"Hmm, you all leave first. I will interrogate this prisoner," Chief Li Ke said indifferently.

"Yes, sir!"

The law enforcement officer hesitated for a moment but still got up and left the interrogation room.

Once both officers had exited, Chief Li Ke stepped away from the door, and a woman entered the interrogation room, with him following behind her.

"Hua Feng'er?" Jiang Chen was startled upon seeing the woman who entered the interrogation room and asked in surprise, "This matter involves you as well?"

Hua Feng'er was also taken aback, "What involves me?"

"Nothing. Why are you here?" Jiang Chen shook his head, seeing that it evidently had nothing to do with her.

With a cold smile, Hua Feng'er arrogantly said, "Jiang Chen, I am here to offer you a way out. You should kneel and apologize to me right now, then cure my father's illness, and I can find someone to get you out and arrange for you to go overseas. Otherwise, you are as good as dead."

Jiang Chen shook his head with a smile, looking at Hua Feng'er as if she were a fool, "I won't have any trouble at all, so why should I cave to your threats?"

"You won't have any trouble? Ha, the representatives of the Four Great Aristocratic Families have already informed me that you killed two people, and according to the domestic law, you will spend a lifetime in prison, and there's a high possibility that you will be executed. And yet you think you won't have any trouble? What are you thinking?" Hua Feng'er scoffed derisively.

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, "Hua Feng'er, don't you know there's such a thing as 'justifiable defense' in this world?"

"Justifiable defense? Do you have any evidence? All the cameras nearby were controlled and wiped at that time. Relying solely on Ye Yu Wan's testimony, you can't possibly be saved. Besides, all other members of the Ye Family uniformly stated that you killed those people, and it was you who initiated the killing! Who do you think can save you?" Hua Feng'er mocked, with the look of someone certain of victory.

A glint of cold light flashed through Jiang Chen's eyes; the Ye Family members were actually kicking him while he was down— he had been too polite to them in the past!

Click!

The door to the interrogation room suddenly opened, and Chief Li Ke was startled. He shouted, "Who opened that door, don't you know... Chief Zhao? What brings you here?"

Upon recognizing the person standing at the door, Chief Li Ke's face was full of surprise.

The man at the door was none other than Chief Zhao Zhenghua of the Dingjing Police Department, accompanied by Gong Lin and Ye Yu Wan.

"Chief Li, are you dissatisfied with the assignment I've given you? Since when does the External Affairs Management Office handle case interrogations? Should I transfer you to front-line duty?" Zhao Zhenghua gave Hua Feng'er a glance, looking at Chief Li Ke with displeasure.

Chief Li Ke's heart tightened, and he quickly explained, "No, Chief Zhao, this prisoner has some entanglements with the overseas Flame Dragon Merchants, so..."

"Since when can merchants dictate our police department's affairs?" Zhao Zhenghua walked into the interrogation room, staring coldly at Chief Li Ke.

Gong Lin and Ye Yu Wan went to Jiang Chen's side, looking at him with concern, and Jiang Chen gave the two women a reassuring glance.

"Chief Zhao, we came here to invest. Shouldn't you be responsible for our safety?" Hua Feng'er demanded with an ugly expression, looking at Zhao Zhenghua.

Zhao Zhenghua indifferently replied, "Miss Hua, right? Have you or anyone in your party suffered any harm to your personal safety?"

"My father needs him to treat his illness!" Hua Feng'er claimed righteously.

Zhao Zhenghua chuckled, "If a treatment is needed, then make a proper invitation. What do you mean, Miss Hua? If your father needs treatment, does our police department need to capture the doctor for you?"

"We came to make a major investment!" Hua Feng'er shouted loudly.

Zhao Zhenghua's face turned stern, "Miss Hua is welcome in Dingjing to invest, but don't think that just because you're investing, you can disdain the law. This is a police station, not your business negotiation table, and you have no right to come to our interrogation room to speak with a criminal suspect!"

"You..." Hua Feng'er, too furious to retort, her eyes suddenly darted around before she pointed at Gong Lin and Ye Yu Wan, challenging, "What about them? How come they can come?"

Zhao Zhenghua said indifferently, "They are here to pick up Mr. Jiang."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhao Zhenghua turned to his men: "Release him!"

"Yes!" The officer behind him replied and stepped forward to unlock Jiang Chen's handcuffs.

"What do you mean? You're protecting a criminal! He's killed a person, why are you releasing him?" Hua Feng'er's face changed color as she shouted, "You must give me an explanation, and if you don't, I will go to Dingjing Mansion to report you to those lords!"

"Sure, go ahead!"

Zhao Zhenghua glanced at Hua Feng'er with disdain, then turned and bowed towards Jiang Chen, "Mr. Jiang, my apologies for offending you. Your dashcam was facing the site of the incident, and the footage accurately captures the scene.

You acted in self-defense, absolutely no mistake.

Moreover, upon further investigation of the two assassins, one is an A-grade wanted criminal, and the other is a convict released on medical parole. Not only are you faultless, but you've actually done a compelling service!"

"Oh! A wanted criminal and a convict on medical parole?"

Jiang Chen was taken aback for a moment before he understood why Zhang Kun didn't seem to care at all about the deaths of the two Royal Realm Martial Artists; it turned out that those two were not from the Zhang Family at all.

So that's how it is.

Jiang Chen immediately relaxed, gave a slight smile, stood up, and flexed his wrists, then strode over to the still stunned Hua Feng'er:

"See? I told you, I'm fine.

But your father, he's indeed in trouble. With all this delay, his condition has only gotten worse.

If you really want me to treat him, kneel down and apologize to me, beg me to cure him, and perhaps, I might consider it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Chen didn't wait for Hua Feng'er's reaction and turned to leave the police station with the two ladies, Gong Lin.

"You, bastard!"

Hua Feng'er was so angry she gritted her teeth and stamped her feet furiously, then pointed at Zhao Zhenghua: "I'm going to report you!"

"Feel free."

Zhao Zhenghua said calmly and walked away with his head high and chest out.

Hua Feng'er's pretty face turned crimson with rage, but she was helpless and could only leave in frustration, heading back to Shenghua Hotel.

"Dad, that Jiang Chen is just hateful, to think he'd want us to kneel and apologize to him!" Back in the room, Hua Feng'er complained furiously.

Hua Zhiqiang's face changed, and he shouted, "Insolent brat, it looks like he's asking for death!"

After a moment's contemplation, Hua Zhiqiang ordered with a solemn face, "Feng'er, contact the heads of the Four Great Aristocratic Families and have them come here. We'll join forces to shut him down. I will prepare to select another site for Xincheng, which will make the value of Sky Venerate City plummet!

Also, ask for their help in locating someone. I've heard from friends overseas that Pi Te, a tutor at the Merlamos Medical Research Institute of the Northern Confederation, is currently in Dingjing. Find him to treat me."

"Okay, I'll get on it!" Hua Feng'er nodded and quickly left the room.

It didn't take long for the Four Great Aristocratic Families to gather once again.

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