The second brother-in-law said irritably, "Can't things be discussed properly? Do you know how much pressure I've been under?"
"Then I'm truly sorry," Sural sighed. "But no one gave me a chance to explain properly. Their attitude was extremely bad."
Second Brother-in-law understood how the authorities operated as well. The people higher up were easier to talk to, while the ones handling matters below would deliberately play the villain.
This had originally been a strategy. Besides making it easier for those above to grant favors, it could also effectively crush the investigated party's hopes of getting lucky.
Who would have thought it would backfire this time, causing serious losses for the authorities?
He sighed. "How did you get in touch with Digital Phantom?"
"Shui Corporation," Sural answered without hesitation, selling out Shui Xisheng immediately.
In truth, though, he believed the authorities could not possibly have failed to learn about the process, so he felt no pressure about betraying anyone.
"Shui..." Second Brother-in-law seemed to think of something. After sighing, he asked again, "Do you resent me for not protecting you?"
"No. I know it wasn't convenient for you, and that you had to consider the bigger picture." Sural did not mind being eavesdropped on—he had nothing to fear from saying these things.
"Still, I spoke to you beforehand. You allowed me to seek help on my own."
Second Brother-in-law fell silent. He had indeed allowed him to seek help elsewhere, but who the hell could have imagined that he would find people this ruthless?
He sighed again. "It couldn't have been easy to get them to act, right?"
This was a very private question, and he did not want to ask it while being monitored.
But he had no choice. He needed to give certain people an explanation, or he