Dare to shirk responsibility? This adorable little one will tear down your military district!

The kraft paper file folder wasn't thick, but it felt like a heavy iron brick in Gu Changfeng's hands, making him feel uneasy.

The air in the corridor seemed to freeze.

The police officer leading the team was surnamed Zhao, a veteran criminal investigator with an upright appearance. He took the file folder, glanced at it briefly, and his already furrowed brows instantly tightened, his face turning as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Is this real?" Zhao Gong'an shook the few sheets of paper in his hand. They were extortion letters sent from Mengjia Village, with crooked handwriting and a red handprint on them.

Gu Changfeng stood ramrod straight, but his voice was icy cold: "There are written records, as well as the stubs of previous remittance slips, and witness testimonies of her openly demanding 10,000 yuan in compensation at the military district gate. Hundreds of soldiers who were present at the time can all testify to this."

"Ten thousand yuan?!"

Aunt Liu from the neighborhood office gasped in shock, her voice cracking.

These days, what does 10,000 yuan mean? It's an astronomical figure that can buy half a street!

"My goodness, they're going to suck the leader's marrow dry!" The crowd erupted in uproar, pointing and whispering like a tidal wave towards Wang Guifen.

Wang Guifen, lying on the ground, hadn't yet realized the gravity of the situation. All she knew was that it was something detrimental to her and had to be destroyed.

"That's fake! That ungrateful wretch forged it!"

Wang Guifen stopped pretending to be dead, scrambling to her feet and lunging at Officer Zhao like a madwoman. Her withered hands reached for the file folder, shouting, "Give it to me! That's a family matter, the police have no business here! Give it back!"

"Behave yourself!"

Zhao Gong'an took a step back, and the young police officer next to him quickly grabbed Wang Guifen's arm behind her back, causing her to scream in pain.

"Household chores?" Gu Changfeng snorted coldly, took a step forward, and his military boots made a dull sound on the floor.

"The severance agreement was signed a long time ago. Since you accepted that severance fee of over a thousand yuan, we have absolutely no legal relationship. Since we have no legal relationship, what you're doing is extortion."

Lin Wanrou also came up at this moment, holding Meng Yaya's hand, without any fear on her face.

"Officer, besides extortion, there's also attempted murder." Lin Wanrou pointed to Meng Jianjun, who hadn't been taken away yet, and then to Wang Guifen.

"She bought those low-grade drugs, intending to use them on my husband. If he hadn't been alert and escaped, a regimental commander would be ruined now! This is murder of an active-duty military officer!"

Once those words were spoken, the nature of the situation completely changed.

If it's a matter of money, it's a civil dispute. But drugging an officer and using public opinion to ruin his future is a counter-revolutionary act!

The reporter with the camera was trembling; the news was too big, and he was afraid he wouldn't be able to handle it. But he still instinctively raised his camera and snapped a close-up of Wang Guifen.

Wang Guifen was pressed against the wall, her face against the cold wall, and she finally panicked.

"No! I didn't! That medicine...that little slut bought it herself!" Wang Guifen's eyes darted around, trying to shift the blame to Wang Chunhua. "I'm just an old woman from the countryside, what do I know about medicine! I'm innocent!"

"Injustice?"

Meng Yaya peeked out from behind Lin Wanrou, still dangling the half-eaten candied hawthorn in her hand.

She walked up to Wang Guifen, tilted her head, and looked completely innocent:

"Grandma, have you forgotten? Yesterday, when you were discussing things with that fat aunt in the back alley, didn't you say that as long as the deed was done, my dad would have to accept it with a stiff nose? I was picking up trash right there, so I heard it all clearly."

"You...you little beast, what are you spouting nonsense for!" Wang Guifen was so angry she wanted to bite someone, but the police officers held her down and she couldn't move.

"And also," Meng Yaya blinked her big eyes and pointed downstairs.

"I even saw the veterinary station's stamp on that medicine package. Officer, could you check the fingerprints on that medicine package? It's definitely my ex-grandmother's; she was holding on very tightly back then."

These words were the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Officer Zhao tucked the file bag under his arm and stared at Wang Guifen as if she were a death row inmate.

"He extorted a huge sum of money, is suspected of being an accomplice to hooliganism, and also attempted to murder a military officer, disrupt a military marriage, provoke trouble, and commit murder in public."

With each charge brought up by Officer Zhao, Wang Guifen's legs went weaker. "These charges, one after another, are enough to send you to jail for the rest of your life!"

"No! I'm not going! I'm here to enjoy myself! I'm the commander's mother!"

Wang Guifen completely broke down. She struggled desperately, and her tantrum was so intense that the two police officers almost couldn't hold her down.

"Gu Changfeng! You can't be so heartless! I was your father's lawfully wedded wife! If you send me to jail, your father will curse you for being unfilial even in the afterlife!"

Her tactic of moral blackmail had always worked in the village before.

But today, that trick didn't work.

Gu Changfeng took a step back, avoiding the muddy hands as if avoiding something dirty.

"Don't mention my father." Gu Changfeng's voice was unreadable, but those who knew him well knew that he was truly angry.

"If my father knew that you were trying to sell his own granddaughter to a fool for a few dollars; if he knew that you were trying to poison his eldest son's pig to ruin his reputation so that your good-for-nothing son could rise to power, he would probably jump out of his grave and strangle you."

Gu Changfeng stopped looking at her and turned to give Officer Zhao a crisp military salute: "Officer Zhao, the evidence is all here. I'll be there anytime you need my cooperation. Also, this person…"

He pointed at Wang Guifen.

"She may be facing other charges. Now that she's in jail, please investigate thoroughly and make sure you don't miss anything."

Wang Guifen was jolted, as if struck by lightning. Her old face turned deathly pale, and even her lips lost all color.

She did do some shady things in the village back then in order to seize family property. If those things were to be unearthed...

"Take him away!" Officer Zhao waved his hand dismissively.

"Snap!"

The cold handcuffs were placed on Wang Guifen's wrists.

The sound was clear and pleasant, drawing cheers from the onlookers.

"Serves her right! That kind of vicious old woman should be arrested!"

"This whole family is a bunch of scoundrels. The eldest is a fraudster, the youngest is a womanizer, and now they're all in one place!"

Police sirens blared downstairs.

Meng Jianjun and Wang Chunhua had already been shoved into the car in front.

Wang Guifen was dragged down the path like a dead dog. As she passed Meng Yaya, her murky eyes were filled with resentment and malice.

Meng Yaya gave her a sweet smile.

That smile carried a chilling intent that only Wang Guifen could understand.

The little girl mouthed a sentence silently:

"Go in and enjoy yourself; this is just the beginning."

Wang Guifen felt her hair stand on end from that one look, and before she could think any further, she was shoved into the police car's iron cage.

"Buzz—"

The police car started up, its red and blue lights flashing as it drove away, taking with it a mess of chicken feathers and a foul stench.

The guesthouse corridor was finally quiet.

Lin Wanrou let out a long breath, her body swaying as if a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Gu Changfeng quickly reached out to support her shoulders, letting her lean against him.

"Are you scared?" Gu Changfeng asked in a low voice.

Lin Wanrou shook her head, watching the direction the police car had disappeared in, but the light in her eyes grew brighter and brighter: "I'm not afraid. With you and Ya Ya here, I'm not afraid of anything. Besides..."

She paused, then a smirk appeared on her lips: "Seeing their whole family in jail, I feel a sense of satisfaction!"