Chapter 18: Caught in the act, why deny it?

Wu Zhixiong didn't know whether to cry or laugh?

When the reform team came to his house, he thought they were here to raid Zhu Mansion. He was so scared that his legs went weak and he walked down the stairs tremblingly.

As a result, people asked directly whether Zhu Yunying was his daughter?

When Wu Zhixiong heard that something had happened to Zhu Yunying, the only thing he could think about was his ten thousand yuan. Was the money stolen?!

As soon as I admitted it, I heard that Wu Tianbao had gathered a crowd to act like a hooligan, destroying public order and being morally corrupt...

This series of words left Wu Zhixiong speechless.

It was not until the family was taken to the state-owned hotel and saw the chaotic and eye-exploding scene before their eyes that they realized something serious had happened!

The thugs in the box were tied up by the hotel staff and were about to be sent for investigation.

One person was covered with a white cloth and thrown onto a cart.

"Comrade, comrade! Even if the child made a mistake, he can't be paraded through the streets in such a miserable state. The matter hasn't been clarified yet..."

Zhou Xiu saw her beloved eldest son with his head hanging down, tears, snot and saliva flowing, and she was heartbroken.

The police officer pulled the man away and said, "Behave yourself! We caught these hooligans in the act, why are you denying it?"

"But my son is the victim! He must be the victim!"

Wu Tianbao looked at Zhou Xiu, his tongue bloody and bloody, his words unclear, and he could only shout, "Mom, Mom..."

"Son..."

Zhou Xiu burst into tears and grabbed the cart to take Wu Tianbao away.

Several people from the state-owned restaurant couldn't stand it anymore and came out to criticize:

"Your son is not a victim! When we saw him, he was riding on someone else!"

"That's right, don't you know how strong your son is? Who dares to suppress your son?"

"What kind of people are in this house?"

Wu Zhixiong listened to the people around him cursing, and with a face full of shame, he grabbed Zhou Xiu by the waist and pulled her back, cursing, "Stop pulling her! How long do you want your son to stay on the street?!"

Zhou Xiu thrashed around for a while, then finally realized reality. He howled and buried his face in Wu Zhixiong's arms: "Brother Zhixiong, please save Tianbao, save him!"

Wu Zhixiong had a gloomy face and his eyes kept wandering over the gangsters, but he never said a word.

Zhu Yunwei, who was squeezed in the crowd, looked at Wu Zhixiong and narrowed her eyes slightly.

Has Wu Zhixiong changed his personality?

Isn't he the most precious son? Why didn't he rush to the front this time?

"Sister, you're here too? Did you see what happened between Tianbao and those people? Do you know something?"

Zhu Yunying was still thinking about Wu Zhixiong's reaction when she heard Bai Lianhua's delicate voice exclaiming next to her ear.

Turning around, it was Wu Meng as expected.

She insisted that Zhu Yunwei must know the whole story.

Hearing this, Wu Zhixiong and Zhou Xiu also turned their eyes to her.

"Yun Wei, do you know something? Hurry and tell the comrades who are investigating, and clear Tianbao's name!"

Zhou Xiu started to howl again.

At this time, a female police officer came over and nodded at her. "Comrade Zhu, we've already found the person based on the clues you provided. We'd like to trouble you to come to the bureau and cooperate with the investigation."

"Okay." Zhu Yunying agreed.

She ignored the Wu family's clamor and followed the female police officer to the Public Security Bureau.

Wu Meng felt very uncomfortable when he saw Zhu Yunying acting neither humble nor arrogant, chatting and laughing with the female police officer while walking.

"Mom! Do you think Zhu Yunying is the one who caused this? Tianbao said he would go find her to apologize to the library and ask her to pay compensation. So she framed and insulted Tianbao?!"

When Zhou Xiu heard this, she nodded repeatedly and began to cry again.

"That must be the case! It must be right! Brother Zhixiong..."

Wu Zhixiong ignored their provocations and said solemnly, "All of you, shut up! Isn't this embarrassing enough?"

