The day Ren Jin had his accident, everything happened so suddenly. In the morning, Ren Jin went to work at the construction site as usual, and kissed her before leaving.
In the evening, Gu Yueji was live streaming with Gu Jiahui and the others when her phone suddenly rang, making her heart skip a beat as if it were some kind of premonition.
She patted her chest and answered the phone. Qian Mingjun's first words were like a thunderclap in clear weather.
"Sister-in-law, something's happened to my brother!"
Gu Yueji's mind went blank for a moment, as if she couldn't understand what it meant that something had happened. Ren Jin was perfectly fine when he left home this morning. "What happened?"
Qian Mingjun sounded anxious and helpless, “Uncle Xu fell from a building at the construction site and died after being rushed to the hospital. My brother was just taken away by the police.”
Falling from a building, death, police—these words were so unfamiliar yet terrifying. Gu Yueji's breathing became rapid, and she almost dropped her phone.
Who is Uncle Xu? Why did he fall from the construction site? What law did Ren Jin break and why did the police arrest him?
"Where was Ren Jin taken? I want to see him." Gu Yueji choked up as she spoke.
When Qian Mingjun heard Gu Yueji's sobbing voice, he knew she was frightened. He had never encountered anything like this before, so when Ren Jin was taken away, he panicked and could only call Gu Yueji.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'll come pick you up right now, and we'll go find my brother together."
After Qian Mingjun hung up the phone, Gu Yueji immediately called Ren Jin. She looked at the word "husband" on the screen, fantasizing that Qian Mingjun was lying to her and joking with her, and imagining that Ren Jin's voice would come from the phone.
However, the next second, the message "The number you dialed is currently switched off" shattered all of Gu Yueji's illusions.
Ren Jin wouldn't turn off his phone. Since they got married, Ren Jin had never failed to answer her calls, not even once. Gu Yueji covered her face and sobbed.
Gu Jiahui, who was still live streaming, noticed something was wrong with Gu Yueji. He gestured for Sun Xiaohui to continue her live stream, and then he went to Gu Yueji's side after ending his own stream. "Sister, what happened?"
Gu Yueji was confused and couldn't hear Gu Jiahui's voice. All she knew was that she had to go downstairs and wait for Qian Mingjun to pick her up so they could go find Ren Jin together.
Gu Jiahui watched as Gu Yue searched for something everywhere, as if she had lost her soul. Her handbag was right in front of her, but she searched for it for a long time. She was holding her phone but was also looking for it.
As she was about to leave, Gu Jiahui quickly grabbed her arm. "Sis, what happened? Where are you going?"
Gu Yueji finally heard this, and with tears in her eyes, she looked at Gu Jiahui, "Your brother-in-law has been arrested by the police, I'm going to find him."
Gu Jiahui was stunned. "What?" Seeing Gu Yueji's anxious look, he didn't ask any more questions. "Sister, don't worry, I'll go with you."
Sun Xiaohui heard it too, and hurriedly ended the broadcast and went out with them.
Gu Yueji anxiously looked around by the roadside. When she saw Qian Mingjun's car, she couldn't wait for it to stop before opening the door and getting in.
Startled, Qian Mingjun slammed on the brakes. "Sister-in-law, be careful!"
Gu Yueji didn't care about anything else anymore. As soon as she got into the car, she asked, "Where is your brother? Have you found out?"
"I found out, he's in the city's detention center."
"Okay, let's go to the detention center now."
On the way, Gu Yueji asked about the ins and outs of the matter.
Thinking back on everything that had happened today, Qian Mingjun was still shaken, his emotions a mixture of anger, resentment, and helplessness, which ultimately coalesced into a sigh.
"Uncle Xu came for the money, but he never expected to lose his life."
Two days ago, Xu Wangde suddenly ran back to the construction site and begged Ren Jin to let him return to work. Ren Jin naturally refused and clearly rejected him. Xu Wangde's face turned ugly. He accused Ren Jin of not giving him a chance and began to threaten Ren Jin, claiming that if he was not allowed to return to work, he would cause trouble at the construction site. Ren Jin was not threatened and directly ordered the security guards to kick him out and prohibit him from entering the construction site again.
However, this morning, Xu Wangde somehow climbed over the wall into the construction site, then ran up to the site and shouted angrily, "Ren Jin, come out here! Give me the money! Otherwise, I'll jump!"
The surrounding workers were also startled by this sudden scene. They all stopped what they were doing and stared nervously at Xu Wangde, who was standing by the fence. He wouldn't listen to anyone who tried to persuade him to come down.
When Ren Jin was notified and rushed to the scene, he looked at Xu Wangde in astonishment. He did not expect that Xu Wangde would threaten suicide to get money.
His hands clenched unconsciously. The worst thing on a construction site is an accident, and he had never encountered anything like this before.
Ren Jin took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and replied loudly, "Uncle Xu, come down first. We can discuss any problems we have."
Upon seeing Ren enter, Xu Wangde immediately had a target in mind: "No need to discuss, I just want money!"
Ren Jin didn't beat around the bush, "How much money do you want?"
Xu Wangde thought to himself, "Since we've come this far, I might as well take it all at once. 1 million! Transfer it to my account right now!"
Qian Mingjun ran up behind Ren Jin and was immediately enraged upon hearing this. "One million?! This is extortion! You know you'll go to jail for that?!"
However, Xu Wangde seemed to have lost his mind. He continued to shout, unmoved, "You already said you would call the police to arrest me last time I stole something. I don't care about that now, I just want money!"
Ren Jin stopped Qian Mingjun from further provoking Xu Wangde and softened his tone, saying, "Fine, I'll give you 1 million, but banks require reservations for such a large sum of money. It's impossible to transfer it to your card all at once. Come down and we'll go to the bank together so I can transfer it to you. This place is more than ten stories high; if you fall, you'll really die."
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