"Let's talk about those four murders. I know you didn't do them, but you were suspected of being there in all of them."
"I don't know what you're talking about. What murder case has nothing to do with me?" Qiu Hai shook his head and said.
Seeing his stubbornness, Shen Lang laughed and said, "It seems you still haven't grasped the situation, Tiger. You've been in the underworld for so many years, how come you're still so blind?"
Then He Yongze winked at the two security guards behind Qiu Hai.
After the two men understood each other, they kicked Qiu Hai to the ground, then pulled out batons from their waists and began to beat him.
Qiu Hai, as expected of a seasoned veteran, endured being whipped for ten minutes without uttering a sound.
Shen Lang waved his hand, signaling the two to stop what they were doing. He then walked up to Qiu Hai, who was curled up on the ground like a rotten shrimp, and said, "Don't think I'm trying to trick you. The evidence I have right now is enough to get you shot twice over."
"So don't try to outsmart me. If I wanted you to disappear, you would vanish like ashes in the wind, leaving no trace in this world."
Although Shen Lang's tone was tinged with amusement, it sounded like a thunderclap to Qiu Hai.
"Can we have a proper talk now?"
Qiu Hai struggled to his feet and nodded. He gave in; the man before him was too terrifying. Just as Shen Lang had said, the information Shen Lang possessed alone was enough to send him to his death twice.
Seeing that Qiu Hai was having difficulty even standing, Shen Lang said to the two people behind him, "Go and get him a stool to sit on."
"yes."
Then the two of them moved a stool from the side and placed it behind Qiu Hai.
Shen Lang returned to his seat.
"Can you spare my life if I tell you?" Qiu Hai said, slumped into the chair.
“If you behave well, I might consider letting you go,” Shen Lang said.
Then Qiu Hai began to reveal all the shady things he had done for Liu Huimin over the past year. He knew he was now a fish on a chopping board, and the only thing he could do was to please Shen Lang and exchange it for a way to survive.
“When I first started working with Liu Huimin, she arranged for me to meet a gangster in Shenglin District known as Scorpion during the first week. A month later, Scorpion led us to kidnap the mistress and illegitimate child of the owner of the Huangzun Nightclub. After Scorpion tortured and killed them, he filmed the incident and sent the video to the owner of the Huangzun Nightclub via email.”
“Because we were all wearing ghost masks at the time, and Scorpion was very careful, we didn’t leave any information about ourselves. And we went through the un-surveilled areas provided by Liu Huimin the whole time, so the police eventually released us due to insufficient evidence.”
“A month later, we kidnapped the son of the owner of Huangzun. Liu Huimin sent me to negotiate with the owner of Huangzun. In the end, Liu Huimin bought the Huangzun nightclub, which was worth 30 million, for 2 million.”
After speaking, Shen Lang asked Qiu Hai, "Do you have any evidence?"
Qiu Hai shook his head and said, "That was my first time participating. I was just assisting Scorpion the whole time, so I didn't leave any evidence to prove that Liu Huimin was involved."
Shen Lang nodded, signaling him to continue.
“Last September, the gigolo that Liu Huimin was keeping at the Huangzun Club used Liu Huimin’s money to start a relationship with a girlfriend. When Liu Huimin found out, she was furious and ordered me to take some men to kidnap the gigolo and his girlfriend. After humiliating them, she ordered us to kill them, pour cement into their mouths, and throw them into the Wei River.”
"Last November, Liu Huimin set her sights on Shengshi Bar, the largest bar in Yucheng District, and ordered me to lead a group to cause trouble, using the same strategy as when she acquired dRx. However, the owner of Shengshi Bar was a tough guy who refused to compromise with Liu Huimin and even declared that he would rather lose Shengshi than give up on Liu Huimin. So Liu Huimin ordered me to lead a group to tie up the owner's wife and cut off her arm. In the end, we successfully acquired Shengshi."
“In March of this year, Liu Huimin took a fancy to a resident singer at the dRx bar and wanted to keep him as a mistress. After the singer refused, she ordered me to have him thrown into the Wei River to scare him. But the guy didn’t give in, so in the end Liu Huimin ordered me to take my men and hack him to death and dump his body in the wilderness.”
Shen Lang nodded and asked, "Do you have any evidence?"
Qiu Hai glanced at everyone in the room, nodded, and said, "Yes. Ever since Scorpion helped Liu Huimin traffic drugs last year and was caught and sentenced to death, I've been on guard. Every time I meet her, I secretly record the conversation."
"Where's the recording?" Shen Lang asked.
Qiu Hai said, "It's on a hard drive at my house. I can take you there to get it."
Shen Lang ignored him and gave He Yongze a look.
He Yongze immediately understood and ordered his men to go to Qiu Hai's house to find the hard drive.
Twenty minutes later, He Yongze's subordinate returned to the office with a hard drive.
Liu Huimin never imagined that the insignificant person he had always looked down upon would become the knife pointed at him.
The contents of the hard drive were enough to send Liu Huimin to the execution ground; even the highest executive officer of S Province couldn't save her.
However, Shen Lang didn't stop there. His goal wasn't just to send Liu Huimin to the execution ground; he wanted to join forces with Sun Minghui and the central government to send Lu Weidong, the highest-ranking official in S Province, to where he belonged. He currently only possessed evidence of Liu Huimin's crimes, which had nothing to do with Lu Weidong. In fact, Lu Weidong might even use his connections to save Liu Huimin's life.
After reviewing the audio and video recordings on the hard drive, Shen Lang asked a question that sent shivers down Qiu Hai's spine: "Do you know Liu Huimin's drug trafficking channels?"
"I don't know, I don't know." Qiu Hai shook his head like a rattle drum when he heard Shen Lang's question.
Drug trafficking is the biggest taboo in China; anyone who gets involved will die.
Shen Lang's lips curled into a sinister smile as he chuckled, "Looks like you've served your purpose, Tiger. Winter Snow, send Tiger on his way."
"Yes, young master." Dongxue responded, then, wearing snow-white high boots, walked step by step toward Qiu Hai.
"No, I still have a use." Qiu Hai looked at the white Grim Reaper walking towards him step by step, immediately stood up from his chair, knelt on the ground and said, "Master Lang, although I don't know, there is someone who does."
Spare my life, spare my life.
Upon hearing this, Dongxue stopped in her tracks.
"Speak," Shen Lang said.
“Zhuge Jing knows; she’s Scorpion’s strategist. She ran away before Scorpion’s accident. She must know about Scorpion’s deal with Liu Huimin,” Qiu Hai said hurriedly, kneeling on the ground.
"How did you know?" Shen Lang asked.
"After Scorpion was captured, Liu Huimin was afraid that Zhuge Jing would leak the news, so she wanted us to get rid of her. But this Zhuge Jing is too clever, and she always manages to evade us." Qiu Hai said what he knew very quickly.
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