expression at all. Am I right?"
Xia Xu leaned his face a little closer to the glass, a nasty smile on his lips. "Give up. It's impossible to completely conceal a person's microexpressions. Like I said, you have no secrets from me."
"Sir, what are you talking about? I'm completely lost."
Yu Zhengqing barely steadied himself and kept up his act.
"Fine, deny it all you want. Your instinctive reactions will tell me the answers anyway. It's not like I need to take you to court and get you convicted."
Xia Xu's smile had actually barely changed, but in Yu Zhengqing's eyes, it probably already looked like a devil's. Still smiling, he continued, "Where were we? Oh, the explosion. Did you cause that explosion?"
"..."
"Hmm, judging by your reaction, it was definitely connected to you at the very least."
"..."
"Why did you cause that explosion? Hmm, we can rule out money and things like that. Robbing a bank would've been easier. We can also rule out relationships and disputes. With your combat abilities, you wouldn't need to cause an explosion... Was it related to you being a Beastman?"
"You seem to show some habitual behaviors of a thief. Were you stealing something that night? Did you succeed?"
"Looks like you did. What did you steal? Something related to you