Era: Starting with the struggle to refuse being taken advantage of

Chapter 233 This is the money he begged me to give him.
"I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush me. Let me catch my breath first. I just ran a huge lap and I'm exhausted."

After taking the water handed to her by someone, Aunt He slowly said:

"I just followed Wang Zhong and the others all the way. Guess where they finally stopped?"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Aunt He spoke up, saying:

"In the end, they actually went to the Shen family. Don't you think that's strange?"

"I was a little closer, so I got the gist of it. Apparently, Shen Wei and Liu Yanran are involved in an extortion case, and the amount involved is said to be quite large."

"Tsk tsk tsk, in my opinion they're definitely finished, otherwise the police wouldn't have come to their door to arrest them."

"And now, they've even taken Shen Wei with them."

"If Liu Yanran hadn't been pregnant, she probably would have had to make that trip too."

It must be said that Aunt He truly deserves to be called the head of the intelligence organization in Wangjia Village. Not only did she tell everyone the general facts, but she also analyzed the situation for everyone, so that everyone basically understood what the current situation was.

Upon hearing this, some people immediately began to speculate, saying:
"What? The Shen family is so ruthless? That's extortion! That's a big deal!"

“I think there’s something wrong with the Shen family. Last time Kong Xiu was arrested, and this time it’s a member of the Shen family. They’re a menace to our Wangjia Village.”

This person's words perfectly expressed everyone's thoughts, and in an instant, everyone began to criticize Shenjiakou, making the village entrance extremely lively.

If even Aunt He knew about these implications, how could Liu Yanran not know them?

That's why, when the police came to her door, she took advantage of her pregnancy to send them away.

Seeing Liu Yanran's pale face, flushed with fear, Kong Xiu realized what was happening and said:

"Yanran, tell me honestly, could it be that what the police said is actually true?"

"Tell me the truth right now, who you and my son extorted together, and how much money you extorted."

Liu Yanran was also in a state of utter confusion at this moment, and murmured:
"I do not know I do not know."

"Mom, I'm sleepy and want to go to sleep. Please don't disturb me."

After saying that, Liu Yanran simply covered her head with the blanket and started to deceive herself.

Seeing this, Kong Xiu could only sigh and went out to look for Shen Dong.

With so many things happening in her family, she could only rely on Shen Dong, the head of the household.

After Kong Xiu left, Liu Yanran immediately threw back the covers, revealing a pair of eyes filled with hatred, and murmured:

"How dare he report me to the police station? Does he really have a death wish?"

The only extortion case that could implicate Liu Yanran is Wang Chengpeng, since she only extorted money from Wang Chengpeng.

Liu Yanran simply couldn't understand where Wang Chengpeng got the courage to report the case to the police station. Was she not afraid of dying?

Wait, this might be a misunderstanding.

After all, extortion is a matter for me alone, and there's no way I could involve Shen Wei in it.

Liu Yanran quickly realized what had happened, noticed the loopholes in the incident, and murmured:
"You scare yourself."

“Where did Wang Chengpeng get the audacity to go to the police station to report this? This must be a misunderstanding.”

"The police must have gone to arrest Shen Wei. When he comes back tonight, they should be able to find out the whole story."

Thinking this way, Liu Yanran fell asleep peacefully, unaware that she might never see Shen Wei return tonight.

……

Unlike Liu Yanran's relief, Shen Wei was terrified and panicked.

Ever since he got on Wang Zhong's bicycle, he kept asking Wang Zhong questions, wanting to know the cause and effect of the matter.

Unfortunately, Wang Zhong didn't even bother to acknowledge him; he just kept pedaling his bicycle, trying to get back to the police station as soon as possible.

After all, he had promised Wang Chengpeng to resolve the case as soon as possible, so he naturally couldn't waste time on the road.

In the end, it was Yue Zhiyong who was annoyed by Shen Wei, and he gave a simple explanation, saying:
“We received a report from the public that you and Liu Yanran were extorting money from him.”

"Given the conclusive evidence and the enormous amount involved, we have no choice but to ask you to come and cooperate with the investigation."

The evidence is conclusive, and the amount involved is enormous?
Shen Wei was so frightened that his whole body went limp and he almost fell off the bicycle.

Fortunately, Yue Zhiyong reacted quickly and pulled him back to his feet.

