Before Shi Rong could speak, one of the maids knelt down and humbly pleaded for her innocence. Seeing this, another maid also knelt down and spoke kindly to the four people.

He Nian frowned as he watched.

As a casual player who dealt with NPCs all day, she felt that it was not good to force an ordinary mortal NPC like this.

"I know it was one of you who took it," Shi Rong said. "But what I want to find out now is whether the other person is innocent or an accomplice."

The two maids shuddered when they heard this. Although they did not look at each other, they both knew that a crack had appeared in their relationship because of this sentence.

"Please spare me, Immortal Master! I didn't take the document! I admit that I peeked at the old city's demolition plan. That's because... my family has been crammed into a small house for over a decade! My eldest brother has trouble finding a wife, and my sister can't get married either... So, so... I had some bad thoughts... But I haven't dared to tell my family yet... Please, Immortal Master, please forgive me!"

“Master! Master!! I can’t read!! I don’t know anything!!”

Gu Xiaohe stepped forward and said, "We're investigating the theft of the documents. Anything else is beyond our jurisdiction. If you're innocent, you won't be punished. There's no need to worry, and there's no need to question our impartiality."

After hearing this, the two maids felt a little better.

Shi Rong's lips moved slightly, and he patted Gu Xiaohe's shoulder and said, "You search for them, and I'll go look for them."

"Um."

Gu Xiaohe acted out the whole play and also wanted to appease the two maids.

Shi Rong entered the study, also to avoid the embarrassment of the maid when being searched.

After all, he was the only male present.

Xia Yiran came over and began to comfort the two maids. As a celebrity, her affinity was much higher than Gu Xiaohe, so the two maids gradually calmed down.

The two men searched the maid separately, and were also careful about the range of their movements.

At the same time, the two remained vigilant.

He Nian stood aside and suddenly clenched his fists.

Then, He Nian looked towards the study.

In the study, Shi Rong was checking around.

In other words, Shi Rong had also read the contents of those documents...

After thinking about this, He Nian immediately began to recall what was abnormal about Shi Rong.

He had exposed her and Xia Yiran in front of the City Lord's Mansion, his words all trying to lure them into the mansion, thwarting his own plan to lure them out. He had used the maid to create a gap in the study where no one was, and he had even used the maid's body search to gain a legitimate excuse to avoid them!

He Nian felt that everything made sense.

She came to Gu Xiaohe and asked, "Sister Gu, who has a higher cultivation level, you or Shi Rong?"

"Hmm?" Gu Xiaohe glanced at He Nian, but still answered: "A Rong is in the early stage of Jin Dan, and I am in the peak of Xu Dan."

"Ah..." He Nian's heart sank.

But after a few seconds, she suddenly made a decision and whispered quickly in his ear, "Sister Gu, he might be the Taoyuan spy. Quickly notify the others..."

"What!?"