Courtyard House: Starting as an eighth-grade worker, with too many wives.

The voices all changed tone.

But how could Director Zhang let him off so easily?

Seeing his sickly appearance, Director Zhang didn't exert too much effort.

After a few hits, they changed targets.

Their gazes fell on Sha Zhu.

That look in his eyes was like a wolf eyeing a sheep.

Cold, greedy, and bloodthirsty.

Sha Zhu shuddered.

Like being electrocuted.

Director Zhang showed him absolutely no mercy.

The whip fell like raindrops.

Dense and fierce.

Each lash carried the sound of wind.

Sha Zhu finally couldn't hold on any longer.

"Stop hitting me...please stop hitting me..."

He collapsed to the ground.

Like a pile of mud.

He kept begging for mercy.

That reckless spirit, that self-righteous arrogance, has long been completely destroyed by these repeated beatings.

They wiped it clean.

Now, all that's holding him together is his last breath.

He gritted his teeth and refused to admit it on the spot.

Because the deaf old woman was too old, Chief Zhang was afraid that he might accidentally beat her to death, and then he wouldn't be able to take her statement.

They actually went easy on her.

But when she saw that Sha Zhu looked like he was about to collapse, she became anxious.

She suddenly screamed.

"This is torture to extract a confession! It's illegal!"

The sound was shrill and piercing.

"We clearly didn't take it, so why are you hitting us like this! This is outrageous!"

She glared fiercely at Director Zhang and Li Jianguo.

In his cloudy old eyes, flames of anger burned.

She looked as if she were the most innocent victim in the world.

Li Jianguo looked at her.

Suddenly he laughed.

He laughed with amusement.

Like watching a clown jumping around.

"Are you kidding me?"

The deaf old woman was taken aback.

"What...what did you say?"

"I said, who the hell are you trying to fool?"

Li Jianguo slowly took two steps closer.

He looked down at her.

"You say you didn't take it. Fine, then tell me, why were you so desperately trying to stop me from calling the police?"

He looked at her with a mocking expression.

Like watching a mouse that has fallen into a trap and is still struggling.

Give me a reason that can convince me. If you can't, then my suspicion of you is entirely justified.

The deaf old woman opened her mouth.

"I...I didn't mean to..."

She wanted to say, "I don't want to make a big deal out of this."

But the words were on the tip of my tongue.

She suddenly froze.

Yes.

Why didn't she want things to escalate?

If you have nothing to hide, why are you afraid of police intervention?

A cold sweat broke out.

It instantly burst forth from every pore of her body.

It's cold.

Sticky.

Like a venomous snake crawling across.

She then realized that her seemingly clever decision had actually dug herself such a huge hole.

A bottomless pit.

Now, she is standing at the edge of the pit.

There wasn't a single stone to step on.

"Can't say it?"

The sarcasm in Li Jianguo's mouth grew stronger.

It was as thick as ink that couldn't be dissolved.

He turned his head and looked at Sha Zhu.

"And you. Why are you so insistent that it was Bang Genggan? And why are you so eager to convict him?"

The sound was very soft.

But it's like a knife.

It precisely pierced the most vulnerable spot in Sha Zhu's heart.

Sha Zhu was also stunned.

cold sweat.

It also appeared on his forehead.

Densely packed.

He thought he had played his trick of diverting trouble to the east quite well.

Unexpectedly, in Li Jianguo's eyes, there were holes everywhere.

It's full of flaws.

Li Jianguo didn't look at them again.

His gaze swept over the Jia family members.

"Bang Geng ran into my room, so no matter what, he's the prime suspect."

He paused for a moment.

"But the idiot Zhu, who immediately tried to pin the blame on him, is more suspicious than him."

His gaze was like two knives.

The burden fell on Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu.

"A little kid sneaked into my room and found the engine-related documents so accurately. I would never believe it if you told me that no one taught him or instructed him."

He paused for a moment.

"Both of you are also highly suspicious."

When Jia Zhangshi was swept by his gaze, she trembled with fear.

She burst into tears again with a loud "waaaah".

howling.

It felt like my own father had died.

Li Jianguo looked away in disgust.

That's so useless.

Finally, his gaze settled once again on the deaf old woman.

"No matter what, you're always the first to jump out and try to stop me."

The voice was very calm.

But it felt like a verdict.

"You're the one who gets along well with Sha Zhu, the Jia family, and Yi Zhonghai."

He paused for a moment.

"No matter how you look at it, you're the mastermind behind it all. What do you all think?"

His last question was directed at Director Zhang and Factory Director Yang behind him.

Director Zhang nodded immediately.

They dotted it like chicks pecking at rice.

"That's right! I now think Director Li is absolutely right!"

He slapped his thigh.

"The fact that this deaf old woman has so many large yellow croakers hidden in her house is already unclear! Her identity is definitely questionable! If you ask me, she's the prime suspect, most likely an enemy agent!"

Li Jianguo smiled faintly.

He looked at the deaf old woman.

"Did you hear that, deaf old lady? I'm not the only one who thinks so. Right now, it seems like you're the prime suspect. Tell me, are you the one behind this?"

The deaf old woman shuddered.

Then, she suddenly burst into tears.

Tears and snot covered his face.

"It wasn't me...it really wasn't me..."

She shook her head frantically.

It was shaken like a rattle drum.

"I'm just an old woman, I can barely read, how could I possibly recognize engine documents? This really wasn't me..."

She wept bitterly.

They looked so pitiful.

It can be next to it.

Sha Zhu quietly lowered his head.

I don't know what she's thinking.

Li Jianguo suddenly snorted coldly.

That sound exploded like a thunderclap in the interrogation room.

"You think just because you say it's not, it's not?"

He suddenly raised his voice.

"I think you're the mastermind! You're a spy! It's been so long, and you still won't tell the truth!"

The deaf old woman trembled with fright at his sudden shout.

I even forgot to breathe.

He was like a withered tree, trembling.

"Still not going to talk, huh?"

Li Jianguo's eyes turned cold.

"They won't shed a tear until they see the coffin. Give them a beating!"

The voice just fell.

Director Zhang immediately lunged forward with a sinister grin.

He hadn't exercised this thoroughly in a long time.

Although I'm tired, I feel comfortable and willing to be tired.

The sound of a whip.

Screams.

The sound echoed throughout the interrogation room once again.

The deaf old woman had never suffered so much in her life.

Over the years, she has become accustomed to being superior in this courtyard house, relying on her age and her little bit of cleverness.

Everyone had to defer to her and fawn over her.

When was I ever beaten like this?

She completely broke down.

For a fleeting moment, she almost blurted out the whole truth.

But the last vestige of reason held her back tightly.

I can't tell!

You absolutely mustn't tell!

If you tell, you're really dead!

She gritted her teeth.

Using the last bit of strength, he continued to throw the pots out.

The first one, of course, is the stick joke.

Now that we've taken hold of him from the start, we must hold on to him to the very end!

She was in so much pain that her whole body was convulsing.

But she still screamed at the top of her lungs.

"It wasn't me! It was Bang Geng! It was him! There's no one else but him! He's the thief!"

While shouting, he stared intently at the huddled-in-the-corner stick with a venomous look.

"I've seen him enter the Li family's house! More than once! Who else could it be!"

moment.

All eyes were on Bang Geng.

Bang Geng was already terrified and completely lost his composure.