Chapter 35

Chapter 35

The burly men were flustered; coming from a small place, they might not know about sophisticated instruments.
But the three letters “DNA” were still very familiar.
Whenever a family in the village had an uncertain child, the husband would drag the whole family to the city for a DNA test.
They said this could determine parentage.
“Officer, Lord, Judge Bao, we’re from a small place, no bad intentions. If you don’t believe the head we brought, just cut the head off the corpse and give it back to us.”
“Yeah, yeah, don’t trouble you. If it really won’t work, we’ll refund half the money you gave us. Don’t waste money on a DNA test.”
Wang Xiao drummed his fingers on the table and laughed.
Wu Xiaojiu sat beside him, also sighing at the two burly men’s self-incriminating behavior.
“Alright, we can skip the DNA test, but I don’t want your money. I just need you to admit one thing.”
“What thing?”
The two burly men asked in unison.
“Admit that you personally took a knife and killed your own father, and brought his head to claim a reward.”
Silence was the Kangqiao of the Interrogation Room.
The two burly men immediately lost face; one even slammed the table, stood up, and pointed at Wang Xiao’s nose, ready to curse.
But due to the other party’s status, and having a favor to ask,
they could only shut up.
“Our dad was already so old, our family has been poor all our lives. Can’t we take a rich man’s money and enjoy ourselves? Besides, a son stealing from his dad isn’t a thief. Borrowing my dad’s head isn’t too much.”
“Yeah, my big brother’s right. Besides, how can you prove our dad was alive when we chopped him? Anyway, our dad agreed; he came to us in a dream that night and told us to get rich this way.”
Rogues.
The two were just being unreasonable.
Wang Xiao was gradually losing patience; Wu Xiaojiu’s hesitation again and again had already made him burn with anger.
And now these two just had to rub him the wrong way.
“Fine, then we’ll just do a DNA comparison. True, we can’t prove when you chopped off your dad’s head, but the Liu Family is a big clan.
If they find out you used your dad’s head to deceive them, guess what those thugs would do?”
The Liu Family had risen in one move, quickly carving out territory in this area.
In these times, there were only two ways to make quick money.
One was inheritance.
The other was becoming a rich family’s dog and doing criminal things.
The Liu Family was the second kind, also known as the Su Family’s right-hand men in the early days, a vicious dog under them.
They ran KTVs and pool halls; the Liu Family had a monopoly on all entertainment projects in the province.
Such great power came not only from the extraordinary status of the people behind them, but also from the Liu Family’s own formidable strength.
Every year, they employed over a hundred bodyguards and thugs on the surface.
With such a huge underworld clan, the two Li brothers naturally didn’t dare to provoke them.
Their faces changed immediately.
The two sat down meekly, hands folded.
Spreading their hands helplessly.
“Then what do you say? We can’t admit to murder. At worst, we’ll take a corpse desecration charge and spend some time in jail.”
“The Liu Family is outside; they can’t send people into jail to watch us.”
Wang Xiao laughed, looking at them cheerfully, his eyes revealing viciousness.
He tilted his head slightly and slid a document over.

The two burly men looked down and their expressions immediately changed.

“You’re threatening us with this!”

“I had no choice. The Police Station can’t keep you thugs overnight forever.”

“Wang Xiao, you son of a bitch! You’ll die a horrible death!”

One of the men angrily stood up and lunged across the table to hit Wang Xiao.

“You bastard! If you make us suffer, I’ll make sure you pay dearly!”

The man roared, grabbing Wang Xiao’s hair, his fist about to smash into his face.

Wu Xiaojiu stood up to intervene but was grabbed by the throat by the other man.

“Fuck! We cut off our own father’s head-what’s it to you? In the old society, even if we beat our own mother and father to death, no one would say a word against it!”

It was about to spiral out of control.

But before the fist could land, there was the sound of a gun being cocked, followed by a bang.

The Interrogation Room’s surveillance camera was suddenly shot out.

Wang Xiao took advantage of the men’s momentary distraction and wriggled free from the man’s grip.

He quickly pulled out an electric baton from his waist and held it in front of them.

“Don’t play games here. It’s useless, I tell you. There’s only one path now-confess obediently.”

“Li Da, Li Er, I’ll ask you one last time: Do you plead guilty?”

The electric current crackled. The men were so scared they screamed and raised their hands high.

Now they had lost their earlier thuggishness and were instead calling out “Grandpa” and “Grandma” pitifully.

Wang Xiao looked at them like this, then turned to Li Er.

“This is all your own doing. Just so you know, I’m an external detective. I’m not as kind or patient as the people here. If you lay a hand on me again, I’ll sue you as a private citizen.”

The two fell silent.

Wu Xiaojiu, trapped in the big man’s chokehold, was almost unable to breathe.

Just then, he was suddenly freed; the pressure on his neck released, and air rushed in.

Wu Xiaojiu gasped for air desperately.

“Isn’t it just a life sentence? As long as we work hard in prison, there’s still hope of getting out. We’ll sign.”

The big man relented, and immediately guards came to take them away.

Wu Xiaojiu saw a crowd of people quickly pour in through the door.

Rubbing his neck as he slumped on the floor, he asked in confusion.

“Weren’t they supposed to be watching and listening from outside? How come when those two threatened us, no one came to stop them?

And then as soon as they confessed, this bunch rushed in.”

Wang Xiao smiled and helped him catch his breath.

His hand patted Wu Xiaojiu’s back rhythmically.

“It’s not like that. I arranged it on purpose. The people in local prisons aren’t big-time criminals, and many are old. These two are young and strong. Once inside, they might cause trouble.”

“Better to teach them a lesson now, let them know they have family outside, so they won’t act out in prison.”

Wang Xiao smiled and helped him onto a chair.

He brought over a plate of watermelon and a fruit tea.

Placed them on the Interrogation Room table for Wu Xiaojiu to calm down.

“Will that work? They still don’t seem convinced.”

“They’re convinced, definitely convinced. Their wives gave birth to sons this year. Each has a chubby baby boy, named Tianci and Yaozu.

They might not care about others, but don’t they care about their families’ lives?”

Wang Xiao twirled a ballpoint pen between his fingers.