Ironclad Evidence

Wang Jiu had weathered his share of storms, but today's thunderbolt from a clear sky had completely stunned him.

His biological son had reported him.

Not only did he refuse to believe it—everyone present instinctively found it impossible to believe.

"How could that be?"

"Has Wang Qian gone mad?"

"Could it be... because of what happened just now..."

"Is it because of Xiao Ling?"

"This... this... How could he be so impulsive?"

Wang Qian's report shocked everyone, because it meant that he had reported himself as well. To them, it was an unbelievable decision.

But when they thought of how Wang Qian had turned against his father for Xiao Ling, acting as though he had put up with him for two years, it no longer seemed impossible in light of this.

All they could say was that Wang Qian was one damn idiot!

He had completely screwed over his own father.

Almost the entire syndicate had been caught in one sweep. Although twenty percent of its members had been absent, under this sudden operation, they would eventually be arrested as well. There was nowhere for them to run.

The group was led out of the company with their heads bowed, while reporters had already arrived outside at lightning speed.

Wang Jiu could be heard muttering nonstop, "Unfilial son! Beast! A beauty who brings disaster..."

The others were also furious, cursing Wang Qian.

After questioning them, the reporters figured out what had happened and became extremely excited.

"Damn, this is explosive! A son confesses his love to his stepmother, father and son turn against each other over a woman, then the son turns around and reports his father, exposing an Illegal Syndicate!"

"Lord Jiu? I know that man. He ruined my son and turned him into a gambling addict. I never expected him to fall into the hands of his own son. What goes around comes around."

"Tsk, that Wang Qian isn't a good person either. He's guilty of heinous crimes himself, yet he actually dared to call the police. It's ridiculous."

Wang Jiu was consumed by resentment. After being taken to the station, he gradually recovered from the shock.

He began thinking calmly: There won't be any evidence. Even if there is, it won't be sufficient. I'll just hire a good lawyer.

With that in mind, he immediately began shouting in the station, demanding a lawyer.

Not long afterward, Captain Zhang returned with a group of police officers and happened to hear Wang Jiu shouting, "You have no evidence!"

Captain Zhang sneered. "No evidence? Your son's diary records all your crimes. It even clearly lists where the evidence has been hidden."

As he spoke, police officers returned one after another, carrying piles of evidence.

The sight left Wang Jiu dazzled.

Captain Zhang said, "All of this was found at your company, in your home, and in the other places recorded in the diaries. You still claim there's no evidence?"

"This is a video of you cutting off someone's finger while forcing him to repay a debt."

"This is the weapon and your fingerprints from when you committed murder and destroyed the corpse."

"And this photograph—where did you take all these organs?"

"And the account books. Where did you get all these unexplained funds?"

"And this recording. All of these are evidence that you operated illegal gambling rings."

Captain Zhang produced an enormous amount of evidence. Piece by piece, case by case, it formed a complete chain of proof and established at least half of what Wang Jiu had done.

Once they found witnesses, had some victims testify, and interrogated Wang Jiu's subordinates, the chain of evidence would become flawless.

These were indeed things Wang Jiu had done.

He was utterly horrified. Trembling, he pointed at the evidence and said, "Where did all this come from? Impossible! How could I have left behind so much evidence?"

Captain Zhang snorted. "You have a good son. There's already enough evidence to indict you. Confess honestly."

"Pfft!"

Wang Jiu's entire body went limp. When he heard that Wang Qian was behind it, he assumed that Wang Qian had secretly gathered evidence against him all these years, waiting for this very day.

That was far too ruthless. Wang Jiu collapsed on the spot.

"Unfilial son! You silently gathered evidence of my crimes for two years over a woman? You'd even drag me down with you?"

"I... I... I'll give her to you, all right? You beast!"

Wang Jiu vomited blood and fainted.

Inside an interrogation room, two brothers stared in horror at a video.

The video showed them dissecting a human body with Wang Qian in an operating room.

A police officer beside them said coldly, "You've been watching for half an hour. Are you still refusing to confess?"

"Confess to what? I really didn't do it!"

"Exactly! The person in this video isn't me!"

The police officer angrily pointed at the face on the screen. "This person isn't you?"

Then he asked the other man, "You don't admit this is you either?"

The two brothers hurriedly nodded.

"Slap!"

The police officer slammed the table furiously. "Do you think I'm blind? These are the original videos. They haven't been edited. Confess everything honestly!"

Both brothers began to cry. They had indeed killed people before, but they had never done anything like this on an operating table. That would mean one more death, so they refused to admit it even more firmly.

"I don't know either... We really didn't do it..."

"It must have been Wang Qian! Wang Qian secretly filmed it, and he fabricated this video!"

The police officer roared, "I told you, the video hasn't been altered! The evidence is ironclad, and you still refuse to confess?"

One of them immediately burst into tears. "We really didn't do it! Another doctor did this. I'll tell you where he lives!"

The other hurriedly added, "Exactly! This is a doctor's job! How would I know how to operate?"

The police officer sneered. These two really did not know how to perform surgery.

But the problem was that this operation did not require any particularly sophisticated skills, because there was no need to ensure that the patient survived.

