"Chonglou, what do we do now?" Xu Lie asked in a low voice from the police car, glancing at Lin Yuanyuan and the others who looked as if they had lost their souls.
The scene was completely beyond his expectations.
Based on Li Chonglou's earlier analysis, he had anticipated some sort of attack or similar tactic from the man named Kong.
He never imagined that they would resort to using legal weapons against them.
Now they were in a predicament with no way to explain their situation.
"Wait and see, don't make a move," Li Chonglou said, his face betraying no emotion.
Knowing that Kong Mo was behind this, he had naturally been thinking of ways to deal with it.
In fact, all it would take was a phone call to Fan Da, and they would be released immediately. However, this call could not be made.
Kong Mo, that old fox, would realize there was something suspicious about his identity as soon as he knew they had escaped successfully.
For now, he could only take things one step at a time.
Hearing this, Xu Lie slowly closed his eyes and said no more.
He didn't care. Wherever Li Chonglou went, he would follow. His sole responsibility was to ensure Li Chonglou didn't get hurt.
Everything else was irrelevant to him. Whether in the Public Security Bureau or a hotel, it was just a change of scenery for his cultivation.
Pity the pawns like Lin Yuanyuan, played by Kong Mo and now facing imprisonment.
Upon arriving at the City Public Security Bureau, Li Chonglou and Xu Lie had their phones confiscated and were separated and taken to the detention room for interrogation.
Neither of them spoke, letting the officers warn and question them, but they remained silent.
It was Lin Yuanyuan who couldn't hold up and confessed everything he knew.
In the short span of an afternoon, Li Chonglou underwent three interrogations.
He gritted his teeth and did not reveal a single word.
Back in the detention room, he sat quietly with his eyes closed, deep in thought.
Fan Da's power could not be used, otherwise, all their efforts would be in vain.
Kong Mo clearly intended to send him to prison to eliminate a thorn in his side.
On his own, he had no way to defend himself.
With both witnesses and evidence, even the best lawyer would be useless.
It seemed that being sent to the detention center to await sentencing the next day was a foregone conclusion.
As work ended in the evening.
Lin Ying, upon returning to the hotel and hearing the news, her pretty face changed color. She looked up and said, "Dad, Junior Disciple and the others have been arrested."
"Stay calm, good fortune favors the just." Lin Zhendong had already finished packing. After a moment of thought, he performed a few divination gestures with his hands, then frowned and said, "The more we interfere in this matter, the worse it will get. Chonglou must resolve it himself."
"There are too many variables, even I cannot foresee the outcome clearly. Trust Chonglou."
"With his intelligence, he should not be helpless."
Hearing this, Lin Ying hesitated and asked, "Are we still leaving?"
"Yes, there is no benefit in staying here any longer. Everyone has their own destiny. We can only do our best and leave the rest to fate." After speaking, Lin Zhendong took Lin Ying to the front desk to check out.
They were heading to the former site of Xihai County.
Qi Yu was left behind at the hotel, waiting for news from Li Chonglou.
Meanwhile, in Kong Mo's villa.
After listening to his secretary's phone report, Kong Mo's face was filled with triumph.
He hung up the phone and sneered, "A mere bastard son from a village, you're too young to fight me."
"Did you really think the title of vice president was so easy to get? For you, it's a death sentence!"
After speaking, Kong Mo's gaze fell upon a man sitting beside him, dressed in a tracksuit and wearing a sports cap. "Don't worry. That batch of bronze artifacts that Li Chonglou brought in, let's keep them hidden for a while longer, until we confirm he's been sentenced."
"It's best to be careful, otherwise, if you ruin the company's important matters, I won't be able to explain it to that person!"
"Your current responsibility is to keep a close eye on Li Chonglou and ensure he doesn't get out for the rest of his life."
"If this matter is handled well, you will be rewarded!"
A cold smile appeared on the man's face. "Don't worry. I'm the captain of the Cultural Relics Investigation Unit of the Zhonghai City Public Security Bureau for a reason."
"We have witnesses and evidence. Just follow the procedures, no need to do anything excessive."
"What you want is for Li Chonglou to have no chance to contend for power with you, not to kill him, right?"
He had been undercover in the public security system for so many years, doing nothing out of line, precisely for the day he could make his move.
He hadn't expected it to be to deal with a young man in his twenties.
Even though Kong Mo had said it so seriously, he felt it was a bit of an overreaction.
"Don't underestimate that kid. He killed Lü Dong!" Kong Mo's eyes flashed with a fierce light as he mentioned this, gritting his teeth.
"What? Lü Dong is dead?" The man's pupils contracted sharply.
His eyes emitted a chilling hatred.
He spat out through gritted teeth, "Li Chonglou, you're tired of living!"
He was an orphan, and so was Lü Dong.
The two grew up together like brothers. If it weren't for Lü Dong, he would have died a violent death at the age of fourteen.
Later, they were both adopted by that person.
Lü Dong remained at Xingzhi Group, while he enrolled in the police academy and went undercover in the public security system.
Nearly ten years had passed in the blink of an eye, and he never expected to hear such terrible news.
"Do you still want him to live now?" Kong Mo deliberately provoked him.
"Don't worry, I will make his life worse than death. I will make him cry and beg me to send him to hell!" the man said, his voice like a vengeful spirit, then he stood up to leave.
Watching his retreating figure, Kong Mo's eyes flashed with triumphant glee.
Li Chonglou, you are doomed. Even the Great Immortal cannot save you now!
