NFBE Chapter 354 Do you want your parents, wife, and children to be despised by others?
Chapter 354 Do you want your parents, wife, and children to be despised by others?
Upon seeing Gu Nan enter, the two exchanged a glance, then nodded at Gu Nan.
Gu Nan nodded in acknowledgment, then placed the file in his hand on the table.
Holding the glass of water, he walked up to Tan Wen.
Tan Wen felt someone standing in front of him, and the light in front of him was partially blocked.
However, he did not look up.
Because everything has become unimportant.
I can't say anything anymore, and I can't do anything more.
If the poison was removed from one's own teeth, there's only one possibility.
Jiang Hao, who lives next door, is already dead.
Only after he dies will the fact that his teeth contained deadly poison be discovered.
Now that Jiang Hao is dead, how far away is my own death?
As long as it doesn't implicate his wife and son, or his parents and siblings.
Then nothing else matters.
I... was doomed from the start!
No struggle, no hope.
Death is simply a matter of dying on your own.
Tan Wen had already accepted the fact that he was about to die.
From the moment I was chosen to do such dirty and despicable things, my fate seemed predetermined.
If given the choice, who wouldn't want to live a peaceful and stable life?
I don't know if I was lucky or unlucky to be chosen.
He could use this opportunity to climb all the way to the position of brigade commander.
But it was because of this incident that he lost his life.
Good or bad, it's all fate.
At this moment, Tan Wen's mind was like a slideshow, playing back various memories.
Gu Nan looked at Tan Wen in front of him; he already had some injuries.
It's clear that he underwent severe torture to extract a confession.
In this day and age, this is considered normal.
After all, no one would be merciful to an enemy agent.
However, whether it's the person in front of us or Jiang Hao, since they've done such a despicable thing, they should know that being caught means death.
If someone is willing to hide poison in their teeth, they must be unafraid of torture or even death.
So, let's try a different approach.
"Have some water." Gu Nan placed the water glass in his hand on the board in front of Tan Wen.
Hearing the voice, Tan Wen slowly looked up.
Then he saw Gu Nan, a person he recognized.
He's just a regimental commander, how dare he come in and interrogate me now?
"Want a cigarette?" Gu Nan asked.
Then he reached into his pocket and took out a pack of cigarettes and a box of matches from his storage space.
These cigarettes were bought by Gu Nan when he got married. Later, some were left over and Su Niannian put them in her spatial storage.
Tan Wen looked up at Gu Nan with a suspicious expression.
Since being arrested, Tan Wen has gone through a lot.
The relentless barrage of questions, coupled with physical pain, prevented him from getting any rest.
It's as if they want to torture themselves to death.
Is this... a change of tactics?
Seeing that Tan Wen didn't want to talk to him, Gu Nan put the cigarettes he had taken out on the table behind him.
He walked back behind the table, pulled out a chair, and sat down.
His fingers tapped rhythmically on the table.
"Jiang Hao is dead, and you know you won't survive either."
"Do you think everything will end if you die?" Gu Nan's deep voice came.
Each word, one by one, pounded against Tan Wen's psychological defenses.
When I die, it will all be over.
That's what Tan Wen was thinking.
"You still have a wife, parents, brothers, and sons."
"My eldest son is eleven years old, and my youngest son is nine years old."
"My parents are both over sixty years old; it's time for them to enjoy their retirement."
"What do you think their lives should be like after you, as an enemy agent, die?"
"Your sons will never be able to hold their heads high again, and your wife, parents, and brothers will all be implicated because of you."
"Even if they go back to the countryside, they will still be hated by everyone."
"Old people have no one to rely on, they are bullied and despised by others."
"You'll be rid of everything once you're dead, but have you ever thought about what they'll face in the future?" Gu Nan's voice was deep and no longer pleasant.
Every word, every sentence, sounded threatening and cold.
Tan Wen's eyes had been somewhat unfocused just moments before, but now they were fixed intently on Gu Nan.
If Tan Wen's gaze could be transformed into a dagger, then Gu Nan would already be riddled with holes.
Even the interrogators and the recorder standing nearby felt a chill run down their spines as they listened to Gu Nan's words.
This person looks so young, yet his words are so... insightful.
Every word Gu Nan spoke was true.
Once the fact that Tan Wen is an enemy agent is made public, all of Tan Wen's relatives and those related to him will inevitably face universal contempt.
Gu Nan was not lying.
He was simply stating the facts.
Tan Wen's gaze suddenly turned as if he wanted to devour someone.
He overturned the water glass that Gu Nan had placed in front of him and knocked it to the ground.
The white ceramic water cup shattered into pieces upon contact with the cold ground.
The water inside wet the brick and stone floor.
Tan Wen's eyes reddened again and again.
One wrong step can be irreparable, even death.
He died, but his family was left to suffer in his place.
Honestly, at that moment, Tan Wen regretted it.
Reaching this point is not solely due to the allure of huge profits.
There are also threats from "there".
He used his wife and children to threaten him.
Seeing Tan Wen's reaction, Gu Nan knew that he still had feelings for his parents, wife, and children.
There should still be a way to pry open that mouth.
"I can give you a promise!"
"As long as you tell me what you know, I can request my superiors to secretly execute you and investigate whether your family or your affairs have any connection whatsoever."
"To give your family peace of mind," Gu Nan said in a deep voice.
It was filled with a sense of oppression.
But it was precisely this feeling of oppression that made Tan Wensheng feel a sense of trust.
Can it really be as Gu Nan said?
If you speak out, do you think those hiding in the shadows will let your parents, wife, and children go?
No, it cannot.
This event begins the moment I assume this identity.
I am not safe myself.
Tan Wen knew that Jiang Hao committed suicide by poisoning himself because he was afraid that his own affairs would implicate his loved ones.
I should have been like Jiang Hao much earlier.
It's all my fault for not dying sooner, which is why this is happening now.
He didn't believe it; he didn't believe Gu Nan could protect his wife, children, and parents.
Tan Wen's expression changed again, and his anger vanished.
He then reverted to his zombie-like state.
His head was lowered, looking at the ground.
Gu Nan knew that conventional questioning wouldn't change anything, and Tan Wen wasn't so easy to persuade.
His eyes narrowed. Since that's the case…
"We obtained a coded intelligence document from Jiang Hao. Do you have a way to decipher it?"