Chapter 76: This is the second time

There's still one left.

That girl's got a drug habit—I'm just helping her kick it!

Li Jiaci said, "If you don't believe me, wait till she wakes up tomorrow and ask her yourself."

He didn't wait for Liu Yanxin to speak.

Li Jiaci went on, "Besides, I must remind you: that girl is at a critical stage of withdrawal; if anything happens to her, you'll bear full responsibility."

No sooner had he spoken.

Liu Yanxin's gaze clearly wavered.

Seeing this.

Li Jiaci's eyes narrowed. "What's that look for? Did something really happen to her?"

None of your business.

Liu Yanxin's expression turned cold, and she said, "Your explanations may sound reasonable, but they don't prove your innocence; to prove it, you need to produce evidence!"

Seeing her evasive attitude.

Li Jiaci knew things had gone south.

Surely something's happened on Wang Yingna's end.

He jumped up and roared at Liu Yanxin, "Don't give me that useless crap—I'm asking you, what the hell happened to her?"

Sit down!

He hadn't even let Liu Yanxin speak yet.

Someone burst in from outside, pushing the door open.

That person was Lin Niansheng.

After entering, he kicked Li Jiaci squarely in the chest, sending him sprawling to the ground.

Damn, we're at the office and you're still acting all high and mighty?

Li Jiaci struggled on the ground to get up.

Fuck you!

Lin Niansheng kicked Li Jiaci in the gut again.

Meanwhile.

Li Jiaci was pinned to the chair, utterly unable to fight back.

All he could do was curl up as much as possible to avoid being kicked in a vital spot.

At that moment.

Liu Yanxin finally reacted and shoved Lin Niansheng away.

Team Leader Lin!

What are you doing?

Liu Yanxin frowned and said, "I'm interrogating a suspect!"

I know.

But this brat's totally out of line, obviously bullying you because you're a girl.

Lin Niansheng chuckled and said, "Otherwise, you go rest; I'll take over interrogating him."

No need for Team Leader Lin to worry.

Liu Yanxin stepped over, pulled Li Jiaci up from the ground, and said, "This is the office; the office has its own rules."

Hearing that.

A flash of malice flickered in Lin Niansheng's eyes.

But soon the malice vanished; he chuckled at Liu Yanxin and said, "All right, all right, I'll follow the rules—I'll go keep interrogating someone else."

After Lin Niansheng left.

Liu Yanxin then asked Li Jiaci, "How are you? Not hurt, right?"

Tell me!

Li Jiaci ignored her, persistently pressing, "What exactly happened to her?"

You have no right to make me answer your question.

Liu Yanxin took a breath, gave a formal reply: "But I can assure you, if anything happens to her, we'll definitely take responsibility."

Heh...

Li Jiaci was practically laughing in exasperation at this woman.

And he had no intention of wasting more words on her.

If something happens to Wang Yingna, someone will naturally come looking for trouble for them.

Fine, since you're prepared to face the consequences, I won't say more.

Li Jiaci took a deep breath, steadied himself, and said, "Now I'll continue with my own story—your guns weren't taken by me."

Liu Yanxin gave him a hard look: "How can you prove that?"

When was the gun lost?

Three days ago!

I wasn't in Pingzhou then—I was in Jiangcheng!

Liu Yanxin frowned: "What were you doing in Jiangcheng?"

To pick up supplies!

Who can vouch for that?

Li Jiaci said, "Lots of people can confirm it—the dozen or so drivers who hauled my cargo, the innkeeper, those I do business with, yeah, and that girl you brought along; she went to Jiangcheng with me and can vouch for me too."

You must never say they might collude with me to give false testimony or something.

First.

The people I do business with are from Bei Bang; even thinking with your ass, you know they couldn't be bribed by me.

Most of the drivers who haul my goods are temporary hires; I don't even know them.

As for the innkeeper, we've never spoken; I'd guess they'd only recognize me after seeing my face.

And there's one more important point.

Li Jiaci looked up at Liu Yanxin and said, "The lumber mill I run now brings in at least 200,000 a day; I would absolutely not ruin my future over a gun that can't be fired after I take it."

Hmm...

Liu Yanxin nodded and asked, "What about the powder? How do you explain that?"

Before answering you.

I want to ask you a question first.

Li Jiaci asked, "Do you know how much a gram of powder costs?"

Around two hundred!

Liu Yanxin thought for a moment and said.

Okay, then let's calculate it at two hundred.

Two hundred per gram, so five hundred grams is one hundred thousand.

Li Jiaci said, "One hundred thousand is no small sum; from the start of my business to now, every penny I've earned and spent is recorded in the ledger, so whether I took a hundred thousand to buy powder would be clear at a glance."

You also must never say I'm keeping false accounts to cheat people or something.

I am a legitimate merchant; I pay taxes on purchases and on profits from business.

So my ledgers have legal validity; this shouldn't need me to emphasize it, right?

Li Jiaci thought and said, "As for the last point, I probably don't need to explain it further; once she wakes up, the truth will be clear."

Liu Yanxin's side fell silent for a moment, then she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go find someone to corroborate what you said."

Wait!

Just as Liu Yanxin was about to leave, Li Jiaci suddenly called out to her.

Anything else?

Liu Yanxin raised an eyebrow and asked.

This is the second time!

Li Jiaci stared straight at Liu Yanxin and said, "This is already the second time you've brought me in; if this time the result is still that you've arrested the wrong person, I hope you can give me a satisfactory explanation."

Liu Yanxin pressed her lips and said, "Don't worry, I will."

After Liu Yanxin left.

Only Li Jiaci remained in the room.

Looking at the words on the wall—"Leniency for confession, severity for resistance"—Li Jiaci couldn't help but laugh.

This is truly speechless—speechless's mom opening the door for speechless, speechless to the core.

…

Originally.

Li Jiaci thought he would have to stay here all night.

But after staying in the room for about half an hour, Liu Yanxin pushed open the door and came in from outside.

Before Li Jiaci could even speak.

Liu Yanxin helped Li Jiaci unlock his handcuffs.

Li Jiaci felt a bit dazed and instinctively asked, "What's this? Did you figure out the truth and realize I'm innocent?"

Cut the nonsense.

Liu Yanxin said coldly, "Just follow me."

Oh.

Li Jiaci responded with an acknowledgment, then without hesitation followed her steps straight from the interrogation room to the lobby.

Walking out that iron door.

Li Jiaci looked up and saw a familiar face—Wang Zhen!