Daily Intelligence: Forced to Save the Beautiful President at the Beginning

Qin Xue’s voice rose sharply, carrying an unquestionable firmness: ”This isn’t decades ago! No one is going to coddle so-called ’foreign nationals,’ and even less will anyone tolerate someone using ’international disputes’ as a shield! You threatened a public official; that’s an additional offense! I’ll ask you one last time: Is the Dragon King Hall a subordinate organization of the Tianming Group? Did you infiltrate the Qin Family as a live-in son-in-law to get close to the technology companies in Jiangcheng and execute the ’Elimination Plan’?”

Cold water dripped from Xiao Chen’s chin onto his pants, the icy sensation making him shiver.

Looking at the fury in Qin Xue’s eyes, he suddenly realized that the police before him were not the ”easy to handle” pushovers he had encountered overseas, and the majesty of the rule of law here was not something he could easily provoke with a ”Green Card” or ”foreign nationality.”

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but was interrupted by voices coming from next door.

”Officer! I’ll tell you everything! I’m just a migrant worker; I was hired by Xiao Chen at the job market!”

The voice from the next interrogation room came through the wall, laced with tears: ”He told me to wear a trench coat and sunglasses, and as long as I followed along and shouted ’Greetings, Dragon King,’ he’d give me five thousand yuan! That gun is fake, a prop bought on Taobao, you can’t even pull the trigger! I really don’t know what he does; I just wanted to earn some pocket money!”

Immediately after, another voice rang out, filled with obsequious urgency: ”Officer, I’ll confess too! I used to run a wedding business, and Xiao Chen came to me to rent ’General’ costumes, saying he wanted to stage a ’son-in-law’s counterattack’ play, and gave me ten thousand yuan! I swear, I didn’t participate in hurting anyone; Zhao Lei broke his own finger, it has nothing to do with us!”

What made Xiao Chen’s scalp tingle the most was the third voice, that of the ”General” who had resisted earlier: ”I... I’m a wanted fugitive online, hiding in Jiangcheng doing odd jobs. When Xiao Chen approached me, I thought it was just ordinary acting, thinking I’d take the money and run... I only fought back at the birthday banquet because I was afraid of being recognized and wanted to seize the chance to escape, I’m really not a terrorist!”

Xiao Chen’s face turned deathly pale in an instant. He jerked his head up to look at the two people behind the interrogation table, his eyes full of disbelief.

His carefully selected ”Four Great Generals” were actually a migrant worker, a wedding business owner, and a fugitive? The people he spent thirty thousand yuan to hire to put on a show hadn’t even lasted half an hour before they all confessed?

”What? Did you hear that?” Team Leader Li put down the file, his tone tinged with mockery. ”The ’Four Great Generals of the Dragon King Hall’ you imagined are nothing more than a rabble gathered together for money. Those ’thousands of subordinates’ and ’dozens of strongholds’ you bragged about overseas are just a joke to us. Now, do you still think you are qualified to talk to us about ’qualifications’?”

Xiao Chen’s body swayed, and he slumped against the back of the chair. The arrogance in his eyes had completely vanished, leaving only panic and resentment.

He recalled how, when he returned to the country three years ago, the people at the Dragon King Hall headquarters had told him that ”China’s grassroots police force is weak and easy to infiltrate,” remembered his meticulously planned ”three-year counterattack,” and the awe in the eyes of those guests at the birthday banquet. Now, it all seemed like a massive joke.

Watching him, Qin Xue softened her tone, yet remained firm: ”Xiao Chen, we know you are just a pawn of the Tianming Group. As a subordinate organization of Tianming, the Dragon King Hall has done quite a few shady things overseas. We are giving you a chance now: confess everything you know—the Tianming Group’s strongholds in Jiangcheng, their next steps, and the contact information for your handler. As long as you give a truthful account, we can count it as meritorious service and treat you with leniency.”