After hearing Li Yan's words, Su Hong immediately raised a jade-like hand and lightly patted her smooth forehead.
"It really does seem to be so!"
She herself had considered several of the possibilities Li Yan mentioned. She had merely wanted to see whether he possessed any deeper insight. As for the final possibility he raised, Su Hong felt it was likely closest to the truth.
There was no perfect defense in this world. No matter what methods the other side used to make their arrangements, that enemy's greatest strength could not possibly surpass that of Guiqulaixi. Otherwise, they could have simply taken down their trading firm directly.
As for why they had not planted the "Demonic Sound Tongue Lock" in the other people, Li Yan's words were quite right. Aside from possible limitations on the technique itself, there was also what had happened with Jin Zhiyuan—the first time was the most effective.
It was also the most likely way to sever the clues at the most crucial link. If Li Yan and the others had not worked backward from Lin Fengshan and the other man to Jin Zhiyuan, the clues they were pursuing would have been cut off from the very start.
Wen Ruyun was the same. Her position was also an extremely crucial link. The enemy had wanted her to suddenly die once she was discovered.
And the enemy had indeed accomplished that. This was the reason Li Yan had mentioned: if the "Demonic Sound Tongue Lock" had been used on all the others—
then once Wen Ruyun was captured, with them on guard, she naturally would not have died so easily. They would then have considered other methods to force a confession from her.
"No matter what, this is an important lead. Even if there is only a