"Cut the crap. Who are you calling 'bro'? Behave yourself! Right now, you're a suspect!"

Ye Tian shrugged helplessly.

He followed the inspectors to an interrogation room.

After enduring a stern and tedious interrogation, Chief Inspector Chang Jian slammed the table hard, pointing at Ye Tian with a voice full of anger:

"You still refuse to confess, huh? Let me tell you, cooperation brings leniency, resistance brings severity!"

Ye Tian's tone was lazy, "I already told you, those two were frauds. I took the wallet to gather evidence, but you just don't want to believe me. And besides..."

His gaze suddenly turned cold, "I hate it when people point fingers at me. Understand?"

As the protagonist of a mindless TV drama, Ye Tian is certainly not a good-natured or easygoing character.

Having just arrived in Haijing City without the chance to show his skills and already getting detained by the Supervision Bureau, Ye Tian was naturally furious.

Under Ye Tian's intense gaze, Chang Jian instinctively took a step back.

In that moment, he felt an overwhelming sense of pressure, even getting the faint illusion that he was the one being interrogated!

"You..."

It took several seconds for Chang Jian to regain his composure, and he couldn't help but get angry again.

This was the first time he had encountered such an arrogant guy!

Just then, an inspector hurried in and whispered something in Chang Jian's ear.

"What?"

Chang Jian's expression changed. After leaving a curt "Keep an eye on this guy," he quickly left the room.

Ye Tian raised an eyebrow.

"Heh, it looks like the Liu family has arrived. I can finally get out of this wretched place. If they had taken any longer, I might have had to break out myself."

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After Chang Jian hurried out, he went to the far end of the corridor to a reception room.

He pushed the door open and quickly scanned the room, his gaze immediately settling on a young man calmly sipping tea.

He strode forward and tentatively asked, "Young Master Li?"

Li Ze stood up from his seat, extended his hand towards Chang Jian, and smiled, "Are you the Chief Inspector here?"

"Yes, I am Chang Jian." Chang Jian replied cautiously.

He adopted a very deferential attitude.

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Dongxia was no exception.

In Haiqing City, it was no exaggeration to say that if you excluded the Han family, the Li family was the ruling power!

"Have a seat."

Li Ze gestured to a nearby chair, indicating for Chang Jian to sit down and talk.

Chang Jian, without a hint of displeasure at Li Ze's presumptuous demeanor, obediently sat down.

Li Ze spoke calmly, "Director Zhang, please explain the situation."

"Yes."

Director Zhang Qiming immediately began, "Chief Inspector Chang, did you detain a man named Ye Tian yesterday?"

Ye Tian?

Chang Jian's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't that the guy he had just been interrogating? Could it be that this guy had connections with the Li family?

Recalling Ye Tian's relaxed, fearless attitude during the interrogation, Chang Jian's face started to look a bit grim. If Ye Tian had ties to the Li family, that would be someone he absolutely couldn't afford to offend.

Seeing that Chang Jian seemed to misunderstand, Zhang Qiming quickly explained, "Chief Inspector Chang, the situation is like this: Ye Tian is actually a patient from our Shuxin Mental Hospital."

"What?"

Chang Jian was taken aback. How had that guy Ye Tian suddenly become a mental patient?

With a look of embarrassment, Zhang Qiming continued, "Ye Tian has always been a patient at our hospital and has a strong tendency towards violence. Due to the negligence of one of our nurses, he managed to escape."

"We followed the clues and found that he had been caught by the Supervision Bureau and charged with theft."

"It's truly embarrassing."

At this moment, lawyer Jin Du stood up and placed a thick file on Chang Jian's desk.

"Here is the relevant proof, with all the necessary documentation. We need to take Ye Tian away right now."

Chang Jian was still trying to process everything. "Mental patient? Ye Tian seemed perfectly normal to me..."

But then he caught Li Ze's meaningful gaze.

Li Ze responded calmly, "Chief Inspector Chang, often mental patients can appear perfectly normal on the surface. Don't be deceived."

Chang Jian's mind raced, quickly piecing things together.

If Ye Tian really was a mental patient who escaped, how could it have alarmed the young master of the Li family?

Chang Jian wasn't foolish; on the contrary, he was astute. Though he didn't fully understand the hidden implications, he instantly grasped that Li Ze merely sought a pretext to take Ye Tian away.

He slammed the table forcefully, his voice echoing, "No wonder! I could tell at a glance that guy wasn't like a normal person! Since the paperwork is in order, Young Master Li, feel free to take him away!"

"Very well."

Li Ze smiled, his expression benign and pleasant as a spring breeze.

Meanwhile, in the interrogation room, Ye Tian had been reclining arrogantly in his chair, legs crossed, waiting for someone from the Liu family to come and take him away.

Yet inexplicably, he suddenly felt a chill run through his body.