Chapter 880: Someone Behind

Everyone has already treated you as a discarded child and thrown you aside, yet you're still worrying about what?

Gao Yicheng's words were like a poison needle, precisely stabbing Huang Jintang's heart, leaving him unable to decide whether to laugh or cry.

In this world, nothing hurts more than the truth.

So, those who pride themselves on high emotional intelligence always like to speak lies against their conscience, because lies not only don't hurt people, they can also coax them into smiling broadly.

Huang Jintang raised his head to look at the eight large characters on the wall—'Leniency for confession, severity for resistance.'

The lighting was harshly white!

It made those eight characters especially glaring!

It seemed there was no other way—if others won't save me, I can only save myself! To preserve this little life, I can only turn around and seek a way out from Lin Dongfan.

Because what Lin Dongfan truly wants is not Huang Jintang's life, but the truth behind the scenes.

This concerns Lin Dongfan's political fate in Wuzhou.

Huang Jintang collected himself, gazing eagerly at Gao Yicheng opposite: 'Captain Gao, give me a cigarette so I can gather my thoughts.'

'You only have one chance—first confess.' Gao Yicheng not only didn't give him a cigarette, he also twisted the half-smoked cigarette Huang Jintang had left into two pieces.

Huang Jintang gave a bitter smile: 'Just now you weren't like this.'

'Just now was just now, now is now.' Gao Yicheng stared unblinking at Huang Jintang: 'Don't waste time; once you finish confessing, you'll get cigarettes and water.'

'Are you sure I'll confess?'

Huang Jintang's face showed difficulty, as if he realized his mindset had been completely grasped by the other side.

Gao Yicheng replied without reservation: 'We've known each other for several years; although we're not close normally, I know you're not stupid.'

……!!!

Huang Jintang wore a black line on his head, speechless.

Seeing that time was pressing and the task heavy, Gao Yicheng cut to the chase: 'General Manager Huang, let's first clarify the matter at hand. This afternoon, you were the one who first kicked Ye Jiaxuan—do you admit it?'

Huang Jintang fell silent for two seconds, nodded: 'I admit it.'

Gao Yicheng then asked: 'Afterward, your people swarmed over and broke Ye Jiaxuan's leg, right?'

'I didn't break it.' Huang Jintang protested hastily.

Gao Yicheng said: 'I know you didn't personally break Ye Jiaxuan's leg, but the people were brought by you, the words were shouted by you, the scene was directed by you—are these facts?'

……!!!

Huang Jintang lowered his head in dejection, remained silent for a while, then uttered a single word: 'Yes.'

'Admitting it is enough.' Gao Yicheng's eyes blazed as he fixed Huang Jintang with a stare: 'Rioting causing serious injury carries a minimum of three years—do you understand that?'

……!!!

Huang Jintang fell silent again, then weakly replied: 'I understand.'

'Then let's continue—was that excavator sent onto the construction site by your order?' Gao Yicheng asked.

Huang Jintang mechanically nodded: 'Yes.' He kept his head down, avoiding Gao Yicheng's gaze, and his voice grew weaker.

Gao Yicheng spoke with vigor: 'The city's key project, the major undertaking watched by the province—you're taking an excavator to demolish it; do you know what kind of act this is?'

Huang Jintang kept his head down and said nothing.

Gao Yicheng stated bluntly: 'This is intentional destruction of public and private property, with an especially huge amount! This also carries a minimum of three years.'

……!!!

Huang Jintang broke out in a cold sweat, his mind puzzled: 'Damn it, are the consequences of demolishing a building as serious as breaking someone's leg?'

Before Huang Jintang could figure out why.

Gao Yicheng's voice came over again: 'General Manager Huang, those two charges alone—how many years would they get you? Figure it out. Now I ask you, why did you do this?'

'I'm not willing to accept it!'

Huang Jintang finally lifted his head, gritting his teeth in hatred—this truly is unwillingness.

