Linhai Provincial Detention Center.
Dressed in a blue prison uniform, Yi Yingxiang walked into the interrogation room, clearly remembering that this was her fifth interrogation.
Seeing the familiar figure, she deliberately put on a weary, helpless expression. She sat down and said in an almost pleading tone, "Section Chief Wu, I really have nothing else to confess. Honestly, I've said it so many times. I admit to the wrongs I've committed, but you can't force me to admit to things I never did!"
Wu Daojun looked at the corrupt female official who refused to give in until all hope was lost. He picked up the ledgers on the table and waved them at her, asking mockingly, "Do these look familiar?"
Yi Yingxiang narrowed her eyes at what he was holding. Her heart lurched, and an expression of utter panic spread across her face.
Impossible. Absolutely impossible!
She refused to believe that the police and prosecutors could have found the ledgers she had hidden long ago in such a short time. Nor could she believe that her first love, the man who would give his life to protect her, would betray her and sell her out.
There could only be one answer: the things in Wu Daojun's hands were fakes, meant to frighten her.
Yes, that's it. Psychological warfare! You won't scare me!
Yi Yingxiang silently encouraged herself, holding fast to that conviction, until Wu Daojun signaled to a prosecutor beside him, who brought the two ledgers before her for identification.
Yi Yingxiang reached out with trembling hands to touch the two ledgers, but the prosecutor stopped her. Instead, the prosecutor opened them and showed her their contents.
Yi Yingxiang closed her eyes, two trails of tears sliding down from their corners. There was no need to look any further. How