260 Escape, surprise

03:44:29.

"Statement completed."

Yin Li narrated the whole process with an impassive face, as if she were recounting a story that had nothing to do with her—no exclamation points, no question marks, no ellipses, just one comma after another, including the period that had just been put down.

As for the Anton on the screen, his expression throughout was even colder than hers, not even flickering when he heard about the Jester and the drugs; he kept to his promise and didn't interrupt Yin Li until after the story ended, when he slightly nodded.

"Now, we can hold a moment of silence for Cheng Xinghai."

Yin Li did not respond; her emotions remained steady, and her gaze continued to look straight ahead.

Anton then truly observed a five-second silence before speaking again, "From the beginning, you thought I was the enemy, and you still think so now, which makes me very sad. Is there something I can do to change that?"

"End the inquiry."

"Really in such a hurry to end it?"