Chapter 480: Other Ways Out

Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Then.

Satisfy Yuanshan's request.

Don't miss a good woman.

Such a bad beautiful young woman like Yuanshan shouldn't be wasted.

Isn't that right?

Sports cars are divided into front and rear compartments.

Lin Yuan not only experienced the front compartment.

He also experienced the rear compartment.

After a long time, Lin Yuan finally reached an agreement with Yuanshan.

He left the Nine Dragon Villa...

He had obtained enough leverage over Yuanshan; this was enough to ruin her reputation and name.

So Lin Yuan agreed to cooperate with Yuanshan.

Secretly, together they dealt with Bai Guiyuan.

No matter what, Bai Guiyuan, this major hidden threat, must be eliminated.

When Lin Yuan returned home, it was already 1 a. m.

He returned to Shidai Gongyu and was about to take a shower.

Just now, after racing with Yuanshan all night, Lin Yuan was drenched in sweat, feeling sticky.

He needed to take a shower.

But just then, the phone rang urgently!

Ding-ling-ling!

Lin Yuan suspiciously picked up the phone; it was so late, who would still call?

The screen displayed the name 【Security Manager Pan Jia】.

Huh? Pan Jia??

Lin Yuan's heart suddenly rose with a hint of unease.

"Hello, Pan Jia." Lin Yuan answered the phone.

"Manager Lin! Something terrible has happened!" From the other end of the phone came Pan Jia's anxious voice, obviously flustered: "Our Goddess Bar branch has been sealed off by the City Public Security Bureau! Uniformed officers just rushed in, saying they want to take all staff away for investigation—please come over quickly!"

"What?" Lin Yuan sprang upright, all thoughts of showering gone: "I'll be there right away! Before I arrive, try to keep the employees stable and avoid any clash with the police."

On the other end of the phone, Pan Jia replied solemnly: "Yes, I understand!"

After hanging up, Lin Yuan quickly changed clothes...

He grabbed his car keys and rushed out the door...

Soon, the Mercedes S600 sped out of the underground garage%...

Half an hour later.

At the entrance of the Goddess Bar branch...... lights blazing.

Dozens of uniformed police guarded the entrance, pulling up the cordon line.

Many onlookers outside the cordon discussed heatedly.

The bar's staff lined up and walked out, their faces full of complex surprise.

Just as Lin Yuan got out of the car, he saw a graceful figure standing in the crowd...... Goddess Mu Lingxue.

She wore a neat police uniform, her shoulder insignia especially conspicuous under the lights.

Her pretty face was as cold as snow, her beautiful eyes extremely icy.

She was lowering her head, instructing the nearby officer about something.

Lin Yuan strode quickly toward Mu Lingxue.

Mu Lingxue seemed to have heard the footsteps?

Mu Lingxue lifted her head...

When she saw it was Lin Yuan, her beautiful eyes slightly furrowed.

"Officer Mu." Lin Yuan quickly stepped forward, his tone calm...... yet carrying a question.

"I want to know, our Goddess Bar has always operated legally, never had any problems—why are you sealing this place?"

"Legal operation?" Mu Lingxue gave a cold snort, handing over a document: "Someone reported that the Goddess Bar is suspected of violent brawls and violent operation! After receiving the report, we conducted an on-site investigation and found relevant evidence. Now all staff must be taken back to the bureau for investigation—this is the search warrant."

Lin Yuan quickly scanned the document, his face solemn.

Lin Yuan raised his head, staring directly at Mu Lingxue.

"I have always overseen the bar's operations; there is absolutely no possibility of violent operation. Even if there really were a problem, it would be my responsibility as the person in charge, unrelated to the staff."

Lin Yuan said solemnly: "Release the staff; if there's anything, I'll go with you! If you're going to arrest someone, arrest me!"

The onlookers immediately erupted in an uproar.

The bar staff also all lifted their heads to look at Lin Yuan, their eyes full of grateful complexity.

Mu Lingxue looked at Lin Yuan.

She lightly pursed her red lips, giving a cold smile: "Fine! Since you voluntarily take responsibility, that's fine."

Mu Lingxue turned her head...... and ordered the nearby officer: "Release all the bar staff, take Lin Yuan back to the bureau for investigation."

