Compared to being directly told the answer, people often prefer to believe the truth they uncover through their own reasoning.

The smarter a person is, the more this is the case!

Seeing Li Hanyu indeed deduce the correct answer by herself, Feng Mu nodded solemnly and said:

"I don’t know, but my fifth senior brother, Gong Qi, happened to agree with your judgment at the time, madam.

So, he acted on his own, rushing to that house before the two Prison Chiefs."

Feng Mu sighed softly and said with a bit of helplessness:

"I originally planned to intercept the two on the way, bring their heads back, and present them to you.

But Gong Qi persuaded me, saying that rather than the heads of the two Prison Chiefs, you might be more interested in the subsequent video footage."

Li Hanyu looked up, her gaze falling on Feng Mu.

Only to see a hint of guilt and unease on Feng Mu’s face, she thought to herself:

"Feng Mu is undeniably loyal, but sometimes he can be a bit stubborn, straightforward.

However, his senior brother seems quite cunning and astute, which compensates for Feng Mu’s shortcomings. This is good, as he can help Feng Mu safeguard my son’s hard work."

Li Hanyu didn’t immediately respond to Feng Mu. Instead, she took a deep breath, full of anticipation, and played the final segment of the video.

This meticulously edited video was over forty minutes long.

The video begins abruptly with Gong Qi’s face appearing in front of the camera—furtively adjusting the angle of his phone, the camera swaying slightly with his movements before settling in a hidden position.

Then, Gong Qi stands up and quickly leaves the room.

(In fact, this footage was not from the beginning but was instead an "introduction" retaken when Gong Qi was leaving, the following footage is similarly manipulated, with the chronological order rearranged.)

This introduction could have been omitted, but Gong Qi insisted on including it, feeling it enhanced the realism of the video.

Judging by Li Hanyu’s unintentional leaning forward, Gong Qi’s judgement was right.

The screen then plunged into darkness, with only the vague outline of a sofa visible.

The passage of time in the video is marked by Li Hanyu’s focused gaze, slowly dragging the progress bar until 17 minutes and 44 seconds, when a faint "click" sound is heard.

The sound was crisp and brief, like the sound of a door lock being opened.

However, due to the fixed position of the camera on the sofa, it didn’t capture the entrance.

Soon after, a succession of muffled gunshots followed, and then the entire screen was covered in a dazzling white light.

Feng Mu timely explained on the side:

"Those are shots from a silenced pistol, and that white light was from a flashbang."

Li Hanyu was not foolish, naturally picturing the scene by the door, she asked:

"It seems Station Chief Lou’s assassins and the two Prison Chiefs clashed at the entrance?"

Feng Mu nodded and said:

"Yes. Beyond the video are some photos taken by us from the downstairs surveillance.

The assassins were five or six in number, led by a man and a woman who came on foot; the two Prison Chiefs arrived in a taxi.

Coincidentally, they almost arrived back to back."

The white light in the video slowly faded, followed by the angry exclamation of a Prison Chief:

"Ah—!"

"Who are you? How did you know we were coming here?"

The other Prison Chief’s voice also expressed a mingling of shock and anger:

"Did Station Chief Lou send you? What does Lou Duan want?"

They were answered by a sinister, chilling laughter, enough to send shivers down the spine:

"Station Chief Lou naturally hopes that you two obediently nap here."

The voice was not Gong Qi’s, but technologically synthesized.

Nor was it the tone of the bald man or the Red Dragonfly. After all, their recorded voice samples were too few, and given the time constraints, Gong Qi didn’t have the time to replicate their voices.

Thus, he arbitrarily composed a villainous voice, as Li Hanyu wouldn’t recognize the killers’ voices. The focus was solely on creating a villainous atmosphere.

After a bout of intense fighting noises, the video finally presented images.

The two Prison Chiefs were seen, dragged roughly like dead dogs onto the sofa.

Due to the low angle of filming and being partially obscured by the top edge of the TV cabinet, the faces of the killers behind the sofa could not be captured.

The video showed only their bodies from the waist down, and even those were partly obscured by the sofa, making them even more indistinct.

However, the miserable condition of the two Prison Chiefs was recorded with stark clarity.

One of them was riddled with bullet holes, blood gushing out, staining a large area of the sofa red;

The other’s arm was forcibly snapped off, the exposed bones exceedingly alarming.

Next was a segment of interrogation dialogue.

The sinister, raspy voice was interrogating the two Prison Chiefs, during which someone even tended to their wounds, likely to prevent them from dying before the interrogation concluded.

Of course, the bandaging process was also blocked from the camera’s view.

Li Hanyu sat before the screen, focusing entirely on the interrogation dialogue given she couldn’t see the faces shrouded in shadow.

The sinister, raspy voice said:

"Tell me, how did you manage to smuggle the bomb into the Second Prison, and then discreetly stash it in Prison Director Qian’s office?"

The two Prison Chiefs replied:

"If I answer your questions, will you let me go?"

The sinister, raspy voice responded:

"Heh— Station Chief Lou personally picked out a grave plot for you, four bedrooms and two living rooms, as subordinates, shouldn’t you appreciate leadership’s kindness?"

"However... I might plead on your behalf, and ask Station Chief Lou... to spare your family. You know, Station Chief Lou is most compassionately inclined, always happy to reunite family members."

The two Prison Chiefs implored:

"Go tell Station Chief Lou, he really misunderstood, we didn’t plant the bomb, we never..."

The sinister, raspy voice interrupted:

"Stop pretending, Station Chief Lou already had people find bomb-making tools at your homes."

The two Prison Chiefs seemed lost momentarily, their complexion then dramatically changed, and they shouted in inarticulate fury, as if realizing something:

"We never... so it was... it was Station Chief Lou orchestrating everything, he planted the bomb, and now wants to frame us..."

The sinister, raspy voice coldly commanded:

"Stubborn as dead ducks, finish them off!"

The next moment, the video image violently shook, and a face suddenly appeared on the screen.

A bald head, mouth full of rotten, black teeth, resembling a ferocious ogre, the unexpected "jump scare" nearly startled Li Hanyu into a scream....