The board meeting had concluded, and what normally would follow was a high-level management meeting. However, Shi Lan advised her mother to not be so anxious. "Holding a management meeting immediately after the board meeting will make you seem too impatient. And the more eager you are to show results, the more you fall into others’ psychological traps. So, watch and wait. Let others be tormented, let them fret, and even have them come to you on their own initiative. That’s when you should consider convening a management meeting." "While we wait, we’re not just sitting around doing nothing. I have a list here, it’s rather reliable. You can discreetly connect with those on it and get a handle on the current situation in the Shi family, take the initiative to retain loyal employees. This way you won’t alarm anyone, yet you’ll show those employees that you’re not just an empty suit." "Besides, Shi Yihui’s children will show up soon, and you need to be prepared for that," Shi Lan added. After listening to Shi Lan, the mother stopped in her tracks, turned around to face her, and said, "Alright, you just stay put here, and let me walk the path ahead on my own." Shi Lan looked at her mother, opened her mouth as if to speak, but then didn’t know what to say. "I’m not as fragile as you think; I have learned the core of how Shi Lan handles things." Hearing this, Shi Lan smiled a little and asked, "Which is what?" "One word. Ruthlessness! Mrs. Yan, we will see each other again." With that, the mother, accompanied by her bodyguard, headed to her office. Shi Lan withdrew her gaze, feeling somewhat reassured. Next was her turn for revenge for the car accident. By this time, it was noon on the second day since the Shi brothers and Si Junlan had been apprehended by the Public Security Bureau. However, besides the first few hours of interrogations, the police spent the rest of the time leaving them to stew in separate rooms. At first, they thought the police had nothing on them. But in the end, when the police entered the interrogation room, they uncuffed them, told them to stand up, because they were being transferred to a different location. At this point, the Shi brothers panicked, and Si Junlan, even more so, frantically asked the police, "Where are you taking me?" "The other two have already confessed. It doesn’t matter if you refuse to talk. After all, you’re the mastermind, they’re the accomplices. We’ll hand you over to the prosecutor’s office, let the judge deal with it. We consider this case closed," the police responded nonchalantly. Hearing the police’s casual reply, Si Junlan panicked and struggled, saying, "How could I possibly be the mastermind?" Dıscover more novels at 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝓷𝓮𝓽 "With the testimony from two people and the evidence, what room do you have for struggling?" "No, it’s not like that at all! I am not the mastermind, those bastards are! How could I, a woman, possibly be the mastermind of anything!" "Refusing to confess, and trying to say this now, what’s the point?" the police continued, indifferent, knowing this would throw Si Junlan into complete disarray. "No... I’ll confess, Comrade Police, I’ll tell you everything. You have to investigate properly, it was those brothers who did it, how could I, a mere woman, possibly commit such murderous crimes, I was coerced!" "No need to confess now..." the police insisted on transferring her directly. Si Junlan, out of options, knelt on the ground, desperately pleading, "Please, listen to me. I really am not the mastermind..." In fact, those two brothers hadn’t said anything at all, keeping their mouths shut, thinking they still had a sliver of a chance. However, all of their sordid deeds were fully disclosed by a terrified Si Junlan. Three people utterly selfish... How could they withstand the experienced interrogation tactics of the police when trying to preserve themselves?