"Mu team......" a young police officer came over, lowered his voice and said, "Lin Yuan has helped our administrative unit a lot...... Taking him away like this, wouldn't that be not good?"

Mu Lingxue glared at him: "Everyone is equal before the law; no matter who he is, if suspected of breaking the law, he must accept investigation."

The police officers dared not say more, stepped forward and put handcuffs on Lin Yuan.

Thus, Lin Yuan was brought into the police car.

Watching him being taken away, the staff of the Goddess Bar had complex expressions.

Some staff wanted to rush forward.

But were driven back by Lin Yuan's gaze.

Lin Yuan instructed the staff: "I'm fine, just wait for my news at the bar."

A group of police cars wailed their sirens, and Lin Yuan was taken away...

Ten minutes later, Lin Yuan was detained in the interrogation room of the City Public Security Bureau.

He was handcuffed to the iron chair.;.

The cold iron chair made his back feel stiff.

Lin Yuan leaned against the chair back, watching the heavy iron door of the interrogation room being pushed open.

Mu Lingxue walked in wearing leather boots.

The police uniform outlined her sexy figure.

But her pretty face showed no expression, only a faint fluctuation hidden in the depths of her eyes.

She did not sit down immediately, but went straight to the surveillance equipment in the corner of the wall.

Mu Lingxue's fingers quickly pressed the control panel.

With a soft "beep", the monitor screen instantly went black, and the red operation indicator light went out.

The entire interrogation room was completely isolated from the outside world, leaving only the harsh light of the overhead incandescent bulb.

"Turning off the surveillance?" Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly, he said coldly, "Officer Mu, are you planning to conduct a violent interrogation? I must remind you, torture to extract confession is against regulations."

As soon as his words fell, Mu Lingxue suddenly stepped forward quickly.

Her jade hand suddenly rose, the palm bringing a fierce wind, slapping toward Lin Yuan's cheek.

Lin Yuan had been prepared, he slightly turned his head.

Her fingertips brushed past his ear, bringing a gust of strong wind.

"What are you doing?" Lin Yuan frowned.

He hurriedly dodged backward, "Are you really going to enforce the law violently?"

Before he could react, Mu Lingxue suddenly leaned forward.

She clasped both hands around Lin Yuan's neck and fiercely kissed him with thin angry lips.

Her kiss had no tenderness at all, carrying a punitive meaning...

Even her silver teeth bit hard, breaking Lin Yuan's lower lip.

The smell of blood...... instantly spread between their mouths and teeth.

Lin Yuan's whole body tensed, he instinctively wanted to push her away, but when he touched the crystal-clear tear light at the corner of her eye, his movement stopped.

"Why did you deceive me?" Mu Lingxue released his lips.

Her forehead pressed against his forehead.

Mu Lingxue's voice choked, "You said you were just an ordinary white-collar worker, why are you now involved with the underworld? Are those reports of violent operations at the Goddess Bar true?"

Lin Yuan looked at her red-rimmed eyes, his heart softened.

Lin Yuan reached out, wiped the tears from her cheek: "I didn't deceive you, the Divine Phoenix Group is not the underworld, and the Goddess Bar certainly does not engage in violent operations. Those reports are all slander."

"Slander?" Mu Lingxue stepped back, wiped away her tears, her pretty face returned to cold: "Now all evidence points to the Goddess Bar; if you reveal the behind-the-scenes operations, I can help you apply for leniency, even let you go."

Her tone carried a barely perceptible plea, "Lin Yuan, don't force me."

Lin Yuan raised his hand to wipe the blood stain from his lower lip, his gaze firm: "I said, the bar committed no crime, I have nothing to explain. So-called evidence is merely a trap set by someone."

He looked at Mu Lingxue: "Officer Mu, you are police, you should believe evidence, not these baseless accusations."

In the interrogation room, Mu Lingxue interrogated Lin Yuan for over an hour.

But Lin Yuan never agreed to confess.

"Lin Yuan, are you sure you won't confess?" Mu Lingxue's voice was as cold as ice.

Her beautiful eyes stared tightly at his eyes, trying to find a flaw on his face.

"I haven't committed a crime, the Goddess Bar is definitely not an underworld enterprise; why should I confess? If I confess and be found guilty, what benefit does that give you?" Lin Yuan retorted.

