Abstinence Admiral Don't Bite, the Softer Mermaid Top Thug

Chapter 37: General's Punishment
Gu Jiazhen was almost pinned to the car window by Jing Weimian, and her whole body was shaking. She had just experienced Jing Weimian's methods and was afraid that Jing Weimian would twist her violently and break her neck with her bare hands.

Her almond-shaped eyes were filled with tears, and she kept calling Lu Lianbai in panic, asking him for help.

Lu Lianbai remained unmoved, just standing there quietly, blocking Jing Weimian's way. His voice was deep, as if he had returned to the decisive admiral he was when they first met. "She has committed a crime and needs to be escorted back to the Star Supervisory Bureau for further detailed interrogation. She will then be convicted according to the relevant criminal laws of the empire. This has nothing to do with whether I protect her or not."

"I never thought that the Imperial Criminal Law could be used to protect a kidnapper. General Lu's self-deceptive rhetoric really opened my eyes." Jing Weimian looked straight at him. "How dare you say you have no selfish motives?"

As expected, these words made Lu Lianbai silent for a moment.

It was precisely because of this second that Jing Weimian withdrew his gaze from him and stopped looking at him. "Okay, I won't embarrass the General."

Jing Weiman let go, and Gu Jiazhen stumbled towards Lu Lianbai with weak legs.

Lu Lianbai glanced sideways at Chen Yan behind him, and Chen Yan, receiving the signal, immediately stepped forward and supported the man.

"Miss Gu, you'd better pray that you can stay in the prison of the Star Supervisor Bureau forever. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what you will encounter once you get out."

After saying this, Jing Weiman turned and left.

Lu Lianbai watched Jing Weiman leave, his eyes becoming increasingly darker.

After taking the man back to the interrogation room of the Star Supervision Bureau, Lu Lianbai went in to interrogate him personally.

Although Gu Jiazhen knew that she had been taken to the Star Supervision Bureau at this time, she thought about how Lu Lianbai had just rescued her from Jing Weiman. Now that she saw that the person who came in to interrogate her was Lu Lianbai, she suddenly felt more confident. She looked at him with a lingering sense of fear on her face and murmured.

"Lian Bai, thanks to you just now, I really didn't expect Dr. Jing to suddenly appear..."

Before she could finish her words, Lu Lianbai fixed his cold and sharp gaze on the part of her wrist that was exposed from her sleeve and interrupted her, "Who gave you the scales on your hand?"

Gu Jiazhen was stunned for a moment, and with red eyes, he explained softly: "This is what grew out of my hand. Can't Lian Bai recognize it?"

"For three years, Miss Gu has been hoping to consolidate her position through marriage with the Lu family. If the scales were truly on Miss Gu from the beginning, she wouldn't have waited until today to deliberately expose them to me."

Gu Jiazhen's eyes flickered slightly, but before she could speak, Lu Lianbai's hand, hanging by her side, silently pressed into the old bite mark on her tiger's mouth. He examined her calmly and said calmly, "Now, Miss Gu, you can tell me. Who is this person who gave you this scale and even told you the secret about my heart?"

Gu Jiazhen calmly looked at Lu Lianbai, who was standing at the interrogation table and glaring at him indifferently. He paused for a moment before suddenly letting out a mocking laugh, "After all this time, Lianbai, you still don't believe me?"

"The jump ship departing for the Junk system had been fully inspected and found to be faultless two minutes before departure. However, Miss Gu suddenly appeared to see us off before departure. I only entered the jump ship's command module thirty seconds before departure. That minute and a half was enough time for someone colluding with the ship to intentionally sabotage the fuel tank."

"And if anything happens to me, the one who will indirectly benefit is His Highness Nowei, who has always regarded the army I command as a thorn in his side."

"Afterwards, Miss Gu kidnapped the mermaid baby test subject and immediately struck a deal with His Highness Nuowei. All of these actions demonstrate that Miss Gu and His Highness Nuowei are working closely together."

"I have already figured out all these things after my spirit returned to my body. As for why I didn't bring this matter up in the open, it's like what I told Miss Gu from the beginning. I remember your kindness in bringing me back to the capital planet, so I tolerate some things again and again, but that doesn't mean I will blindly trust you." Gu Jiazhen listened in a daze, her shackled wrists moved, and she subconsciously shrank back. Obviously, she didn't expect Lu Lianbai to know that she and Nuo Wei had conspired to murder him. Her face changed, and she said with a stiff upper lip: "What do you mean by cooperating with His Highness Nuo Wei... I don't understand what you are talking about, Lianbai..."

"I can let this matter go, but you must tell me now, who gave you the scales?"

Lu Lianbai seemed silent, but a chilling coldness came over him.

"I..." Gu Jiazhen suddenly regained his sanity, realizing that the secret of this scale was a weapon that could save his life. He immediately narrowed his eyes and firmly denied it: "I don't know! There is no other person at all. The scale is from my own body! Lian Bai, if you don't believe me, there is nothing I can do!"

After a few seconds of silence.

Lu Lianbai looked away, "I hope Miss Gu can maintain this attitude in the next two days."

After saying that, he turned and left, and when he opened the door and went out, he coldly gave an interrogation order, and ordered his subordinates to investigate who Gu Jiazhen had been in contact with recently.

Before boarding the starship, Chen Yan brought a children's stroller that he had seized from Li Peng.

"Admiral, Director Li said this was the mermaid experiment left behind in the Agricultural Trade Zone. Do you want to take it back and return it to Doctor Jing?"

Lu Lianbai lowered his eyes to take a look and paused slightly.

He immediately recognized that this was the mobility scooter that Jing Weimian had "extorted" from him before. He didn't expect that it was bought for the little mermaid cub.

Chen Yan then mentioned, self-righteously, "I watched the surveillance footage. The mermaids carry sacks of crops to the agricultural market every morning to sell. I think the crops that Doctor Jing and the Admiral tried so hard to sell but were rejected by the Admiral... must be the crops grown by the mermaids..."

Lu Lianbai looked back at him with a faint expression.

Chen Yan cleared his throat and pretended not to understand General Lu's look, "General, what should we do with this mobility scooter?"

Not long after, General Lu appeared outside the courtyard gate on Fourth Street with a brand new Lightning scooter.

The door to the courtyard was closed. Lu Lianbai tried knocking on the door, and it was Academician Zou who came out and gave a subtle reminder through the door.

"General, Weimian is out on some business. She called me half an hour ago and told me to lock the door and not let anyone in."

Lu Lianbai wasn't surprised. He turned on the communicator and paused at the screen before asking, "Could you please, Academician Zou, give me Dr. Jing's number? I have some misunderstandings with her, and I'd like to clarify things with her in person."

"I can't make the decision on this. I'm really sorry, General Lu."

So, Lu Lianbai stood upright outside the courtyard, as if he was being punished, and waited until nightfall.

(End of this chapter)