The little boy snorted, confused: "What is a jailbreak? I just want to save my dad. I don't want him to be arrested. I'm afraid...Mom, I'm afraid..."

He was afraid that he would never see his father again in his life.

He knew that the police arrested bad guys and put them in jail, and they could not go home once they were in jail.

Some very bad people will be shot to death, and they will never be seen again.

He doesn’t want, he doesn’t want his father to die—

The more I thought about it, the more panicked I became, and I cried until I was out of breath.

"Forget it." Qiao Lu felt distressed and helpless, and sighed, "Then hurry up and get in the car, let's go together."

"Um!"

The boy wiped his tears stubbornly and climbed onto his bicycle.

…

In the interrogation room of the Public Security Bureau, Li Hongjun not only had to endure the torture from the police, but also had to accept the "affectionate" gaze from Xu Haizhou.

The two groups of people stared at Li Hongjun, and he immediately admitted his mistake:

"Okay, I admit it. It's my fault. I shouldn't have said my clothes are from the capital just to attract customers."

Limin Garment Factory in Li'an City recently imported a batch of high-quality fabrics from the capital, but the batch disappeared five days ago and the suspected thief has not been caught yet.

At noon today, policeman Ma Guoliang got off work and went home for lunch. He heard from his wife that a clothing store on Baiyun Street had received a batch of skirts from the capital. They were very beautiful and the same ones worn by the hosts of the Spring Festival Gala!

When asked which store it was, the wife said, "It's the first one at the corner of the street. The owner is a young man with a very attractive appearance."

After much thought, I decided to catch the person and investigate thoroughly!

"But, comrade Public Security, let's be honest. I admit my fault! But I swear, I definitely didn't steal that high-quality fabric. It was Zixuwu who slandered my character!"

Why? He won’t accept this dirty water!

Wearing handcuffs and sitting on a worn wooden chair in the interrogation room, Li Hongjun acted like he was "very reasonable", which made the already anxious Ma Guoliang feel even worse.

Ma Guoliang raised his eyebrows and said unhappily: "Isn't it you who has the final say?"

"What's the final say?" Li Hongjun asked hurriedly.

Every word he said was filled with impatience: "The investigation has the final say! The truth has the final say!"

"Then you should investigate the truth. I said it wasn't me. You arrested us for no reason. You are just like someone trying to steal something from a teahouse!"

Even at this point, Li Hongjun's gun still couldn't close its mouth.

Ma Guoliang frowned and slammed the table: "Behave properly! Don't make jokes to me! I will record every word you say. If you don't want to be guilty of one more crime, you should continue to be poor!"

Because the force of the slap was so strong, the uncovered pen on the table shook, slowly rolled off the notebook, and almost slipped to the ground. Fortunately, Ma Guoliang was quick to catch it.

He was upset and said coldly: "Behave yourself! Otherwise, I will put you in jail even if you are innocent!"

Li Hongjun shut up, not daring to say a word, and thought to himself: You're imprisoning me even though I'm innocent. Aren't you just looking for trouble?

There were no windows in the interrogation room, only an old door that let in a slight breeze. It was a cool April day, but for some reason it felt so stuffy in here that I felt suffocated.

Xu Haizhou said nothing after entering the house until now, when he finally figured out the whole story.

He glanced at Li Hongjun with a cold look.

Receiving the man's sharp gaze, Li Hongjun silently moved his butt away from him.

"What about you? Who are you to him?" he asked Xu Haizhou again.

Xu Haizhou replied calmly, "Partners, we opened a clothing store together."

"Do you know what he did?" Ma Guoliang asked again.

"Know."

"I did this alone. It has nothing to do with him." Li Hongjun hurriedly distanced himself from Xu Haizhou.

Ma Guoliang glared at him unhappily: "I'm not asking you now."

The old policeman who had been standing by for a long time without saying anything suddenly smiled and patted Ma Guoliang on the shoulder: "Let me do it."

After hesitating for a moment, Ma Guoliang stood up and gave his seat to the old policeman.

The old policeman's attitude was obviously much gentler than Ma Guoliang's.

It was obvious that Ma Guoliang was very impatient about this case. Perhaps it was because he had been investigating the case for many days without any clue, so his temper had worn out.

The old policeman picked up a pen and asked as he wrote: "Which of you is the first in command and who is the second in command?"

"He is, he is the boss!" Li Hongjun said, pointing at Xu Haizhou.

The old policeman didn't scold him for interrupting. He just smiled and looked at Xu Haizhou: "Why didn't you stop Comrade Li Hongjun's behavior? You guys are spreading false propaganda, don't you know?"

It can be seen that Xu Haizhou is obviously a stable man, while Li Hongjun is the opposite, impetuous, impulsive, and prone to gossip.

Xu Haizhou lowered his eyes, his face full of guilt: "I'm sorry, I didn't take it seriously at that time, I won't do it again next time."

