He continued to stab through his thumb.

Wuwuwu—

Gao Ru’s whole body convulsed like he was having a seizure.

The intense pain made him unable to hold back his tears.

He nodded vigorously, his eyes frantically signaling.

Dapao saw him like this and pulled out the blood-stained needle.

He looked at him seriously and said, "I’ll give you another chance. Cherish it well. First, don’t make too much noise. Answer exactly what you’re asked."

Gao Ru nodded desperately.

Only then did Dapao help him up from the chair.

He tore off the tape from his mouth again.

"It hurts, it hurts so much. Ah!" Gao Ru couldn’t help but howl in pain.

As soon as Dapao heard him loud, he immediately placed the needle in front of his eyes, pretending to stab him again.

"Alright, alright, I’ll hold it..... hiss....whatever you want to ask, hiss... so painful..... ask away," Gao Ru said through gritted teeth, enduring the pain.

Sweat covered his face, even though the temperature outside wasn’t high.

But due to his extreme pain, the temperature around him rose, and a white mist appeared on top of his head.

Li Yu watched this scene expressionlessly, unmoved in his heart.

Seeing the timing was about right, he asked, "What is the situation of the Western Alliance now? How much impact did the natural disaster have?"

Gao Ru’s eyes were ambiguous, but faced with the demonic Dapao, he had no choice but to say, "I don’t know the specifics. When I went there because it was for food, they didn’t pay much attention to me."

Li Yu looked at him and said, "Don’t evade. I’ve already asked Hai Chao, and he’s told me everything he knows. Gan Xiong is your father-in-law; how could you not know the situation over there? Speak truthfully, Dapao, if he continues to be vague, resume the torture."

Gao Ru’s eyes shrank slightly at the words; even Hai Chao had spoken.

But he didn’t know much more than Hai Chao.

Hai Chao had also been to the Western Alliance.

He looked at the subordinates sitting in front right and felt a deep sense of lament.

He knew that even if he didn’t speak, they could interrogate those few subordinates.

When the time came, his fate would be much worse.

What’s the point of struggling then?

He then began to speak, "Hiss... When we went there, we were really met with cold stares because Gan Xiong originally wanted us to develop at Juzi Island to expand the influence of the Western Alliance.

But unexpectedly, Gan Shang managed it poorly and turned Juzi Island into a mess, and then..."

Suddenly, he stopped talking.

He looked up and saw a figure behind Li Yu.

Suddenly, he understood how these people came.

Ju Tianrui!

Earlier on the car, his head was covered, and he hadn’t seen Ju Tianrui and Xiao Jun handle them.

Now his heart surged with turbulent waves.

So Ju Tianrui had called these people for help.

So that’s how it was!!

He glared at Ju Tianrui, gritting his teeth, and said to Ju Tianrui, "Was it necessary?"

Li Yu turned around and saw Ju Tianrui, noted what Gao Ru said, and felt a bit impatient.

Damn it, up until now, none of the questions he wanted answered had been.

He then spoke, "Answer the questions!"

The voice was very cold.

Dapao sensed Li Yu’s impatience and said to Gao Ru, "If you don’t answer properly, I’ll take action."

Gao Ru quickly replied, "No no no, I’ll speak now."

"As for the previous situation of the Western Alliance, Hai Chao should have already talked about it. This time when I went, the impact after the natural disaster was quite big, every family suffered major losses, but I don’t know the total number of people."

"Hmm?" Li Yu looked at him somewhat impatiently.

"But but but, I heard from Gan Long that over there they lost two-thirds of their manpower, so calculating like that, now it definitely won’t exceed 5000 people."

"And recently, inside, the Qian Family, Zhou Family, and Liu Family stole Gan Xiong’s grain, taking half of it, then Zhou Family and Liu Family handed over the grain to save their lives.

The last Qian Family was eliminated by people Gan Xiong sent. The gunshots lasted a long time.

The conflict on both sides definitely resulted in over hundreds of casualties. Just the Qian Family, including their direct members and non-direct members, amounted to over two hundred people.

These rice ashes are because the Qian Family burned the rice when they saw Gan Xiong wouldn’t let them go, and then Gan Xiong gave these burned rice ashes to me.

Honestly, I’m really insignificant; otherwise, they wouldn’t have given me the burned rice ashes but proper food, wouldn’t you agree?"

Li Yu heard, and still felt amazed at the strength of the Western Alliance.

More than five thousand people.

If converted, before the natural disaster, it was nearing twenty thousand people.

Gao Ru continued, "As I know, there are many problems over there now, the food is extremely scarce. Not to mention, the food shortages caused by the natural disaster...."