Gao Wu: Oh no! Young Master Zhen is a cultivator!

Lin Zhiwan took out her phone, dialed a number, and hung up after two rings.

She dialed again, but this time the phone was switched off.

"No need to call anymore." Zheng Weiguang pushed up his glasses. "The Special Affairs Bureau is also operating simultaneously. Lin Zhixia should already be in the interrogation room."

Lin Zhiwan's face darkened: "You guys are really quick."

"We are enforcing the law impartially."

"Let's go with them first and see what they're up to."

Forty minutes later, the four members of the Lin family were stuffed into three SUVs and quickly left the Lin family villa.

Lin Hongbo and Lin Zhiwan each took a car, while Song Yishu and Lin Zhiyao were in the same car.

"Mom, what right do they have? What did we do wrong?"

Song Yishu sighed: "It's alright, we'll talk about it when we get there."

Meanwhile, at the New Sea Branch of the Special Affairs Bureau.

Lin Zhixia had just come out of the tea room, holding a cup in her hand, when she bumped into three headquarters investigators.

"Lin Zhixia, headquarters investigation team, please cooperate with the investigation."

The team leader presented the documents.

Lin Zhixia glanced at the red stamp on the document, put down her cup, and said, "Let's go."

"A very wise choice."

"I understand the procedures; I'm an investigator for the Secret Service myself."

"Very good, saves us the trouble of explaining."

Lin Zhixia was taken into the interrogation room, where she had previously given statements to others.

Now the positions have been reversed, and she's sitting on the side where she was being asked the question.

Before long, the Lin family members were all sent to the New Sea Special Intelligence Bureau.

Song Yishu was assigned to the first interrogation room on the left side of the corridor.

The woman interrogating her was in her early thirties, with short hair and sharp eyes.

"Song Yishu, a shareholder of the Lin Group, is suspected of participating in the Lin Group's illegal operations and tax evasion... and Lin Haozhe, the adopted son of the Lin family, has disappeared without a trace. Please explain."

A bunch of charges were fabricated, but the fact that Lin Haozhe disappeared was true.

"I have nothing to explain. The Lin Group has always operated legally. As for Haozhe's whereabouts, I'd like you to help me investigate."

"Don't you think your answer was too perfunctory?" The short-haired woman placed her pen on the table.

"Ms. Song, cooperating with the investigation is good for both of us, while resisting the investigation will only be more detrimental to you and your family."

Song Yishu pursed her lips: "I'm telling the truth."

In the interrogation room next door, two investigators sat opposite Lin Hongbo, one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, taking turns bombarding him with questions.

They asked irrelevant questions, such as whether the Lin Group had transferred assets overseas, whether it had evaded taxes, and whether it had engaged in illegal operations.

Lin Hongbo answered fluently and flawlessly.

Lin Zhiwan, who received the same treatment, also handled the situation with ease.

After all, he is a president with rich work experience, so his mental fortitude is passable.

As for Lin Zhiyao's side, the scene was not so harmonious.

Zheng Weiguang seemed to think that Lin Zhiyao was a breakthrough point and decided to interrogate her personally.

In the last interrogation room at the end of the corridor, Zheng Weiguang flipped through Lin Zhiyao's file, his gaze scrutinizing her.

"Lin Zhiyao, you just pushed and shoved the investigator outside. Do you know that this constitutes obstruction of official duties?"

"You're the ones who're arresting people arbitrarily!"

"We have summoned you in accordance with the law, and you should cooperate with the investigation. Openly resisting is defying the law."

"Don't try to label me, I'm not afraid of you!"

"Young lady, being stubborn won't do you any good."

Lin Zhiyao turned her face away, too lazy to look at that face again.

Zheng Weiguang sighed and opened another document.

"Alright, let's put aside the issue of obstructing official business for now. You have a bank card in your name with transactions exceeding five million in the past six months; you need to explain that."

"Don't be so surprised! That's just my allowance!"

Zheng Weiguang narrowed his eyes.

"Make sure you have the right attitude."

"Where did my attitude go wrong? I answered all your questions, and you still complain that I wasn't cooperative enough?"

"Your parents and sister are much more cooperative than you are."

Lin Zhiyao's heart skipped a beat.

"You're not trying to fool me!"

"I am stating the facts."

