Chapter 598 — Nothing to Do with Him
Years of Heartflutter · Page 2 of 2
Xia Yan looked stern. After getting out of the car, he glanced around once, then strode quickly over to Yang Ce. "Yang Ce, I am truly sorry! This was a lapse in my work—I failed to verify this man's identity and let a traitor like this slip into the Mystery Investigation Bureau!"
Xia Yan began by admitting his own fault, which dissipated most of Yang Ce's anger. Yang Ce had indeed harbored some resentment toward Xia Yan: what sort of team was the man running? For someone else's pawn to have infiltrated the very headquarters of the Mystery Investigation Bureau was truly absurd.
But with Xia Yan having said as much, Yang Ce could hardly press the point; he merely nodded. "Find out the truth as quickly as you can!"
"Take both of these men back!" Xia Yan waved a hand, pointing at Brother Wang on the ground and the other man who had come with him, and gave the order to his subordinates.
The man who had come with Brother Wang was instantly dumbstruck. "Captain Xia, I am innocent! I had no idea Brother Wang was going to pull a gun and attack anyone—I knew nothing at all!"
"Whether you are innocent or not, I will determine that myself," Xia Yan said mildly.
"Ah—" The man's face went deathly pale. He had never expected such misfortune to befall him!
Fresh out of university, under the envious gaze of others, he had landed a very good job at the Mystery Investigation Bureau, a highly mysterious institution of privilege. Though he was only a liaison officer, he wielded powers others could never possess!
Such privileges were the preserve of liaison officers like him: entry to the airport through special passages, and in ordinary times priority clearance and unhindered access to other institutions. Yet now, unexpectedly, he found himself in such a passive position!
Today's affair might well land him in prison! He did not know how the final investigation would turn out, or whether Brother Wang would turn on him. Simply because he happened to be on the best of terms with Brother Wang, this job was likely as good as gone!
Who had told him to choose his friends so poorly? He felt some regret, but regret was useless now—there is no medicine for it in this world. He could only bow his head in helpless silence.
"Brother Xia, this has nothing to do with him. He knew nothing about it. Let him go," Yang Ce said. He knew the man was innocent, for his thoughts could not lie. It was impossible that he knew of Yang Ce's ability to read minds, and impossible that he could have preemptively forced his own mind to churn out thoughts designed to mislead Yang Ce!
A person's thoughts can sometimes betray everything in a single instant, beyond anyone's control. So if anyone claimed he was faking, Yang Ce would not believe it himself! His ability let him judge a man's innocence with perfect accuracy, which was why Yang Ce spoke so firmly in the man's defense.
"This..." Xia Yan was slightly taken aback, looking at Yang Ce with some surprise. He had not expected Yang Ce to speak up for the man of his own accord!
Yet Xia Yan did not doubt Yang Ce's motives in the least. He knew Yang Ce's character well: the man was one to repay kindness and avenge wrongs, the sort who, if you harmed his friends or family, would make you pay in blood no matter who you were!