Chapter 194 - 179: Don’t Be Too Sensitive Over a Minor Character Like This

Chapter 194: Chapter 179: Don’t Be Too Sensitive Over a Minor Character Like This

"This way, we can win public support, make an example of him, and eliminate a scourge all at once. What’s not to like?"

Zhao Youcai’s proposal made Wang Dingbei give it some serious thought.

"Yu Dong, are you certain he’s committed a crime and coerced others into joining him?"

"I’m 99% sure."

"Alright, I know what to do... We’ll break one of the others. Not everyone has such strong mental fortitude..."

Wang Dingbei’s eyes fixed on the rooms of the other two men.

A moment later, the four of them walked inside.

Wang Dingbei stood in the middle of the room, his expression grim.

"Yang Yi reported you. The jig is up! Prepare to face a firing squad!"

"I didn’t do it, Officer! I don’t want to be shot... I didn’t do anything!"

"Your accomplices have already confessed. Do you want me to bring Yang Yi in here to point you out? Once we get to that stage... there’s no going back."

"Fuck! We were supposed to take the blame together! Officer, I’m not the ringleader, I was forced to join... It was Lin Xiaojun! He made me do it to Yang Yi. He said if I didn’t, I wasn’t one of his brothers. I was scared... so I did it. I’m not an accomplice, I’m a victim! I was forced! Don’t execute me, my crime doesn’t warrant death."

Hearing this, all four of them broke into smiles.

"Good. Write down everything that happened, step by step... If your statement is clear and your attitude is cooperative, we can spare you the death penalty."

"Yes, yes, okay! I’ll write it down! I’ll write it right now!"

"Think carefully before you write. Don’t make anything up... If I find any inconsistencies between your statement and your accomplice’s, you’re a dead man."

Terrified, the man didn’t dare hide a single detail. He confessed everything, starting from when Lin Xiaojun and Zhao Yun entered Building Three, led them to storm Yang Yi’s home, and how they repeatedly raped her.

With the confession in hand, they went to the other man’s room and slapped the document down on the table.

"The jig is up. Your buddies have confessed! Are you still not going to talk?"

He glanced at the written confession and his resolve instantly crumbled.

"I’ll talk... I’ll tell you everything..."

"Write it down!"

They used the same method on Jiang Xupeng.

When Yang Yi was shown the three men’s confessions and heard about their attitudes, she completely broke down.

"Please... don’t tell Wen Jie. I’m begging you."

Yu Dong shook his head. "Impossible. This time, I won’t let you play with my teammate’s emotions again..."

And with that, the Lin Xiaojun rape case was officially closed.

The victim’s testimony, along with the written and verbal confessions of the other perpetrators, all identified him as the ringleader.

But what surprised Yu Dong in all the testimony was that in this lifetime, Zhao Yun hadn’t been victimized by the others. On the contrary, she was under Lin Xiaojun’s protection, serving as his second-in-command and living quite comfortably.

Furthermore, Zhao Yun had willingly covered for Lin Xiaojun and had even participated in the rape of Yang Yi.

’Zhao Yun wasn’t lying... She really is Lin Xiaojun’s partner, not just clinging to him for survival as another one of his victims.’

Yu Dong recalled what Lin Mo had said before about the incredible power of circumstance.

He didn’t know what had happened in the property management office that day, but somehow... Lin Xiaojun and Zhao Yun had come to an understanding and become partners.

But none of that mattered anymore.

Lin Xiaojun could die now.

...

「The tenth day of the apocalypse.」

When Yu Dong led the combat team to take Lin Xiaojun into custody, Lin Xiaojun, who had been lying in wait behind the door, lunged at them with a steel pipe. However, thanks to their combat suits and helmets, the team members were unharmed. A few of them rushed in and easily pinned Lin Xiaojun to the ground.

"Heh... Quite the instinct you’ve got. Did you know we were coming for you today?"

Yu Dong sneered as he looked at Lin Xiaojun, pinned to the ground in handcuffs.

"I won’t accept this! Why are you arresting me? Why are you targeting me!?"

"Because you don’t look like a good guy, and it only took a little digging for everything to come out."

"Fuck!"

In this lifetime, he didn’t even have to get his own hands dirty to deal with Lin Xiaojun.

It was just as Officer Wang had said... even a dragon has to coil, and even a tiger has to lie low.

Even on the ship, there was no escaping the palm of their hand.

Zhao Youcai could have him killed. Yu Dong, Wang Dingbei, and Lin Mo could have him killed. The combat team could have him killed.

Watching Lin Xiaojun being hauled away to the third floor, Wang Dingbei lit a cigarette.

"He’s just small fry... Don’t get too worked up about it."

"There’s a new current of thought on this ship right now, and it’s far more dangerous than he ever was..."