Lin Zhiyao bit her lip, turned her face to the side, her eyes stinging, and forced herself to hold back her tears.

In the reception hall downstairs at the Special Affairs Bureau, Bai Zhenyue paced back and forth, glancing at his wristband every now and then.

Seeing Lin Ran and Bai Ruolin return together, he quickly stepped forward: "Lin Ran, please don't act rashly."

"Where is he?"

"The interrogation room upstairs."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ran walked towards the elevator.

Bai Zhenyue stood beside him, speaking faster than usual.

"The Li family is behind this. The headquarters investigation team is ostensibly investigating illegal operations, but in reality, they're targeting your Lin family. If you take action now, you're giving them leverage."

I know what I'm doing.

Bai Zhenyue offered a few more words of advice, but Lin Ran didn't stop walking at all.

The elevator went up to the 9th floor, and the three of them got out of the elevator.

In the corridor, a figure leaning against the wall slowly turned his head and met Lin Ran's gaze.

Seeing this, Lin Ran raised an eyebrow slightly: "Martial Venerable? You came here specifically to wait for me?"

What do you think?

The martial arts master straightened up from the wall, took a step to the side, and blocked the middle of the corridor.

"Lin Ran, a genius youth who broke through to the Tongxuan realm in just six months. Headquarters wouldn't feel comfortable sending an ordinary Tongxuan martial artist."

"Heh, you're relieved with just one Martial Venerable?" Lin Ran's lips curled into a disdainful smile.

"My name is Zhao Tieshan. You should have heard of me."

Lin Ran looked puzzled: "Are you famous? Why would I need to have heard of you?"

"Young man, don't be too sharp-tongued!"

"If you don't have a sharp edge, can you even call yourself a young person?"

Zhao Tieshan's pupils contracted slightly: "Looks like we have to make a move today?"

"Hmph, I advise you not to make a move."

"Looks like you know your own limitations." Zhao Tieshan said with a hint of smugness.

"I know your capabilities."

Zhao Tieshan's face darkened: "Arrogant!"

He raised his hand and grabbed, his five fingers wrapped in powerful spiritual energy, moving so fast that he left only a blur in the air.

Lin Ran didn't move, but raised his hand and made a hand seal to activate the immobilization spell.

A beam of white light shot out from between Zhao Tieshan's eyebrows, piercing straight into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Zhao Tieshan reacted quickly, sensing something was wrong, and immediately assumed a defensive stance.

However, the immobilization spell works on the soul, and no matter how Zhao Tieshan tried to resist, he couldn't stop it.

He froze on the spot, his fist hanging in mid-air, looking quite comical.

Lin Ran stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.

"I told you, I advised you not to take action."

Zhao Tieshan's eyes could still move, but he couldn't open his mouth, and his face was flushed red.

Lin Ran walked past him and pushed open the first interrogation room on either side.

The short-haired woman who was interrogating Song Yishu raised her head and frowned.

"Who are you? No unauthorized personnel are allowed to enter during interrogation."

Lin Ran glanced around the interrogation room. Song Yishu was sitting in an iron chair, her hands and feet cuffed.

"Does interrogating an ordinary person really require handcuffing them like this?"

"This is none of your business. This is the investigation team's interrogation room. Please leave immediately."

When Song Yishu recognized the person at the door, her eyes instantly welled up with tears: "Xiao Ran... why are you back?"

The short-haired woman's expression changed: "Are you Lin Ran?"

"Release them now!"

"We are simply enforcing the law impartially. Are you trying to obstruct official business?"

Lin Ran took a step forward: "I don't want to say it a second time."

The short-haired woman called out towards the door, "Team Leader Zhao!"

However, no one outside the door was destined to answer her.

Lin Ran raised his hand and waved it, and the two investigators were immediately frozen in place.

He doesn't need to use the Demon-Revealing Mirror to deal with martial artists below the Profound Realm.

Bai Zhenyue's expression changed several times as he approached and lowered his voice.

"Lin Ran, this isn't appropriate. After all, they're from headquarters."

"Where they come from doesn't affect my attitude."

Lin Ran walked up to Song Yishu, flicked his spiritual power, and the handcuffs snapped off with a click.

"Mom, are you alright?"

Upon hearing this, Song Yishu's tears immediately flowed down her cheeks.