Chapter 982: The Ultimate Trickster
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The man who held the crutch hit it fiercely on the floor. “What’s wrong with you? Are you crazy? Jiang Ke! Watch your language. Don’t forget your position,” he said.
Suddenly, w.a.n.g Xi, the cigar smoker, thought of something and asked, “What do you mean, Jiang Ke? We didn’t do anything. Didn’t your people plan your escape?”
Zhao Yu watched everyone’s reaction carefully. Except for Mr. Five, who was wearing the Tang suit, the others all looked very surprised. Finally, Mr. Five showed ferocity in his eyes and scolded, “Jiang Ke! You must make yourself clear today! If it wasn’t for our long-time cooperation, we wouldn’t have agreed to meet you today! If you still want to see the sun tomorrow, tell us what’s happened as soon as possible. What the h.e.l.l is going on?”
Hearing what Mr. Five said, Zhao Yu could confirm that the mysterious man was not among the five people. If these people helped Jiang Ke escape from prison, then there was no need for them to hide it now.
Zhao Yu glanced at the five people again and thought to himself, Unless…
Unless the mysterious man did not want to reveal his ident.i.ty now, or had other reasons to help Jiang Ke. However, looking at these five people, Zhao Yu couldn’t find a single clue as their reactions seemed reasonable.
Good! Zhao Yu made up his mind. Since the show had begun, he’d like to give it a perfect ending.
Zhao Yu hit the billiard table, then glared at the others excitedly. He shouted, “You ungrateful little slob! You’re still playing with me, aren’t you? Who do you take me for? A fool?”
The man in the checked suit pointed at Zhao Yu and scolded, “Are you out of your mind, Jiang Ke?”
Zhao Yu pointed back at him and retorted, “Hum! Did you want to save me from prison? Or do you just want to sell me to Cao Sifen? My people were killed by Cao Sifen! How about an explanation for that?”
The five people frowned. The old man with the crutch in his hand said in shock, “Jiang Ke, you are confusing me. How did Cao Sifen got involved in this?”
Zhao Yu shouted hysterically, “Hum! I’m a tough guy. You didn’t expect that I would still be able to come see you here alive.”
Mr. Five seemed to have understood, then he said calmly, “Calm down. Think about it. Why would we help you escape from prison, and why would we kill you? You think… Do you think we care about you that much?”
w.a.n.g Xi stood up, pointed to Zhao Yu then said, “Mr. Five, don’t waste time on him. This guy is crazy! He’s been brainwashed by the police. He’s lying to us.”
The man who was posing with orchid fingers said, “Yes. I said we shouldn’t meet him today. He’s a robber and has been in jail! Maybe he’s become a turncoat. Let’s get out of here. Don’t waste time on him!”
Zhao Yu laughed again, “See. You admit it. Don’t deny it. You fear that I will tell the police about what you did, so you took risks to help me escape from prison, then tried to shut me up forever.”
The man with the crutch stood up with its support and said, “Don’t speak nonsense. You don’t have anything on us. We don’t care. You’re a thief, and you’ve got no evidence. Anything you tell the police would be a false accusation!”
Zhao Yu was secretly shocked. No wonder Jiang Ke did not suspect these investors. It seemed that they were purely business partners and not from the same interest group. And, although Jiang Ke was in a business relations.h.i.+p with them, he had no concrete evidence of their crimes.
Take the cigarette robbery as an example. These investors wanted to use this robbery to suppress insurance companies and gain special benefits, but they didn’t make a written agreement. Even Jiang Ke’s testimony wouldn’t prove anything! That was to say, even if Zhao Yu could have police arrest the investors today, there was no evidence that they had committed any crimes. These businessmen were more likely to escape the sanctions of the law than the real criminals.
I’m not going to let them get away with it this easily. Zhao Yu secretly clenched his fists and thought to himself that as the leader of the special investigation group and the embodiment of justice, he must do something to put these criminals to justice.
So, what should I do? Zhao Yu didn’t know much about their strength, but he was confident with his tricks. Zhao Yu hadn’t used his tricks for a long time. He wondered how he could give these guys a hard time.
Zhao Yu laughed out loud again. He said to Mr. Five in the Tang suit in the middle, “Mr. Five. Why don’t you think about it? We just do business together, but why would I doubt you? You don’t think I’m actually crazy, do you?”
Mr. Five frowned slightly and thought.
The man with the crutch urged, “Jiang Ke. Don’t hide it. What do you want to say?”
Zhao Yu laughed, then pointed to the five people and said, “What I want to say is that we’ve got a mole.” After he finished, the others were shocked. The people who had just stood up suddenly sat down again.
The man in the checked suit asked, “What do you mean?”
Zhao Yu imitated Jiang Ke’s tone and said, “My days in prison did pay me back. I couldn’t understand it at first. The interrogator didn’t ask me about my cigarette robbery, but repeatedly asked me about my previous cases, and mentioned your names…”
The others were astonished. w.a.n.g Xi wriggled and said, “Nonsense… How…? How is it possible…?”
Pretending to look doubtful, Zhao Yu said, “I didn’t tell the police about that. So, how could they know? I was frightened! For example, they mentioned Chengling.”
Zhao Yu pointed to Niu Lulu and said, “They asked me about Baicheng Group. And they asked me if Niu Lulu had killed people before.” Upon hearing this, Niu Lulu almost fell to the ground.
Of course, Zhao Yu made all of this up. Jiang Ke’s doc.u.ments said that Niu Lulu was a shareholder of Baicheng Group, and the robbery in Chengling was obviously related to this construction company, so Zhao Yu used this to bluff.
Zhao Yu said to the short cigar smoker, “w.a.n.g Xi. They also asked me about the mine disaster in Linfu and mentioned a yellow Ferrari!” w.a.n.g Xi was so frightened that he almost fell off the sofa. Linfu mine disaster and the Ferrari both came from Jiang Ke’s doc.u.ments.
Zhao Yu said to Mr. Five, “I was completely sacred in the interrogation. But my biggest concern now is not the mole, but your loss of trust in me! I didn’t say anything! Otherwise, why would I ask to meet you today?”
The man holding the crutch asked, “Jiang Ke, what you just said is true?”
Zhao Yu clapped his chest and said, “100 percent yes. You should know me. This is exactly why I suspect that you helped me escape so you could kill me.”
Hearing this, the five investors looked at each other, and their eyes inevitably showed suspicion. The man in the checked suit had brains. He whispered a few words to Mr. Five, who then nodded slightly. Mr. Five finished, the man in the checked suit waved, then several fierce-looking bodyguards came out from behind the sofas.
Mr. Five nodded and said, “You can’t leave for the time being. We’ll have to find out more about this!”
As Zhao Yu saw that they wanted to come to blows, he hastily shouted, “Wait! Don’t waste your time. Do you know why I was late just now?”
Hearing this, the bodyguards stopped, and the investors looked very confused.
Zhao Yu grinned and said, “I’m late because I’m investigating something! In fact, the mole is sitting in front of us right now!”
This time, the investors were utterly shocked. All of them were astonished by Zhao Yu’s words.
Niu Lulu wriggled around and urged Zhao Yu to continue, “Who is the guy! I must tear him up!”
Zhao Yu paused, then pointed to someone on the sofa and said, “He’s right in front of us.”