Bai Biaobing's words had barely finished before the atmosphere turned oddly eerie.

Xiao Tian looked sideways at him, saying nothing, but the amusement in his eyes was like an old cat mocking a mouse.

After a while, unable to withstand Xiao Tian's gaze, Bai Biaobing couldn't help but say, "It was right for someone like Zong Jian, who abused his power for personal gain, to be investigated. Naturally, what he previously confessed doesn't count."

"That's correct!"

Xiao Tian nodded in agreement, then his tone shifted: "But what I want to talk about isn't this. You know we have special tasks at hand; even if you won't cooperate, secretly tripping us up is truly uncalled for, isn't it?!"

"You should know that speaking recklessly without concrete evidence carries responsibility!" Bai Biaobing retorted equally sharply, "In terms of rank, you're just a little grassroots officer, whereas I'm the director of the police department."

"Even if such words were to be said, it should be your Captain Yu Ningxue saying them, not you!"

Just as he finished speaking, the office door, ajar, was suddenly pushed open, revealing a striking figure. Although she already knew what to expect, Yu Ningxue couldn't suppress her surprise upon seeing Xiao Tian and Lin Bingxuan.

"Captain Yu?!"

Bai Biaobing was taken aback, then said, "Your colleague here just accused me of secretly tripping you up. Isn't this ridiculous?!"

"You know very well whether you tripped us up or not!" Yu Ningxue directed a particularly cold gaze at Bai Biaobing: "We've been hitting walls everywhere in Jin City recently, even when visiting in plain clothes, as if someone has publicly revealed our identities in advance."

"Director Bai, let me ask, are we celebrities?!" Yu Ningxue questioned: "Or is it that someone deliberately leaked our information?!"

Bai Biaobing's face suddenly turned cold: "Watch your words; don't make oblique accusations like that. Our Jin City may be small, but even so, no one, not even your Director Bai Tao, dares speak to me like that!"

"Ha, where's the insinuation? You're just feeling guilty!" Yu Ningxue sneered: "Lately, every time we're about to uncover some clues, unforeseen incidents occur. Once or twice might be coincidence, three or four times might be chance, but what about seven or eight times?!"

"Even if it's coincidence, too much coincidence is intentional, don't you agree?!" Yu Ningxue's gaze turned sharp: "Director Bai?"

Bai Biaobing's face suddenly contorted with anger: "You are simply outrageous. Ever since you came to Jin City, we've not only put aside our work to fully cooperate with your operations, and now you're falsely accusing us, is there such a thing in this world?!"

Yu Ningxue retorted sarcastically: "Put down your work to fully cooperate?! Ha, perhaps you've been setting up surveillance and tracking us."

"You!"

Bai Biaobing suddenly stood up, pointed a trembling finger at Yu Ningxue, but couldn't utter a single word.

After a while, he snorted coldly through his nose: "Just wait, I will report you for defamation to the higher-ups."

"No need!"

A stern and authoritative male voice echoed, stepping from behind Yu Ningxue, standing directly in front of Bai Biaobing, retrieving a document from his briefcase: "We've received reports implicating you in several illegal activities. Please come with us."

The man's voice was irrefutable, making Bai Biaobing's heart sink to the bottom. As he was taken away, he was still claiming he was being framed.

With Bai Biaobing taken away, the office suddenly quieted, and Ghost Face sensibly withdrew so as not to be the glaringly obvious third wheel.

Melinda watched Ghost Face leave the room, hesitated briefly, and then followed, only to be stopped by Lin Bingxuan as she took a step.

"Nicely done, beautiful master!"

Praising Yu Ningxue, Xiao Tian embraced her and whispered into her ear: "You've had a hard time during this period!"

Yu Ningxue blushed and protested: "You're so chatty upon seeing me. Looks like everything went smoothly?"

Seeing no signs of injury on Xiao Tian, Yu Ningxue immediately broke free from his embrace and leaped into Lin Bingxuan's arms: "Bingxuan, I've missed you so much during this time!"

"Me too!"

Lin Bingxuan smiled warmly: "And this time I brought you lots of gifts from Kunlun!"

"Gifts?!" Yu Ningxue exclaimed in surprise: "Thank you, Bingxuan!"

When Lin Bingxuan brought several exquisite boxes to Yu Ningxue, she first asked: "Bingxuan, who is this?"

"This is Melinda, and we really owe her this time..."

...

Outside, Xiao Tian approached the contemplative Ghost Face, and asked: "Still thinking about the Five Elements Crystal?"

"No." Ghost Face shook his head: "Without returning to the lab, even my personal understanding of the Five Elements Crystal can only go so far. I'm thinking about Zong Jian."

"Zong Jian?!"

Xiao Tian was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"I recall telling you before, perhaps Zhou Huchen is indeed Zong Jian's son." Ghost Face explained: "Now I'm considering if Zhou Huchen truly has no blood relation with Zong Jian, who could have such prowess to replicate DNA so perfectly?"

"Honestly, I can't wait to meet Zhou Huchen now!"

Xiao Tian frowned: "Until we see him, anything we say is just imagination and speculation. There could be other possibilities."

"Like what?" Ghost Face asked.

"For example, Zhou Huchen could've bribed the doctor who performed the DNA test, though that's not very plausible, so let's rule that out for now." Xiao Tian continued: "Or perhaps there's an issue with the person who collected the blood and samples, having replaced Zong Jian's samples with his, which can achieve the same results."

"So, until we see the person involved, let's limit some of the pointless speculation!" Xiao Tian sighed.

"I'm only trying to hypothesize from a scientific perspective, assuming Zhou Huchen used top-level scientific technology to simulate his DNA to be exactly like Zong Jian's, analyzing how plausible it is!" Ghost Face earnestly explained.

"How likely do you think it is?" Xiao Tian aptly questioned.

Ghost Face furrowed his brows: "Being optimistic, less than three percent!"

"Three percent?!"

Xiao Tian was shocked: "Even three percent is optimistic, so if you're not optimistic, there's no chance at all?!"

"Not exactly."

Ghost Face pondered for a moment, then said: "For researchers, a one percent chance might still be possible. But if my assumption proves true, whoever made that one percent possibility a reality is definitely a genius among geniuses!"

"Of course, things aren't that serious yet. If such technology truly ran rampant, wouldn't the world be in chaos?" Ghost Face added.