"Captain Cheng, are you going to take him to the police station or not? If you don't, I can report it myself." Song Yan showed no sign of softening his stance.

“Song, we’re not in a hurry. Isn’t the brigade leader wholeheartedly working for our brigade? He’s fair in his dealings, isn’t he?” Captain Cheng pulled Song Yan to go inside.

"Say it here!" Song Yan dodged Cheng Yousuo.

“Everyone knows what kind of person He Jianian is, but we can’t let him implicate our brigade leader, can we? If people find out that our brigade leader’s son-in-law is in jail, he’ll lose face, won’t he? He Jianian is also an educated youth, so it won’t look good for you either,” Cheng Yousuo advised.

Captain Wu, to be honest, that's why he hesitated to send He Jianian to the police station. "Song Zhiqing, that's why you gave him a chance last time. I don't want my grandson to have a criminal father."

"Does he think I'd forgive him just because he made some mistake? Impossible. Let him divorce Wu Meili and sever all ties. That way, the captain won't be implicated!" Song Yan said so casually.

The captain nodded. "That's a good idea." He himself hoped for the same thing. Divorce wasn't a pleasant thing to hear, but it was better than having a husband in prison.

Wu Meili was stunned. She thought Song Yan would have to give her father face when he spoke up! How did the topic of divorce come up?

“I think this will work too.” Cheng Yousuo seemed to have discovered a brilliant idea. “There are no three-legged toads in the world, but there are plenty of two-legged people. Wu Meili should quickly divorce him and let your father find you a better one.”

"No, I won't divorce Meili. We truly love each other." He Jianian knew he absolutely couldn't divorce Meili. The captain kept glancing at him, then at his daughter. Was he tempted? He Jianian felt like he wanted to grasp many things, but now he realized he had almost nothing. If the captain wanted Wu Meili to divorce him, he wouldn't even need to be there. "Song Yan, what exactly do you want? I'll apologize to you. I'll be your slave in my next life, won't that be enough? Please, let me go! Let my child have a father."

"Even now, you still won't tell the truth?" Song Yan waved the money in his hand. "I'm going to the police station right now. Take Captain Cheng or leave him!"

Captain Cheng grabbed Song Yan, "Wait a minute."

The captain breathed a sigh of relief; he really couldn't just stop Song Yan directly.

Cheng Yousuo turned around and kicked He Jianian, "You worthless bastard, do you know what Song Zhiqing was talking about? You better tell me right now. I can only hold you off for a little while. If you don't want to talk about it here, go to the police station."

He Jianian felt that his face was even worse than a shoe insole. "I still haven't paid back the money I owed Song Zhiqing."

ah?

Everyone was shocked!

“He said his second uncle was pressing him for repayment and he urgently needed the money. I never expected He Jianian to be like this. He didn’t even ask me to write an IOU. Once the money was in his hands, he never mentioned repaying it again.” Song Yan looked at Wu Meili with regret. “He’s just a despicable swindler. I really don’t know what you saw in him.”

Captain Wu kicked He Jianian in the stomach. "How much money do you owe Song, the educated youth?"

"Twenty-five..."

Song Yan stared at him coldly, and He Jianian shivered. He had only wanted to swindle all the money from Song Yan, making all sorts of sweet promises. He'd said that if he ever had the means, he'd repay her double. "Fifty, it's fifty," He Jianian blurted out. "I borrowed fifty." He just wanted Song Yan to let him go.

“There’s other people’s money in here. Have you ever thought about how difficult it was for Song Yan back then? He Jianian, you’re not human, you’re worse than an animal!” Jiang Xiaoxiao cursed.

Fifty! That many?

"My God! Who is this person! They owe money and don't pay it back, so they steal it?"

Song Yan counted out fifty coins from the money he had been holding, and threw the rest at He Jianian's feet. "Here's the rest of your money!" Song Yan decided to secretly give the extra money back to Xiaoxiao so she could spend it on the children in the literacy class.

“Even if he doesn’t go to jail, nobody cares about him. Song Zhiqing, just treat him like a pitiful unborn child and let him go!” This was the first time Captain Wu had spoken directly.

“If the captain speaks, I’ll back down. He wants to write a confession in his own hand, with the captain and Captain Cheng as witnesses. The confession also needs the official seal of the brigade.” Song Yan’s words stunned everyone; this was a ruthless move.

If He Jianian ever displeases Song Yan, he can be sent to jail at any time.

"No, I won't write it!" He Jianian didn't want Song Yan to control her for the rest of her life.

"Suit yourself!" Song Yan said indifferently. She called to Chen Xiaodong, "Brother Chen, can you help me hitch up the cart? I need to borrow the village's oxcart, team leader!"

"Okay!" Chen Xiaodong left.

"Xiaoxiao, let's go home!" Song Yan pulled the still slightly dizzy Jiang Xiaoxiao along, and openly demanded his money back! Double the amount!

He Jianian was given the choice: to go to jail or to write a confession.

But he didn't want to choose either of them. He hoped Wu Meili's father would help her to the end, and that Song Yan would definitely give him face. But Captain Wu had already walked towards his own yard.

Song Yan had walked almost twenty meters away.

He Jianian had no time to think. "I'll write it. I'll write it right now."

Cheng Yousuo prepared to lead He Jianian to the brigade leader's house.

"Take him to the brigade headquarters!" The brigade leader didn't even turn his head. He figured he should avoid having this kind of person come to his house as often as possible.

The captain's two sons, Wu Dayong and Wu Dagang, watched the whole thing without saying a word.

…

After the confession was written, Song Yan glanced at it, then tore it up. "I'll give you three chances. If you're not satisfied with any of them, you don't need to write it anymore."

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