Chapter 153: Master-Level Interrogation Skills
Chapter 153: Master-Level Interrogation Skills
The psychological intimidation was effective.
Li Zian said lightly, “Don’t worry, I don’t want to kill you. After all, staging a car accident scene is troublesome, and breaking your neck is too brutal. Do I look like a brutal person to you? So, you just need to honestly answer a few questions, and I will let you go. We can even go back to the city together. The moon is beautiful tonight. Don’t you want to take a walk under the moonlight?”
“Stop the nonsense. What do you want to know?” Pan Renlong couldn’t imagine taking a moonlight stroll with this demon.
A slight smile appeared on Li Zian’s lips. “You set a trap to poison me. Someone named Huang sent you an email. I know that person is Huang Bo, but I still want to confirm it with you. Huang Bo gave you the order, and he was the one pretending to be Dawson tonight, right?”
Pan Renlong’s eyes flickered, and he instinctively looked down.
Li Zian had already found the answer in his eyes.
“I don’t know. I was following orders,” Pan Renlong said.
Li Zian suddenly reached out, grabbed Pan Renlong’s two walnuts, squeezed hard, and held on, continuously increasing the pressure.
“Ah—” A pig-slaughtering-like scream erupted from Pan Renlong’s throat.
Li Zian said in a calm tone, “I already reminded you that I know who it is, yet you still lie right to my face. Do you have any integrity at all? How can we cooperate happily like this? Should I just crush your two things and let you be a eunuch in your next life? How does that sound?”
“Let go… ah… they’re going to break… they’re really going to break…” Tears of pain welled up in Pan Renlong’s eyes.
Li Zian said, “You said you received training. I really didn’t know you never trained your balls. You didn’t even train your balls, and you still have the face to say you received training?”
Pan Renlong: “…”
Who the hell trains their own balls!
Besides, how do you even train those things!
“I’ll add a little more pressure now, and your walnuts will break. But I won’t add any. Think again about the question I just asked you. Think carefully before you answer me. I’m not forcing you. If you sincerely deceive me, I’ll accept it.” As Li Zian spoke, he made a gesture as if he was about to crush them.
“It’s… it’s him!” Pan Renlong howled. “Please let go!”
Li Zian released his grip. You have to give a candy after hitting with a stick. If you only hit with the stick, it won’t work.
The technique of interrogation is actually just one thing: make the other person hold onto hope. If the other person loses all hope and feels utterly despaired, then there’s no point in interrogating.
“There was no yacht and no blonde woman tonight, right?”
Pan Renlong nodded.
“Then where were you planning to take me?”
Pan Renlong hesitated and remained silent.
Li Zian slowly reached his hand toward Pan Renlong’s boxer shorts.
Before his hand reached where it was supposed to go, Pan Renlong spoke up. “About five kilometers ahead, there’s a villa. He is waiting for you in that villa.”
“Huang Bo?”
Pan Renlong nodded.
“Was he alone, or did he have helpers?” Li Zian asked again.
Pan Renlong shook his head. “I don’t know.”
Li Zian reached his hand over again.
Pan Renlong said angrily, “I really don’t know!”
Li Zian pulled his hand back. “Earlier, when you were half-unconscious, you said some things. You said you wanted to get the Symbol and the Celestial Diagrams from me. What Symbol? What Celestial Diagrams?”
“You should know better than me,” Pan Renlong said.
Li Zian suddenly reached out quickly, grabbed hold, and squeezed hard.
“Ah—” Another pig-slaughtering-like sound burst from Pan Renlong’s mouth.
Li Zian said coldly, “When I ask you something, you answer it.”
Pan Renlong took deep breaths and nodded repeatedly.
After giving candy, of course, you have to hit with a stick.
Li Zian let go. “What do you want the Celestial Diagrams and Symbol for?”
Pan Renlong nervously watched Li Zian’s hand, afraid it would suddenly reach over again.
Li Zian spread his five fingers.
Pan Renlong immediately said, “Research. I think it’s for research.”
“Research what?”
“I don’t know either… I’m just someone who follows orders.”
“So, Huang Bo is your superior? Both you and he work for the United States? The actions against me all came from orders from the United States?” Li Zian stared directly at Pan Renlong.
Pan Renlong hesitated for two seconds, then nodded.
Li Zian suddenly reached out, grabbed hold again, and squeezed hard.
“Ah—” Two tears rolled from the corners of Pan Renlong’s eyes. This time, they were really about to burst.
Li Zian said coldly, “You still try to deceive me right to my face? Don’t you think about who I am? I am the Master. Aren’t you aware whether you’re telling me the truth or not?”
“Huh… huh… huff…” Pan Renlong took deep breaths and panted heavily, but just wouldn’t speak.
Li Zian was very clear about the strength in his hand. Any more force and they would really burst.
It seemed this guy had really made up his mind. He would rather sacrifice his two balls and become a eunuch than speak.
Li Zian released his hand. “Fine. You’re something.”
The pressure suddenly decreased. Pan Renlong let out a long, deep breath. He looked at Li Zian. Actually, having his balls crushed wasn’t that scary. Having endured it this time, he was no longer afraid.
