Chapter 1430: Chapter 1431: Stubborn as a Dead Duck!

Zhuang Hai sat there, eating the exotic delicacies delivered from outside.

The Huang Family truly had heaven-reaching influence, capable of pulling this off.

Even if someone wanted to settle scores with him, they’d never dream he was hiding here.

But he was wrong.

In Dragon Country, there may be things Xiao Chen can’t uncover, but definitely not this.

The heavy iron door creaked open.

Outside, the two experts assigned to protect him rushed out.

But moments later, both lay sprawled on the ground like dead dogs.

“Zhuang Hai, you’ve made us work hard to find you!”

King Taishan coldly dragged Zhuang Hai out: “You’ve done the deed, now face the consequences! Take him away!”

At that moment, Du Chong and Jiang Wudao were enjoying the drama unfolding online.

Suddenly, they noticed something highly unusual.

The scandal of Jiang Meng’s affair was previously spreading like wildfire online.

But oddly, it had abruptly quieted down in the past hour.

Only a handful of users were still criticizing her.

Far from the earlier frenzy.

What bewildered people even more was the emergence of a bigger revelation.

The Huang Family Patriarch, Huang En, had reportedly imprisoned his own sister in a rural village near Linhai for over two decades because she refused to marry him.

Though Jiang Meng’s scandal was explosive, it paled in comparison to the weight of the Huang Family Patriarch’s controversy.

As soon as this news broke, Jiang Meng’s story was completely overshadowed.

The internet was flooded solely with news about Huang En.

Du Chong and Jiang Wudao were utterly dumbfounded.

This was an all-out expose, and the evidence was irrefutable.

The online masses seamlessly shifted from gossiping about Jiang Meng to tearing apart Huang En.

Aside from a stubborn few fixated on discrediting Jiang Meng, the majority defected to the bigger story like a gust of wind.

“What—what’s going on here?!”

Du Chong turned pale as a sheet.

In just one hour, the entire landscape had changed; he was genuinely panicked.

Jiang Wudao was equally stunned.

They called each media company one by one, but no one answered.

Instead, wave upon wave of comments and articles kept flooding the web.

All were related to the Huang Family and Huang En.

The gossip-hungry public was in uproar again, but this time over the Huang Family.

“Something’s definitely gone wrong!”

Du Chong’s face darkened.

“But how could something like this happen? With the Xinmeng Group’s power, this shouldn’t have been possible!”

Jiang Wudao shook his head and cursed, “Damn it, we need to come up with a plan. Otherwise, we’re in serious trouble!

The Huang Family won’t hesitate to kill us!”

By twelve-thirty in the afternoon, all individuals involved in the case—except for Du Chong and Jiang Wudao—had been taken back to Yama Hall headquarters.

At Yama Hall, screams of agony echoed incessantly.

This place held horrors unimaginable to outsiders.

It could compel anyone to spill the truth.

Regardless of how strong someone might be, once inside Yama Hall, leaving without confessing was impossible.

“Please, stop tormenting us! Why are you doing this to us, why?”

Since the captives had been brought here, nearly half an hour had passed.

The people of Yama Hall hadn’t asked them a single question.

They didn’t bother.

Because everything they wanted to know, they already knew.

Once they’d endured enough pain, the captives would naturally confess.

Just like now.

Without Yama Hall asking anything, they had spilled everything.

Including past crimes and the current offense.

…

“Has Zhuang Hai been brought back?”

Xiao Chen asked via video surveillance.

“He’ll be here any moment!”

On the other end of the video, King Chu Jiang replied, “King Taishan went to retrieve him; he should return in a few minutes!”

“Alright, notify me when he’s back. Keep interrogating the others!”

Xiao Chen said as he smoked a cigarette.

Jiang Meng was still asleep.

Perhaps being at home, with no more commotion, she slept soundly.

“Zhuang Hai has been brought back!”

In the video, Zhuang Hai was thrown to the ground.

He shouted in terror, “We didn’t do anything! Why are you arresting me?”

“Jiang Meng’s matter—are you claiming you had nothing to do with it?”

Xiao Chen asked coldly, “You made my wife suffer. Do you think I’d just stand idly by?”

“No! Xiao Chen, listen to me—it was your wife who pressured me! She forced me into this relationship! I didn’t want this!”

Zhuang Hai shouted desperately.

“Heh! Facing death, and you’re still lying! Bring the others out for confrontation!”

Xiao Chen sneered. He couldn’t be bothered to argue with Zhuang Hai further.

“Zhuang Hai, you’ve ruined us! It’s all because of you—why did you frame Chairman Jiang Meng, why!

We had a promising future.

We could have lived peacefully.

Why? Just why?

Jiang Meng even paid for your mother’s surgery!”

Zhuang Hai’s wife wailed.

She hadn’t imagined things would escalate to such a severe level.

She had lost herself in greed, selling her soul and dignity for money.

Now that she saw the people backing Jiang Meng, she dared not hide anything anymore.

“Zhuang Hai, do you have anything left to say?”

Xiao Chen asked coldly.

“You threatened my family! You think you can force me to yield by threatening them?

Your vile wife has been messing around with younger men more times than I can count! It’s her fault, so why threaten my family?”

Zhuang Hai stubbornly continued to lie.

Xiao Chen sneered, “Bring Chen Chuan here!”

Chen Chuan was dragged in, beaten to a pulp, his flesh and blood indistinguishable.

“Please spare me! I’ve told you everything—Zhuang Hai made me falsify the reports! He paid me a million dollars to tamper with the test results. I just did that one thing!

I beg you!”

Zhuang Hai’s expression turned grim.

He hadn’t anticipated Xiao Chen’s ruthlessness.

Not only had Xiao Chen captured his family but also Chen Chuan.

“He’s lying—I never!”

Zhuang Hai shouted.

“Heh, still denying it? Call Wu Yan in!”

Xiao Chen sneered.

Wu Yan was dragged in, equally battered and half-dead.

“It was him! He gave me the photos and videos to alter! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have dared to do it, even if I had ten lives to spare. He’s shameless!”

Wu Yan shouted loudly upon seeing Zhuang Hai.

“You!”

Zhuang Hai opened his mouth but had no words to say.

Xiao Chen’s authority terrified him. How could someone bring all the witnesses together for interrogation?

This was beyond horrifying.

“Do you have anything else to add? There are plenty of witnesses here. Bring them all out and let him see!”

Xiao Chen sneered.

Zhang Wuxin, Qi Na, and others were brought in, each looking half-dead.

Upon seeing Zhuang Hai, Qi Na cursed aloud, “You’ve ruined me, Zhuang Hai! Weren’t you the one who said Jiang Meng was easy to bully? Weren’t you the one who said it was just a trivial matter?

This is a trivial matter?

You’ve destroyed me! Do you even know this is Yama Hall?”

“I’ll confess! I’ll tell you everything!”

Zhuang Hai trembled violently: “I didn’t want to… I didn’t want to! It was Du Chong who threatened to kill my family. That’s why I did it! I had no choice!”