He had been so busy lately that he really didn't care about this. Even though he felt that Li Hongjun's method was inappropriate, he just said a few words to him and nothing happened next.

Moreover, the market is in chaos these days, and the public has a weak sense of the rule of law. Merchants have no concept of false propaganda. It is normal for you to deceive me and I to deceive you on certain small details.

Everyone says that the law does not hold people responsible, and no one feels that this is something that should not be done.

As he asked, Li Hongjun suddenly remembered a key point: "By the way, Public Security Comrade, besides me, many bosses on Baiyun Street, at least half of them, said that their clothes came from the capital, and you only arrested me. This is not fair!"

Ma Guoliang glanced at him unhappily, his eyes gleaming coldly: "We will naturally investigate whether it is fair or not, you just need to confess your crime honestly! Also, don't interrupt when you are not asked."

Li Hongjun: "..."

How can I explain if I am innocent?

"I have explained everything I need to explain. This is just a misunderstanding, a oolong..." He has emptied out all his family fortune, how can he be honest? Do I need to dig out my heart and show it to him?

After the question was explained, the old policeman changed the subject and said, "I remember that Li An's clothing factory would not wholesale to private traders. So where do you get your goods from?"

"We import goods from the Special Administrative Region. You know what the Special Administrative Region is, right? Isn't the country saying that the rich should help the poor? We are eager to implement the leadership's response and support the development of the Special Administrative Region!"

Li Hongjun interrupted again, and this time Ma Guoliang didn't have the energy to scold him. He just rolled his eyes speechlessly.

This person is extremely stubborn! It doesn't make sense at all!

The old policeman continued to record.

The purchasing channels are indeed legal and compliant, which makes sense.

The interrogation lasted for an hour, and Li Hongjun's confession remained consistent with "false propaganda." As for theft, neither of them admitted it.

"Knock knock--" There was a knock on the door of the interrogation room, and a young female police officer in an olive green uniform walked in.

He glanced at the two "suspects" in the interrogation booth, retracted his gaze, and said to Ma Guoliang: "Ma Gongan, the head of the purchasing department of Limin Garment Factory is here."

"Okay, Police Officer Zhang, please help me review the case again. I'll go pick the person up." After saying that, he turned around and left the interrogation room.

He hurried to the office hall, but bumped into two women head-on.

Both of them were walking in a hurry, and one of them bumped shoulders accidentally. Qiao Lu apologized, and after seeing clearly how he was dressed, she quickly pulled him back:

"Hello, public security comrade. I am a relative of Xu Haizhou. My husband has been arrested by you. May I ask where he is now? Can you tell me the details of his situation?"

The woman had a face that was too beautiful to be ignored, but at this moment, she was sweating profusely due to anxiety. Beside her were a little kid with red eyes from crying and a woman dressed maturely and fashionably.

"Family members? Whose family members? What have they done wrong?" Ma Guoliang stood up straight and asked.

"They are the two male comrades who were arrested not long ago. They were selling clothes on Baiyun Street." Yu Fan reminded.

Aren’t those the two men who were just interrogated? Ma Guoliang suddenly realized and his eyes darkened.

"We haven't informed the families of those two yet. How did you know?" He asked angrily, as if he was going to arrest the two men if they didn't explain the reason.

Yu Fan quickly explained: "I am also a stall owner on Baiyun Street. The two people locked up inside are my friends. Something must have happened. After I saw it, I hurried back to inform his wife..."

Ma Guoliang looked at the two women with a searchlight-like gaze, his face not looking very good: "I haven't explained the situation of those two yet, you two should wait here first."

He was about to leave, but Qiao Lu couldn't let him go like that, so she quickly stopped him and said, "Comrade, may I ask what my husband has done wrong? Can you tell me?"

Ma Guoliang, who was in a hurry to meet someone, didn't want to waste time answering questions. He saw Qiao Lu's anxious face and the cute kid beside her also had tears on his face.

Thinking of his own daughter, he suddenly softened his heart and patiently replied, "Suspected of theft."

"Ah?" The two women looked at each other, and Qiao Lu's heart suddenly skipped a beat: "This... is impossible. Our family is not short of money, it's not possible... Comrade, are you sure you didn't catch the wrong person?"

"Didn't I tell you that we won't know whether we made the wrong arrest until we have thoroughly investigated the situation?"

"Can you tell me what was stolen?"

"Recently, there was a huge theft case in Li'an, where a batch of high-quality fabrics from the capital were stolen. We now suspect that it was your husband and his partners, but we don't fully understand the situation yet. If there is really no crime, the organization will not wrongly accuse a good person."

After saying that, he left. This time he really left. Qiao Lu tried to catch up with him but failed.

He left so cleanly that Qiao An burst into tears.

He hugged Qiao Lu's thighs and cried heartbrokenly: "Mom...wuwu...Mom, Dad is not a thief, no."

