News of Lin Chuan's arrest quickly reached Beijing, to the ears of the military district's top brass.

"What?!" The old General was stunned, then angrily said: "Damn it, I myself was reluctant to detain Lin Chuan, yet they dared to lock him up?"

Standing next to him, the guard Xiao Liu awkwardly said: "That's what the latest intelligence says."

"This is outrageous, outrageous." The old General was more than just a little angry. Lin Chuan had always been his treasure, and the reason he had sent Lin Chuan back to Jiangbei City was that the conflicts at the central level had become somewhat fierce, and he wanted Lin Chuan to steer clear of this tumultuous whirlpool temporarily, to avoid the limelight. However, he never expected that in a place like Jiangbei City, where "birds don't shit," someone would dare to detain his person. The old General's face turned a bit red with anger, and he bellowed, "Go, immediately notify the military police headquarters in Jiang Province and have them snatch Lin Chuan back from the hands of those bastards for me."

"Er..." Xiao Liu was taken aback, and quickly tried to persuade: "Commander, you really shouldn't do that."

"Why?" the old General coldly asked.

"It would cause too much of a commotion, and likely attract the attention of the Chen family," Xiao Liu awkwardly explained: "If you make a fuss like this, I'm afraid the whole world will know that Lin Chuan is hiding in Jiangbei City. That wouldn't be good for Lin Chuan's safety. You wouldn't want Lin Chuan to be in danger, right?"

The old General fell silent for a long while, then said, "What you're saying does seem to make some sense. So what should we do? Are we just supposed to watch as Lin Chuan is brought to trial and then executed?"

"It won't come to that," Xiao Liu quickly said with a smile.

"Then do you have any ideas?" asked the old General.

"I do have a way, and you don't even have to show up in person to easily settle this matter," Xiao Liu revealed a sly smile.

"Oh?" The old General was taken aback and asked curiously: "Let's hear it."

Xiao Liu quickly leaned into the old General's ear and whispered for a while.

"Will it work?" the old General asked doubtfully.

"Of course, it will." Xiao Liu confidently reassured, patting his chest.

"Alright then, this matter is in your hands," the old General said with a sidelong glance, not in a good mood: "That kid Li Xiangguo must have got the news by now, and the asshole hasn't made a single move, clearly showing he doesn't want to step in."

"Expecting the CIA to act?" Xiao Liu laughed: "Lin Chuan has no ties with them; you can't count on them."

"What do you mean no ties?" The old General said with disdain: "Lin Chuan has helped the CIA a lot. Without Lin Chuan, would they have such accurate intelligence at critical moments? The London subway bombings, could they have grasped the information about the opposition so quickly? The 9/11 financial tower bombings, could they have understood the news from the United States so instantly? Wishful thinking."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Liu gave an awkward smile: "True, but the CIA people are all Pixiu, only taking in without giving out."

"Well said, an apt description," the old General laughed: "They are indeed a bunch of Pixiu."

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Jiangbei City.

After three days of desperate struggling, Lin Chuan was eventually taken to the city Public Security Bureau and entered the general office of the Public Security Bureau, where criminal investigation and anti-narcotics teams jointly conducted investigations—investigations that amounted to trying to pry information about his contacts from Lin Chuan's mouth.

In fact, such investigations were not of much significance. Be it Song Ming or Director Liu, they both knew that Lin Chuan was merely a dead man walking. Their actions were just a formality and didn't carry much weight.

Lin Chuan was taken into the interrogation room.

People from criminal investigation were no kind souls, and this interrogation was an opportunity for them to exercise the cruelest torture methods of the Qing Dynasty.

The leader was a captain of the criminal investigation team, following Chen Jianjun, with the surname Dai. It was said that this young man was a descendant of Dai Li. When it came to employing brutal torture methods, he was more vicious than anyone else, matching Dai Li himself.

As Lin Chuan was being interrogated, Chen Jianjun also came in.

Dai Bin, the captain of the city Public Security Bureau's criminal investigation team, had a scar across his face, said to have been left during a confrontation with criminals, the criminal died, and Dai Bin's face was left with a ten-centimeter-long scar.

Inside the interrogation room, Lin Chuan sat resolutely on a chair.

"Lin Chuan, we meet again," Chen Jianjun displayed a sly smile.

"Chen Jianjun, you're nothing but a deputy station head, what right have you to be in the interrogation room of the city Public Security Bureau?" Lin Chuan asked with a smile.

"You needn't worry about whether I have the right or not, you'd better concentrate on your upcoming interrogation," Cheng Jianjun laughed.

Dai Bin, who was one meter seventy, looked imposing in his police uniform, with a broad frame and wide shoulders. Chen Jianjun looked much smaller standing next to him. Dai Bin walked over to Lin Chuan, frowned, and the scar on his face immediately revealed a fierce look as he said without raising his voice, "What's this? The criminal suspect isn't wearing handcuffs or ankle cuffs?"

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