Impossible, I would never do anything like extortion.

Thinking this, Shen Wei quickly retorted:

"Officer, is there some misunderstanding? How could I possibly do something like extortion?"

"Take me home, I want to go home, I don't want to go to the police station with you."

Rubbing his head, which was throbbing from Shen Wei's nagging, Yue Zhiyong warned in a deep voice:

"You can't just skip going to this police station."

"If you refuse to cooperate with our work, you will be charged with obstructing official business, which would be an even more serious offense."

Yue Zhiyong's words startled Shen Wei so much that he shuddered again, and finally gave up his unrealistic idea of ​​escaping, and sat down comfortably behind Wang Zhong.

It's a misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding.

Amidst Shen Wei's incessant nagging, the three of them arrived at the police station.

If Shen Wei had any doubts before, all of them turned into a surge of anger the moment he saw Wang Chengpeng.

Everything makes sense now. It must be that bastard Wang Chengpeng was furious about the large sum of money he was going to receive, so he fabricated rumors and slandered him.

Filled with rage, before anyone could react, Shen Wei jumped off his bicycle and charged straight at Wang Chengpeng, who was sitting to the side.

He raised his right hand high, clenched it into a fist, and launched a direct attack on Wang Chengpeng, shouting:

"Wang Chengpeng, you bastard, how dare you accuse me of extortion? Take this punch!"

Although Shen Wei's attack was somewhat unexpected, his punches were too slow, so how could he possibly hit Wang Chengpeng?
With his left hand outstretched, Wang Chengpeng actually grabbed Shen Wei's left fist.

Before Shen Wei could react, Wang Chengpeng also threw a right punch at Shen Wei.

However, Shen Wei was not as strong as Wang Chengpeng. Faced with Wang Chengpeng's sudden right punch, he could only retaliate with his thick skin, and crashed headfirst into Wang Chengpeng's fist.

Wang Chengpeng was incredibly strong. Even though he had restrained himself considerably, it was still more than Shen Wei could withstand, and his left cheek immediately swelled up.

But he was still somewhat unconvinced, and immediately started shouting loudly:
"Officer, someone is openly assaulting people in the police station. Are you going to do anything about it or not?"

With a cold snort, Wang Chengpeng sneered, "You really are the one who falsely accuses others first." "But with so many people and so many eyes watching, you still want to deny it?"

"You hit me first, I was just forced to retaliate."

At this point, Wang Chengpeng also spoke up, saying:

"Officer, I also want to report someone who openly assaulted people in the police station."

"For everyone's safety, I request that Shen Wei be handcuffed to prevent innocent bystanders from being harmed."

They exchanged a glance, and Wang Zhong immediately stood up and rushed towards Shen Wei.

To Shen Wei's utter bewilderment, a pair of silver bracelets were simply handcuffed to his wrists.

With his hands chained, Shen Wei was still in a daze. He barely managed to point to his face, which was now a swollen mess, and mumbled incoherently:

"I'm the one who got beaten up, why are you handcuffing me?"

"Quickly handcuff Wang Chengpeng; he's the one who should be handcuffed."

Faced with Shen Wei's indifference, Yue Zhiyong simply scolded him to behave himself before taking him to the interrogation room.

As for Wang Chengpeng? He was the one who reported the case, so he was respectfully invited into the interrogation room by Wang Zhong.

As soon as he entered the interrogation room, Yue Zhiyong's expression changed immediately. Pointing to the evidence on the interrogation table, he said:
"Do you have anything to say about these two receipts?"

Since Shen Wei was not a party to the extortion case involving 3,300 yuan, he was only shown a receipt this time.

Faced with the evidence on the table, Shen Wei was somewhat bewildered and said:
“This is a receipt I wrote myself, and it also has my fingerprint on it. But what does this have to do with extortion? This is money he begged me to give him, and I only agreed to accept it very reluctantly.”

Yue Zhiyong never expected that Shen Wei would admit it so readily. His eyes immediately sharpened, and he said:

"Shen Wei, since that's the case, are you admitting that you extorted 1,500 yuan from Comrade Wang?"

When questioned by Yue Zhiyong, Shen Wei shook the money vigorously and said:
"I didn't, don't talk nonsense, I don't admit to extortion."

