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To truly defeat someone, you must attack their mind, expose their weaknesses, and strike at their sore spots. Only in this way can you break their defenses.

Facing a seasoned veteran like Zhao Xingsheng who has been in the underworld for countless years, you simply can't get anything out of him by force alone.

Only by using the people or things he fears can his psychological defenses be quickly broken down.

What does Zhao Xingsheng care about?
The recording that Mr. M sent to Pan Junyuan already made it very clear.

Unfortunately, Pan Junyuan was completely unaware of this, simply believing that Mr. M only used the recording to keep him in check because he didn't want him to kill Zhao Xingsheng.

Ai Liang initially thought so too, but after seeing Zhao Xingsheng's unyielding attitude, he understood another meaning behind Mr. M's recording.

Zhao Xingsheng lowered his breath and retorted defiantly, "Heh, trying to threaten me with my wife? You probably don't even know where she is."

Ai Liang still didn't respond, but continued to ask her question: "So you mean you don't want to know?"

Unable to get anything out of Ai Liang, Zhao Xingsheng realized that the person behind him wasn't as easy to fool as Pan Junyuan.

He knew that saying too much would lead to mistakes, so he decided to remain silent.

Seeing that Zhao Xingsheng remained silent, Ai Liang continued to provoke him: "To save his own life, he actually gave away his pregnant wife to someone else to play with. It's true that you can't stand firm if you're not ruthless."

"You fart!"

Zhao Xingsheng tried to stand up with all his might, but Ai Liang held him down firmly.

"Yeah, I'm talking nonsense. Anyway, I don't even know where your wife is, do I?"

Feeling panicked, Zhao Xingsheng began to have wild thoughts, all about Xu Le, the "Brother Shun" he mentioned, and the shady businesses of the Fengqi Group.

Ai Liang wrote down all this information, intending to use it to extract more information.

"What was your former boss called again... Jiang Shun? You really trusted him, knowing you couldn't escape, so you had him send your wife away."

As Ai Liang spoke, she read Zhao Xingsheng's thoughts and dug up a lot of dirty secrets about the Toyosaki Group.

Then he began to use these things to continue provoking Zhao Xingsheng.

"You've worked for the Toyosaki Group for so many years, you know how Toyosaki treats those who stand in its way."

"Xu Le asked you to set a fire, and you went. Why do you think he would target you? Is it because of your mess at the Lyric Pavilion? Do you even believe that yourself?"

“We’re all in the underworld, and you have countless messes like yours inside. Why did Xu Le choose you out of all people?”

Under Ai Liang's guidance, Zhao Xingsheng inevitably began to carefully recall his conversation with Xu Le and the others, trying to find out why they had come to him.

"Brother Zhao, I'm not an unreasonable person. I know you've retired."

I'm not asking you to hit or kill anyone on this job. As long as no one sees you, you can take this money and live a good life.

As for the aftermath of the fire, as always, the group will handle everything for you.

'All I have to do is go over and light a fire?'

"That's right, your main task is to supervise another person's work, then light a fire and throw it at them after they've poured the oil. Pretty easy, right?"

Do you think I'm stupid?

"Letting you take the blame is a last resort. Brother Zhao, you've been in this business for so many years, surely you understand this basic thing?"

'Okay, I'll take this job, but after I finish it…'

"After I'm done, I won't bother you again, and I guarantee that no one within the company will cause you any trouble."

The scene shifts, and Zhao Xingsheng is standing next to a skinny boy whose face is obscured.

The location was the backyard of two adjoining villas. 'His house is quite large; a fire there would be quite a commotion.'

"Stop talking so much nonsense. Brother Le said that after this job, your messy debts will be wiped clean... Damn, I did all the dirty work and hard labor, and you just raise your hand to light a fire, and a hundred thousand yuan in messy debts are wiped clean and you even get paid. The treatment of the older generation is ridiculously good."

'Fine, fine, did Xu Le tell you why he wanted to burn this house down?'

"I'm just a handyman, how would I know so much? But I heard that someone in this house touched something belonging to Brother Le, I don't know what it was, but if they touched it, the whole house would be gone."

'Things? What things?'

"I already said I didn't know, why are you still asking? I only heard it from Brother Shun and the others. You worked under Brother Shun, didn't you hear them talk about it?"

'I've been retired for a long time; I was just pulled back.'

"I'm so envious of you! You come back and just work at a venue, and you get paid the same as me. It's making me feel so cheated. You've got to buy me a drink later."

"Stop talking nonsense, are you sure you've poured it all out?"

"I've poured it all out. Except for two bedrooms that were locked from the inside, I poured it everywhere else. You have no idea how pungent the mixture of the two oils smells; I almost choked to death inside."

'This family is very wealthy.'

"...You want to split even this meager earnings? Fine, fine, this watch is yours, the rest is mine. I checked, this watch is worth seventy or eighty thousand!"

After the two finished dividing the loot, the final scene was Zhao Xingsheng throwing a lit piece of wax into the house.

Ai Liang removed her hand from Zhao Xingsheng's shoulder.

It is not hard to see from Zhao Xingsheng's recollections that he was just an insignificant pawn.

He was neither clear why Xu Le had approached him nor what Xu Le's specific purpose was in setting the fire.

As Ai Liang deduced, the whole incident was not simply a case of arson and massacre caused by a land dispute.

The land dispute is a pretext used to cover up the truth.

It's very strange that both families died in the fire.

If your own villa catches fire, it's impossible for everyone to be burned to death inside.

If it were an apartment building with security bars on the balcony, it would be understandable that they would run away, but Pan Junyuan's family and his uncle's family lived in detached villas.

The house caught fire, and no one reacted at all.

Based on Zhao Xingsheng's memory of his conversation with the other murderer, it's clear that both families either died in the bedroom or were drugged and had no chance of escaping.

Zhao Xingsheng and another person were merely tools used to destroy the scene.

What exactly did Pan Junyuan's family get from Xu Le that led to such ruthless retaliation?
Ai Liang thought about it over and over.

It's likely that they only saw things they shouldn't have seen and learned things they shouldn't have known.

Ai Liang tightened the ropes binding Zhao Xingsheng, then carried Pan Junyuan outside the garage.

“Zhao Xingsheng is just a pawn. He knows nothing. There’s no point in interrogating him. His only purpose is to help you clear your name.”

Pan Junyuan didn't speak, still trying to suppress his sobs.

“I know you want revenge, but Mr. M behind you probably doesn’t want you to know too much. From his perspective, it shouldn’t be hard to see that there’s no need to interrogate Zhao Xingsheng.”

Ai Liang leaned against the wall and asked Pan Junyuan for his opinion.

"What are you going to do next?"