You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

Zhang Yang swallowed hard, startled by the imposing aura emanating from Jiang Che, and unconsciously shrank back.

"Brother Che...it's all a misunderstanding..."

"You're misunderstanding your mother, it's a misunderstanding."

Jiang Che gave a forced smile and retorted, "Weren't you two arguing quite a bit just now? What were you saying again?"

He tilted his head, pretended to recall for a moment, and then looked as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Oh right, they said it was Lin Wanwan's idea to have you get married to my Qinghe at the hospital, right?"

The old policeman next to him also turned serious. With the crime compounded, the nature of the matter would escalate once again.

Kidnapping and extortion is one thing, but if it's also involved in attempted rape, then Zhang Yang's reputation will be in serious trouble.

"No...no...I didn't! I didn't touch her!"

Zhang Yang shook his head in fright. Although he was stupid, he knew that kidnapping and rape were two different things. The latter would leave him either dead or severely injured.

It was because of this that he changed his mind at the last moment, gave up defiling Su Qinghe, and instead gave her to Da Biao.

In this way, the debt owed to Da Biao was wiped clean. Even if Su Qinghe later wanted to sue for rape, it would be Da Biao who would be sued, and it would have nothing to do with him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yang suddenly felt a bit more confident. "Brother Che, this has nothing to do with me. I swear I didn't touch Su Qinghe at all. I planned to kidnap her and then give her to Da Biao to pay off his debts!"

It would have been better if he hadn't said anything. But as soon as Jiang Che heard Zhang Yang say that he was going to give Su Qinghe away like a commodity, his last bit of good temper completely vanished.

"You want to give Qinghe to Dabiao to pay off his debt?" Jiang Che gritted his teeth, unusually, and asked coldly, word by word.

The older policeman next to him also frowned deeply; he never imagined that the case could involve human trafficking and forced prostitution.

If this charge is proven true, Zhang Yang will probably never be able to get out of prison for the rest of his life.

"Tell me the truth!" the veteran policeman shouted sternly, his eyes fixed on Zhang Yang like a hawk's. "Who is this Da Biao? What kind of deal did you make? Tell me the truth!"

Zhang Yang was jolted awake by the old policeman's shout, his crotch instantly becoming wet, and a pungent odor filled the small interrogation room.

He peed again.

"I'll tell you! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!"

Zhang Yang's mental defenses completely collapsed at this point. He didn't care about anything else anymore; all he wanted was to get a lighter punishment.

"It's Da Biao! He's a loan shark! I borrowed 500,000 from him and lost it all betting on soccer. The interest snowballed to a million, and he threatened to cut off my hand..."

Zhang Yang, with a mournful face, pointed at Lin Wanwan next door, who was also ashen-faced, while sobbing.

"It's this woman! She approached me and asked me to defile Su Qinghe, and said she wanted to film and photograph Su Qinghe being defiled so that she could ruin Su Qinghe's reputation and make Brother Che lose faith in her, thus returning to Lin Wanwan's side..."

"Then, and then, as I just mentioned, at the last minute I changed my mind. I wanted to give Su Qinghe to Da Biao to pay off the debt, and at the same time extort some money from Brother Che..."

Now that things had come to this, Lin Wanwan stopped struggling. Her face was ashen as she slumped into a chair, listening blankly as Zhang Yang explained the entire plan in detail.

"Da Biao runs those kinds of establishments. He said that a top-quality woman like Su Qinghe could be worth 500,000... So I was thinking of using her to pay off half the debt first, and then paying Da Biao back the rest after Brother Che pays the ransom..."

The old policeman, as an observer, listened with a furrowed brow the entire time, his hand gripping the notebook so tightly it became deformed.

Is this something a human being would do?

Moreover, Jiang Che, the boyfriend of the person involved, had a dark cloud of raging anger in his eyes when he heard that his beloved girlfriend was almost sent to such a place like a commodity.

"Okay, very good."

Jiang Che laughed in anger. Under the gaze of the three, he slowly stood up, then walked to the iron railing and looked down at the two rotten people lying in the mud.

"Lin Wanwan, for the sake of that little bit of vanity and jealousy, you can come up with such a vicious plan as having someone rape a female classmate."

"Zhang Yang, in order to pay off your debts, you're willing to send living people to pay off your debts like commodities."

"You two are truly a match made in heaven, a pair of scoundrels."

Lin Wanwan was slumped in her chair, her eyes vacant, muttering to herself, "It wasn't me... he wanted to do it himself... I was just offering a suggestion..."

"Give me a suggestion?"

The veteran policeman sneered, slamming the notebook shut. "Instigating others to commit crimes, putting the victim in grave danger—your crime is no less serious than his! You might even be the mastermind!"

"And you, Zhang Yang."

The old policeman pointed at Zhang Yang, who was still trembling, and said, "Kidnapping, extortion, premeditated rape, collusion with organized crime—even if you squander all your father's savings, it won't save you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yang's eyes rolled back, and he almost fainted.

He originally thought he would only be in jail for a few years, and would still be a good man when he came out. At worst, he could ask his father to spend money to get him out.

Now it seems uncertain whether I'll ever be able to get out in this lifetime.

"take away!"

The old policeman waved his hand, and two young officers immediately came in, took Zhang Yang and Lin Wanwan, who were lying like dead dogs, off their chairs, and dragged them out.

As Lin Wanwan passed by Jiang Che, she suddenly lunged forward, trying to grab Jiang Che's trouser leg, seemingly out of nowhere.

"Jiang Che! Jiang Che, save me! For our past friendship, please put in a good word for me!"

"I don't want to go to jail! I really know I was wrong! Please, please save me!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Che immediately took half a step back, avoiding the dirty hand.

He looked down at the woman on the ground, who was as lowly as a beggar, his eyes filled with intense, overwhelming disgust.

There was a time when he also thought this girl was innocent and lovely, the white moonlight in his heart.

Now it looks like nothing more than a lump of moldy white rice, making one want to vomit just looking at it.

"Take care of yourself."

After coldly uttering those four words, Jiang Che turned around and strode out of the interrogation room.

Lin Wanwan could only watch the boy's back recede further and further away from her until it disappeared completely.

Stepping out of the police station, the sunlight outside enveloped me once more, dispelling the chill and discomfort of the interrogation room.

"Mr. Jiang, thank you for your cooperation."

The veteran policeman came out with Jiang Che. He handed Jiang Che a cigarette and said, "The evidence in this case is conclusive, and the testimonies match. It's basically a done deal."

"We've already interrogated that Da Biao. If we follow the trail, we can uncover a lot more criminal gangs and take them down as well. We really owe you a lot this time."

Jiang Che took the cigarette and put it in his mouth. As he took out a lighter from his pocket to light it, he asked, "About how many years will Zhang Yang and Lin Wanwan get?"

"With multiple offenses, Zhang Yang could face at least fifteen years in prison, and possibly even life imprisonment."

"As the mastermind and instigator, Lin Wanwan won't get away with it lightly either; she'll face at least ten years in prison."