Around two in the morning.
Li Chonglou, who was meditating and cultivating, was suddenly taken to the interrogation room for a surprise interrogation.
This kind of interrogation, which deprived people of sleep, was the most brutal, as it destroyed a person's will and spirit.
Unfortunately, Li Chonglou had little need for sleep. As long as he could calm down, he could cultivate the sheepskin scroll mental technique, and such methods were of no concern to them.
Facing the police's questions, he remained silent.
Bang!
After about ten minutes of stalemate, the interrogation room door was kicked open, and a middle-aged man with a face as sharp as a knife walked in.
He gave a look to the interrogator, and the two immediately got up and left.
At the same time, the camera in the corner was also turned off.
The door was tightly shut.
"Interrogating me alone, isn't that against the rules?" Li Chonglou asked faintly when he saw the man.
As soon as this man entered, he exuded a strong hostility, his eyes like bayonets, as if trying to pierce Li Chonglou's heart. Such eyes were certainly not those of a police officer.
It was as if they held a deep-seated enmity.
"I make the rules, not you." The man's voice was as cold as glacial ice. He sat opposite Li Chonglou and directly adjusted the spotlight to shine on Li Chonglou's face.
The sudden strong light stimulated Li Chonglou, causing him to close his eyes tightly.
But his vision was still a blur of white, causing him great discomfort.
"My surname is Lü, and my name is Lü Fang, captain of the Cultural Relics Investigation Unit of the Zhonghai City Public Security Bureau." The man stared at Li Chonglou and said slowly, "You'd better confess your crimes voluntarily, otherwise I'll show you what it means to be worse than dead."
His words were full of threats.
It was completely unlike the way a police officer interrogated a suspect.
Surname Lü?
Li Chonglou's heart stirred slightly. He thought of someone, the former security department minister of Xingzhi Group, Lü Dong, who had tried to hypnotize him but was killed instead.
It was also because of him that he had managed to get the position of vice president.
Why was this person so hostile towards him, and they shared the same surname, Lü? Could he be related to Lü Dong?
The camera had been turned off, and there was no one to supervise this Lü Fang.
In this small interrogation room, it might not be wise to continue to remain tight-lipped.
In his previous life, he had been in prison and knew that some dark things lurked beneath the surface of light. If he didn't yield now, he would suffer greatly.
Li Chonglou made up his mind and said, "Turn off the light first, and I'll say what needs to be said."
Snap!
Darkness returned before his eyes.
A sinister smile appeared on Lü Fang's face. "Weren't you very tough-mouthed? Why have you suddenly softened?"
"I'm afraid you'll kill me." Li Chonglou opened his eyes, met his gaze, and chuckled, "There was someone named Lü who wanted to kill me before, but he died instead."
"Who knows if you have anything to do with him?"
He deliberately brought this up to test if his guess was correct.
Upon hearing this, the sinister smile on Lü Fang's face instantly vanished, and his eyes turned extremely sinister.
He suddenly stood up and kicked across the table.
Bang!
He directly kicked Li Chonglou in the chest.
The immense force sent Li Chonglou, along with the interrogation chair, toppling backward.
"Cough, cough..." Li Chonglou felt a sharp pain in his chest, accompanied by suffocation.
However, a persistent smile remained on his face.
He understood. His guess was correct. This Lü Fang's hostility towards him from the moment he entered was likely related to Lü Dong, whom he had killed.
"The police are hitting people..." Li Chonglou gasped for breath and deliberately shouted.
Before he could finish speaking, Lü Fang yanked him up from the ground.
He placed a phone book on Li Chonglou's chest and punched it repeatedly, like beating a war drum. Lü Fang's fists struck the phone book.
The force passed through the book and entered Li Chonglou's body, shaking his internal organs.
A dull pain, like surgery cutting into his intestines, stimulated Li Chonglou's brain.
Fortunately, his physical strength was far superior to that of ordinary people, otherwise, after a few punches, his ribs would have been broken.
Even so, after enduring more than a dozen punches, he felt so uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit blood.
Yet, he couldn't.
The feeling of being choked in his chest drove him mad.
Seeing Li Chonglou's pained expression, Lü Fang finally stopped.
As the captain, it was acceptable for him to resort to private punishment, but if he beat the suspect to death, he would be completely finished.
In today's society, the rule of law was far better than in the past. Even he did not dare to be too arrogant.
Fortunately, these punches had relieved some of his pent-up anger. He moved the phone book away, sat back opposite Li Chonglou, and they looked at each other. The entire interrogation room was eerily quiet.
Blood slowly trickled from the corner of Li Chonglou's mouth.
He continued to look at Lü Fang, without any fear. Instead, after the pain subsided, a smile rose on his face.
He deliberately asked, "Do you want to ask how Lü Dong died? And how his funeral arrangements were handled? Judging by your age, you must be his brother, right?"
"You're looking for death!" Lü Fang's pupils contracted sharply, and killing intent appeared in his eyes.
"If you have the guts, try to kill me," Li Chonglou chuckled.
He was fearless, completely unafraid of Lü Fang investigating Lü Dong's death, because the entire Xingzhi Group was involved.
Now he was completely certain that Lü Fang was an undercover agent for Xingzhi Group.
Since he knew this, what was there to fear?
As long as he didn't die, there was hope.
"Do you really think I dare not lay hands on you?" Lü Fang's killing intent climbed to its peak, as tangible as substance.
The atmosphere in the entire interrogation room dropped to freezing point, on the verge of an explosion.