Li Zian stood up, lowered his head, and walked around while looking left and right, as if searching for something.
Pan Renlong was uneasy and suspicious. He said, “I told you the truth. What else do you want? I really don’t know. Otherwise, I would have told you earlier.”
Li Zian suddenly stopped walking and picked up a dead branch from the ground.
It wasn’t really a branch; it was almost as thick as a wrist and could definitely be classified as a club. Moreover, it wasn’t an ordinary club; it was covered densely with sharp thorns.
Just as Pan Renlong was looking at that club, Li Zian suddenly laughed and said in an exaggerated tone, “Damn, a pepper tree branch. Good stuff.”
He walked over holding that pepper tree club.
Pan Renlong said, “Even if you hit me with it, I still don’t know. If you don’t believe me, then hit me.”
Li Zian grinned. “Who said I’m going to hit you with it? I’m going to use it to satisfy you. You’ve definitely never tried it, right?”
Hearing the word “satisfy,” Pan Renlong suddenly became nervous. “You… what do you want to do?”
Li Zian crouched down, turned Pan Renlong over, grabbed his boxer shorts, and pulled them down. With a smile on his face, he said, “Is this your first time?”
“I will kill you!” Pan Renlong roared.
Li Zian pressed the pepper tree club against the correct spot. His voice turned cold. “You only get one chance. Think about the question I just asked, then give me the answer. Otherwise, you will never forget what happens next for the rest of your life. Speak!”
Pan Renlong clenched his teeth, looked back at Li Zian, his eyes almost spitting fire.
Li Zian applied a bit of force with his hand, pressing the pepper tree club downward.
Pan Renlong thought he could endure it, but the pepper tree club had only pressed down one centimeter before he broke down. “I’ll talk!”
“Then speak.”
Pan Renlong took a deep breath. “Lutu Company.”
“Lutu Company? What the hell is that?” Li Zian hadn’t even considered it might be some company.
“No matter what channel you use, you won’t be able to find any record of this company’s existence. It isn’t registered in any country. I’m just a worker in the company.”
“Your father is a billionaire. You’re not short of money. Why did you join such a company?”
“My father’s company is also a subsidiary of Lutu Company. He is just an employee too.”
The amount of information was a bit overwhelming. Li Zian was momentarily stunned.
How could it be a company?
“Please don’t ask anymore. I’m begging you. If the company finds out I told you these things, I’m dead too.”
Li Zian collected his thoughts. “Don’t be nervous. I will keep your secret.”
He lifted the pepper tree club.
Blood and chrysanthemum. The scene was horrifying.
“Lutu Company. Who is the Chief?” Li Zian asked another question.
Pan Renlong shook his head. “I don’t know that either. I’m telling the truth. Even if you kill me, my answer is still the same. My position in the company is very low. Usually, Huang Bo sends me emails to carry out tasks. He’s basically my direct superior. He likes me to call him Professor Huang.”
Li Zian believed what he said.
On the battlefield, the ones who go to the front lines are usually the small soldiers. The Generals stay behind and plan strategies.
Applied to any company, the ones who rush out front to get things done are naturally the small employees.
“My last question. Answer it honestly, and we’ll each go our own way tonight,” Li Zian said. He kept the pepper tree club in his hand aimed, ready to thrust down at any moment to create deterrence.
Pan Renlong nodded.
He had already said a lot. A little more didn’t matter.
Li Zian said, “In the western restaurant, there was a man and a woman at the table next to us. You remember, right?”
Pan Renlong hesitated for about two seconds before nodding.
Li Zian continued, “The man was named Hank. He also has a United States military identity. Was he involved in the actions against me? What role does he play in Lutu Company?”
Pan Renlong said, “I don’t know him.”
Li Zian said coldly, “Don’t try to lie to me. While we were dining, I saw you glance at him out of the corner of your eye, and he was looking at you too.”
Pan Renlong said, “I’m not lying to you. He was right next to us. Of course I had to observe him. I could tell he was a soldier, but there are many soldiers like him in the embassy district, and even more in the United States. Do I need to know all of them?”
“You don’t know him?” Li Zian stared directly into Pan Renlong’s eyes.
Pan Renlong said angrily, “I — DO — NOT — KNOW — HIM!”
Li Zian frowned. “Keep your voice down.”
Pan Renlong’s emotions calmed down slightly. He asked in return, “Why are you asking about that person?”
Li Zian said, “I suspected he was in cahoots with you, so I asked. Since he’s not, then I have no more questions.”
Then, he took out his Mobile Phone, woke the screen, and took a photo.
“What are you doing?”
Li Zian said with a smile, “I’m just reminding you, my phone has actually been recording all along. I’ve recorded everything you said. Whether I give the recording to our police here or to your Consulate, you will be in trouble.”
Pan Renlong clenched his teeth. His eyes looked murderous.
But just as he was thinking about how to get revenge, Li Zian suddenly crouched down and completely pulled down those boxer shorts.
Pan Renlong suddenly became nervous again. “You… you… you’re not, are you?”