The progress of the case was mostly as Qin Hai had predicted, though there were some twists and turns along the way.
Faced with conclusive evidence, Liu Ming was the first to break down, admitting that the plan to kidnap Du Meiqi and then force Shen Meng to comply was indeed orchestrated by him, and his purpose was to ingratiate himself with Lu Da.
However, the interrogation of Lu Da proved to be extremely difficult, as he insisted that he knew nothing about the incident and pushed all the blame onto Liu Ming.
Furthermore, Deputy Director Huang, who was in charge of public security at the city police department, stepped forward to defend Lu Da, claiming that as a well-known entrepreneur, Lu Da would never do such an absurd thing. This invisibly placed a great deal of pressure on the investigators and caused the interrogation of Lu Da to be suspended for a while.