Chapter 275

The old man seemed to have been truly angered by the Wu Haibo before him, and continued: "Now you want to be a good person, you want to be a hero! Heh! You're not even as good as a prostitute! Truly, you want to be a whore and still have a monument to your chastity erected!"

These words shamed Wu Haibo so much that he had nowhere to hide! He let out a long, sorrowful wail and, with tears streaming down his face, crawled on the ground and said: "I was wrong! Boss, please spare my child! As long as you don't touch him, I, I will tell you everything!"

"Hmph! Utterly spineless, you are not even as good as a 'three-surname slave'! With these few words, you are already backstabbing the ally you just made! Dealing with someone like you is truly an insult to my reputation!"

"A-Gui! He's yours! Make him handle the matter well. Whether he lies or steals, I don't care who gets the item now, I just want it to disappear!" The old man said this sternly and waved his hand. The tall man called A-Gui bowed his head in acknowledgment, turned to look at the man who had brought Wu Haibo, and that man immediately reached out to drag Wu Haibo by his arms and walk out.

The old man did not look at them again and turned to enter the inner room.

Wu Haibo was dragged like a dead dog by the man to a side room located in the southwest corner.

A-Gui said: "Xiang Dong, bring the rope over, we're going to give him some 'noodles'!"

While Wu Haibo was still confused, he saw Xiang Dong bring over a roll of nylon rope as thick as a thumb and tie his hands behind his back. Looking up, he saw several iron rings as thick as a child's arm hanging from the middle of the ceiling. Xiang Dong moved over a stepladder and threaded one end of the rope binding Wu Haibo through the iron ring.

By now, Wu Haibo understood that the other party intended to hang him up. Sure enough, he saw Xiang Dong grab the rope with both hands and pull hard toward the other corner of the room. Wu Haibo felt his wrists tighten, followed by a sharp pain, and his body was lifted off the ground!

It turned out that a pulley was installed in the iron ring, so Xiang Dong had lifted him up without much effort!

This room was clearly a place similar to a torture chamber. After Wu Haibo was hung up, Xiang Dong took a leather whip off the wall and respectfully asked A-Gui: "Boss, should I use the dry one or the wet one?"

The dry one referred to a whip that hadn't been soaked in water, while the wet one had been soaked.

A-Gui glanced at Wu Haibo, who was hanging in mid-air: "I'll give you one more chance! Where is the item? If you cooperate well, it will save us from going through this process. If you cooperate only after suffering, wouldn't you be at a huge loss?"

Seeing Wu Haibo's hesitant look, he said with certainty: "Here, I have served too many people, and no one has ever been able to withstand three rounds. You don't want to test your own endurance, do you?"

As he spoke, Xiang Dong swung the whip in his hand and lashed it against an iron pillar nearby. With a dull "thwack," a white mark was left on the hard iron pillar!

The tip of that leather whip was actually made of metal!

Wu Haibo's heart gave a sudden jolt, and then he felt a wet warmth in his crotch, and a foul, pungent smell hit the air. Xiang Dong pointed at him and laughed loudly: "Damn! He pissed himself! What a piece of trash!"

A-Gui gave a light hum: "That's more like it!"

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After Luo Fei arranged for Xiao Sun to keep an eye on Tang Xiaofeng, he immediately rushed back to the branch bureau. The bureau chief, Gong Ming, heard his report and raised his eyebrows! He slammed his right hand on the desk with a "thwack": "There's such a thing? You organize a special task force immediately. Process the paperwork right away. Based on that video alone, we can detain Tang Xiaofeng immediately!"

Bureau Chief Gong Ming was only in his early forties and had been transferred over from the provincial department half a year ago. Everyone below knew that for such a parachuted official, as long as no problems occurred, there was a high probability he would be promoted in a few years, and handling a few impressive major cases during his time working at the grassroots level would naturally make his resume look better.

In addition, because he was a provincial-level official, he had no entanglements with the local forces of such a prefecture-level city. Therefore, after hearing Luo Fei's report, even though he understood immediately that there must have been high-level interference in this case back then, he still dared to support Luo Fei's investigation without hesitation.

Having received the "Imperial Sword," Luo Fei no longer had any concerns. He returned to his desk at the brigade and immediately set about restarting the investigation into the Fang Jie car accident case.

And the USB drive containing the key evidence was kept in the branch bureau's evidence room as an exhibit.

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Wu Haibo moved a pot of Clivia from the balcony with a flustered expression. He grabbed the base of the plant with one hand, wanting to pull it out of the pot, but the plant's root system was extremely developed and had long since completely merged with the soil, making it impossible to pull out.

Wu Haibo turned around to find a small shovel to loosen the soil, but then he heard a "clatter." When he looked back, the flowerpot had already been smashed into eight pieces!

It was Xiang Dong who, seeing that he couldn't pull it out and knowing the item was hidden in the pot, had raised his hand and thrown the pot to the ground to smash it!

Seeing the pot shattered, Xiang Dong hurriedly looked down to find the item, but he saw only flower soil and the white roots of the Clivia; there was nothing else.

He thought the old man was trying to fool him again and was about to get angry when Wu Haibo hurriedly said: "Don't be impatient! Don't be impatient! The item is here..."

As he spoke, he squatted down, grabbed the plant with one hand, and used the other to forcefully pick at the soil wrapped around the roots.

The soil was tightly wrapped by the roots. It took Wu Haibo a long time to loosen the soil, and the roots also spread apart.

At this moment, a white object fell out from the roots. Wu Haibo hurriedly picked it up, looked up at Xiang Dong, and said: "Brother Dong, the item is here!"

Xiang Dong snatched it over. The white object was wrapped in a thick layer of plastic wrap. He took out a small knife and gently cut open the plastic wrap, revealing a silver USB drive inside!

After viewing the contents of the USB drive on his portable laptop, Xiang Dong asked: "Are there any backups?"

Wu Haibo hurriedly waved his hands and said: "No, no more! It's useless for me to have so many!"

Xiang Dong thought that was true, and this USB drive was hidden so cleverly that if he hadn't taken it out himself, it would have been difficult to discover the item wrapped in the soil and roots even if he had smashed the pot!

He put away the USB drive and said sternly: "Do you remember everything I just told you?"

Wu Haibo nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Remember, remember! I won't forget! Don't you worry!"

"Hmph! You'd better remember it well. What you're remembering is your son's life!"

Hearing him say this, Wu Haibo's face was filled with both terror and helplessness. He sighed long and said: "I know, I will definitely cooperate well."

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In the conference room of the Qinghe Branch Criminal Police Brigade, the bureau chief had just announced the start of the "Clear Haze Operation," with Criminal Police Brigade Captain Luo Fei serving as the head of the special task force, and case progress to be reported directly to Bureau Chief Gong Ming.

The arrest warrant for Tang Xiaofeng had also been issued. Luo Fei ordered Xiao Sun to lead people to arrest Tang Xiaofeng, while he himself took his team members to "invite" Wu Haibo back to assist in the investigation.

Others were to re-examine the social connections of Tang and Wu, as well as the aftermath of the Chang brothers' case...

All parties were moving in full swing.

Luo Fei's side was also going smoothly, but after Wu Haibo arrived at the bureau, his first sentence was: "I want to see Bureau Chief Gong Ming!"