Zhang Jucheng employed a two-pronged strategy. On one side, he intensified the interrogation of Gu Ying. On the other hand, he used the blockade of Fenglin to steadily pressure Li Tianlan.0

Since Gu Ying was in Zhang Jucheng’s hands, Li Tianlan lacked confidence and no longer dared to openly resist the blockade. He could only compromise and retreat. Whatever blood had to be shed would be shed, and whatever flesh had to be cut away would be cut away. If it could buy him a safe landing, Li Tianlan would accept it. What he feared most was that Qi Xuansu and Zhang Jucheng still would not let him go and intended to wipe him out completely.0

However, Zhang Jucheng had also encountered a problem.0

Both he and Qi Xuansu had underestimated Gu Ying.0

This seemingly delicate woman was no ordinary person. At the start, the interrogators tried to bluff her by deliberately refusing to specify the charges and simply demanding that she confess.0

But not only was she not frightened, she actually pieced together the true reason for her arrest from scattered clues.0

She likely understood that only Li Mingping’s case was her only weak point, while the other matters could not yet be tied to her. Thus, she admitted only to framing Li Mingping. She did not even...0