"You!" Mu Lingxue gritted her teeth in anger, "You idiot! I'm helping you! If you confess, I can use my authority to bail you out, thus clearing your underworld identity—don't you understand?! I'm helping you clear your name! Let you become a new person!"

Mu Lingxue was indeed helping him.

She did not want Lin Yuan to continue mixing with the underworld.

Therefore, she was using this method to have Lin Yuan attempt to clear his name.

But Lin Yuan stubbornly refused to confess, refused to admit his involvement with the underworld.

"I said, I have no involvement with the underworld, I have nothing to confess." Lin Yuan continued shaking his head.

Mu Lingxue was angered to the point of being exasperated.

This man truly does not know good from bad!

"Fine, then just stay locked up!" Mu Lingxue, furious, turned and walked away.

She slammed the interrogation room door shut.

The police officers outside looked at her grim face, none dared to ask another question.

This detention lasted the whole night.

……

In the interrogation room, Lin Yuan leaned against the iron chair, closed his eyes to rest, his expression calm.

Outside the interrogation room…… in the duty office.

Mu Lingxue moved a chair and sat down; on the monitor screen before her…… it always stayed on the footage of Lin Yuan in the interrogation room.

Mu Lingxue didn't close her eyes all night.

The brewed coffee cooled, then heated, then cooled again.

She stared at the composed figure on the screen with a complex gaze……

She was both angry at Lin Yuan's "obstinate insensibility" and couldn't help worrying whether he was safe inside.

This silent companionship became her secret hidden in her heart.

……

As dawn just broke, the police station's emergency phone suddenly rang.

After the operator hung up, he rushed to the office with a pale face and reported to Mu Lingxue.

"Captain Mu! A call came from the city, saying that a senior leader is personally supervising and specifically ordered Lin Yuan to be released immediately!"

"What?" Mu Lingxue's beautiful eyes narrowed.

"What is this situation??"

As her words fell, Mu Lingxue's phone also rang—it was her father calling!

Mu Ling hastily answered the phone.

On the other end, her father Mu Tiecheng said in a solemn voice, "Lingxue, release Lin Yuan immediately. The power of the Divine Phoenix Group far exceeds your imagination; they've already pulled strings in the city, and we can't withstand it."

"The Divine Phoenix Group has such a background?" Mu Lingxue gripped her phone, shocked speechless.

She had always thought the Divine Phoenix Group was just an ordinary underground gray-market company.

Yet she never expected that the group could make the city's leaders speak personally.

Under layers of pressure, Mu Lingxue could only compromise and release the person.

But, her unwillingness……

She didn't want Lin Yuan to continue sinking into the underworld.

Mu Lingxue suddenly came up with a plan!

She first had her subordinates delay the release on the grounds that "procedures aren't finished"……

Lin Yuan remained detained in the interrogation room, still being held.

And taking advantage of this delaying time.

Mu Lingxue then again took the interrogation record and walked into the interrogation room……

……

Inside the interrogation room.

"Lin Yuan, don't stubbornly resist." Mu Lingxue slapped the record book on the table, her tone deliberately weary.

"Just now, the bar's lobby manager already confessed, admitting the bar's violent protection-fee collection and implicating you."

She stared at Lin Yuan, intensifying her tone, "Now the evidence is solid; if you still refuse to confess, once a case is filed and prosecuted, you will face real imprisonment. This is your only way out."

Lin Yuan lifted his gaze, his sharp eyes locking onto Mu Lingxue's.

His gaze, unmoving, stared at Mu Lingxue for a long while, and the air in the interrogation room solidified again.

Lin Yuan slowly withdrew his gaze, "Do I have any other way?"

Mu Lingxue's tense body relaxed slightly.

She pulled out the opposite chair and sat down, crossing her hands on the record book, her pretty face showing official seriousness.

Yet a hint of relaxation lingered in Mu Lingxue's eyes as she softly said, "Lin Yuan, if you want another way, you can. I'll give you a chance. Wanting to avoid conviction and protect yourself is fine."

She paused, deliberately slowing her speech, "But, you must help me with one thing."

"What thing?" Lin Yuan looked at her curiously.