Let them offer their loyalty!

Hearing Liu Fuping's words, Qiu Tu laughed and retorted, "What little lover, Sister Liu, you really can't ruin my reputation."

"I'm still a bachelor, you know."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Liu Fuping couldn't help but spit inwardly at him. She had realized that her boss was truly becoming more and more shameless.

Not to mention his philandering nature, he had already mingled with who knows how many women.

Just look at what he did to Bai Ru: cuddling and hugging, touching and squeezing, kissing back and forth.

Calling Bai Ru his little lover was already giving him enough face—it at least gave a "title."

If we were to speak unpleasantly, Qiu Tu was just seducing someone else's wife! In ancient times, he would have been caged!

Meanwhile, Qiu Tu was well aware of Liu Fuping's disdainful gaze, but he didn't mind it at all. He even brazenly wrapped his arms around Liu Fuping's slender waist, leaned into the beautiful woman's ear, and whispered,

"Even if I had a little lover, it would definitely be you, Sister Liu."

"That Bai Ru... in terms of looks, in terms of figure, how could she compare to even a hair of Sister Liu?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Liu Fuping's heart swelled with joy, and she had to secretly clench her teeth to prevent her lips from curling up too high...

'Don't say, although my superior is a bit of a scoundrel, his words are truly sweet...'

Thinking this, Liu Fuping cast a seductive glance at Qiu Tu and let him off the hook, "Shall I call Bai Ru over for you?"

Qiu Tu smiled and nodded, "That would be great."

Either way, the "Order Space" wasn't over yet; one more interrogation was just one more interrogation.

Thinking this, he watched Liu Fuping go to fetch the person and slowly walked back to the interrogation room.

By this time, Cao Dabiao and Eagle had already left the interrogation room, following the confessions of Qi Yun and Third Brother Qin to search for evidence. Chen Feng and Ah-Kun had also completed the arrangement of the video and audio materials for the interrogation.

Upon seeing Qiu Tu enter, Chen Feng and Ah-Kun began packing up the film while casting a glance at him, then asked, "Brother Tu, what's up?"

Qiu Tu waved his hand, "Nothing much. Just need to conduct an additional interrogation."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Chen Feng and Ah-Kun exchanged a look, hesitated a moment, and then said, "But we've stopped the cameras and recording equipment; it'll take a long time to set up again."

At that, Qiu Tu also hesitated briefly before responding, "No matter. We'll forego the video and audio for this one."

After saying that, Qiu Tu glanced at the two who were still organizing materials and instructed, "You two don't need to join this interrogation then." Discover more stories at empire

"Go ahead and process the film and tapes, put together the video and audio materials as soon as possible, I'll have to report to the higher-ups later."

Because of the Cataclysm, this era had not yet entered the digital age; coupled with the poor conditions at the Xinjie City Investigation Bureau, the interrogation footage was all recorded using film cameras.

After recording, the footage wasn't immediately available but required developing, processing, and playing back with specialized equipment.

Thus, the preparation time before the interrogation was long, and various processing steps were needed afterward, making it quite troublesome.

This also meant that aside from important suspects in major cases that required video and audio backups, most interrogations did not require video or audio recording.

So, upon hearing Qiu Tu's reasonable request, Chen Feng and Ah-Kun weren't bothered. They saluted and then left the interrogation room with the equipment and materials.

And as they departed, within just a few seconds, Liu Fuping entered the interrogation room with Bai Ru.

After handcuffing Bai Ru to the interrogation table, Liu Fuping threw a flirtatious glance at Qiu Tu and teased, "Go easy on her, don't break our beautiful suspect."

After saying that, Liu Fuping left the interrogation room, her lips curling with a smile and her hips swaying.

Qiu Tu:.....

Bai Ru:...

Once the door of the interrogation room closed, and the cramped space contained only Qiu Tu and Bai Ru, Bai Ru lifted her head, looked at Qiu Tu with a pitiful expression, and asked, "What.... what did she mean by that sentence?"

"What does 'go easy on her' mean? What does 'don't break me' mean?"

Qiu Tu cursed "a woman's jealousy" inwardly!

He coughed once and conveniently found an excuse, "It's nothing. She was just using such words to disturb your mood, to frighten you, to make you more cooperative during the interrogation."

"It's a common interrogation technique."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Bai Ru's gaze clearly showed disbelief. But being someone with an "Inner Protector" personality, asking the earlier question was already a display of her utmost courage; she did not dare to press further.

So, she quietly lowered her head and said, "The reason I sought you out is to make a deal with you."

"I can reveal to you the Qin Family's biggest secret, but you also have to make some promises to me."

Hearing Bai Ru's words, Qiu Tu asked curiously, "Oh? What promises do you want?"

