"Had it already come to this... Why hadn't he told me..."
Wang Nuonuo closed her eyes, her lips moving as those words echoed endlessly in her heart.
"Or... had I come back too late..."
"No, if the charges were this serious, how had he been caught?"
The girl's composed and calm heart finally fell into disarray upon hearing of Mu Fan's circumstances. Yet even amid that panic, every thread of her thoughts still revolved around Mu Fan, allowing her to immediately spot a suspicious point worth examining.
Thinking of this, though worry filled Wang Nuonuo's eyes, she still raised her head and sincerely asked Shuang Ming, "Young Master Shuang Ming, could there be some misunderstanding here? All I know is that he came to represent his academy in the Exchange Competition. How could someone with neither power nor influence possibly commit treason?"
Shuang Ming shook his head with considerable regret. "I'm also puzzled. But since the Military Intelligence Department has already reached a conclusion, they must have some basis for it. They couldn't possibly be making baseless accusations."
Seeing the worried look on his daughter's face, Wang Lingfeng's heart finally softened somewhat. With a sigh deep in his heart, he looked up at the other man and said, "Young Master Shuang Ming, I've met that lad Mu Fan before. He seems fairly steady. But he's seriously injured right now. Could something be arranged to postpone the Military Intelligence Department's interrogation?"
"Mu Fan was injured?!"
Wang Nuonuo's eyes widened. Only now did she learn this crucial piece of information. This time, she truly couldn't remain seated. Turning to her father, she said word by word, "What else have you kept from me? Tell me everything!"
"During the academy Exchange Competition, his opponent caused the mech he controlled to self-destruct, leaving him