Renting a young, attractive woman to take home for the Chinese New Year infuriates the entire villag

Inside the black Camry, Qiangzi pressed the accelerator to keep up with the police car, his face contorted with laughter.

"Hahaha, I knew it! This kid's money came from shady sources."

"He must have done something illegal or disorderly outside. He might be the one behind those missing children that's been in the news lately."

"Now look what happened, they got what they deserved."

"Uncle Hat has come knocking on our door; this looks like we're about to get shot!"

Zhang Li, who was in the passenger seat, was still heartbroken over missing out on that multi-million dollar deal and wanted to slap herself.

But upon hearing this, she abruptly raised her head and stared intently at the police car in front of her with its red and blue lights flashing.

In that instant, the regret she felt suddenly transformed into a twisted sense of relief and excitement.

"real?"

Zhang Li's eyes were frighteningly bright, as if she had grasped at the last straw:

"I knew it! Who buys a house like it's cabbage, paying in full without even looking at it? They must know they're about to be exposed and are in a hurry to spend their dirty money."

"Maybe he's afraid Uncle Hat will freeze his account."

"Luckily I didn't do that deal, otherwise I would have become an accomplice."

Qiangzi asked curiously, "What's going on? What order?"

Zhang Li's eyes flickered, and she didn't dare to mention that old lecher, instead explaining in a roundabout way:

"Do you remember yesterday afternoon when someone inquired about a multi-million dollar mansion? You even told me not to go, you were just kidding."

"Later I found out it was him!"

"I originally intended to go by myself; I had already changed my clothes and gone downstairs. But halfway down, I suddenly had a severe stomachache. So I had to go to the restroom."

"He kept calling and urging me like a nagging ghost, and I also had a persistent stomachache, so I had no choice but to let Xiao Zhou take him to see apartments."

"After all, I also felt that it was unlikely to work out, and I didn't even know it was your cousin."

"But who would have thought that in just a short while, that silly boy Xiao Zhou actually signed the contract, which made him extremely happy."

"Now that's good, let him be happy!"

Upon hearing this, Qiangzi was so anxious that he slapped his thigh repeatedly.

"Oh dear! You're so silly!"

"Who cares if it's dirty money or not? He's already paid in full. Let him get his commission first; that's hundreds of thousands of dollars."

"Besides, wouldn't it be better if he actually went in?"

"Won't the house become ownerless then? He's already paid the full amount and signed the contract. Once the property certificate is issued, the house will be his, but it will be in his name. But if he goes to jail, how will we live there? We'll just have to reluctantly move into a multi-million dollar mansion."

"Even if we don't live in it ourselves, renting it out would bring in a lot of money every month, more than we make as real estate agents!"

Hearing this, Zhang Li felt another pang of pain in her heart.

It's even more upsetting than when I found out Xiao Zhou had made a purchase yesterday.

But she absolutely could not admit that she was wrong, and even more so, she could not let Qiangzi think that she was wrong.

Otherwise, wouldn't he be controlled by Qiangzi for the rest of his life?

She scoffed, "What do you know! When they seize it, it'll just be stolen money and goods!"

"Forget about commissions, the payment for the house and the house itself might be frozen."

"They might even be labeled as accomplices in his money laundering schemes and end up in jail."

"If there are no relatives, it's fine; at most, you can just return the commission."

"But if it turns out they're relatives, even if you have a hundred mouths and say you weren't helping with money laundering, do you think Uncle Hat will believe you? Do you think Uncle Hat is stupid?"

"At that point, our lives will be completely over!"

Startled by her words, Qiangzi's regret vanished instantly, replaced by a cold sweat and a sense of relief.

"Yes, yes, you're so smart, my dear wife, you have such foresight."

"That kid is a menace. Luckily, you had an upset stomach and were constipated."

Zhang Li: "Who's constipated? Who has diarrhea? Who has diarrhea?"

Qiangzi quickly nodded: "Yes, yes, it's diarrhea. It's not like you've been constipated lately. I told you it's a habit."

"That police car is pretty fast. Looks like this kid really did something serious."

"Let's see how he dies this time!"

Soon, the car arrived at the entrance of the police station.

The two men were too afraid to go inside, so they hid in the car and took pictures of the police station gate with their phones.