'Unwilling?'

Gao Yicheng laughed: 'You know in your heart that Ye Jiaying's unilateral termination has legal grounds. That 120 million yuan deposit and so-called breach compensation—you can't get any of it back, so what are you unwilling about?'

……!!!

Huang Jintang gritted his teeth, speechless.

Gao Yicheng said: 'You, Huang Jintang, have been mixing in Wuzhou for twenty years—do you not know who you can provoke and who you cannot? You clearly know who stands behind Ye Jiaying, yet you brought people to block the construction site, break her brother's leg, and take an excavator to demolish the building! General Manager Huang, with your boldness, how can you willingly be someone else's pawn?'

……!!!

Huang Jintang's face kept changing, thinking: 'Holy shit! Are you praising my boldness or mocking me as an idiot?'

'I just want to ask you one thing—who exactly are you performing this show for today?' Gao Yicheng's tone suddenly grew heavier.

'Who is it for?'

This question made Huang Jintang lower his head again, his mind tangled.

Gao Yicheng wasn't in a hurry either, lit a cigarette and spoke slowly: 'Huang Jintang, you don't have to speak. But you need to think clearly about one thing: what are you aiming for with today's fuss? Money? You can't get it! Benefit? Where's the benefit? A vent of anger? You beat someone up, almost demolished the building—did you vent your anger? No, you're handcuffed here.'

……!!!

This is killing the heart, Huang Jintang fuming, secretly clenching his fists.

Before Huang Jintang could swallow that breath.

Gao Yicheng fired another arrow straight at the soul: 'If you don't speak now, once you're in the detention center, no one will listen even if you want to speak. Places like that aren't free of deaths—sudden heart attacks, cerebral hemorrhages are common causes. Even choking on food or slipping in the bath can kill someone; there's always something that fits you.'

……!!!

Huang Jintang slowly lifted his head, looking at Gao Yicheng as if he were a lunatic: 'Captain Gao, what do you mean by that?'

'Literally, it's a kind reminder to cherish life.' Gao Yicheng said: 'After all, life is only one—you can't afford to die.'

……!!!

This time, Huang Jintang locked eyes with Gao Yicheng for a full ten seconds.

There is both resentment and confusion.

After a while, Huang Jintang replied glumly: "Ye Jiaying unilaterally terminated the contract, and there is legal basis for it—I know that. Neither the penalty nor that 1.2 hundred million guarantee deposit can be recovered—I know that too. But I ought to kick up a fuss, I have to kick up a fuss, for I have no leeway."

Why?

After asking, Gao Yicheng glanced at his partner taking notes nearby, reassured that the partner was indeed recording, for this is the main event of today's interrogation.

Huang Jintang pondered briefly.

Huang Jintang confessed in detail to Gao Yicheng: "Because the Zhao Group collapsed, to survive I need to cling to another big tree… I must obey, I must let the other side see my value."

He paused briefly.

Huang Jintang then self-mockingly laughed: "From beginning to end, I'm just a pawn. The real purpose of causing trouble isn't compensation, but to undermine Mayor Lin and drive Lin Dongfan out of Wuzhou. These things—I can't just decide not to do them; I'm also forced into it."

"Who is behind you, forcing you to cause trouble?" Gao Yicheng awaited solemnly.

Huang Jintang stared at Gao Yicheng, after a few seconds of silence, his attitude firm: "Sorry, I can only say this to Mayor Lin in person; I want to see Mayor Lin."

"You don't believe me?" Gao Yicheng laughed.

Huang Jintang gave a wry smile: "People's hearts are hidden behind their bellies; who knows whose boat you're on? I'm afraid that if I tell you, I won't live to see tomorrow morning."

Alright, I'll go make a call.

Gao Yicheng hesitated not at all, rose and left the door; only after feeling his pocket in the hallway did he belatedly realize his phone had been water-damaged and shut down.

Helpless, he could only go to the Office Chief's office to borrow a landline.