After leaving Yuexin Cuisine, following Jiang Che’s orders, Lin Qiang drove a Maybach with the three injured bodyguards straight toward the First People’s Hospital of Linjiang City.
…
At this moment, inside the detention room at the West City Precinct—
“Name?”
“Xiao Chen.”
“Age?”
“Twenty-four…”
“Gender?”
“Male…”
“Place of origin?”
“Local to Linjiang City. I’m an orphan. I grew up in an orphanage…”
Xiao Chen answered the officer’s questions honestly.
Though he was filled with resentment inside, he didn’t dare show it.
After all, his real identity couldn’t withstand any scrutiny.
This brawl was a small matter, but if the police followed the trail and discovered that he was the head of the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group, then he’d never get out of this place in his lifetime.
“Explain why you deliberately injured others.”
“What was your motive?”
Wang Mu squinted slightly, eyes sharp as he stared at Xiao Chen.
Earlier, the lawyer from Lingxiao Capital had already dropped by—with three official injury assessment reports in hand.
The reports stated that the three bodyguards beaten by Xiao Chen had multiple bone fractures, all rated as second-degree serious injuries.
With this kind of evidence, locking Xiao Chen up would be effortless.
“I didn’t intentionally hurt them! They insulted me first!”
“Besides, I controlled my strength. There’s no way they were seriously injured!”
Xiao Chen argued firmly, his tone righteous.
He wasn’t exactly smart, but he wasn’t a complete idiot either.
In a public place, there’s no way he would’ve beaten those three men nearly to death.
“Didn’t intentionally hurt them?”
“Then take a good look at this!”
Wang Mu sneered and slapped the three injury assessment reports onto Xiao Chen’s face.
Xiao Chen glanced down and instantly boiled with rage, almost passing out from sheer fury.
Second-degree serious injury?
Since when was he that powerful?
“Slander! This is pure slander!”
“Defamation! They’re framing me!”
“I want a lawyer!”
Xiao Chen shouted, face red and veins bulging, and even managed to break free of the handcuffs as he stood from the chair.
Seeing this, Wang Mu’s eyes narrowed—he instantly recognized the danger.
As someone in law enforcement, he was well aware of martial artists—even if rarely encountered.
A martial artist who broke the law still had to face consequences. But normal procedures wouldn’t work on someone like this.
That’s why the precinct already had systems in place to deal with martial artists.
Wang Mu quietly stepped back and exited the room.
Xiao Chen was still unaware of what was coming, continuing to shout.
When Wang Mu returned, he brought two more officers with him. Without a word, he turned off the bodycam and gave them a meaningful look.
The three exchanged glances—then simultaneously raised their 100,000-volt stun batons and beat Xiao Chen without mercy.
“AHHH!”
In an instant, Xiao Chen’s blood-curdling screams echoed through the interrogation room… before fading into silence.
…
Later, they moved him to a special holding room for martial artists. After several slaps from Wang Mu, Xiao Chen groggily regained consciousness.
He was a complete mess—hair burnt black, strands standing upright, face dark as charcoal, eyes bloodshot and terrifying.
“Kid, ready to talk now?”
“Don’t think that just because you’re a martial artist, we can’t deal with you!”
Wang Mu sneered and raised the baton again.
Though they had no cultivation, with 100,000-volt custom batons in hand, they didn’t fear Xiao Chen one bit.
This was a police station. If he dared resist, they had plenty of ways to break him.
“I… I’ll talk…”
Xiao Chen was genuinely terrified now. These shameless bastards didn’t even hesitate to electrocute him. Did they think he was made of steel?
Even Iron Man couldn’t withstand this torture.
A few more rounds and he’d probably die right there.
Now he finally saw the truth—they just wanted to beat a confession out of him.
All he could do now was cooperate, then find a way to contact a lawyer or call in favors.
Otherwise, he might not get out of here alive.
“I’m CEO Leng Qingqiu’s bodyguard. I followed her secretly because…”
Xiao Chen confessed about tailing Leng Qingqiu but denied causing serious injury to the three bodyguards.
He wasn’t completely clueless about the law—he refused to take the blame for something he didn’t do.
“Since you won’t admit to the truth, then take your time reflecting here!”
After collecting Xiao Chen’s testimony, Wang Mu acted like he was about to leave with his subordinates.
“Wait, I want to make a phone call.”
Seeing them about to leave, Xiao Chen quickly made his request.
“Of course. That’s your right.”
Wang Mu didn’t argue. He handed the phone directly to Xiao Chen.
Finally holding a phone, Xiao Chen let out a long sigh of relief and made a call to ask for help.
It should’ve been a small issue, but the person on the other end refused to help no matter what he said.
He called a few more people—but all the results were the same.
This made Xiao Chen start to doubt his own existence.
It was just a minor incident. Why were these bigshots all avoiding him like the plague?
Could it be that the boss of Lingxiao Capital had an even more terrifying background than he thought?
At that moment, Xiao Chen finally realized the gravity of the situation—and fear gripped his heart.
If this continued, he might never get out.
“I… I want to settle privately with the other party.”
Taking a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, Xiao Chen finally spoke.
No one was willing to bail him out. He had no choice but to give in.
Ask Leng Qingqiu to post bail?
He had considered it, but when he tried to call her, he realized she’d already blocked his number.
What about other friends?
He had only been back in the country for seven days. All his time had been spent circling around Leng Qingqiu at Lanzi Group. He hadn’t even returned to the orphanage. What other friends did he have?
“Alright. The other party is demanding 1 billion yuan for medical compensation.”
“If you agree, we can settle privately.”
“How much?!”
“1 billion.”
“Why doesn’t he just rob a bank?!”
Xiao Chen’s eyes widened. His voice cracked from the outrage. He completely lost it.
Damn it, even if he had beaten the Emperor of Heaven, there’s no way he owed 1 billion yuan in compensation!
And Jiang Che was clearly extorting him! And no one was stopping it?
This was corruption! Absolute corruption between officials and businessmen!