Just then, Yan Xiao's phone rang.
Everyone looked at him. Yan Xiao glanced down at his phone and said expressionlessly, "My brother."
"Hello?" He answered the call.
On the other end, Yan Lie hesitated for a moment before saying, "Come to the General Bureau. We found your friend's body."
Yan Xiao's grip on his phone tightened. "Are you sure?"
"The forensic doctor is examining the body. It's him, but... something's strange."
"What's strange?"
"We'll talk when you get here."
Yan Lie hung up.
Yan Xiao looked at everyone. "You should go to the General Bureau. They found Yang's body."
At those words, Chen Zhiyuan instantly looked as though his soul had left him. Every trace of color drained from his face.
Yang's body... If there had been no body, perhaps there might still have been a sliver of possibility. But now that the body had been found, all hope was gone.
"My brother said there's something strange about Yang's body," Yan Xiao continued.
Chen Zhiyuan immediately broke into a run!
Everyone else had been invited by Yang, too, and had received his care. They immediately followed, wanting to go to the General Bureau and see exactly what was strange about Yang's body.
"Aren't you going?" Xu Yi, who was bringing up the rear, suddenly turned and asked Yan Xiao.
Yan Xiao looked at him and shook his head slightly.
"I don't want to see Yan Lie."
Xu Yi looked Yan Xiao up and down. "Suit yourself. But your Spirit Pupil Count is the closest to Yang's. Be careful."
With both hands tucked behind his head, he sauntered away after saying that.
Watching Xu Yi's retreating figure, Yan Xiao slowly leaned against the railing. The wind howled, stirring ripples in his usually calm heart.
"Oh, right." Xu Yi stopped and turned