Dad is such a good person. In his heart, dad is the greatest existence. How could such a bright person be a thief? It's impossible.

Qiao Lu was so distressed that she hugged the little guy and kissed him, comforting him: "Don't cry, don't cry. It must be the police who made a mistake. Dad is not a thief and did not steal anything. They made a mistake."

Qiao An wiped her tears with her little hands and sobbed: "When will the police officer clear my father's name..."

I learned the word "innocent" from a TV drama, and it is very useful to use it here.

Qiao An caressed his little head lovingly and took out her handkerchief to wipe his tears: "It will be soon. Let's wait here first. Don't worry."

She was clearly extremely anxious, yet she still had to comfort her son and tell him not to worry. The mother was really under a lot of pressure.

Ma Guoliang brought the head of the purchasing department of Limin Garment Factory to Xu Haizhou's store for a search. All the clothes were checked and the high-end fabrics they had stolen were not found. The clothes sold in the store were also made of very common materials on the market.

Ma Guoliang returned with a "full load". He brought with him all the merchants who had participated in the "Battle for the Capital", including his "accomplices", a total of eight people.

Chattering all the way:

"Comrade Public Security, our clothes are all purchased from regular clothing factories, definitely not from the capital! I promise, I swear! I lied and I will die a miserable death! May the sky be struck by lightning!"

"Yeah, there's no capital city in my family either, this is a misunderstanding!"

"I don't have it at home either. I'm just a bad-mouthed person. I just made it up!"

"I won't talk nonsense anymore, you stinky mouth! stinky mouth!"

Then I heard a series of slapping sounds on the face. It was real!

…

Facts have proven that everything was a misunderstanding.

After waiting anxiously for an hour in the Public Security Hall, the small vendors on Baiyun Street were finally "released without charge", including Xu Haizhou and two others.

But he didn't get any good out of it. Before leaving, the police gave him a good lecture on the crime of false propaganda. If he does it again next time, he will not only be fined but also go to jail!

"Thank you, thank you. Thank you to the police for clearing our name. Thank you very much! The police are really good comrades who serve the people!"

The old policeman smiled, with "loving" wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. He looked at Li Hongjun as if he was looking at a child: "Don't be so talkative in the future. Trouble comes from your mouth. Remember that!"

Li Hongjun immediately straightened up and saluted in a standard military manner: "Yes! I will definitely remember it! I won't forget it!"

Well, this is still poverty.

The old policeman smiled helplessly and shook his head. Over there, two anxious women hurried towards him.

"Haizhou!"

"dad!"

"Li Hongjun!"

The little guy ran fast with his short legs, and rushed into Xu Haizhou's arms like a gust of wind.

When she saw her father being "acquitted", she actually cried again.

"Dad, woo woo, dad, dad... I know my dad is a good man, not a bad man, and not a thief."

Hearing the word "thief", Xu Haizhou was stunned at first. After he reacted, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and wiped his tears with his soft fingertips.

"Silly son, isn't Daddy fine? Why are you still crying?"

After a hiccup, the kid leaned on Xu Haizhou's shoulder and sobbed, "Dad, I was just a little scared, so I cried."

He didn't mean to cry, and he didn't want to be a crybaby, because he was no longer a three-year-old child and couldn't cry casually, as it would make people dislike him...

"What will happen to my mother and I if my father is arrested?" After this incident, Qiao An found that she was more dependent on her father than she thought.

How bleak life would be without a dad—a life with half the happiness!

"After Dad left, there is no one in our family who makes money. When the light in our house breaks, no one fixes it. No one takes An An to the bathroom to take a bath. No one takes An An to poop... wuwuwu... We can't live without Dad..."

Dad is so important!

Just one sentence made the adults present laugh so hard that they couldn't breathe. The originally heavy atmosphere was turned into a festive one by the childish words of this little kid.

Xu Haizhou was simply at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

So in the son's heart, he is reluctant to part with his "tool" or his father.

"It's okay, don't cry now. Daddy will take you to a restaurant today, okay?" Xu Haizhou spoke soothingly in a soft voice, kissed his little face, and kissed away the tears in his mouth.

"Well, order a lot of dishes that Dad likes." After saying that, he felt like he had neglected Mom, so he turned around and gave Qiao a shy smile, "And it has to be dishes that Mom likes."

Qiao Lu was helpless and poked him on the head: "You are a spooky little bastard."

Li Hongjun was also responsible for the child's crying. He felt embarrassed to talk about it. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Sister-in-law, Yu Fan, are you both here?"

Yu Fan smiled teasingly: "What else? How dare you not come for such a big event?"

Scratching the back of his head, Li Hongjun looked at Qiao Lu and gave her a flattering smile: "Sister-in-law, listen to my excuses, bah! Listen to my explanation!"

puff--

Qiao Lu crossed her arms around her chest and smiled: "Okay, go ahead and make an excuse. I want to hear it."