Chapter 177 Trending Topics

"What did you say?" Chen Jingyang was taken aback, frowning in confusion. "Me? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

The man's tone was cold and hard: "This is the detention warrant. Sign it to confirm!"

Chen Jingyang took it and glanced at it, then couldn't help but curse: "This is fucking...!"

"Jingyang!" As soon as Zhang Pengfei realized something was wrong, he quickly ran over to stop him from continuing. He said to the man, "Officer, I am Zhang Pengfei, Chen Jingyang's lawyer. We are fully cooperating with the police. Please give me ten seconds to confirm the situation with my client."

After saying that, he didn't give the police time to refuse. He immediately cupped Chen Jingyang's face in his hands, stared into his eyes, and said, "Jingyang, calm down!"

Zhang Pengfei's hand was shaking slightly, perhaps from using too much force.

"Hmm!" Chen Jingyang nodded gently, his eyes deep.

“Signing only confirms that you have received this document; it does not mean you are pleading guilty.” Zhang Pengfei spoke quickly but clearly: “Remember, you have the right to remain silent until your lawyer arrives. Do not say a word. Leave all the questions to me!”

Chen Jingyang placed his hand on top of Zhang Pengfei's and gave it a firm squeeze: "Okay!"

After signing, the man slightly tossed his head, gesturing to an undercover officer behind him: "Cuff me!"

"Please wait a moment!" Zhang Pengfei immediately stood beside Chen Jingyang, his tone very firm: "My client just returned from the hospital after having his cast removed, and I have the diagnosis certificate here!"

The diagnosis certificate happened to be in his pocket, and he handed it to the man: "His right hand is currently very vulnerable and at high risk of secondary injury. According to the 'Regulations on the Use of Restraints,' restraints should not be used on suspects who have just recovered from obvious external injuries and whose function is limited."

He paused for a moment, then said earnestly, "I request that you take his health condition into full consideration when performing your duties, and only use the left-hand restraints."

After reviewing the diagnosis, the man returned the certificate to Zhang Pengfei and said to the person handcuffing him, "Only cuff the left hand."

"Clang." The cold metal ring, gleaming with a humiliating sheen, bound the body, which had just been freed from the plaster cast, once again in a different form.

The police car was parked on the main road outside the gate. When Chen Jingyang was taken out, there were a few scattered onlookers not far away.

"Jingyang!" Zhang Pengfei called out to him again before he got into the car, trying his best to hold back the tears in his eyes: "Remember what I said, wait for me!"

Chen Jingyang smiled, revealing a set of perfectly white teeth: "Got it!"

Zhang Pengfei watched the police car disappear from sight, sniffed, wiped away his tears, and immediately called Bai Yinshan.

Bai Yinshan was once detained in the No. 1 Detention Center, and it seems that he had connections with one of the prison guards there.

Sure enough, Bai Yinshan reassured him that he would immediately send a message to that person, telling him to keep a close eye on Chen Jingyang and never let Chen Jingyang suffer any injustice inside.

"Third Master," Zhang Pengfei bit his lip, "Thank you. I owe you a favor this time, and I will definitely repay it another day."

In fact, he didn't want to get too involved with people like Bai Yinshan, which is why he used the five million to exchange for a chance for Bai Yinshan to make a move.

However, since it concerned Chen Jingyang, he couldn't care less about anything else.

After hanging up the phone, feeling a little more at ease, he immediately contacted Du Mingxuan: "Chen Jingyang was just taken away by the Economic Crime Investigation Division of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Could you help me find out indirectly which leader is in charge of this case?"

Du Mingxuan had previously boasted to him that people from the Municipal Bureau often invited him and Shang Feng to provide guidance and exchange ideas, and he was very familiar with those people.

Du Mingxuan was clearly surprised, but he immediately understood what Zhang Pengfei meant and said without asking any questions, "Okay, you wait, I'll call you back as soon as I find out!"

"Mingxuan!" Zhang Pengfei reminded him, "Just ask whether the focus is more on economic contracts or simply misappropriation of funds. Don't ask too many questions."

Asking too many questions might cause unnecessary trouble.

After hanging up with Du Mingxuan, he immediately called Chen Meilian. As Chen Jingyang's older sister, Zhang Pengfei needed her to sign a power of attorney in the name of Chen Jingyang's relatives.

After that, he rushed back to the law firm to get the stamp, explained the situation to Attorney Zhu, and told him that he would not take on any other cases until Chen Jingyang was released. Then he began to organize the materials.

Chen Jingyang was definitely framed!

As for who that person was, Zhang Pengfei could guess almost without thinking.

But since the police have opened a case, it's either because the forged materials were so perfect on the surface that they fooled the police's initial investigation.

Either the Chen family's network of connections is too vast, but Zhang Pengfei thinks this possibility is extremely low, after all, the risk of doing so is too great.

Du Mingxuan quickly confirmed his guess: "The case is being led by Deputy Chief Wang Chaoyu, who said that the flow of funds is abnormal."

He paused for a moment, feeling something was amiss: "The main evidence is the payment instructions signed by Chen Jingyang, a complete record of money being transferred from the company account to an overseas black account."

Zhang Pengfei frowned involuntarily: "An undocumented immigrant from overseas?"

"The preliminary investigation results are as follows," Du Mingxuan said. "They believe that the receiving account is most likely a 'money laundering room' for Southeast Asian casinos, and suspect it is either a... simple and crude asset transfer, or that he personally has huge amounts of money that cannot be made public."

Absolutely not!

Zhang Pengfei thought to himself that he had been with Chen Jingyang for more than three years and knew very well what kind of person Chen Jingyang was.

Although this guy is a "shameless scoundrel" in bed, he is an absolute gentleman off the bed. Moreover, he is extremely confident and hates, or rather, disdains, using gambling to obtain certain things!

"Their current focus in the investigation is on solidifying the two points of 'Chen Jingyang approved it' and 'the money is gone.' As for where the money went overseas, that is not the priority in the initial investigation."

“Um…” Du Mingxuan continued, “I don’t know if you know Wang Chaoyu, but he’s quite impartial and ruthless. Even this information had to go through several intermediaries to get it.”

He reminded Zhang Pengfei: "You need to be mentally prepared. Chen Jingyang was anonymously reported, and the evidence is said to be very clear."

Zhang Pengfei sneered, probably because complex evidence is not easy to forge, so they came up with such a simple and crude trick. Very clear usually means very simple. The Chen family's goal should not be to actually put Chen Jingyang in jail, because that would be too difficult.

But why are they going to all this trouble?

He quickly figured out what they were up to, because Lin Zheyan called him that evening, urgently asking, "Did you see the information online?!"

Less than ten hours after Chen Jingyang was taken away, he had already made it onto several trending topics!