In that moment, Gu Nianzhi could feel her heart about to leap out of her throat. She studied law and was also most adept at court proceedings. After experiencing several major lawsuits, she had already become a top expert when it came to eliciting the truth. All this time, she had adhered to the three essential elements of eliciting the truth: Timing! Timing! Timing!
No other essential element was more important than timing. For example, today was just after New Year's Eve. It was around 1 or 2am on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so it was when a person's mental will was the weakest out of the entire year.
Even for Special Operations Forces personnel who had undergone specialized training, on such a night and after being busy and excited the entire day, they were feeling too excited to sleep late at night. This was also when their mental defenses were the most easily broken.