They happened to capture the back view of Jiang Chen and Sun Mengjia hurrying and looking anxious as they followed Uncle Hat into the case-handling area.

"It's recorded! It's recorded!"

Qiangzi was so excited his hands were shaking. He immediately sent the video to the family group and a large group of hundreds of people in their village.

"Fellow villagers, something terrible has happened!"

"Jiang Chen was arrested. I was there; I saw it with my own eyes!"

Then, he began to give Zhang Li a twisted explanation: "To tell you the truth, I didn't go home yesterday because someone died; I went to pick up my grandparents."

"That Jiang Chen kid took advantage of the fact that he made some dirty money and that he didn't have grandparents, so he kidnapped my grandparents and made them spend the New Year at his house."

"My grandparents didn't want to stay at his house at all; they wanted to come back and see their granddaughter-in-law, but he wouldn't let them leave."

"My parents had no choice but to send me back to help them deal with it."

"You have no idea, his whole family is wicked, lazy, greedy, and good-for-nothing. Our family has always helped him a lot, but we never expected that he would turn around and repay kindness with enmity and bully us now that he has money."

"And our village chief, Wang Jinming, is also a snob. He sees that Jiang Chen is rich and doesn't dare to offend him, so he helps him bully me."

"I went through a lot of trouble, I almost knelt down to him, before I finally managed to bring my grandparents home."

"Thank goodness, he got arrested today. Serves him right!"

"This is karma!"

"I'd like to see how that old bastard Wang Jinming will lick his boots now!"

……

The atmosphere inside the police station was extremely tense.

After twenty minutes of technical investigation, we finally found it.

The young man in the hat finally came out and said to Jiang Chen and Sun Mengjia:

"The phone call Zhao Xue answered, although the number was unfamiliar, showed that the location was her hometown, and the owner of the phone also had the surname Zhao."

"And his uncle and aunt had called him several times before."

"We tried calling back, but she didn't answer. However, based on the call duration and her reaction after answering, we can be fairly certain that it was an inside job or that her family pressured her."

"She is currently walking south of the city, without taking a taxi."

"And she was indeed in bad shape. She was crying the whole time and seemed disoriented. She didn't look at the traffic lights at the intersection and almost got hit."

When Sun Mengjia heard that Hei Changzhi was crying and had almost been hit by a car, tears streamed down her face.

"Xiaoxue, you idiot! They're all a bunch of scum, why do you care about them?!"

Jiang Chen's heart tightened, and without saying a word, he was about to rush out to find her.

But as soon as he turned around, he stopped.

"Jiajia, go find her quickly."

"I'll stay here to handle the paperwork and take statements."

Upon hearing this, Sun Mengjia became agitated: "Bullshit!"

"Jiang Chen, what the hell are you pretending to be, playing the hero?!"

"I'm not leaving, I'm staying!"

Sun Mengjia clung to Jiang Chen's arm, tears welling up involuntarily: "I'm just a scoundrel, a worthless life. A few years in jail is nothing to me."

"You're a big boss, you have a bright future, you can't afford to have a criminal record."

"Besides, I can't find Xiaoxue either. Even if I do find her, I can't solve her problem. You go and rescue Xiaoxue. I'll take the blame here. Just say that I did it all, that I made a false police report, and that I wasted police resources."

Seeing the two arguing so fiercely, each trying to take the blame upon themselves.

The young man in the hat watched this scene, smiled helplessly, and then slammed his hand on the table: "Enough!"

"What time is it? Still putting on a melodramatic show. If you want to show off your love, go home and do it."

"I've already told you that she's not doing well right now, and you're still showing off your love like this. Aren't you going to come with me to find her?"

Jiang Chen was stunned: "But the statement hasn't been taken yet, and the punishment..."

"What a load of rubbish!"

The young man in the hat grabbed his police cap and pulled it over his head, saying as he walked out, "Find the person first!"

"As long as everyone is safe and sound, we'll settle the score with the rest when they get back."

"You really think you can just give a statement and leave?"

"If the person is found, it proves that you are indeed friends. Taking a statement and giving them a reprimand will suffice."

"But how can you guarantee that you are truly her friends, and not bad people trying to harm her and use the police to arrest people?"

"If they really are using the police to commit illegal or criminal acts, then it's not just a matter of giving a statement or serving two or three years in jail."