Chapter 161: Lost

Jun Lan sat up and put her arms around Yang Ning's neck tightly. "It's not that I regret it, it's just that I remembered what you and Fan Xi said that day. Tell me quickly, are you hiding something from me about Nangong?"

Yang Ning: "I'm not hiding anything from you, but let's not talk about those things that haven't been confirmed yet, so as not to make you worry."

Jun Lan: "I'm not a child. Why are you afraid that I'll worry and not tell me? It's okay for them, but I'm your wife. I should share your worries and troubles, unless you think I don't have the ability to share your burdens, so you have to bear everything by yourself."

Yang Ning pressed his forehead against Jun Lan's: "As a man, I should protect you from the wind and rain, but there are some things I do want you to share with me, such as..."

He touched Junlan's belly and said, "For example, can you give me another son?"

Jun Lan gently pushed him away: "I also want to have another child while I'm still young, but I had a miscarriage and my body hasn't recovered yet. I can't rush having a child. Besides, Lele is still the same. I really don't dare to have another one."

Yang Ning hugged Jun Lan and said, "You don't have to rush about the baby, but you have to hurry up with tonight's matter. Otherwise, you'll be really tired all day and have no energy left."

Jun Lan: "Aren't you going to clean the kitchen?"

Yang Ning: "What's the point of cleaning up? Sleep is more important."

When Ke Xiaodong returned home from the police station, he was full of anger. He kept throwing his things around to vent his anger.

His wife, Xiao Meixuan, became more and more frightened the more she watched. While Ke Xiaodong was taking a breath, she pulled him aside and said, "Are you crazy? If you're really angry, why don't you go to the gym downstairs and beat up that sandbag? Why are you throwing your own things? Those were all things I bought with money. Although I won a million, prices are soaring now. This million is no longer as valuable as it used to be. The child is still young. The money for him to go to a high-end aristocratic school for a few years will be gone. For the sake of the child, we have to be frugal."

When Ke Xiaodong heard about the one million, he immediately became furious. He reached out to slap Xiao Meixuan, but fortunately she was prepared and dodged it.

Xiao Meixuan roared: "You can be angry, but you can't just come back and take it out on me when you're angry outside. If you do this again, believe it or not, I will divorce you."

Ke Xiaodong: "I not only want to beat you up right now, I want to kill you right now. Divorce is divorce. My career is ruined by your stupid bitch. Let me ask you again, how did you get that one million? Is there anything else you haven't told me?"

Xiao Meixuan: "I thought something had made you so angry, isn't it just that one million? I've explained it to you so many times, that I won the lottery at the mall. I really don't know anything else. What do you want me to tell you?"

When Ke Xiaodong wanted to continue questioning, his cell phone vibrated on the coffee table.

He clicked on the phone and answered it.

"Hello, is this Xiao Ke? I'm Captain Liang."

"I know, just tell me what you want to say! I'm busy with my chores!"

"Did Xu Lin find out anything?"

"Her? She's still too young for me. Am I really afraid of a yellow-haired girl?"

"Xiao Ke, listen to my advice. Don't confront them head-on. You have to learn to be soft-hearted sometimes. You haven't rested in a long time. Why don't you take a few days off to spend some time with your wife and go out of town to relax?"

"Old boss, are you out of your mind? Going out to relax at this time won't just give them more pretext to accuse me. They'll think I'm going to flee!"

"Xiao Ke, there's nothing we can do about this. Your wife's one million, that Swiss bank account, and Buckingham's confession have aroused the disciplinary committee's suspicions about you. They've already begun an internal investigation. Starting tomorrow, they'll suspend all your police duties and allow them to investigate. They've also told you to immediately hand over your wife's one million."

"Fuck his grandma."

Before Tony Leung could finish his words, Ke Xiaodong threw the phone next to his ear to the ground.

Xiao Meixuan: "What happened again?"

Ke Xiaodong: "How much of the one million you won last time is left?"

Xiao Meixuan: "I didn't dare spend a single cent and I still have it in the bank!"

Ke Xiaodong: "Transfer the money to my account now. I'll call it out tomorrow."

Xiao Meixuan: "How can any bank be open at this time? Where are you going to get the money?"

Ke Xiaodong: "Then let's go to the bank together tomorrow to transfer the money. Don't worry about this matter. Just do as I say."

Xiao Meixuan: "That won't do. This one million is my lucky money. Why should I give it to you just because you want it? If you don't tell me clearly, don't even think about getting a cent from it."

Ke Xiaodong sneered, "Your lucky money? If your husband wasn't me, Ke Xiaodong, would you be so lucky to win one million? You can refuse to pay it, but then you can just wait for the police or the court to seize your account. Not only will you not have the money, but you'll also be imprisoned every minute."

Xiao Meixuan: "What do you mean? You don't need to scare me. I've been scared since I was a child."

Ke Xiaodong: "I'm scaring you? You know Buckingham, right?"

Xiao Meixuan: "Yes, I know him. I won the one million yuan prize sponsored by him."

Ke Xiaodong: "They've confessed to the police, saying that the one million you got wasn't a stroke of luck at all, but was deliberately given to you by them behind the scenes. How could you possibly have done that? Don't you realize it? They're just trying to trick me."

Xiao Meixuan panicked upon hearing this and quickly grabbed his arm, saying, "Xiaodong, what should we do now? I really thought it was a blessing from heaven. I didn't expect them to be so mean and come up with such a vicious trick to harm you. I was wrong. I really didn't expect to implicate you. I really didn't know anything!"

Ke Xiaodong: "Don't I know who you are? It's too late to say anything now. Pay back the one million first."

The next morning, Ke Xiaodong and Xiao Meixuan went to the bank under the supervision of the Discipline Inspection Commission and handed over the money.

Ke Xiaodong returned to the Anti-Smuggling Bureau and found Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

"Captain Liang, I was in a bad mood yesterday and treated you a little harshly. Please forgive me for this time."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Forgiveness or not. We've been brothers for so many years. How can I not know what kind of person you are and what your temper is like? Come up and talk to me more often if you have something to say. Otherwise, I'm really worried that you'll get confused sometimes."

"Since you claim to know my temper, then you should understand me. I'm definitely not the kind of bastard who would sell out myself and my friends for money. You also know that I consider this job the most important thing in my life. Is there really no room for negotiation regarding my suspension?"

"If I were the only one who could convince them, I certainly wouldn't suspend you, but I'm just a captain, and my influence is insignificant. They simply ignored my advice. Xiaodong, I really did my best."