"Wang Chengpeng agreed to give me the money only because he felt guilty and wanted to pay to avoid trouble. I did not coerce him in the slightest."

At this point, Shen Wei shouted again, saying:
"If you don't believe me, ask him and see if that's the case."

Shaking his head slightly, Yue Zhiyong thought to himself that Shen Wei really wouldn't shed a tear until he saw the coffin. He then turned to Wang Chengpeng and asked, "..."
"Comrade Wang, the person involved said that you gave the money entirely voluntarily. Do you have any objections to this?"

With a bitter smile, Wang Chengpeng said, "I'm not stupid, how could I willingly give someone 1,500 yuan?"

"If Shen hadn't threatened and bribed me, how could I have agreed to give him 1,500 yuan?"

"But it was only after I wrote the IOU that I realized I hadn't done anything wrong, so why should I give them this money?"

"That's 1,500 yuan! Even if I worked for more than ten years without eating or drinking, I couldn't earn that much. I really don't know how Shen Wei dared to ask for it."

"Perhaps in his eyes, there is no such thing as justice or law, otherwise how could he have done such a terrible thing?"

At this point, Wang Chengpeng paused again and said:

"Since they were able to blackmail me by spreading rumors that I was having illicit relationships, there may even be other victims."

"The thought that there are other families like mine who have been ruined by them makes me realize that I absolutely cannot tolerate this."

"Even if I can't prove my innocence, as long as I can give someone a way out, I feel that everything I've done is worthwhile."

Hearing Wang Chengpeng's impassioned words, Shen Wei was dumbfounded and shouted angrily:
"Wang Chengpeng, you hypocrite, how could you utter such falsehoods?"

"The truth is that you had an affair with my wife, and then you decided to pay money to settle things."

"I never expected you to be so shameless. You just wrote an IOU and tricked me into writing a receipt, and then you turned your back on me."

"Officers, you must stand up for me! You must not let such a despicable and shameless person get away with this."

“I kindly spared his life, but he didn’t appreciate it and turned around and bit us.”

"This kind of person deserves to be shot at for messing around with women."

After listening to their accounts, Yue Zhiyong's brows furrowed even more deeply.

Both sides have their own arguments, and he can't make a judgment directly until he has more evidence.

In particular, whether this matter should be classified as a failed private negotiation or extortion depends entirely on whether Shen Wei's claim that Wang Chengpeng was having illicit relationships with women is true or false.

Taking a deep breath, Yue Zhiyong said, "Given the special nature of this matter, I've decided to give you one last chance."

"Whether to settle the matter privately or continue to report it to the police will lead to different consequences."

At this point, Yue Zhiyong glanced at Wang Chengpeng and said to him:

"Comrade Wang, you should think this through."

"This matter will definitely end up going to the Revolutionary Committee, and then it won't end so easily."

Seeing that Yue Zhiyong was on his side, Shen Wei suddenly felt powerful again and shouted:
"Wang Chengpeng, did you hear that? Settling this privately is the best option."

"Although you're being a bit unreasonable, I've decided to mercifully forgive you for the sake of money."

"However, you went a bit too far today, so the money will have to be increased by five hundred dollars."

"If you agree, I will be magnanimous and forgive your unreasonable behavior today."

Faced with Shen Wei's persistent entanglement, Wang Chengpeng only let out a cold laugh and said:
"Officers, look at this Shen Wei, he's completely lawless."

“He dared to extort money from me right in front of the police. How many other underhanded tricks has he done behind my back? They are too numerous to count.”

"I have nothing to fear if I am upright. If things really get out of hand, they will be the ones who are afraid, and that will be a good opportunity for them to learn their lesson."

"I still stand by my original point of view. I want to sue these two people for extortion, and then sue these three people for spreading rumors and slander against me."

"As for settling privately?"

"I have nothing to discuss with this kind of scum. Just do your job properly."

Wang Chengpeng's attitude was extremely tough, leaving no room for a private settlement.

With a sigh, Yue Zhiyong said, "Fine, since you insist on this, don't blame me for not giving you a chance."

"Once some things escalate, there's no way to end them, even if you want to."

"I will inform my superiors about this now and have them investigate."

Judging from Yue Zhiyong's tone, he didn't think Wang Chengpeng was completely without fault at all; he just felt that if things escalated, he would be the one to suffer.

(End of this chapter)