Hearing Qiu Tu's question, Bai Ru looked at him with a grievance and said, "Of course, I would want you to promise the safety of me and my husband's family. "

"But you're a big liar, and even if you promise, I estimate you wouldn't fulfill it. So, for now, I just wish we could temporarily get out of here."

"By then, we can find my father, and then run away together."

As she spoke, Bai Ru suddenly woke up, her big, watery eyes wide open, trying to cover her mouth with her hand.

But after a series of "clang, clang" metal friction sounds, she realized that her hands were still cuffed to the table, unable to move at all.

Her face blushed slightly, and she asked softly, "What... What's happening to me? What I just said... it was all false. I didn't plan to run away, really!"

Bai Ru was probably the one with the weakest psychological strength among the few people Qiu Tu interrogated. She was like a little rabbit, completely panicked when frightened.

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Therefore, Qiu Tu couldn't help but feel a sense of amusement: Wouldn't anyone who saw such a cute woman be tempted to tease her a bit?

Thinking so, he stood up, walked over to Bai Ru, and lightly pinched her soft, fair cheeks with his hand.

Bai Ru, slightly afraid, tried to back away, but Qiu Tu's hand followed like a shadow, always pinching her cheek.

After pinching her twice like this, Qiu Tu suddenly asked, "Madam, in fact, you enjoyed the ambiguous atmosphere between the two of us today, didn't you?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Ru's face flushed with embarrassment, and she defended, "Not at all... a little, somewhat conflicted, I wanted to resist but... it also felt very different."

As she spoke what was on her mind, Bai Ru's eyes widened again, possibly completely perplexed by what was happening.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but laugh.

His hand moved from Bai Ru's cheek down to softly stroke her neck and collarbone, the tender flesh near her cleavage, "Madam, is it that you and your husband don't get along very well in certain aspects of life?"

Bai Ru was somewhat dazed by now, feeling utterly ashamed, but under the control of her Cataclysmic ability, she finally spoke slowly, "My husband... is very afraid of my father. Plus, this marriage was a family alliance arranged by the Qin Family."

"So... he has always been unkind to me... and seldom touches me."

"Even if... he touches me, it's always over in a hurry."

Qiu Tu "Oh"ed and scoffed, "A 30-minute task completed in 3 minutes?"

Bai Ru's face turned redder, and she stuttered, "Less than 3 minutes."

Qiu Tu laughed, his head buried deeply into Bai Ru's cleavage, where he was met with a fresh milky scent.

Bai Ru's body stiffened noticeably, daring not to move at all.

But Qiu Tu was just nuzzling there for a moment before suddenly returning to business matters, "Madam said she wanted to tell me a big secret about the Qin Family? What secret is that?"

By this time, Bai Ru had already been thrown into utter confusion by Qiu Tu's consecutive actions, completely at a loss.

Let alone the fact that she was currently under the control of the "Order Space", even without the effect of the Cataclysmic ability, she probably just wanted to divulge the secret quickly and end this interrogation!

In her heart, there was no longer any thought of bargaining.

So, hearing Qiu Tu's question, she spoke as if relieved, "Actually... Old Master Qin isn't dead!"

Upon hearing Bai Ru's words, Qiu Tu's action obviously paused for a moment. Then he continued to hold Bai Ru, fumbling around while asking, "Give me more details. Start from the beginning."

In a fluster, Bai Ru said, "Before the Cataclysm, my family was an employee of the Qin family. After the Cataclysm, my father became an orphan, and was given a livelihood by Old Master Qin, so he has always regarded Old Master Qin as a half-brother."

"Over the years, the big reason for his success was the support provided by Old Master Qin from behind the scenes. He has always been facilitating things for the Qin Family."

"Therefore, our two families have been on very good terms and often interact. I've met Old Master Qin many times. He was always in robust health."

"Years ago, when there was news about building Xinjie City in the Sanctuary, Old Master Qin was running around everywhere. But as soon as everything was arranged, he suddenly died of an accident."

"At the time, I didn't think much of it. After all, it's natural for people to be born, get old, fall ill, and die, and in such a chaotic world, no one can be sure who might suddenly pass away."

"But what's strange is... even though my father worshipped and respected Old Master Qin, he only pretended to be sad outside. When he came home, he was like a person unaffected, and even... somewhat happy."

"This made me very curious."

"Later on, after my father got drunk, he took my hand and asked me if I could accept calling another face 'father' if one day I had to."

"At the moment, I was terrified, thinking my father was going to disown me and give me away to someone else. So I began to press him for an explanation."

"And under my persistent questioning, my father finally told me the truth... that Old Master Qin actually hadn't died."

"He knew many years ago that his lifespan wouldn't be very high, so he made a lot of preparations in advance to extend his life."

"Right before his death, he finally made a deal with 'God' and overcame the last hurdle to achieving immortality, gaining a new life..."

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