Chapter 417: A Poisonous Scheme
“Eat slowly.”
Loren wiped Anna's mouth with a handkerchief, but his attention wasn't here.
Gwen had been following Lane the entire time, watching his every move step by step.
Lane's plan was meticulous, very similar to Loren's own plan; he had long arranged spies around every family's estate.
He tallied the time it took for the rumors to reach each location, ultimately pinpointing a specific area and identifying the zone where the rumors first appeared.
At the same time, he listed the nobles living nearby and specifically marked a few among them.
These marked nobles were all from the families of Loren's students. Lane first calculated the distance from their homes to that area, then made numerous other calculations.
He calculated the time it took for students to return home from school, and how long it took for family members to send people to that area.
William was right; Lane was indeed very clever, but there was little he could do about this problem.