"Huo Huo, are you feeling unwell?" Cheng Lizhu asked anxiously. "Do you want some water?"
Yu He shook her head and looked at Qi Nan, her lips parting, struggling to utter a hoarse sound, "Ting... ge..."
Her voice was too hoarse to be clearly understood, but from her lip movements, Ye Qichen and Qi Nan both read what she was saying.
Seeing that she was awake and the first person she wanted to find was Qin Beiting, Ye Qichen finally understood how deeply his sister felt for Qin Beiting. He had previously been somewhat resistant to Qin Beiting dating someone so much younger, but at this moment, he completely let go of his reservations.
He took out his phone and sent Qin Beiting a message: [If you dare bully my sister in the future, I'll beat you to death!]
Qin Beiting: [?]
"Don't worry, Ting ge is fine. He stayed up for three days to watch over you. This morning, he had to go to cooperate with the police investigation," Qi Nan explained.
Hearing that Qin Beiting was alright, Yu He first felt a sense of relief.
When she had been unconscious, her dreams were filled with the tense countdown of the bomb about to explode.
She didn't want to die; she still wanted to vindicate her adoptive father. She also didn't want Qin Beiting to die with her!
But upon hearing about the police investigation, Yu He's heart tightened again, and she struggled to sit up.
She had finally managed to expose the Huang family. The Huang family must know about her adoptive father being framed and imprisoned years ago. Qin Beiting couldn't be allowed to handle this!
She worried that it would be like before, where whoever was investigated would end up dead.
"Huo Huo, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere? Be careful, don't aggravate your wound," Cheng Lizhu said, trying to soothe her.
"Don't worry, Ting ge said that after you woke up and asked about Madam Si, he wanted me to show you this interrogation recording," Qi Nan said, handing her a tablet. "You're too weak right now, you need to rest. Don't move around."
Yu He took it suspiciously. Ye Zi, seeing this, took out earphones from her backpack and gave them to her. The recording was from yesterday.
In the video, after Chen Hao asked routine questions, he quickly got to the point.
"You orchestrated the deaths of Luo Xiaoyao and her mother through Qin Meimei? And also, you instructed Qin Meimei to hire Robin to cause Shu Yun'er's car accident twelve years ago?" Chen Hao asked sternly.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Madam Huang refused to admit anything.
Chen Hao had anticipated that she wouldn't confess easily. He gestured to his assistant, who understood and opened his phone, playing the recording of hiring an assassin again.
Hearing this recording for the second time, Madam Huang was no longer as shocked as the first. She even sneered calmly, "Are you police officers this casual now? Someone casually makes a recording, alters a voice, and calls it evidence? My voice isn't even in here! What does it have to do with me? People like you who lack basic common sense must have gotten your positions through connections!"
"Don't rush, there's another one," Chen Hao said, taking a USB drive and handing it to his assistant to continue playing.
"Surgical Confidentiality Agreement, Party A: Huang Ying, Party B: Qi Yewen..."
Madam Huang: !!!
How did this pre-surgery voice recording end up here?!
Didn't Qi Yewen promise her that he would never reveal it, even if it meant death?!
Amidst her shock, Chen Hao unhurriedly took out a signed contract and showed it to her. "Qi family surgical contract, this is what you were referring to, right?"
Madam Huang's eyes widened like copper bells as she stared at the contract in his hand. How was even the contract found?! The entire Qi family, old and young, were indeed unreliable!
"Anything that is done will leave a trace," Chen Hao said when he saw her remaining silent. "Yang Lin has already confessed and identified you. You'd better confess the case details yourself. I can still try to get you the minimum punishment. Otherwise, once the evidence department identifies the surgical traces on your vocal cords, you'll be judged accordingly."
Madam Huang clenched her fists. So, Yang Lin was the problem! Otherwise, how could that brat Yu He have succeeded?! That bomb should have turned her into ashes!
"The placement of the bomb, the creation of panic, inciting murder, directly or indirectly causing the deaths of four lives: Shu Yun'er, Qin Meimei, and Luo Xiaoyao and her daughter. This is enough to sentence you to death!" Chen Hao said, tapping the table.
"You don't need to expect the Qin family to protect you. Qin Yonghao has already been suspended and is under investigation by the chairman. Furthermore, the second young master Qin is currently missing. You probably wouldn't want to miss seeing him one last time before your execution, would you?"
Hearing this, Madam Huang's previously stubborn denial instantly crumbled.
"Yes, I told Qin Meimei to find someone to kill Shu Yun'er!" she said, lowering her head.
Chen Hao: "Why did you do that?"
"She knew too much!" Madam Huang said, her face filled with malice.
Chen Hao's eyes narrowed. "What did she know?"
Madam Huang refused to say more, sneering, "Aren't you very capable? Go and find out!"
"Shu Yun'er found out who the real killer of Third Master Qin was, right? So you panicked and killed her?" Chen Hao asked tentatively.
Madam Huang's expression changed, and she said with a dark face, "I don't know. You can't trick me into answering!"
"I advise you to confess the truth of that year. Cooperate to atone for your sins, and I can still try to get you a sentence less than death!" Chen Hao said, using a combination of threats and inducements.
"The death penalty can be avoided, but life imprisonment is inevitable, right?" Madam Huang said. "These words might fool others, but they won't work on me! Do you think I don't know you police are sly? After tricking someone into confessing, you still use harsh methods."
"..."
No matter how Chen Hao questioned her later, Madam Huang only admitted to instructing Qin Meimei to hire someone to kill Shu Yun'er. She revealed no other information.
After Yu He finished watching, her fists clenched involuntarily. Madam Huang definitely knew her adoptive father was framed! But she just wouldn't say it! Her unintentional exertion caused the wounds wrapped in bandages to start bleeding, startling Cheng Lizhu and the others. Qi Nan quickly re-bandaged her.
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Meanwhile, at the Special Investigation Department.
Led by a staff member, Qin Beiting entered the surveillance room of an interrogation room.
Chen Yongyue was sitting by the one-way glass window watching Qin Yonghao in the interrogation room. Seeing Qin Beiting arrive, he quickly got up, invited him to sit, and offered him freshly brewed tea. "Seventh Master, you're here. Please have a seat."
"What's the situation?" Qin Beiting glanced at Qin Yonghao through the glass window. Even in the special investigation interrogation room, Qin Yonghao sat calmly, reading a newspaper and drinking tea, as if he were at home, completely unfazed.
"He has a guarantee card from an elder of Xing Que and refuses all our investigations and interrogations," Chen Yongyue said with difficulty. Xing Que's nine elders each received two guarantee cards when they were in power. Elders could use them themselves or give them to others. With one guarantee card, Xing Que would provide criminal bail for the cardholder anywhere in the world once. If the card was not used, it would automatically become void when the elder stepped down. Since Qin Beiting took office as the Palace Master of Xing Que, eight of the eighteen guarantee cards have been used, leaving only ten worldwide. Where did Qin Yonghao get his guarantee card?