Chapter 268

"Pay or not!"

The more Li Chunyan cursed, the more excited the tall detective became.

He grabbed Li Chunyan's hair hard, as if only by tilting Li Chunyan's head up 45 degrees could he better appreciate Li Chunyan's pathetic struggling look.

Seeing Li Chunyan grit his teeth in anger and remain silent.

The tall detective cursed again: "You're really a stone in a latrine, stinking and hard!" Apparently he had no patience to drag it out, and after saying that he slammed Li Chunyan's head hard against the table.

Bang bang bang!

After three knocks, the force of the impact could be seen from the pen lying on the desk: each knock made the pen jump.

Li Chunyan's head wasn't made of iron.

Instantly he was knocked until blood poured, his mind went blank, his whole person fell into a dazed state—a state of exhaustion so deep he could no longer feel pain.

At this moment.

In the command room, Qian Muyue, who was monitoring the interrogation, had already sensed Li Chunyan's willpower; someone as stubborn as Li Chunyan could not be broken by either physical torture or mental torment.

The electronic clock on the wall already pointed to eight-thirty in the evening.

Dragging it on further seemed pointless.

Qian Muyue coldly issued an order: "Write me a report later about Li Chunyan's supposed suicide to avoid punishment."

For now, Li Chunyan is still alive.

Qian Muyue suddenly issuing this order meant there was no need to keep Li Chunyan alive!

The tall detective, understanding tacitly, replied: "Understood."

Li Chunyan's hands had been cuffed behind his back, his movement limited; theoretically there were no conditions for suicide. But this no longer mattered—it could be done arbitrarily. The tall detective knew well that someone like Li Chunyan, if he died one second, would be sent to the crematorium the next. Qian Muyue would never give the opposition a chance for an autopsy.

The tall detective fetched a transparent plastic bag, slipped it over Li Chunyan's head, and tied the mouth shut.

If nothing unexpected happened.

Li Chunyan would at most struggle for a minute before suffocating to death.

Unexpectedly, an accident still occurred: the interrogation room door was suddenly kicked open, accompanied by an angry roar: "Take him down!"

Five people rushed out.

The leader was Lin Dongfan, followed by Zhang Yong, Jian Sining, and two detectives under Zhang Yong.

At Lin Dongfan's command, the two detectives behind Zhang Yong moved like lightning, throwing the violent tall detective to the ground and cuffing his hands behind his back.

At this moment, Jian Sining also rushed up and tore open the plastic bag on Li Chunyan's head.

By now Li Chunyan's face had turned purple from suffocation.

As soon as the plastic bag on his head was torn.

Li Chunyan immediately gulped several big breaths of air.

What a close call—if Lin Dongfan and the others had been two minutes later, Li Chunyan's little life would have ended here today.

"Which unit are you from! Dare to come here and cause trouble, let me go!" The tall detective, pinned to the ground, struggled fiercely.

His partner, however, obediently crouched with his head in his arms, not daring to resist at all.

This guy, during the earlier interrogation of Li Chunyan together with the tall detective, had already been frightened by the tall detective's series of illegal tactics.

He lifted his head and glanced at Lin Dongfan.

He forced himself to explain: "You're Director Lin of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, right? Earlier I was only taking notes, I didn't participate in the torture. Some things I was also compelled to do, I wanted to stop them, but I had no authority…"

Trash!

Qian Muyue, in the command room, was furious beyond words upon seeing this scene.

Qian Muyue never dreamed that Lin Dongfan would bring people from Changming Branch to the High-Tech District Branch to make arrests.

What authority does the Anti-Corruption Bureau have to interfere in criminal cases?

And what right do the Changming Branch officers have to come to the High-Tech District Branch to arrest people? They dare to openly infringe upon our bureau's territorial jurisdiction!

Qian Muyue angrily asked the nearby Captain Zhong: "How did they get in?!"

Captain Zhong, asked this, wore a sullen expression, thinking: "You're in the command room, I'm in the command room too—if you don't know how they got in, how would I?"

Not knowing is fine.

Lin Dongfan charged straight in; the two officers on duty at the front desk, who had just tried to intercept him, are now handcuffed to the escalator at the lobby stairwell.

You play at being bandits; I'll let you see what real bandits are!

Lin Dongfan stood in the interrogation room and shouted at the camera: "Chief Qian, are you coming out yourself, or should I go next door to find you?"

!!!

In Qian Muyue's eyes, Lin Dongfan's shout was nothing but a provocation, an arrogant provocation!

Qian Muyue furiously ordered Captain Zhong: "Immediately gather the police and arrest all of them! If they resist, shoot them on the spot, to be dealt with as violent assault on a public security organ!"

This order sent a chill down Captain Zhong's spine.

Damn it!

What the hell is this?

You may despise Zhang Yong of Changming Branch, that's fine, but how dare you despise Lin Dongfan? That guy is the team leader of the Anti-Corruption Bureau's special task force, his actual power far exceeds his administrative rank.

You're just a small branch leader; you don't even have the qualification to lick his shoes, yet you dare to say "shoot on the spot".

If you don't want to live, that's your business; don't drag me into your coffin, you bastard—I'm also a middle-aged schmuck with aging parents and young kids, I still want to live a few more years.

Worried thoughts to this point.

Captain Zhong steeled himself, drew his gun on the spot and pointed it at Qian Muyue's head: "Sorry, I had no choice before; now I want to be a good person."

!!!

Qian Muyue's eyes instantly widened like brass bells.

He exploded in rage, shouting: "You've been brainwashed by Hong Kong movies, pointing a gun at me? Do you even know what you're doing!"

I'm very clear about what I'm doing.

Captain Zhong held a gun in one hand, pointing at Qian Muye's head to prevent him from retaliating with a sneak attack.

His other hand switched on the interrogation room's loudspeaker.

He shouted to Lin Dongfan in the interrogation room: "Section Chief Lin, I'm Captain Zhong Liangping of the High-tech District Branch Criminal Police Squad. Bureau Chief Qian is already under my control; please come over."

Received.

From the surveillance footage, Lin Dongfan could be seen making an OK sign.

At this moment, Qian Muye was so furious he nearly had smoke coming out of his nostrils; he couldn't move even if he wanted to, with the gun barrel pressed against his forehead, icy and bone‑chilling.

He angrily asked Zhong Liangping: "Have I ever wronged you?"

"You really haven't wronged me, but you've let down the uniform you wear. You've betrayed the organization and the public's trust in you," said Zhong Liangping.

Qian Muye laughed angrily: "You damn well dare to say this to me? Hypocrite!"

"In the eyes of scum like you, my words do sound a bit hypocritical." Zhong Liangping neither contested nor debated, thinking that those who follow different ways do not work together.

Qian Muye, suppressing his anger, sneered: "You just want to be like Yang Qing from the Changming Bureau, using Lin Dongfan's influence to take out your superior and climb up yourself. Don't forget, Nanzhou is what the High Secretary says goes! It's not yet Lin Dongfan's turn to call the shots! Put your gun away now, and it's not too late!"

Gao Peng?

How long can he stay arrogant after dawn?

Zhong Liangping pondered briefly, then shook his head and sighed: "Bureau Chief Qian, I may not necessarily rise to power, but you definitely won't overcome this hurdle today."