The black-haired woman swept her bangs aside, then let them fall back into place less than a second later.
Jin Xueli, however, was stunned.
"There, see?" she said. "I just happened to see the news. That's how I knew the new chief has been in office for less than a month."
The entire building was filled with a fog-like darkness. Only the flashlights in their hands broke through it on the fifth-floor corridor, carving out a few hollow patches of white light.
The light was dim and their vision was hazy, making it impossible to see things clearly. The woman had only pushed her hair aside for a moment, but Jin Xueli still saw a normal-looking human eye beneath her bangs.
'...Was I overthinking it?'
Indeed, the change of leadership at the Central Police Station wasn't a secret. It wouldn't be strange for someone to have learned about it through other channels.
"Ah, and here I thought I'd uncovered the truth."
