Chapter 622: Forcibly Interrogating
However, to eliminate this room as a possibility, Lin Chuan still went inside. Sure enough, a half-naked woman lay on the bed, average in looks but with a decent figure. Lin Chuan immediately exited the room and entered another one. Inside, there was still a stranger.
At this moment, Zhou Kai and Lu Dapao also came out.
"Nothing," Zhou Kai shook his head.
"Then it must be downstairs," Lin Chuan spoke.
"Yes!" Zhou Kai nodded.
Afterward, the three descended the stairs. The layout downstairs was the same as upstairs; however, the doors of two rooms were open, and only two were closed.
"It should be in there," Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes.
Zhou Kai gently pushed one of the doors open, and Lin Chuan with Lu Dapao quickly followed him inside.
The room was dirty and messy, a foul stench pervaded. As soon as Lin Chuan entered, he immediately saw a man in a black T-shirt lying on the bed with tattoos visible on his neck.
"It's him," Lu Dapao hurriedly said.
Zhou Kai was about to go forward to grab him.
Lin Chuan grabbed his arm, and Zhou Kai quietly said, "Brother Chuan, let me do it."
Rip...
Lin Chuan tore a piece of duct tape, saying, "First cover his mouth!"
"Okay," Zhou Kai gave a thumbs up.
Then, Lin Chuan walked over and sealed the man's mouth with duct tape. The man woke up immediately. It was too late for him to try to run; Zhou Kai and Lu Dapao firmly grasped his arms and legs.
When the man saw the people in front of him, he was immediately petrified with fear. He didn't expect that after fleeing to Hong Kong, he would still be caught by the pursuers.
Bang...
Lin Chuan, in anger, punched the man, who then lost consciousness instantly.
The man next door was dealt with by Lin Chuan in the same way. Finally, the three men packed the two in black bags. Zhou Kai and Lu Dapao each carried one and left the slum area. Lin Chuan made a phone call to arrange everything through the smuggler, who had specifically left his phone number on a piece of paper.
After some discussion, they finally decided to take the people to Shenzhen for the price of 100,000 yuan.
This time, the smuggler personally took action, driving the speedboat.
"Brother, this time I promise to get you safely across," the smuggler smiled, "I'm most familiar with the waters here. I know exactly when the maritime police patrol. As long as we avoid their patrol times, we can safely cross the sea."
Lin Chuan didn't respond but sat silently on the deck smoking alone. Now that they had captured the two attackers, what should they do next?
"Brother Chuan," Zhou Kai came out from the cabin.
"Yeah!" Lin Chuan handed him a cigarette.
"What should we do next?" Zhou Kai asked, "Kill these two guys?"
"First extract from their mouths who the mastermind behind the scenes is!" Lin Chuan, with a cigarette in his mouth, leaned on the railing, saying, "They are just underlings, the real culprit is someone behind them. Someone who helped them to flee to Hong Kong, helped them to smuggle into Canada."
"Isn't that obvious?" Zhou Kai frowned, then said, "It's the East River Tiger's people, surely it's the East River Tiger's doing."
"That may be true, but without them confessing, it doesn't count as evidence," Lin Chuan spoke, "So, the most important thing now is to extract the truth from their mouths."
"Alright," Zhou Kai nodded, and said, "Auntie is dead, don't be too sad. The murderers have been captured, she can rest peacefully now."
"Let's discuss this more when we get back," Lin Chuan clenched his teeth.
This time, the smuggler didn't deceive Lin Chuan. After over an hour of the speedboat's high-speed race, weaving and dodging, they finally stopped in a bay of the mangroves in Shenzhen. The smuggler reduced the engine noise to the minimum and advanced by the inertia of the speedboat. Finally, it docked on a plot of black mud.
"We're here, we're here!" the smuggler hastily said, "Quick, get off the boat."
Lin Chuan and his team quickly jumped down; as they stepped into the mud, it reached their knees. Carrying the bodies, Zhou Kai and the others trudged through the watery mud toward the shore. It was nighttime, and no one was in the mangroves, but there were armed police patrols.
Lin Chuan and his team were lucky; they easily avoided the armed police's patrol, then, covered in mud, they sprinted towards a bright spot. Everything seemed silently done, without any noise at all.
Back in Shenzhen, they hastily found a cheap hostel charging thirty yuan a night, no ID required, and checked in directly.
"Are they awake yet?" Lin Chuan asked, his expression grim.
"Not yet, afraid they would wake up midway and cause us trouble, I gave them two sleeping pills," Zhou Kai said, "They might not wake up until noon today."
"Yeah," Lin Chuan nodded, then said, "Let's find a way to wake them up now."
"That's simple," Zhou Kai smiled.
The two guys were securely tied up back-to-back. In the dark room, Zhou Kai and Lu Dapao had moved the bed to one side. The thirty yuan hostel truly was awful, the bed didn't look like a bed, and several floorboards were broken. A white incandescent bulb hung from the ceiling, leaving the room dimly lit.
