"If you were more valuable than Bai Zhi, I would have given you away too," he thought.
As he reflected on this, Fang Ze suddenly paused.
Hey, Bai Ling isn't lacking valuable things; it's just that those valuable things are of no value to her.
She herself is still wealthy.
Thinking this, Fang Ze coughed and then said, "Chief Bai Ling, could you lend me a few precious Extraordinary Artifacts, or perhaps lend me some money?"
Hearing Fang Ze's words, Bai Ling was visibly taken aback.
For a moment, her mouth slightly agape, she wore the expression of shocking incredulity reserved for sleazy men, as she looked at Fang Ze, "No way? No way? Not giving me a gift is one thing, but to think of borrowing my things to give to Bai?!"
So, amidst their playful bantering, the three of them reached the detention room.
Since the Special Case Team had been paralyzed over the past few days, the detention room was guarded by officers from the Judicial Department.
When they arrived, just as before, they asked these officers to turn off the surveillance and casually dismissed them, allowing them to leave work early.
Before long, several officers from the Judicial Department left, leaving only Fang Ze and the two others in the detention room.
In the lounge, Bai Ling looked at Fang Ze and then outside, curiously asking, "Fang Ze, what are we doing next?"
Fang Ze thought for a moment and said, "First, let's check on the situation of a few suspects being detained."
"Then, I'll meet with Qianfeng, inquire about the case details, and get his signature."
"That should close the case."
"Inquire about the case details?" Hearing Fang Ze's words, Bai Ling's eyes lit up, "Are you planning to teach us how to interrogate?"
Seeing her naivety, Fang Ze couldn't help but smile and said, "You won't be able to learn my interrogation skills."
Bai Ling, slightly irked by his comment, responded, "Don't underestimate us!"
After finishing their talk, the three of them checked on the suspects one by one: Qiu Yue, Kai Shi, and Qianfeng,
Perhaps because no one had attempted to rescue them over the many days, and no information had been passed into them.
All three appeared somewhat dispirited and lacked the arrogance and confidence they initially had.
After all, everyone knows that as time slowly passes, their hope for rescue also grows increasingly dim.
Finally, at Qianfeng's detention room.
Qianfeng was shackled with Anti-Magic Handcuffs in a corner of the wall, hunched over and somewhat lost in thought.
Seeing him like that, Fang Ze slowly began to speak, "Minister Qianfeng, long time no see."
Hearing that somewhat familiar voice, Qianfeng instinctively snapped back to reality and looked up at Fang Ze.
After recognizing him as the officer who had arrested him that day, he hesitated for a moment, then chuckled and said, "Let me guess. There's a result for the case, right?"
Fang Ze glanced at him, then pulled up a chair to sit down and said, "Yes, there is a result. Your father is the mastermind."
Qianfeng was momentarily stunned, almost thinking Fang Ze was mocking him.
After a moment, he realized what was happening.
Then, he simply smiled and nodded, "Right. No mistake. My father is the mastermind."
Fang Ze looked at him, finding the man to be quite unrestrained and clever.
He guessed that right after being arrested, Qianfeng had considered many possibilities, and the option of pinning the crime on his father and himself was not beyond his expectations, which is why he was so composed.
Seeing this, Fang Ze didn't say much. This visit was just a formality, a prelude to the main interrogation that would take place later at the Late-Night Investigation Room.
Today, he indeed had many interesting topics he wanted to inquire about with Qianfeng.
After chatting for a few moments, Fang Ze, along with Bai Ling and Bai Zhi, left Qianfeng's detention room.
Back in the lounge, Bai Ling jumped onto the table and then opened her purse to pull out a lollipop. As she unwrapped it, she said, "You're not that impressive."
"I thought you guys would engage in a battle of words, clashing for three hundred rounds, or that every sentence would be intriguing," she added.
Fang Ze reached over and snatched the lollipop from Bai Ling, stuffing it into his mouth as he remarked, "You've been watching too many TV shows, haven't you?"
"Real interrogations aren't that tense or thrilling."
"What we just did is what normal interrogation looks like."
Hearing Fang Ze's remarks, Bai Ling uttered an "oh," feeling a touch of disappointment...
The door to Qianfeng's detention room creaked.
Then the lights came on.
Awakened by the sound and the light, Qianfeng roused from his sleep.
Then he saw Fang Ze, who had visited earlier in the evening, sitting in front of him with a document in hand. While looking down at it, he casually asked, "Minister Qianfeng, when you were in the Supervisory Department, did you also prefer to conduct interrogations at dawn?"
Startled by Fang Ze's question, Qianfeng chuckled and replied, "Pretty much."
"After all, at this time, the suspects' minds are most muddled, and it's easiest to gather useful information."
As Fang Ze flipped through the document, he laughed and said, "It seems our interrogation methods as officials are quite similar."
With that, he closed the file and said, "Alright. Since we are colleagues, I won't beat around the bush."
"Let's go through the procedure, and then we can close the case," he continued.
With that, Fang Ze asked, "Is the mastermind behind this shadow organization your father?"
Qianfeng smiled and nodded, "Yes."
Fang Ze asked, "Then, how often do you and your father contact each other?"
Qianfeng hesitated for a moment but quickly found a suitable pretext, "We contact almost daily, but we use a secret method of communication, so you can't trace it."
Fang Ze noted this down with his pen and then asked, "So, the reason you aligned with the Jiang Family, with Jiang Cheng, was to access 'Qin 28,' a strategic resource, through his status?"
Qianfeng answered without missing a beat, "You could say that. But for specifics, you'd need to ask my father. It was his decision."
Fang Ze smiled and then said, "But your father stated that you wanted to access the method for advancing to the rank of Transcendent nobility through fusion."
Hearing Fang Ze's words, Qianfeng felt a sudden jolt in his heart.