107: Chapter 107 The Truth?

"Don't move! Police!"

Several dark muzzles instantly locked onto Wang Jianping.

Master Wang, who had been holding a wrench and ready to kill just moments ago, was now behaving himself.

Perhaps knowing the game was up, or perhaps still reeling from being sprayed by the fire extinguisher, he didn't resist and allowed two SWAT officers to pin him down on the dry powder-covered floor of the carriage.

With a "click."

Once the silver handcuffs were on, his life was effectively over.

Zhang Qiang, who was huddled in the corner of the back row, only now dared to poke his head out.

Seeing those familiar police uniforms, the guy burst into tears with a loud "waaah," making even more noise than when he was crying for help earlier.

"Alright, stop wailing."

Su Yun's voice drifted from the phone, tinged with a hint of disdain. "A grown man crying like that, aren't you ashamed of yourself?"

Zhang Qiang sniffled and quickly crawled over to pick up the phone.

On the screen, Su Yun was holding a teacup, calmly watching the arrest scene.

Qin Yumo strode over and saluted the camera, a rare trace of a smile appearing on her cold, elegant face.

"Mr. Su, thanks."

"No need for verbal thanks," Su Yun waved his hand. "Just remember to apply for my reward money. I've been a bit short on cash lately and I'm waiting for it to put food on the table."

Qin Yumo's lip twitched.

This guy couldn't go three sentences without mentioning money.

"Don't be in such a hurry to catch up." Su Yun put down his teacup and pointed at the screen. "Captain Qin, have your people cut open the chassis. Any later, and the people inside will run out of oxygen."

Qin Yumo's expression turned serious, and she immediately turned to give orders.

"Tech team! Get the cutting machines! The location is the middle section of the chassis!"

The technicians who had been waiting outside rushed in with their equipment.

The ear-piercing sound of metal being cut echoed through the tunnel, with sparks flying everywhere.

The number of people in the livestream room was still skyrocketing.

The "fire extinguisher vs. murderer" drama from just now was exciting enough, but no one expected there to be a sequel.

"Are there really people hidden in there?"

"This is too perverted. Stuffing people under the chassis?"

"If this is true, then this driver is simply a demon!"

A few minutes later.

With a loud "clang."

A square-meter piece of steel plate was cut away.

Several SWAT officers shone their flashlights inside, and their expressions instantly changed.

"Captain! There are people! Three of them!"

"Quick! Save them!"

Qin Yumo hurried over to help.

Under the gaze of millions of eyes, three unconscious young girls were carefully carried out.

Their hands and feet were tightly bound with tape, their mouths were also taped shut, and their faces were deathly pale, showing no movement at all.

If not for the slight rise and fall of their chests, they looked no different from corpses.

"Animal!"

"Is this something a human being would do?"

The bullet comments instantly exploded, the screen filled with curses directed at Wang Jianping.

Wang Jianping, pinned to the ground, heard the commotion and struggled to lift his head.

His face was still covered in white powder, and his bloodshot eyes glinted with a frantic light.

"They're lucky they're not dead!"

Wang Jianping chuckled, his voice hoarse and unpleasant. "I was planning to throw them into the river to feed the fish tonight. You guys got here fast!"

Qin Yumo was checking the girls' vital signs; hearing this, she turned and glared at him fiercely.

"Wang Jianping! Why did you kidnap these three innocent girls?"

"Innocent?"

Wang Jianping acted as if he'd heard a joke, laughing so hard his whole body shook.

"There's no such thing as an innocent person in this world! Since they got on my bus, it's just their bad luck!"

"Bad luck?"

Su Yun suddenly interjected.

He leaned back in his chair, looking at the short-haired girl being carried out with a playful glint in his eyes.

The girl was wearing designer sportswear; though she was covered in dust, her face was indeed quite delicate.

"Master Wang, you're not being honest."

Su Yun pointed at the short-haired girl. "That girl wearing Adidas—you should know her, right?"

Wang Jianping's laughter stopped abruptly.

He stared intently at Su Yun, a flash of panic crossing his eyes.

"I don't know her! I just grabbed them at random!"

"At random?" Su Yun sneered. "You can catch Zhao Xiaoman just by grabbing at random?"

"Who is Zhao Xiaoman?"

Most of the viewers in the livestream room were confused.

But soon, local netizens began to react.

"Holy crap! Zhao Xiaoman? Isn't that the daughter of our Jiangcheng Mayor, Zhao Donghai?"

"For real? A mayor's daughter taking the bus?"

"Are you stupid upstairs? She was probably experiencing life or traveling low-profile. Well, now she's experienced falling into a kidnapper's hands!"

With this revelation, the livestream room completely boiled over.

Kidnapping the mayor's daughter?

That completely changes the nature of the situation!

This isn't just a simple case of a perverted murderer; this is something big!

Qin Yumo clearly knew who Zhao Xiaoman was as well, and her expression grew even more solemn.

She glanced at the still-unconscious short-haired girl; she did indeed bear some resemblance to Mayor Zhao.

"Wang Jianping! What exactly were you trying to do by kidnapping the mayor's daughter?" Qin Yumo demanded sharply.

Since he had been exposed, Wang Jianping simply stopped pretending.

He struggled violently; though pinned down by the two SWAT officers, he still held his head high, the veins on his neck bulging like a dying beast.

"What do I want? I want that corrupt official Zhao Donghai to pay for my parents' lives!"

After that roar, the entire tunnel fell silent.

Only the lingering sound of the cutting machine in the distance still echoed.

The plot twist happened so fast that even the bullet comments in the livestream room paused for a second.

"Pay with his life?"

Qin Yumo frowned. "Make yourself clear!"

"Ten years ago!"

Wang Jianping howled, tears mixing with the dry powder on his face and carving two muddy trails. "The Old City District renovation! Zhao Donghai was the director of the Demolition Office back then!"

"To meet deadlines and for his political record, he turned a blind eye to his demolition team's forced evictions!"

"My parents were in the house that day! They hadn't even stepped out the door before they were buried under the bulldozers!"

"And afterwards? They just put a notice in the newspaper calling it an accident! They paid a little money and considered the matter settled!"

"Those were two human lives! In Zhao Donghai's eyes, they weren't even worth as much as his political achievements!"

Wang Jianping grew more agitated as he spoke, his entire body trembling.

"I petitioned countless times, but I was blocked every single time! They even broke my leg!"

"Since the law can't touch him, I'll do it myself!"

"I'll make him taste the pain of losing a loved one! I'll make him understand that the lives of ordinary people matter too!"

These words were shouted with heart-wrenching intensity.

The netizens who were calling him an animal just a moment ago were now changing their tune.

"This... if it's true, that's just too tragic."

"Don't preach kindness to others without having suffered their pain. If this happened to me, I'd go crazy too."

"It's hard to say with these things. Maybe this guy wanted more money and blocked the demolition, which led to his parents' accident..."

"To be honest, if they had been a bit more cooperative, his parents probably wouldn't have had an accident, right?"

"Is this a real-life version of a revenge story? Although the methods are a bit extreme."

"You can't say that. Every debt has its debtor; go after Zhao Donghai. Why kidnap his daughter?"