The heart had even been removed. The person was bound to die anyway, so did skill matter? They only needed to ensure that the desired organs remained intact. As for the other miscellaneous parts, accidental damage did not matter.

Many black-market doctors were not specialists in organ removal at all. They merely learned the procedure a few times from someone else before putting it into practice.

The police officer said, "You beasts! You dare cut people open when you don't know medicine. Then again, you never planned to let them live anyway, so it didn't matter, right?"

One of them said aggrievedly, "I really don't know medicine!"

"Hmph! You still dare say that? You don't even have the right attitude!" The police officer angrily pointed at the screen. "Look at yourself! You were actually shaking your leg while performing surgery! Are you even human?"

The man froze. In the video, he really was shaking his leg, casually jiggling it while performing the operation.

In fact, his legs were also shaking wildly beneath the table at that moment.

He had always loved shaking his legs and could never control himself. Seeing that even this detail had appeared in the video, he truly could not understand why.

The two men stared at themselves in the video, growing more frightened the longer they watched.

Their appearances, clothing, voices, and even unconscious habits were all reproduced exactly.

In a daze, they began to doubt themselves, thinking they were dreaming.

"Could we really have done it?"

"Why don't I remember it that way?"

Seeing their dazed expressions, the police officer took out another pile of fingerprint evidence.

"Whether you admit it or not, the evidence is already ironclad. The court will decide. Your denial won't affect the verdict in the slightest!"

The police officer had seen many people who refused to admit their crimes because their offenses were too serious. Even when the evidence was ironclad, they would stubbornly deny everything, thinking they could delay matters or escape severe punishment.

They were far too naive. The legal procedures were proper, and the chain of evidence was exceptionally complete. The police only needed to submit the indictment. The court would issue whatever verdict was appropriate, entirely unaffected by their denials.

The two men had already broken down. One of them hurriedly shouted, "I've lost my memory!"

"My memories are definitely wrong! I demand a psychiatric evaluation. Maybe I'm mentally ill!"

Hearing that, the other hurriedly shouted, "That's right! I'm mentally ill too!"

The police officer was so furious that he laughed. He became even more certain that these two were the type who would refuse to confess no matter what.

By the time Bai Ge left the company, he had already called the police, directly exposing many things over the phone and sending some evidence to the police by email.

Of course, he had used Wang Qian's phone and email.

As for the physical evidence, he left the police to follow the clues in the diary and find it themselves.

He left first, driving Wang Qian's car straight onto the highway and leaving Xiangfan City.

Everything had been planned in advance, so the police were naturally a step behind.

By the time the police launched a large-scale operation to capture the fugitive Wang Qian, it was already too late.

"This Wang Qian screwed over everyone in Tianwang Company, then ran off himself," one of the pursuing officers said.

The other officer, who was driving, laughed. "He really opened my eyes. Wang Qian clearly planned everything long ago, quietly gathering evidence of his father's and the others' crimes. I have no idea what he wanted."

"Are they really father and son? I heard it was over a woman..."

"What a freak. In the end, the woman wouldn't leave with him, so he had to run off alone! Hmph, does he really think he can escape?"

The police quickly traced Wang Qian's car and learned that he had gone straight onto the highway. They hurried after him.

After chasing for more than twenty minutes, they saw an empty car stopped directly on the highway. The person inside had probably left long ago.

"He abandoned the car and fled. There must be footprints. Go!"

Sure enough, the police found footprints beneath the highway and hurriedly pursued them on foot.

But they followed them all the way to a riverside without finding any sign of Wang Qian.

"Did he jump into the river? Hurry! Split up and search along the banks."

The police divided into four groups and searched until nightfall, but still found no trace of Wang Qian.

After returning to the station in frustration and reporting their work, Captain Zhang slammed the table. "He actually got away!"

One of the directors remained calm. The credit for cracking this case was already substantial, and losing Wang Qian was not a major problem.

The director calmly said, "Issue a nationwide wanted notice. He won't get away."

"Everyone worked hard today. Work a little overtime tonight. I'll treat everyone to dinner tomorrow."

Hearing that, the police officers, who had been frustrated over losing Wang Qian, soon felt relieved.

They all believed that the fleeing Wang Qian was at the end of his rope and would be caught sooner or later.

Little did they know that the 'Wang Qian' they were searching for had already changed his appearance and put on a completely different set of clothes and shoes.

Accompanying a case-related person who had been brought in to assist with the investigation, he walked openly into the police station.

It was, of course, Bai Ge. He had easily shaken off the police.

At that moment, he was merely accompanying Shao Yuan and putting on an act.

There was also video evidence concerning Shao Yuan. He had indeed done work for the syndicate.

However, in the video, he had been forced. The circumstances completely met the legal provisions for crimes committed under coercion, allowing him to be exempted from punishment.

Moreover, the people being interrogated had admitted that they had gone to his home and clinic to control and monitor him.

Because the police had already formed a favorable first impression of the victims, they consequently began sympathizing with Shao Yuan.

In the end, Shao Yuan only had to hand over the illicit money he had earned and provide a recorded statement before he was allowed to go home.