Deng Liang frowned as he listened to the three people’s statements, completely at a loss.
In the surveillance footage, all three had coincidentally appeared near the prison cell when Han Zheng and Han Fang were in a frenzy and hurting themselves. However, their stays weren’t long. Two of them had made eye contact but hadn’t greeted each other.
The one who lingered the longest in the vicinity was the middle-aged woman cleaning, mopping the floor. The shortest stay was by the older middle-aged man, who spent no more than a few seconds there.
He had thought that confronting the three might yield some information, but it seemed there was nothing useful.
Up to this point, he still didn’t know what Bai Xi was thinking, nor how to interrogate the three individuals before him.
Deng Liang frowned and looked at Bai Xi helplessly, "Miss, what are your thoughts?"
Bai Xi said calmly, "Director Deng, there's no need to be so anxious."
Seeing Bai Xi’s confident demeanor, Deng Liang’s eyes lit up slightly, "Miss, have you already figured something out?"
As expected, Miss was still this formidable.
Bai Xi said faintly, "I don't know yet."
Deng Liang was slightly taken aback.
Didn’t know?
This didn’t seem like Bai Xi’s usual style.
He had seen Bai Xi investigate cases before; she was decisive and acted swiftly. Before taking action, she would always have some results. He had brought the three people to her, and by all rights, she should have had some plan in mind. But for her to say "I don't know" so frankly was truly strange.
While Deng Liang was contemplating, Bai Xi spoke again, saying faintly, "Han Rui."
If it were before, she would have thoroughly interrogated the three, applying strict questioning. Before her, no mouth was ever sealed shut.
But with Han Rui here today, it saved a lot of trouble.
Upon hearing this, Han Rui beamed like a sunflower, "Little Xi'er, you've finally thought of me."
Bai Xi raised an eyebrow without speaking.
Seeing this, Han Rui’s smile became even more radiant, "You want my help, of course, you can have it, but… my appearance fee is very expensive."
Bai Xi knew Han Rui’s personality well; it was perfectly normal for him to play hard to get. "The two deceased are people from your Han family. I haven't asked you for an appearance fee, yet you’re asking me for one first?"
Han Rui’s refined phoenix eyes slightly lifted, "These two are indeed from my Han family, but… they’ve liked bullying me since we were young, and have tried to take my life on multiple occasions. Now that they're dead, if it were up to me, I’d simply have them buried without all this trouble. Miss wanting to investigate, it’s not because you want to uphold justice for the Han family, is it?"
Bai Xi raised an eyebrow.
Without a doubt, although Han Rui was exceptionally charming, he was certainly not foolish.
Killing prisoners who were under detention in the Security Bureau using hypnosis, although they were both criminals deserving of death, was an extremely dangerous situation, even considered a crime that endangered China's public order.
Since she was here, there was no reason not to investigate thoroughly.
Moreover… there was something even more important.
Her keen sixth sense told her that there must be something hidden behind this incident…
"Say it, what do you want?"
A calm, unfathomable sentence.
Han Rui smiled even more brilliantly, looking at Han Mo standing behind Bai Xi, "Let the husband repay the wife's debt."
Bai Xi frowned, turned to look at Han Mo behind her, then glanced at Han Rui, displaying a strange expression. She said indifferently, "Are you craving Han Mo? That won't do."
Han Rui's expression suddenly changed, and he said with disdain, "Pah! Pah! Pah! How could I crave him? I crave his prescription, not him! Don't look at me with that weird expression, and don't overthink it!"
Bai Xi wasn't foolish; she knew that what Han Rui meant by "the husband repay the wife's debt" was for Han Mo to repay something else, not him personally. She had deliberately said something ambiguous to tease him.
Hearing his explanation, she merely raised an eyebrow slightly, "Oh, that still won't do."
In her opinion, whether Han Rui wanted Han Mo to repay with his person or with his prescription, these were all Han Mo’s personal matters. She had no right to make a deal with Han Rui using anything belonging to Han Mo, so naturally, she couldn’t agree.
This was within Han Rui’s expectations, but he was skilled at playing hard to get, "Fine. If you don't agree, then interrogate them yourself. I believe that with your abilities, Miss, you can uncover the truth even without me!"
Bai Xi raised an eyebrow, looking at him calmly, and said, "Are you sure you want me to interrogate them myself?"
Han Rui put on an arrogant expression, "Of course."
"Alright."
Such a crisp and decisive response surprised Han Rui a little, but upon further thought, he didn't find it that surprising.
After all, Bai Xi was the God of War of the Dark Division; if she wanted to interrogate them, she certainly could, it would just take a little more time.
Han Rui suddenly felt a pang of regret, thinking he shouldn't have been so deliberately difficult, especially since Bai Xi and Xuan Feng had saved his life multiple times in the tomb before.
"Well, I wasn't actually…"
Before he could finish, Bai Xi spoke.
"Han Rui, heir apparent to the Han family patriarch. As the heir of the Han family, with Han Zheng and Han Fang now dead, not only is there no one to contend with you for the position of patriarch, but the entire Han family will no longer have any objections to you inheriting the patriarchate. Looking at it this way, their deaths can be considered beneficial to you. Now, I will legally detain you and interrogate you thoroughly."
Bai Xi spoke as she looked into Han Rui’s eyes, aiming to make him clearly understand her thoughts.
(Internal Monologue: Provoking the God of War of the Dark Division without reason is a capital offense in the Dark Division. The Dark Division has many interrogation methods, all available: bone extraction, finger puncturing, bloodletting, water immersion… The interrogation rooms of the Dark Division welcome you anytime. For the sake of the old Han patriarch, and for the Han family, I naturally won’t truly harm you, but these non-life-threatening injuries should be harmless, shouldn’t they?)
Han Rui, seeing Bai Xi’s thoughts, immediately turned even paler.
He had become too familiar with Bai Xi, having been saved by her countless times, how could he have forgotten that the person before him was the God of War of the Dark Division, the existence that made evildoers tremble in fear throughout China?
He had thought he was being excessive just now, but now it seemed… Bai Xi was even more excessive!
*Sniffle, sniffle…*
"Well, I was just joking. I am, of course, very willing to cooperate with Miss and Director Deng in investigating the case."
After speaking, he instinctively swallowed.
Bai Xi raised an eyebrow and said faintly, "Coincidentally, I was also just joking earlier."
In fact, once she knew of Han Rui's mind-reading ability, dealing with him wasn't difficult.
Hiding things from him might not be easy.
But threatening and scaring him was incredibly simple.
Han Rui truly hadn't expected that although he prided himself on being able to see through others' thoughts and manipulate people’s minds, if the other person’s heart was fearless and had nothing to hide, it could actually scare him.
He could only accept his fate.
The sunny, cheerful expression on Han Rui's face vanished, leaving only dejection. He whispered to Xuan Feng, "Your Miss is scaring me."
Xuan Feng’s gaze was calm, even gentle, and he said faintly, "As long as you behave obediently, Miss will treat you very well."
Han Rui: "..."
Disobey? He wouldn't dare!