Chapter Thirty: Forced Interrogation

  After listening to my doubts, Lan sister also furrowed her brow and thought for a long time. Looking at the people on the street, she finally exclaimed "I know what's wrong! It's the people on the street, can you see it?"

  What's wrong with the people on the street? This is what's weird, now it's my turn to frown. Aren't there many beauties and a lot of people on this street? There's nothing wrong with that.

  Seeing me shaking my head, Lan Jie explained: "Jiangbei City has a population of millions. If we only talk about the city center, its prosperity is in no way inferior to that of first-tier cities. Therefore, it's a mixed bag here, with both the wealthy and the riffraff gathering together. At this time, it should be the most bustling time for the night market, but look around you now, how many luxury cars have you seen or thugs wandering on the streets?"

  After Lan Jie's reminder, I also saw some clues. I have been to Jiangbei night market many times, and its popularity is not comparable to now. Especially those luxury cars in front of entertainment venues and tattooed young people in large restaurants, they were endless, but today, there seem to be very few.

  "Why is it like this, what exactly happened"

  "This situation is rare, but not unheard of. The first is when a high-ranking leader comes to inspect, and there will be rectification efforts made here. The second is when something big happens, scaring those thugs and rich people into behaving themselves. Lan sister was somewhat worried, she had a premonition that this change might have something to do with us."

  "Let's go to Hua Guang Entertainment City," With this change, Lan Jie became even more restless, she had to figure out the truth as soon as possible, whether it was finding Li Ning's news or explaining the current situation, Hua Guang Entertainment City was the best place, where all sorts of rumors and gossip gathered.

  He Lan sister appeared again in Hua Guang Entertainment City, and indeed saw that the flow of people here has decreased a lot, it can even be said to be somewhat deserted. What's more unexpected is that we actually saw police officers patrolling around here for routine inspections, which was absolutely unheard of before.

  I came to the Huaguang nightclub again, although it wasn't as crowded as before, there were still a lot of people. I and Lan Jie slightly disguised ourselves and easily mixed in, and relying on our familiarity with the terrain, we even found the third floor, where all the VIP rooms are located.

  "You, you, wu wu," what a coincidence, as soon as we went up to the third floor, we saw the big brother who was in charge of watching the scene here. But before he could react, Lan sister took action and subdued him, pinching his neck and smoothly entering an empty private room.

  "Don't call out, don't resist. Considering our past relationship, I don't want to kill you." Lan Jie threatened fiercely, and Ba Ge nodded desperately. He knew Lan Jie's identity and with his skills, he was no match for her. If he didn't want to die, he had to cooperate well.

  "The first question is, have you seen your brother these days?" Lan Jie asked.

  "No, no, since I heard that Lan Jie betrayed you, Ning Ge hasn't appeared again, and Li Zong didn't say anything either. The people below don't dare to ask." Ba Ge hastily told the truth, although there were rumors among his brothers, he really didn't dare to say these words, the upper circle was too chaotic, and he didn't want to die so he spoke less.

  He didn't show up, Lan Jie's eyes turned cold, and the bad premonition in her heart deepened again. However, this Big Brother was not a high-ranking official under Li Huaguang, but only a low-level middle-ranking officer who didn't know much information. The best way is to find Li Huaguang himself for a confrontation.

  "Is Li Huaguang upstairs?" Lan Jie pointed to the ceiling and said, the top floor of the nightclub is Li Huaguang's private office, very luxurious.

  "No, no, President Li is not here" Big Brother shook his head vigorously. "President Li has been gone for a week and it's said that he took his family on an overseas trip. Now it's Hu Qing who is in charge of things."

  Li Huaqing, Lan Jie whispered, this person she also knew, was a cousin of Li Huaguang's, and also one of his most trusted confidants, with some talent in management. Many places were directly managed by him under Li Huaguang. If Li Huaguang left, it wasn't impossible for him to take over here.

  "Go, cover us up there." Lan Jie pulled on Ba Ge's arm. Li Huaqing was Li Huaguang's confidant, so he must also know about Li Ning's situation, and finding him would be the same.

