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""Really?" Yue Heng retorted. "How did Magistrate Li know exactly when they died? Or rather... does Magistrate Li actually know when they passed away?""

""I was just making a guess," Magistrate Li replied. "As you just said, they were my subordinates. Naturally, I would know when they went missing.""

""If you knew, why didn't you report it?" Guo Yichun raised his voice and stared intently at him."

""… I didn't know where they had gone. I just thought they were slacking off and didn't pay much attention," Magistrate Li pleaded guilty. "It was my dereliction of duty.""