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Night was deepening.
Within the study room of Tianqi Gang, Gu Qiying and Shen Youran were engaged in conversation over tea.
They temporarily didn't bother to check on the progress of the captured Jianghu characters' confessions because they understood that the night's sudden and numerous changes required those people some time to digest.
Further intimidation and interrogation could wait until tomorrow.
For example, tomorrow they could drag those Cao Gang fellows out for severe punishment, kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, or they could release some unimportant, quickly surrendering turncoats early on, employing a strategy of appeasement; they might even bring out some female heroes, threatening them or other heroes by besmirching their reputations.
With the insurance of the Extreme Joy Gu, strategies like these were all at their disposal if they wished to employ them.