  "Alright, alright, thanks for sparing my life, Lan sister." Ba Ge was secretly cursing in his heart, but still had a smiling face. Damn it, these are all big shots, he couldn't afford to offend any of them. Now that he's stuck in the middle, what good could come out of this?

  With Brother Ba's cover, we arrived at the top floor very smoothly, but outside Li Huaguang's office before that, two black-clad bodyguards were standing, and as soon as they saw us coming up, they immediately became vigilant.

  "Scar, who are you and what have you brought here?" The two bodyguards shouted at Big Brother, Scar was another nickname for him. These two men were far superior to Big Brother in status, of course they wouldn't call him Big Brother.

  "Ah, they are Mr. Li's guests, saying they have something to discuss with Mr. Li, so I brought them up first." Da Ge explained with a smile.

  "Why didn't you follow the rules and notify us first? You're getting more and more lawless, Scar. You two, lift your heads up, let me see who you are and what business you have with Director Li." One of them bellowed at us.

  Before, Lan and I both lowered our heads. Although we had simply disguised ourselves, in fact, it was just a simple change of clothes to deceive ordinary people, but facing these two professional bodyguards, there was no use pretending at all.

  So I was considering how to reveal the truth, but Lan Jie was very decisive, suddenly lifting her head and revealing her true identity, and taking action while the two bodyguards were shocked.

  Bang, bang, bang. Lan Jie took a swift step forward and kicked away the gun from one of them, then engaged in hand-to-hand combat with all three.

  But just two or three rounds, the two black-clad bodyguards were defeated, which made them extremely unbelievable. They knew Lan's skills, they were also high-level bodyguards of Li Huaguang, and often sparred in private. Among them, Li Ning's skills were the most formidable, but Lan's skills were at most ranked in the top five. However, one-on-two was not their match, yet she had only disappeared for a week, her skills suddenly soared, and two or three moves defeated them.

  The two bodyguards were shocked, but Lan Jie was somewhat dissatisfied with herself. She suddenly attacked without taking down even one of them. Although she defeated them in two or three rounds, she didn't take them down. They must have sounded the alarm and Li Huqing in the office definitely activated the defense mechanism. With this defensive system, they won't be able to break in for at least an hour or two.

  "Wait a minute, I know you want to inform Li Huqing, but let me say a few words and then decide what to do," Lan Jie said, retreating two steps. Defeating these two people would be meaningless; it's better to make use of them instead.

  "One of them said, 'What do you want to say? Director Li has already said that you betrayed him and there's a heavy reward for capturing you.' In fact, they were also worried in their hearts. Lan sister's skills are so fierce, if they provoke her, their outcome won't be good."

  "Actually, the two of you should know why I came here today. I just want to know where my brother went. Although my siblings and I were orphans adopted by Li Huaguang, we have repaid his kindness many times over in these years. If I remember correctly, weren't the two of you also rescued by Li Huaguang? So, I hope you can help me."

  Lan sister finished, the two eyes flashed a very complicated thought, Li Ning's thing they of course know, that night they were at the scene, but Li Huaguang had long given a death order, who dared to say out who died, plus they were all Li Huaguang's confidants, so a week passed and none of them leaked the news.

  The result is that Li Huaguang's ability to control his subordinates is quite terrifying. In Li Huaguang's group, apart from a few exceptionally talented individuals he recruited later on, the vast majority were personally cultivated by him from a young age. Take his bodyguards for example - they come from two sources: one is like Li Ning and Li Lan, whom he adopted as orphans and trained from a young age, their loyalty is naturally unquestionable, and Lan Jie is just an unexpected exception; the other type is those he rescued, including many retired soldiers or martial artists who encountered difficulties, Li Huaguang would always help them with great enthusiasm and treat them well. In such interactions, these simple-minded people are easily bought over and brainwashed. Moreover, whether they are martial artists or retired soldiers, they all highly value loyalty and righteousness. Li Huaguang treats them with kindness, so they rarely betray him.

