Chapter 324 Interrogation

In the dim interrogation room, Kong Zhengqi's injured calf trembled slightly, his face pale, and his expression held an uncontrollable fear.

After a long silence, Kong Zhengqi suddenly sighed and slowly looked at Gu Baisun, saying, "Give... give me a cigarette!"

Gu Baisun thought for a moment, then reached into his pocket, took out a cigarette and a lighter, and threw them on the table.

"Clatter!"

Kong Zhengqi trembled as he reached out his handcuffed hand, picked up a cigarette, lit it, and began to smoke while sitting there.

The smoke slowly floated towards the ceiling, then slowly dissipated.

At the same time, in the monitoring room, Li Mingsheng crossed his arms, looked at Kong Zhengqi exhaling smoke, frowned, but said nothing.

After a short while, Kong Zhengqi had smoked most of the cigarette, and his eyes gradually calmed down.

Gu Baisun looked at him with his hands in his pockets and said, "That's enough. Tell me, what is your relationship with He Yan? Explain your problems honestly."

"I really don't know who was supposed to meet him."

Kong Zhengqi took another deep drag of his cigarette before slowly saying, "He Yan and I have known each other for a long time, and we've always had a good relationship. When he was still at the Island Mouth District Police Department, we had some financial dealings. We got along well, and over time, we became friends. We often drank together, but the Outer Affairs Hotel incident really had nothing to do with me. The reason I helped him this time, giving him money, was mainly because he had some dirt on me... I really had no choice."

Hearing this, Gu Baisun raised an eyebrow and finally asked, "Dirt? What dirt does he have on you?"

Kong Zhengqi casually flicked off the cigarette ash and continued, "To be honest, I've wanted to leave for a long time, to leave Dragon City. But because of my identity and some gray assets, it's definitely not easy for me to leave. Once discovered, I can only be isolated for a long time for investigation, and may not even be able to get out in the end, and may even... bring trouble to my family. I'm telling the truth about this. Didn't you investigate it before?"

Gu Baisun didn't pursue the topic and waved his hand, "Continue."

Kong Zhengqi sighed, "He Yan also wanted to leave, because he had made a lot of money over the years and also had some overseas property. Because we were close, we talked about leaving a few times in private. He told me that he knew several overseas immigration companies with good connections, that had some influence in asset transfer and political relations. So, I talked to him about the details, felt it was pretty good, and that's how we got in touch. He did introduce me to three senior executives of such companies. You should have found them before!"

Gu Baisun didn't believe this and directly retorted, "Heh, you call that dirt?"

Kong Zhengqi frowned and replied, "Because you're investigating me. Coincidentally, Bai Hongbo had an accident, and He Yan became the main culprit, which made me a little scared, because I have a lot of under-the-table dealings! Today, He Yan called me and said that his money was tied up overseas and he couldn't withdraw it temporarily, so he asked me to give him two million. My first reaction was definitely to report him, but the kid threatened me, saying that if he was caught, he would implicate me, and because we've been in close contact recently, I might not be able to explain it clearly. Moreover... when he was helping me with asset transfer, he also knew the source of many of my gray assets... To be honest, no one wants to be implicated in this, like the previous Three Lights Society case. Once exposed, no background is useful, and you'll definitely be sentenced heavily. So, after considering it, our Kong family was already being targeted by you, and I didn't want this incident to implicate the family. Besides, it's only two million, not much, so I gave it to him. That's what I was thinking."

Gu Baisun looked at him expressionlessly, "Do you think anyone will believe what you're saying? You're helping a suspected fugitive who tried to assassinate the Foreign Minister just because of asset transfer. Which is the bigger deal, which is the smaller deal? Don't you know? Kong Zhengqi, do you think we're stupid?!"

Kong Zhengqi gasped, "What I said is the truth. You can investigate. But I can't make up things that didn't happen. Don't try to frame me."

...

At the same time, in the monitoring room behind them.

Hearing Kong Zhengqi's words through the speakers, Li Mingsheng turned to look at An Zecheng and said in a calm voice, "When he was smoking, he was thinking about what to say. This confession doesn't have much credibility."

An Zecheng nodded, thought for a moment, and directly ordered, "Don't give anyone face, use torture."

...

Dragon City, outside the Kong family compound.

Kong Zhenghui stood anxiously at the intersection, smoking a cigarette, his eyes constantly looking around on both sides of the street.

A few minutes later, a familiar black SUV appeared in his sight. Kong Zhenghui immediately waved at the car.

"Squeak!"

The car stopped in front of him. Kong Zhenghui threw away his cigarette butt, reached out and opened the passenger door, and hurriedly got into the car.

Yu Mingyuan sat next to him, looking at him with a frown.

"Bang!"

After Kong Zhenghui closed the car door, he spoke first, explaining in an agitated tone, "Mingyuan, you have to believe me, Xiao Qi can't be an inside agent! Gu Baisun is doing this to deliberately suppress us!"

"Suppress you?" Hearing this, Yu Mingyuan's anger rose to his head, and he couldn't help but retort, "He was caught at the scene! Red-handed, understand? Did Gu Baisun force him to do it? Tell me yourself, if Kong Zhengqi wasn't involved, would he have met with He Yan?!"

"Meeting with He Yan doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the assassination of Bai Hongbo!!" Kong Zhenghui shouted with wide eyes, "Couldn't someone be setting him up?! Huh?!"

Yu Mingyuan stared at him and asked, "Are all the traps set up for your Kong family?! Does everyone have to target you?! Do you have no problems at all?! Okay, I'm not going to argue with you. If you want to talk to me, you can't hide anything from me!! You have to tell me the truth!!"

"..." Kong Zhenghui stared at him, took two breaths, and said firmly, "I'm not hiding anything from you! I just wanted to leave, so I prepared to transfer assets in advance, and had Xiao Qi handle these things! It's that simple!"

Yu Mingyuan sat in the car, looking at this old friend who had been with him for more than ten years and had gone through countless hardships together. For the first time, there was a trace of disappointment and distrust in his eyes.

...

Hua District, Southern War Zone Hospital.

Su Tianyu was seriously injured and lay in the high-risk ward, still unconscious.

Jiangzhou sat outside, thought for a long time, and said to Wu Han, "Xiao Yu won't recover for a while, and I'm always afraid that something will go wrong in Dragon City!! Otherwise, should one of us go?!"