All the leaders answered without hesitation that they didn't. I looked at the leaders carefully, and they all exchanged glances with me. No one backed down.
I have a pretty good idea of what's going on. At least none of you here really know anything about it. It must have been done by your subordinates behind their boss's back.
I clasped my hands in a fist and bowed to everyone.
"I have important business to attend to today, so I won't stand on ceremony with you all. I'll host a proper banquet to apologize to you all after I've taken care of some things at home."
If there wasn't a deep-seated grudge, no one would stand up and cause trouble at a time like this. If he had that kind of personality, he wouldn't be alive today.
Some of the bigwigs remained silent, while others smiled and exchanged polite words. I took them all to heart, said nothing more, and turned to leave.
I rushed to the mall where Sister Wang had her accident. From a distance, I could see that the mall was surrounded by police officers and soldiers. I also saw that the military had arrived and were guarding the entire mall.
When I arrived with my group, I could clearly sense that everyone there recognized me. They visibly relaxed and let me in without stopping me.
I arrived at the mall entrance and met Gu Zhou, the director of the Black Mountain Prefecture City Public Security Bureau. He was a relative of the garrison commander, so he was considered one of our own. Upon seeing me, he quickly stepped forward and said, "Fourth Young Master, you'd better control your men! They robbed the An family's mall and are now holding all the mall's employees hostage. This is going to be a big problem."
I asked calmly, "You said this shopping mall belongs to the An family, so that means they should know about everything happening in the mall, right?"
Director Gu didn't understand what I meant and was still in a daze when a young man came over and said directly, "You're the boss of that donkey thing, right? Make him come out and surrender. Do you know how much money my mall loses if it closes for a day? You have to pay for all of that."
I glanced at Director Gu, who immediately understood and said, "This is Manager An, the general manager of the shopping mall."
I nodded, then suddenly pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Manager An's head. Turning to Director Gu, I said, "Director, you probably already know what's happened on my end. So, I ordered Brother Donkey and the others to do this. Now I'm going to start the interrogation myself. Director, please keep an eye on things outside and make sure no one escapes. I'll reward you handsomely afterwards."
After I finished speaking, I grabbed Manager An's hair and went into the mall. Director Gu was also facing a lot of trouble. Both sides were people I couldn't afford to offend. Fortunately, I had called the garrison commander on the way here, and he clearly stated that he would stand on my side, which made things a little easier for Director Gu.
Seeing my attitude, he didn't say anything more. He waved his hand, telling his men to hurry up and finish their work. He was already going to offend the An family, and he didn't want to offend me as well if he didn't do his job well, or he would end up pleasing neither side.
I grabbed Manager An by the hair and walked up to the mall employees, ignoring her pig-like wails. I said to them, "I'm the man of the girl who went missing yesterday. I'm giving you a chance. If anyone knows anything, just say it now and I won't pursue the matter further. After all, the most important thing is that she gets back safely. You don't understand the seriousness of the situation, so it's understandable that you might have accidentally kidnapped the wrong person."
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