I glanced at Xinyuan Ying, but she merely let out a cold laugh. Then she pulled out a sheet of paper covered in data, held it up before us, and said, "You can't wrap fire in paper. Do you think you can make us believe you just by saying whatever you please? You took advantage of New Heaven City's preferential policies and evaded taxes. The medicinal materials you submitted weren't short in weight, but their effectiveness was indeed the worst. You even used counterfeits to offset your taxes. As for the good batch, you traded it back and forth with the Shengtu Household. Did you think Heaven City hadn't noticed? You dare play both sides in front of the City Lord—do you think the City Lord is kind and benevolent, or do you think you have nine lives and can afford to die once or twice!?"
With Xinyuan Ying's data slapped right in his face, Lü Lin's face turned green. I furrowed my brows and looked at him as though he were a corpse, frightening him into collapsing onto the ground. "Lü Lin knows his mistake! The Lü Household knows its mistake! From now on, we'll calculate our industries according to the new tax laws! We absolutely won't say a word of protest! We'll also cooperate with New Heaven City's investigation and won't resist in the slightest!"
"You still dare lie to me? You have some nerve. How about this? I'll erase you right now. Before you die, you can name the next head of the Lü Household, and I'll have him summoned to see me." I sneered.
Lü Lin slumped onto the ground at once, his eyes filled with nothing but despair. However, he quickly said, "I... after I die... I beg the City Lord to let my son,