Chapter 158 The Interrogation

In the Coast Guard's interrogation room.

Su Tianyu looked at Dong Pengyu's shameless expression and vulgar words, and replied with some admiration, "You're quite the example of someone who knows how to bend and stretch."

"Tch," Dong Pengyu retorted, curling his lips, "With money, what's to fear about not finding women?!"

Su Tianyu took a sip of coffee, "Alright, let's drop that topic and talk about something serious, how about it?"

"No problem, get me something to eat, I'm hungry." Dong Pengyu touched his eye sockets, swollen like steamed buns, "I want to eat hairy crabs, with extra wasabi in the dipping sauce."

Beside him, Hou Guoyu raised his arm and smacked him upside the head. "Do you want to eat shit? I'll feed you some?!"

Dong Pengyu's eyes saw stars from the blow. After a while, he bared his teeth and said, "Brother, we're all civilized people, let's just chat, no need to get physical, alright?"

"You still have the nerve to put on airs here? I haven't even had hairy crabs yet!" Hou Guoyu raised his hand to hit him again.

"Alright, get him some hairy crabs, fresh ones." Su Tianyu interjected, "If we can't get things straight later, you can dig them out of him."

Hou Guoyu glared fiercely at Dong Pengyu, then turned and pushed the door open to leave.

...

About half an hour later.

The iron table in the interrogation room was covered with all kinds of seafood. Dong Pengyu didn't seem to care about the heat, and ate with greasy lips, his hands moving non-stop. "The taste is still a bit off. If I were outside, I'd only eat seafood that's been air-freighted."

Su Tianyu stood by with his arms crossed. "If you cooperate, I'll get you air-freighted ones."

Dong Pengyu paused, chewing on a crab leg, and replied, "Let me guess! The person who's been tipping you off must not be Jing Yan, because you and they are mortal enemies. So, who could it be? Hmm... Gu Baishun, right?"

Su Tianyu looked at him with a hint of surprise. "What makes you say that?"

"As far as I know, Gu Baishun was screwed over badly by Zhang Ming, and he was also placed here by Jing Yan, so he has a very strong motive to get rid of Zhang Ming." Dong Pengyu paused, then said with a firm tone, "It's probably him."

Su Tianyu didn't answer him directly. "Let's talk about your problems."

"Officer Su, I want to know, how many years can the evidence you have on me get me?" Dong Pengyu asked.

Su Tianyu picked up the files from the table and opened a random page, reading, "On June 5th of this year, you picked up nine boxes of firearms at the No. 6 civilian dock in Donggang, which are currently stored in warehouse 057 in the Donggang Seafood Market. I won't mention anything else, just this one thing is enough to get you killed."

"Damn it, Gu Baishun is ruthless, he remembers even more clearly than I do!" Dong Pengyu had already decided that Gu Baishun had sold him out. He gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, I admit it."

"How do you admit it?"

"Officer Su, if you want to use me to bring down Zhang Ming, I think it's going to be tough." Dong Pengyu looked up and said, "I can't grab him with just this hand."

Su Tianyu frowned at him. "Are you still going to eat these hairy crabs, or are you playing games with me?! Monkey, go to the toilet and produce two pounds of shit."

"No, no, Officer Su!" Dong Pengyu immediately stopped him. "Let me say something, can you believe it?"

"Spit it out!"

"You yourself said that those nine boxes of goods are enough to get me killed, not to mention my violent market monopoly, selling drugs and stuff." Dong Pengyu was almost about to spill everything about himself. "I'm already in this situation. If there's a chance to redeem myself, do you think I wouldn't take it?! Zhang Ming just wants to be related to me through marriage at most, he's not my dad, why the hell would I protect him?"

Su Tianyu was speechless.

"I swear to the Virgin Mary! If I could bite him, I would definitely do it, I'd definitely kill him and ask you to let me off." Dong Pengyu looked simple-minded, but he was very logical. "But... but I really can't do anything to him now, and I think it'll be hard for you to do anything to him too."

"Continue."

"That old bastard Zhang Ming is too slippery!" Dong Pengyu frowned. "Most of the things I did were instructed by him, because he promoted me to install his own cronies, and also to make money. He has indeed committed many crimes, but you can't get any evidence! When he talks to me, he searches me first to make sure I don't have any eavesdropping devices, then we can communicate. He even intentionally controls the volume of his voice, just enough for me to hear clearly. Every time I give him money, it's in a place with no people and no cameras, directly in cash. He demands that no evidence be left! So, I only have testimony at most, no substantial evidence of his crimes."

Su Tianyu crossed his arms and thought about Dong Pengyu's words.

"Officer Su, you're even suggesting that he asked me to send my second wife to him, so how can we be friends? To put it bluntly, it's just mutual exploitation!" Dong Pengyu continued, "And even if I have some evidence, it'll be hard for you to take him down now, because he has a new boss."

Su Tianyu was very interested in this. "What new boss?"

"It's that head of the Special Intelligence Department," Dong Pengyu said softly, "Kang Dinghuang!"

"Tell me what you know about Kang Dinghuang."

"I've only met this person once." Dong Pengyu recalled, "He's in his thirties, looks quite ordinary, but has a lot of power. It's said that he can do things that the Regulatory Commission can't do. He wants to use Zhang Ming right now, so if you don't have some solid evidence, it'll probably be hard to take down Zhang Ming under his watch."

Su Tianyu asked softly, "Someone tried to take down Zhao Weihu in the Lao Mo area a few days ago, do you know about that?"

"I know, but I wasn't involved. Zhang Ming did that for Kang Dinghuang."

"What you've said isn't enough for me to put down my knife." Su Tianyu shook his head.

"I have another important piece of information," Dong Pengyu grinned, "If I tell you, can you guarantee my life?"

"Don't fucking haggle, are you getting too comfortable?!" Hou Guoyu scolded at the right time.

Dong Pengyu blinked and waved his hand lightly, saying, "Officer Su, I overheard that Kang Dinghuang wants to help Zhang Ming secure the top position in the Dockworkers Association, and Gu Baishun is Jing Yan's informant, so..."

Su Tianyu immediately leaned in. "So what?"

"It's like this...!" Dong Pengyu leaned close to Su Tianyu's ear and began to whisper.

...

In the Dragon City, in the office compound of the Special Intelligence Department.

After slowly waking up, Zhang Ming said hoarsely to Kang Dinghuang, "Li... Li Mingsheng is going to move against me, that... that Dong Pengyu isn't someone to be trusted, he'll definitely sell me out! Either get rid of him, or shut him up."

Kang Dinghuang looked at him with his hands behind his back. "How much does he know?"