  "Li Lan, since you know about Li's kindness to us, how could we possibly tell you?" one of them shook his head and said.

  "Hmph, you've been following Li Huaguang for a long time now. You know what they've made us do, and he's just using our loyalty to bind us. I'm putting my words here today: if you two get out of the way, I won't lay a hand on you out of respect for our past as colleagues. Otherwise, whoever blocks me will die." Lan Jie said coldly, her eyes filled with murderous intent, making the two men shudder. These people had been brainwashed and wouldn't surrender with just a few words; it was better to intimidate them.

  The two bodyguards exchanged a glance, both knowing that Lan had made up her mind to kill. They knew that Li Ning was too important to Li Lan, and they would be willing to do anything for him, even if it meant destroying the world. If they didn't persist, they would surely die. However, from a professional standpoint as well as a sense of loyalty, they couldn't betray Li Huaguang. Although sometimes Li Huaguang asked them to do things that went against morality and the law, he had always been good to them, giving them money when they needed it and providing for their families.

  "Since you're so loyal, don't blame me for being rude." Seeing the hesitant eyes of the two, Lan Jie's heart was filled with hatred. Li Huaiguang's methods were indeed ruthless, these two didn't even fear death. After speaking, her figure charged at the two again.

  Bang, bang. What surprised Lan was that this time she rushed over, but the two of them didn't resist desperately. Instead, they made a big show of their movements, pretending to be weak, so after just two moves, they fell to the ground and moaned.

  "Thank you," said Lan sister lightly when they searched out the handguns and alarms on the two men. In fact, after discovering something was wrong, Lan sister did not kill them either, leaving three points of strength, otherwise they would have been finished with just a couple of hums.

  Having obtained the alarm, Lan Jie easily deceived the office door. This is also because of the good decoration here, the sound insulation effect is top-notch, although their fighting voice was loud, but no one inside heard it.

  After forcing open the door, Lan Jie didn't show any courtesy this time. She first punched Li Huqing to the ground, then took out her phone and tied him to a stool. After closing the high-tech device hidden here, she began to interrogate him about Li Ning's whereabouts.

  Li Huaqing looks like he's over thirty, pale and thin. If not for the sharp glint in his eyes, no one would have thought that he was the second-in-command of a gang involved in organized crime; they would have taken him for a university professor instead.

  Li Huaqing's loyalty to Li Huaguang was evident, and no matter how much Lan Jie threatened him at first, it didn't work. We couldn't stall for time either, so Lan Jie had no choice but to use the interrogation techniques she learned from her mercenary organization on him.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, these techniques were all aimed at human weaknesses. In just a minute, Li Huqing couldn't hold on anymore, and at this time, Lan Jie had only used three coercive tactics.

  "Li Huaguang, if I don't kill you, I, Li Lan, will not be a human being." After listening to Li Huqing's confession, Lan Jie was furious, especially when she knew that Li Huaguang had pushed out the surrendered Li Ning as a scapegoat to appease the anger of those evil Taoist people, the killing intent bursting out of her body was simply terrifying.

  "Stop, stop killing me!" The furious Lan sister was the devil of hell in Li Huqing's eyes, almost scaring him silly.

  "Hmph" Lan sister coldly snorted, one foot trampled on Li Huqing's thigh, a cracking sound, the sound of broken bones was very clear, Li Huqing let out a miserable cry and fainted.

  It's okay, Lan didn't lose her mind, she just crippled Li Huaqing's leg and didn't kill him.

  "Lan sister, calm down, Li Huaguang has fled abroad, now we should go find Ning brother's whereabouts" After Li Hua fainted, Lan sister became more and more violent, she was very eager to find Li Ning and Li Huaguang.

  "Yes, I should find my brother first, we'll go look for those cult people" My words gave Lan a bit of direction, finding Li Ning was the most important thing to him.

  "No, we're not going to look for evil paths, but rather go find other people" Looking for evil paths? I'm not that stupid, am I? Sending myself to death on a silver platter?

  "Who's looking for whom?"

  "Two Tigers of Jiangbei"