Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

The Jiping Town Police Station is located right next to the town government. When two police cars, along with five luxury cars and six buses, drove into the main street in front of the town government, pedestrians along the street couldn't help but stare, thinking that some kind of leader had arrived.

These days, buses are generally small, unlike the six Deer brand buses that Xiaochi has, which are large luxury buses. Fortunately, when the town government planned the road, they left enough space on the main street in front. In addition, there weren't many shops along the street at that time; most of the shops were in front of people's houses. There were no cars; it was all bicycles.

Even so, the six buses still occupied more than half of the street. Chen Dong sat in the Maybach and followed the two "Night-Shining White" police cars in front into the police station compound.

The police inside received the news and rushed out to maintain order. The sight of more than two hundred people standing on the street was indeed quite conspicuous. Even the town government next door sent people out to see what was going on.

The Chen clan members got off the bus one after another, squatting in twos and threes by the roadside, casually smoking and chatting, laughing and talking. They didn't look like they had committed a crime and were at the police station to give a statement. Instead, they looked like a small gathering at the ancestral hall for the end of the year.

Director Fang Zhengwen looked at the people outside, and Deputy Director Qiu Qiangbing frowned and asked, "Director Fang, what's going on? Why are so many people being brought back to the station all at once?"

Fang Zhengwen was also very troubled by these people. He said to Qiu Qiangbing, "Old Qiu, there's no need to take statements from each one. Just pick a few to bring in for questioning. Make them cooperate and leave as soon as possible."

"Alright, I'll arrange for someone to go right away," Qiu Qiangbing sighed. Their police station only had less than twelve people in total. If they were to question each of them one by one, they probably wouldn't be able to do anything else for two or three days.

In the lobby of the police station, Chen Dong, Chen Zaiguang, and others sat opposite the Lin brothers, Lin Haitao and Lin Ruiqing. When Lin Haitao saw Chen Zaiguang and Lin Ruiqing, he was taken aback and quickly lowered his head, not daring to meet the eyes of Chen Zaiguang, who had an angry expression.

Fang Zhengwen walked into the police station lobby with his hands behind his back. Chen Zaixing stood up with a smile, took out a pack of Huazi cigarettes and offered them to him, saying, "Chief Fang, thank you for your hard work. I'm sorry to have troubled you."

Fang Zhengwen took the cigarette, but didn't light it. He held it between his fingers and pointed it at Chen Zaixing, saying, "Comrade Chen Zaixing, you've really blown this up today."

Chen Zaixing lit a cigarette for himself, shook his head and said, "Director Fang, we're not causing trouble. We're going to Shangbao to collect a debt. Our relatives were outraged when they found out that my third brother had been scammed. They couldn't be stopped and insisted on coming along."

"I had no choice. I couldn't refuse my relatives' help, nor could I just watch them walk to Shangbao. So I had to temporarily arrange a few buses from my cousin's place. Director Fang, we are the victims!"

"How much money were you scammed out of?"

"140,000!"

"Cough cough cough!"

Fang Zhengwen was stunned by the number Chen Zaixing quoted. He coughed violently from the cigarette he had just lit. "How much? 140,000! How could they possibly swindle 140,000 from me?"

Fang Zhengwen thought the amount would be at most a few thousand, but he never expected it to be so huge. This was truly the biggest fraud case he had ever experienced since becoming the head of the town's police station.

Fang Zhengwen took a long time to calm his surprise. After taking a drag of his cigarette, he slowly exhaled and said, "Paying back debts is a matter of course, no question about that. But you smashed someone's house and beat people up, that's wrong."

"Hitting someone is wrong, Fang Suo," Chen Zaixing flicked his cigarette ash, "but the relatives who came with us were really angry. You know, we are all rough people, loud and direct in our actions, and it's inevitable that we would get carried away with our emotions and resort to violence."

Since Chen Zaixing had said that, Fang Zhengwen couldn't say anything more. The current Chen Zaixing was no longer the good-for-nothing hoodlum from Lianzhai a few years ago. Now, Chen Zaixing was a major taxpayer in Nanshan District and even Tuocheng, and he was well-regarded by the district committee and government. He couldn't be detained by a small town police station like Fang Zhengwen.

"Alright, let's take statements first," Fang Zhengwen said, stepping towards the interrogation room. Just then, a man in a Zhongshan suit walked in and immediately asked, "Comrade Zhengwen, what's going on at your police station? Why have you brought so many people back? You need to be mindful of the impact!"

Fang Zhengwen didn't need to turn his head to know that the speaker was Shen Lesheng, the town's Party Secretary. He was about to explain the situation to Secretary Shen when Shen Lesheng spoke again, his tone full of surprise, "Comrade Zai Dong, what are you doing here? And Comrade Zai Guang, what are you doing here?"

Without asking any questions, Shen Lesheng immediately began criticizing, "Comrade Zhengwen, what's wrong with you? How could you let our town's outstanding entrepreneurs and overseas Chinese sit like this in the hall!"

"You need to be careful about the political impact. You're too careless, young comrade," Shen Lesheng said after criticizing Fang Zhengwen. He then went up and shook hands with Chen Dong and Chen Zaiguang, and even with Chen Zaiguang and Lin Ruiqing.

"No, Secretary, please listen to me," Fang Zhengwen hurriedly tried to explain, but Shen Lesheng waved his hand, signaling him to stop, and smiled at Chen Dong and the others, saying, "Comrade Zai Dong, I haven't had the chance to invite you to visit our town government compound. Since you're here today, come on, I'll personally show you around."

"Alright, then we'll have to trouble Secretary Shen." Chen Dong, Chen Zaiguang, and the others stood up and followed Shen Lesheng out of the police station in front of the police officers.

Seeing that even the town's Party Secretary had to treat the Chen brothers with utmost courtesy, Lin Haitao and Lin Haixi exchanged a glance, feeling a little apprehensive.

"Brother, we've really messed up this time," Lin Haixi whispered. Lin Haitao knew things were going to get bad, and he quickly stood up and called to his sister Lin Ruiqing, who was about to follow him out.

"Ruiqing," Lin Haitao quickly went over and grabbed Lin Ruiqing, "You came early this morning. It's not that I don't want to pay you back, it's just that I got angry during the conversation. I'm not the kind of person who borrows money and doesn't pay it back."

"Yes, sister, just tell the police to drop the case. We won't pursue the matter of the Chen family assaulting people and vandalizing their home anymore," Lin Haixi chimed in.

"Heh! Go tell the police yourself," Lin Ruiqing shook off Lin Haitao's hand, glaring at the two brothers who were strangers to her. "I told you, if I can't deal with you, someone else will!"

"You'll be going to jail when you can't pay back the money!"

"Ruiqing, how can you be so heartless? I'm your own brother!"

"Come on, when you were swindling me out of money, did you ever think about your own sister's future?" Lin Ruiqing had already seen through the true nature of her two brothers when she left home empty-handed that morning.

She now only hopes to get some of the money back to quell her husband Chen Zaiguang's anger, and absolutely cannot let him mention divorce again.