Zhou Xiu and Wu Meng were stunned for a moment.

Wu Zhixiong left with big strides.

The mother and daughter naturally thought that he had gone to the police station and quickly caught up with him.

…

In the Public Security Bureau.

Accompanied by a female police officer, Zhu Yunying saw Xu Hansheng, who was tied to a chair and sweating profusely, through the small window of the interrogation room.

She held back her tears and nodded cautiously: "It was him. He was the one who invited me to dinner and told me to go to the state-owned restaurant."

The policewoman was very kind. She patted her shoulder and said comfortingly, "Well, don't be afraid. We are here, they won't do anything to you."

Zhu Yunying hummed a sound at first, then her eyes widened in surprise, her voice hoarse: "Comrade, are you saying that they originally wanted to do something to me?"

Her face turned pale, she gasped, and her shoulders trembled.

The policewoman coughed twice and took her to the next room for questioning.

Zhu Yunying told everyone everything she knew, including how she had burned down the Haicheng University library due to her negligence at work, and how she had to ask Xu Hansheng to return the things she had given her before, and how she planned to use the money to pay off the debt.

"I just got my things back this morning, and he called me to eat at noon. When we got to the restaurant, I said it wasn't appropriate for a man and a woman to go to a private room. He then asked my brother to come along..."

Zhu Yunying sobbed as she spoke, "My dad wanted my brother to take my job, but after the fire, he lost his chance. I thought he wouldn't want to have dinner with us. Besides... I didn't expect that he would be at the state-owned restaurant by chance."

The policewoman stopped writing and looked up, asking, "Xu Hansheng took a lot of your gifts before, and Wu Tianbao wants to take your job. What do you think about these two things?"

"..." Zhu Yunying pursed her lips, lowered her head and took out the telegram sent by Feng Shuo from her pocket, "Comrade Police, I am actually about to join the army. The work was originally reserved for my family. If it weren't for the fire, I would not have wanted the gift back. The director of public security of the supply and marketing cooperative went with me, and I didn't take everything..."

The policewoman looked at the date on the telegram carefully, then stood up and went out for a moment, then came back to return the telegram.

"The cause of the library fire has been discovered. It wasn't your negligence. It was the aging of the building that caused a short circuit in the wiring. Director Jiang has already reported this to the organization."

"Great! It's not my fault..."

Zhu Yunying covered her face with her hands and lowered her head. She cried for a long time, then looked up and tried to defend herself: "Could the incident at the state-owned restaurant also be a misunderstanding? Was there something wrong with the tea? Officer, when I left, there was no one else in the box except Xu Hansheng and Wu Tianbao!"

The policewoman looked at Zhu Yunying with an innocent face. She didn't even react when she suspected her, and she explained everything clearly and with evidence.

So simple!

Those thugs knew Wu Tianbao. Some people had seen them together before, and they also lived in the same shantytown with Xu Hansheng.

The phrase "in cahoots with each other" is very appropriate here!

The policewoman had her own principles and could not tell Zhu Yunying the details of the case. She could only tell her: "Be careful. Train tickets to the north are hard to buy, so you need to make plans early."

When the matter of accompanying the army was mentioned, Zhu Yunwei smiled and replied, "Yes, okay! I will buy the ticket early."

Zhu Yunying came out of the interrogation room, still concerned about the situation of those people.

The policewoman only said that she would send the patient to the hospital and had no other comments.

Zhu Yunying walked out the door and ran into the mother and daughter of the Wu family.

Zhou Xiu grabbed her arm and said, "Zhu Yunying, are you up to something? How could you harm your brother?"

Zhu Yunying bit her lip, shook her hand away, and retorted, "It was Xu Hansheng who pulled Wu Tianbao into the box, not me!"

"Then...what about the other people? Didn't you find them?" Wu Meng protected his heartbroken mother and was not willing to be outdone.

Zhu Yunying hurriedly defended herself: "No, it wasn't me! Otherwise, we should just confront them! Let's go to the hospital——"