"Director, Zhao Shengtian is very cunning. He denies everything, even with irrefutable evidence. I suggest we skip the confession and nail him with the evidence we have."
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Yu Youwei gritted her teeth and said, "The evidence we have is enough to convict him, even if he doesn't admit it."
"Haha, since there's a procedure, we can't skip it, lest we give people a handle to criticize us."
Shen Lang smiled at Yu Youwei and said, "You don't need to worry about anything else. Just leave the questioning to me. You can take notes by the side."
"Okay—"
Yu Youwei instinctively chose to trust Shen Lang. After standing up from her seat, she signaled her assisting colleague to leave and then took his place.
"Zhao Shengtian, even at this point, do you still intend to deny everything?"
As the interrogation began, Shen Lang looked at the handsome and spirited young master of the Zhao family before him, a mocking smile on his face.
"Admit what? What am I supposed to admit?"
Zhao Shengtian looked at Shen Lang with a playful expression and said, "I am from the Zhao family of Longdu. You arrested me at my engagement ceremony. My friends and relatives will quickly inform the Zhao family, and someone from the Zhao family will come to bail me out. I truly don't know what I should admit."
"Zhao Shengtian, you're really as stubborn as a dead duck, insisting on holding out, aren't you?"
Shen Lang smiled and said, "Your Zhao family has indeed sent someone. It's your uncle, Zhao Huashan, but he has already been angered away by me. At least for the next few hours, he probably won't be able to do anything to save you. As for the others from the Zhao family, I really don't know how they can save you. And let me tell you a more cruel fact: no matter what methods the Zhao family members try, I guarantee they won't be able to save you."
"Are you asking me how I can do that? Let me tell you, it's because I am Shen Lang. If I don't agree, even heaven can't save you."
"Zhao Shengtian, I know you consider yourself a young master of Longdu, hence you act superior. However, I have dealt with too many young masters like you. What about Qi Tuojiang? What about Kong Wudao? They were dealt with as they should have been."
"Even beyond them, I can kill Liu Sheng Danmashou, the strongest person in Yang Country. In front of me, no one in this world is superior. Do you understand?"
"If I hadn't discovered the Paradise Island biological laboratory, I might not have intervened. But since I discovered it, I will see it through. Whether it's you, the Killing Dao Society, or even the countries involved, I will not let anyone connected to this matter off the hook."
Shen Lang's gaze was like a knife, making the once arrogant Zhao Shengtian feel a sense of unease and fear.
At this moment, Shen Lang continued, "We have already gathered most of the evidence against you. Whether you speak or not, it doesn't really affect us. However, I still want to hear you say it in person."
"Tell me, how did you collude with the people from the Killing Dao Society and establish an underground biological laboratory on Paradise Island?"
Shen Lang smiled and said, "I'm afraid you might not remember, so I've decided to give you a photo to help you think."
With that, Shen Lang pulled a photo from a file bag on the table and presented the front of the photo to Zhao Shengtian. In the photo, a young man in his twenties, dressed in white, was fishing by the river, while a bald man sat beside him, both smiling as they chatted.
"Zhao Shengtian, you're very familiar with the scene in the photo, aren't you?"
Shen Lang looked at Zhao Shengtian and smiled, "If I'm not mistaken, the young man in white in the photo is you, right?"
"Yes, so what?"
Looking at the photo, a hint of unnaturalness flashed across Zhao Shengtian's face, but he quickly masked it and said coldly, "What can this single photo prove?"
"The photo itself may not prove much, but the fact that the two people in the photo were together proves a great deal."
"When I first arrived in Nanling, my fiancée and I went to see a movie. At that time, the Nanling Cinema was taken over by a group of people who called themselves members of the Killing Dao Society, holding hundreds of hostages. Their purpose for holding hundreds of hostages was to rescue someone: Hyena, the young master of the Killing Dao Society."
"The interesting thing is, although Hyena has changed a lot over the years, he is the same person as the bald young man in the photo."
Shen Lang smiled and said, "A young master from the Zhao family of Longdu and the young master of an internationally notorious criminal organization, fishing together. Can this still prove that nothing happened?"
"Don't worry, this photo has already been sent to the technical center for verification. It's 100% real, and besides the physical copy, we also have an electronic version."
"Shen Lang... you've really gone to great lengths."
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Zhao Shengtian said coldly, "Let's not even talk about whether I know anything about this photo. Even if it's real, it only proves that Zhao Shengtian and Hyena crossed paths at a certain time and place. It's like me taking a plane, and a criminal sits next to me, and we have a few conversations, and then someone takes a photo. Does this one photo make me an accomplice of the criminal?"
"Shen Lang, you're not a child. Can you please not be so naive?"
"Firstly, I have reservations about the authenticity of this photo. Secondly, I do not know Hyena. I deny everything you've said."
"Zhao Shengtian, you really are as stubborn as a dead duck."
Hearing Zhao Shengtian's words, Shen Lang smiled and said, "Fortunately, the person who took the photo was smart enough to record a video as well, otherwise, you would have really managed to quibble your way out of it."
With that, Shen Lang took out a camera, inserted a memory card, and then opened a recorded video, playing it for Qi Tuojiang. In the video, the young man in white and the bald young man were conversing animatedly.
The young man in white looked at the bald man and smiled, "Hyena, not only do I agree with your plan to create super-soldiers, but my family also agrees."
The bald man replied with a smile, "Young Master Zhao, as long as you agree, we from the Killing Dao Society will provide the personnel and technology. We can have a hundred biological experts and professors ready at any time."
"However, to ensure absolute security, we hope Young Master Zhao can handle the selection of the laboratory site."
The young man in white smiled after hearing this, "Hyena, don't worry. We've already chosen a location: Paradise Island in Nanling. It's an undeveloped island. Building a biological laboratory underground there will surely be something no one can imagine and no one can discover."
"Good, then everything will be left to Young Master Zhao. We eagerly await your good news."
The video ended here, but after watching it, Zhao Shengtian's arrogance vanished, and his face turned ashen.