<h4>Chapter 327: Chapter 323: Falling into One’s Net</h4><h4></h4>


    Zhang Bo hesitated for a moment, recalling the seven middle management leaders who had been silently murdered, fear involuntarily rose in his heart, and he nodded, "Alright, I’ll follow your n."


    After the call, in less than half an hour, several police cars arrived outside the high-end office building. By then, Zhang Bo and Deng Guoyong, nked by a group of suited bodyguards, were already waiting at the entrance. Seeing the arrival of the police, the two men simultaneously let out a sigh of relief.


    At this moment, a tall female officer in a neat uniform, apanied by several colleagues, approached and said indifferently, "You two,e with me." Turning her head to the officers by her side, she ordered, "You go upstairs and check the situation, report back to me at the stationter."


    "Yes, Captain Xia."


    When they got to the police car, Xia Mutong suddenly turned around, her expression slightly displeased as she frowned at the suited bodyguards who were trailing behind Deng Guoyong and Zhang Bo, "You’re going to the station to assist in an investigation, not on a sightseeing holiday. Why bring so many people?"


    Deng Guoyong awkwardly apologized and turned to instruct, "You go ahead and wait for me at the station."


    Once the suited bodyguards had left, Xia Mutong pointed to the back seat of the car, "Get in." As she finished speaking, she opened the door and sat down in the passenger seat.


    The car started, quickly blending into traffic.


    Ten minutester, the police car drove onto the elevated highway and stopped at the roadside.


    Deng Guoyong, looking oddly at what he saw through the car window, asked, "Officer, this doesn’t seem to be the way to the station, did you take a wrong turn?"


    "Who said we were going to the station." A familiar voice came from the driver’s seat. Deng Guoyong was startled and instinctively looked at the rearview mirror. As the sharply defined handsome face came into view, Deng Guoyong’splexion instantly changed, and he eximed, "It’s you!"


    "Who is he?" Zhang Bo waspletely confused, not understanding what the two were talking about.


    "Ling Chen, he’s Ling Chen."


    Deng Guoyong looked as if he had been frightened, his expression panicked as he hurriedly tried to unlock the door. However, Ling Chen had already locked the doors.


    "No use wasting your energy," Ling Chen turned his head to look at Zhang Bo and Deng Guoyong in the backseat, lifting his wrist to show his watch, "I’m giving you one hour’s time, now there’s less than ten minutes left. If I can’t see my friend in the next ten minutes, I’ll take you two for a little skydiving." Saying so, Ling Chen looked out the window at the high-rise bridge with a malevolent grin and yfully remarked, "What do you think, if you fall from here, will you turn into a bloody mess?"


    Zhang Bo spoke anxiously, "Officer, you..."


    Ling Chen waved his hand impatiently, cutting off Zhang Bo’s words, "Officer Xia won’t be able to help you. Your lives are in your own hands. You have nine minutes left, you’d better make a decision fast."


    "Release them." Zhang Bo, with a livid face, red at Deng Guoyong next to him and roared from his throat, "Hurry up and release them! If you want to die, don’t drag me down as your cushion."


    Deng Guoyong’s gaze was dark, and he said coldly, "Ling Chen, you’ll get nothing by opposing Dongyi Group..."


    p!


    A crisp p sounded, and immediately a bright red handprint appeared on Deng Guoyong’s cheek.


    "Enough with the nonsense; do you think I’m a three-year-old who would be afraid of your threats? Mr. Deng, you’ve made one mistake already; better not make a second one."


    Deng Guoyong, holding his swollen cheek, swallowed the blood that had oozed from the corner of his mouth, and didn’t dare to utter another word. He obediently took out his phone and dialed a number.


    "Tell them to hurry. You’ve got eight minutes left," Ling Chen reminded.


    Hearing this, Zhang Bo’s face showed fear, as he quickly snatched the phone from Deng Guoyong, shouting desperately, "We’re on the overpass, deliver the person in eight minutes. If you’re one secondte, I’ll exterminate your entire family."


    In less than six minutes, a minivan approached on the overpass and stopped beside the police car.


    The door opened, and Jiang Hao and Zhao Zhengxiong jumped down from the van, rushing to the front of the police car. Ling Chen rolled down the window, nced at Jiang Hao and Zhao Zhengxiong, and seeing they were injured but not seriously, he was immediately relieved.


    "Chen."


    "Chen."


    "Jiang Hao, Xiong, you guys go back to the Old City and rest. I still have some stuff to deal with here. I’ll contact you tomorrow."


    Jiang Hao took a nce at Deng Guoyong and Zhang Bo in the back seat, realizing the situation, he nodded and said, "Alright Chen, we’ll leave first."


    After watching Jiang Hao and Zhao Zhengxiong leave in a taxi, Ling Chen closed the window, started the police car, and drove off the overpass.


    "Mr. Ling, we’ve released the person, can you let us go now?" After much hesitation, Zhang Bo couldn’t help but ask.


    "Don’t rush, we’ve not finished our business. Dongyi Group is thergest gang in East Sea City, established for decades, with vast influence that spreads throughout the various districts. I’m quite curious to know who has the capability."


    Zhang Bo’s expression shifted, shaking his head, "No, I can’t tell you."


    "Is it that you can’t tell, or you don’t dare to?" Ling Chen asked with a sardonic smile, "You’d better consider your situation. With your past crimes, a death sentence would be more than justified. However, you’re just working for someone else if you’re willing to divulge who’s behind the scenes, Officer Xia will arrange for you to be informants. Though you can’t escape a long time in jail, at least you’ll have a chance to walk out alive."


    Deng Guoyong scoffed coldly, "Don’t try to scare us, we are legitimate businessmen and have never done anything illegal; don’t wrongly use us."


    "Really?" Ling Chen said with a smile, "Mr. Deng, you guys are clever most of the time but foolish for once, actually inviting police for protection. Now you’re both with me here, while the police are searching Dongyi Group’s headquarters. Do you think they might discover something incriminating?"


    At these words, both Zhang Bo and Deng Guoyong’s faces instantly darkened, their eyes filled with worry, losing the calm they had before.


    Ling Chen watched their expressions through the rearview mirror, his lips curling up slightly. He pondered how these two thought it was a good idea to invite the police to theirpany, effectively crying to a tiger for help, asking for trouble.


    After a few moments, Zhang Bo turned away from the window and said, "Mr. Ling, if we be informants, I hope for leniency, a lighter sentence."


    "That depends on how valuable the information you provide is." The reply came from Xia Mutong. Ling Chen had dealt with his private affairs; now it was time for her to step in for the official ones.


    "Old Zhang, have you lost your mind?" Deng Guoyong snapped coldly, "Do you no longer value your life?"