Just as Chi Wan was hesitating, wondering if she should just tell Captain Tan that she had a way to make them talk, Li Xingye’s voice sounded in her ear, "Leave it to me."

She was overjoyed. She soon felt something like fine threads gently wrap around her fingers and open the cap of the vial.

While Captain Tan was still signaling the officers inside to continue the interrogation, those unknown, thread-like plants had already leaped off Chi Wan’s lap, slithered through a crack, and entered the interrogation room.

Even though Chi Wan kept trying to follow the plants’ movements, she still quickly lost track of them.

In contrast, the young thugs, who had been laughing and joking, not taking the police interrogation seriously, suddenly froze. Their eyes quickly lost focus.

A glint flashed in Chi Wan’s eyes. ’It’s starting!’

Sure enough, Li Xingye said in her ear, "It’s done."

Chi Wan couldn’t speak freely, but she could feel Li Xingye in his space and quickly thought of a good idea.

She took out her phone, opened the notes app, and, with a slight attempt to conceal her actions, quickly typed a few words. After making them large and bold, she sent the phone into the space.

Li Xingye had been sitting on Chi Wan’s favorite lounge chair, watching her, lost in thought. Seeing her strange action now, he guessed she probably wanted to say something to him, so he reached out and took the phone as it floated aimlessly in the space.

On the screen were just three huge words: "Babe, love ya~". It even had a flashing effect, which was a little comical and completely in line with Chi Wan’s usual style.

Li Xingye was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing. The faint sense of disappointment he had been feeling was instantly smoothed away.

He said with a smile, "As your boyfriend, it’s only right that I help my baby out. I can’t just stand by and watch others show off, can I?"

Chi Wan was first sent reeling by the sultry way Li Xingye’s voice said "baby," and then she heard that familiar sour tone and finally relaxed.

’Yep, that’s more like it.’

While the two were communicating, the interrogation inside made a breakthrough.

The one who looked like the leader, Blondie, seemed as if he had suddenly had too much to drink. Not only did he answer every question, but he also proactively elaborated.

Even his two cronies were fighting to spill everything they knew.

This included, but was not limited to, the fact that their orders to go to Chi Wan’s house had come from a certain "young master" with a powerful background. Although they didn’t know his identity, the young master was always extravagant and very generous to his own people.

Though he was also ruthless toward traitors, their crew had earned the young master’s trust long ago. They had done a lot of jobs for him and were heavily relied upon.

As Blondie spoke, he added arrogantly, "You cops, do you have any idea how powerful our young master is?! The truth would scare you to death!

"I suggest you let us go right now. Otherwise, we’ll have you all bought and sent to an estate to have your kidneys harvested! Our young master has never failed to get a woman he wants. That Chi Wan just doesn’t know what’s good for her!

"No wonder the young master bankrupted her family—she deserved it. There was that little girl from her school, didn’t she try to refuse the young master too? And what happened? She was saddled with a mountain of debt that she could never repay even if she was sold, and now, doesn’t she have to be the young master’s loyal dog?!"

Listening to the stream of vulgar and unbearable filth coming from their mouths, the officer taking notes slammed his hand on the table in anger and roared, "Spit it out! What else did you do?!"

It had to be said, the potion Li Xingye provided was incredibly potent. They spilled everything, both what they should and shouldn’t say.

He Lingfeng really did trust these "useful helpers." They had been involved in many of the things he had done before.

They even revealed some of the methods He Lingfeng used to bully students from poor families back in school, making everyone present extremely uncomfortable.

Chi Wan had originally been in the mood to chat a little with Li Xingye, but after hearing what they said, her blood pressure was about to skyrocket from anger.

She suddenly thought of something and asked Captain Tan in a low voice, "In that case, maybe they also know something about the explosion in front of my dad’s factory. Perhaps we could ask them."

If this could be confirmed, He Lingfeng would have at least one more charge on his head: endangering public safety. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

But unexpectedly, the truth of the matter was still somewhat surprising to Chi Wan.

She had assumed the driver had run off and gone into hiding. After all, during the investigation at the time, the truck had changed hands several times, and its specific origin couldn’t be traced. The police later suspected it was a smuggled vehicle.

This was enough to show that the whole thing had been premeditated.

But Blondie and his crew said that the driver had also been sent to "the park."

Because he wasn’t satisfied with the buyout fee the young master offered and couldn’t bear to leave his wife and children, he was deemed "too greedy" and was punished by the young master.

Although the police didn’t know why these men were suddenly being so cooperative and confessing everything, all their stories were coherent and detailed. They even gave up the names of several middlemen.

This information left Captain Tan ecstatic.

She never would have thought that Chi Wan alone could bring her so many leads, giving new direction to a case that had been at a stalemate.

After quickly formulating the next steps, Captain Tan personally escorted Chi Wan out of the police station.

While Xiahou Yu was waiting for Chi Wan to get in the car, Captain Tan suddenly spoke. "Xiao Chi, there are a couple more things I want to say to you."

Hearing this, Xiahou Yu very considerately got into the car first, leaving the two of them some space.

Captain Tan’s lowered voice carried a hint of apology. "Xiao Chi, I know you must be desperate to see He Lingfeng caught and receive the punishment he deserves. I promise you, we will achieve that goal.

"But... in the short term, to avoid tipping him off, we probably can’t arrest He Lingfeng right away. But please, rest assured, we will also deploy officers around your school to protect you from his threats.

"But everything we talked about today... I hope you won’t reveal it to anyone."

Chi Wan was already prepared for this, so she wasn’t bothered. "Captain Tan, I understand. With the current evidence, even if we catch He Lingfeng, as long as the He Family doesn’t fall, he probably won’t be punished severely.

"Don’t worry. Until we get the final result, I’ll take everything we discussed today to my grave. After all, I really can’t afford to provoke the He Family."

In fact, if even the slightest bit of information leaked, Chi Wan would likely be the first to suffer.

The He Family could easily find a scapegoat, and He Lingfeng would continue to walk free.

Therefore, you couldn’t rush when dealing with someone like He Lingfeng. The only way was to endure for now and then, together with the He Family, uproot them completely.

Once the great tree he relied on was gone, he would no longer be able to stir up any trouble.