Upon seeing the police, Wang Qingli and the others, usually domineering bosses, were now shivering with fear, collapsing to the ground as docile as quails.
Zhang Lang was aware that Jiang Ning wouldn’t arrest people without reason, yet he still had to ask, "What did they do?"
Two concise and forceful words, spoken coldly by Jiang Ning without a trace of warmth, yet they struck everyone’s hearts like a heavy hammer.
"No, ... no!" Hao Manman screamed in despair.
She was a popular star who had laughed in her office at the foolishness of Chu Yiyi and Huo Miao when their scandal broke.
Now, with the scandal about to befall her, Hao Manman found it impossible to accept.
Not just Hao Manman, but upon hearing the two words from Jiang Ning’s mouth, Wang Qingli and the others turned deathly pale with fright.
Their actions were so secretive; how could anyone else have found out!
Their gaze fell upon Jiang Ning, glowering at her as if to sear her image into their memories.
"Over there," said Jiang Ning, ignoring their stares and pointing in a certain direction, "We’ll need professionals to dig."
Zhang Lang’s expression turned serious, "Alright, we understand."
The neglected villa, overgrown with weeds, bore no visible signs of digging; clearly, the murder and burial weren’t recent. Therefore, Zhang Lang wasn’t in a rush to start the excavation and casually picked up Huang Xianfu, who was closest to him, and, pointing to the spot Jiang Ning had just indicated, he asked, "Is there something buried there? When was it buried?"
First to react, Huang Xianfu started to shake his head, intending to deflect the blame but before he could open his mouth, Zhang Lang’s penetrating gaze warned, "Confess for leniency, resist for severity. If you dare to lie, the punishment will rise a degree once dug up!"
Before Huang Xianfu could speak, Liu Zuolin, unable to wait, blurted out, "I’ll tell you, Officer, there really is a body buried there, for many years now. Ask me what you want to know; it has nothing to do with me!"
"I didn’t kidnap the person, I didn’t kill them, nor did I bury them. Please, spare me considering my confession! I’m willing to compensate the victim’s family!"
Liu Zuolin knelt, appearing extremely remorseful.
Seeing this, Wang Qingli and the others, who had still been weighing their options, hurriedly followed suit in admitting their guilt.
With Liu Zuolin taking the initiative to confess and disclose past deeds, if they continued to weigh their options without clarifying their stance, wouldn’t it end with Liu Zuolin receiving leniency for his confession and them being labeled as unrepentant?
The cunning bastard Liu Zuolin!
After they confessed, Zhang Lang’s colleagues approached, snapping handcuffs on their wrists, including Hao Manman and Chen Ergou.
Chen Ergou had also been scared at heart; yet seeing the two bodyguards free while he was captured, he felt unfairness, "Why only capture me and not them?"
"I’m the same as them, just a worker for the capitalists!"
"I had no idea about anything buried here! I’m just a worker!"
Chen Ergou loudly proclaimed his innocence.
The two bodyguards shifted, hiding behind Jiang Ning.
They weren’t the ones in trouble.
Zhang Lang glanced back at Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning responded, "Yes, this burial case has nothing to do with you."
Chen Ergou felt a surge of relief, but then Jiang Ning’s voice followed, "But you’ve been scamming people for years with your superstitious beliefs, deceiving and extorting money, and feeding pregnant women and sick children what you call ’divine medicine,’ causing them irreversible harm to their health. What do you have to say about that?"
Chen Ergou, like a chicken whose neck had been wrung, found himself unable to utter another word.
He stared incredulously at Jiang Ning.
How... how could she know about these almost forgotten deeds!
Seeing this, Zhang Lang gestured, "Take them away! Take them all back to the station for questioning!"
[Congratulations Host for completing the mission, capturing the criminal Hao Manman, rewarded with 20 days of life value, 30 Merit Points]
[Mission assistant Qi Xingzhou rewarded with +3 Merit Points]
[Congratulations Host for completing the mission, capturing the criminal Wang Qingli, rewarded with 30 days of life value, 30 Merit Points]
[Mission assistant Qi Xingzhou rewarded with +3 Merit Points]
[Congratulations Host for completing the mission, capturing the criminal Liu Zuolin, rewarded with 30 days of life value, 30 Merit Points]
[Mission assistant Qi Xingzhou rewarded with +3 Merit Points]
[Congratulations Host for completing the mission, capturing the criminal Huang Xianfu, rewarded with 30 days of life value, 30 Merit Points]
[Mission assistant Qi Xingzhou rewarded with +3 Merit Points ]
[Congratulations Host for completing the mission, capturing the criminal Chen Ergou, rewarded with 10 days of life value, 50 Merit Points]
[Mission assistant Qi Xingzhou rewarded with +1 Merit Points ]
[Congratulations Host on earning three chances at the big prize wheel!]