Su Jian gradually calmed down and even picked up his phone to find someone.
Since he had already become Su Mingze, what excuse did Chen Jin Chao have to arrest him? After contacting the Su family, he smiled and said to Chen Jin Chao, "Aren't you going to leave? Then I'll call the police now, right?"
Tao Qiyue glanced at the women in the living room, her expression turning very ugly.
To be precise, these were seven young women, likely college students or recent graduates.
"I'm a police officer, and I need to investigate your current actions," Tao Qiyue said coldly.
Su Jian leaned back on the sofa and smiled at Tao Qiyue, "I don't know what crime you intend to arrest me for? These girls are all willing, I didn't force them. You can ask them if you don't believe me."
Tao Qiyue looked at the girl at Su Jian's feet, "She's already spitting blood!"
Likely suffering from severe internal injuries.
Su Jian kicked the girl who was spitting blood. The girl reflexively rolled to the side and then obediently knelt on the floor. Su Jian snorted, "Tell this police officer honestly, were you willing or forced?"
The girl lowered her head and weakly said, "I... I was willing..."
Su Jian burst into laughter.
"See!"
"Did you hear that? They all did it willingly, I didn't force them."
"Please, Officer Tao, leave my house. Besides, this is Jiangning territory, not within your jurisdiction. If the provincial authorities find out, Officer Tao might be demoted, right?"
Tao Qiyue's face also turned grim, "Are you threatening me?"
Su Jian chuckled, "How dare I threaten a people's police officer? I am a law-abiding citizen, you can't slander good people."
Tao Qiyue was truly at a loss for what to do with these people, so she turned to the seven scantily clad girls. With both heartache and urgency, she said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you. You can tell me directly if you have any grievances, and I guarantee I will help you! Even if he is a descendant of the Su family in Jiangnan, I will never back down!"
These words were of no use to the seven girls.
The girl whose blood was drawn by Su Jian's foot cried out to Tao Qiyue, "I beg you not to cause trouble, okay? We all did it willingly. Don't we even have this bit of freedom?"
"Stop meddling!"
Tao Qiyue froze.
Just as she was about to say something, Chen Jin Chao placed a hand on her shoulder and shook his head. "They won't speak up because Su Jian holds their families or other leverage over them. Not only will they not be grateful, but they'll think you pushed them into a fire pit."
"How can this be..." Tao Qiyue looked dejected, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness.
Chen Jin Chao said sternly, "There's no need to reason with people like this. Just take him away."
After all, they had already identified him as Su Jian!
Su Jian's face changed, and he sat up straighter, glaring at Chen Jin Chao and saying, "Hey, this is Jiangning, not your Ninghai. If you dare to act recklessly, I guarantee you'll regret it."
"I'd like to see how the Su family makes me regret it?" Chen Jin Chao retorted.
"You—" Su Jian truly had no good solution.
After all, Chen Jin Chao was a general, and the Su family didn't have the power to arrest a general without causing immense trouble.
Su Jian gritted his teeth and said, "Chen Jin Chao, are you determined to drive yourself to a dead end?"
Chen Jin Chao said expressionlessly, "It's not me who's walking towards a dead end, it's you who's about to die again. This time, no one can save you."
A chill enveloped Su Jian, making him tremble slightly.
He was scared!
Chen Jin Chao was a madman!
He would stop at nothing to achieve his goals!
Su Jian no longer knew what to do, only hoping that someone from the Su family would arrive soon.
"Come with us. If you're not Su Jian, we'll release you immediately," Chen Jin Chao said calmly. But Su Jian knew his true identity, how could he leave with them?
Once he left with them, he would be on the road to the underworld.
Su Jian did not admit his true identity. His gaze towards Chen Jin Chao shifted from anger and venom to fear and pleading, and his tone softened abruptly.
"I beg you, let me go."
"I'm really not Su Jian, I'm Su Mingze. Please stop bothering me."
"Whatever you want, I can give it to you."
Just as Tao Qiyue was about to speak, Chen Jin Chao raised his hand to stop her and then said to Su Jian, "You say you can give us anything?"
Su Jian's eyes lit up, as if a drowning man had grasped a life-saving straw. He quickly said, "Yes, yes, my Su family has unparalleled wealth and power in Jiangnan Province. If you want money or power, we can satisfy you."
"I don't want either of those," Chen Jin Chao shook his head.
"I only want your life."
Su Jian was instantly filled with despair.
His entire being felt as if it had been emptied, and he slid from the sofa powerlessly, falling onto the floor with a plop.
At this moment.
Su Jian cried uncontrollably.
"Why are you fixated on me? I'm truly wronged, I'm Su Mingze!!!"
"Do I look that easy to bully?"
"..."
Chen Jin Chao took a pair of handcuffs from Tao Qiyue and walked over to Su Jian, personally fastening them. Su Jian lay on the floor, throwing a tantrum and refusing to leave, which put Tao Qiyue in a difficult position.
The seven girls kneeling in the living room gradually began to believe that Chen Jin Chao and Tao Qiyue were there to help them. One girl weakly asked, "Are you really police officers? Can you take us away?"
Tao Qiyue blinked, then nodded and showed them her credentials.
The girl was so excited she almost cried, "Wuwuwu, great! Someone's finally here to save us! This Su Mingze has tortured us to the brink of death. It's not that no one has tried to escape before. But we were quickly caught again, and then those bodyguards downstairs tortured them to death. That's why we didn't dare to speak earlier, for fear of retaliation after you left!"
Tao Qiyue's expression turned serious, "Put on your clothes first, then come back to Ninghai with us. The Su family wouldn't dare do anything to you."
With Chen Jin Chao present, the Su family would be hesitant.
The seven girls were immensely grateful, and quickly found their clothes and waited for Chen Jin Chao to take them away. During this interval, Tao Qiyue said to Su Jian, "Even if you're not Su Jian, you're doomed once you're involved in a murder case."
Su Jian was completely despairing, wondering why no one from the Su family had arrived yet!
As they escorted the group downstairs, Chen Jin Chao said to Tao Qiyue, "You take them back to Ninghai. Su Jian and I will stay. The Su family should arrive soon."
Tao Qiyue understood Chen Jin Chao's plan—
To draw their fire, allowing Tao Qiyue and the seven girls to escape.
She resolutely shook her head, "No, I'm staying with you! Didn't you say before that we are comrades who share life and death?"
Seeing the determination in Tao Qiyue's beautiful eyes, Chen Jin Chao understood her intentions and nodded, "Alright, then you all stay on the second floor. I'll take you away after I deal with the Su family."
Tao Qiyue had the seven girls return to the second floor, while she stayed by Chen Jin Chao's side, refusing to leave his side.
"Where you are, I am!"