Xiaoer and Xiaosan sat on the floor.
Zhou Kai poured a basin of water over the heads of the two men.
The two were still unconscious.
"Damn, one basin of water is not enough?" Zhou Kai frowned and said, "Looks like we need something harsher."
After speaking, Zhou Kai brought over a basin of boiling water and poured it over the two men.
"Ah! Ah!" The two men immediately panicked.
Awakening from their unconsciousness, they frantically looked around. The room was unfamiliar. Two meters away, Lin Chuan was sitting on a red plastic stool, smoking a cigarette with a dark expression. Behind Lin Chuan was Lu Dapao, the Hall Master of the Jvyi Gang.
"Hehe..." Zhou Kai gave a sinister smile at the two men, "Chen Xiaoer and Chen Xiaosan of the Tiger Gang. You two brothers really do your boss proud."
"Mmm mmm..." Their mouths were sealed with duct tape, so they couldn't speak at all.
"What? Want to talk?" Zhou Kai smiled and said, "Alright, I'll give you a chance."
After speaking, Zhou Kai immediately ripped off Chen Xiaoer's duct tape.
"Help, help me!" A scream was let out.
Bang...
Zhou Kai punched him.
"Ouch..." Chen Xiaoer cried out in pain. Without hesitation, Zhou Kai sealed his mouth again with the duct tape.
This time, Zhou Kai showed no mercy. He started punching and kicking violently, causing the man to scream continuously, but unfortunately, he couldn't make a sound through his mouth and could only grunt through his nose. After a severe beating, Zhou Kai himself was also exhausted.
Chen Xiaoer's face was swollen with his nose flattened and eyes puffed up, looking like a pig's head.
Rip...
Zhou Kai tore off Chen Xiaosan's duct tape and asked, "Dare to yell?"
"No... no... I dare not!" Chen Xiaosan was frightened by Zhou Kai's previous violent acts.
"Tell me, is it you who killed the aunt?" Zhou Kai glared at him.
"No... it wasn't!" Chen Xiaosan immediately shook his head.
Slap...
Zhou Kai slapped him hard and yelled, "Fuck, still trying to deny? Damn it, do you think I would come all the way to Hong Kong to catch you two little pricks if I had no evidence?"
"I..." Chen Xiaosan was so scared he was almost crying, he quickly said, "Big brother, I... I was wrong, this... this wasn't my idea, it was... it was Mr. Hu..."
Bang...
At this moment, Chen Xiaoer slammed his head hard.
"Ouch..." Chen Xiaosan immediately felt the pain.
Zhou Kai's face showed displeasure, he stood up and immediately took off the belt from around his waist. He then smirked sinisterly at Chen Xiaoer: "Looks like you haven't had enough of the belt, huh? Alright, since you haven't had enough, I'm going to make sure you get enough today!"
After speaking, Lin Chuan immediately lifted the belt in his hand and vigorously whipped it towards the other man.
Crack crack crack...
Several lashes landed on Chen Xiaoer's body, and that belt was not for playing. Zhou Kai was vigorously whipping him with the side that had the buckle. Not only was he lashed, but the buckle hit his body and head, causing unbearable pain.
With his mouth sealed, he could only grunt. After more than a dozen belt strokes, he was as wilted as a frost-beaten eggplant.
Zhou Kai sneered coldly, then said, "How about it, still dare not talk?"
"I'll talk, talk, no more beating." Chen Xiaosan hastily said: "Xiaoer, stop being stubborn, there's no benefit in holding out. Up to now, Mr. Hu hasn't given us a dime. We were promised five million, but now we don't have a single penny. Once he sends us to Canada without giving us a penny, who can we turn to?"
Chen Xiaoer didn't speak but hung his head, blood still dripping from his nose.
"Chen Xiaosan, you're more sensible." Zhou Kai nodded and said, "Hurry up and tell, who exactly did it."
At this moment, Lu Dapao was holding a video camera recording. It was the best time to gather evidence. If Chen Xiaoer or Chen Xiaosan died, there would probably be no evidence left. Therefore, they had to record the testimony of the Chen brothers.
Chen Xiaosan hurriedly said, "Brother Kai, I'll talk, I'll talk. All of this was orchestrated by Mr. Hu."
"Mr. Hu?" Lin Chuan sneered, "I suspected it was the Northeast Tiger all along."
"But..." At this moment, Chen Xiaosan hurriedly said, "Lin Chuan, we really didn't kill the person. We... we were merely responsible for kidnapping and then disposing of the body. The murder part wasn't done by us!"
Lin Chuan was taken aback and asked, "What exactly happened?"
"I don't know!" Chen Xiaosan quickly shook his head and said, "Mr. Hu only asked us to kidnap the person to a place, and then late at night at ten, we were to deliver the corpse to East River to dispose of it. Brother Chuan, we really had nothing to do with this. We... at most we only kidnapped, we weren't involved in the murder."