"That's right! Back then, there was a battalion commander surnamed Zhou who got together with that girl from the Leng family! Well, after she climbed up the social ladder, she was all high and mighty in our village. She took a lot of benefits from the battalion commander. I heard they were even getting married and moving to the capital. Guess what happened next?"
"How could I possibly guess! Hurry up, don't keep me in suspense, this is the crucial moment!"
"Lao Leng and his family went to the capital for two days, and then they came back looking dejected. Two days later, the police came straight to our village! They said that the family had committed fraud and had been reported!"
"A scam? Oh dear, this is really trouble!"
"Of course! I don't know what they were thinking, trying to scam the battalion commander. Did they really think he was a pushover? If you ask me, it's Old Leng's own greed that's to blame..."
"Leng Qisheng was never a good person! His wife died not long ago, and he got together with that Xu Fangfang, driving her to leave home. What kind of good person could he be?"
"We always thought Lao Leng was a bad guy, not a good person. Who would have thought he could be this wicked, even daring to do illegal and disorderly things?"
You can know a person's face but not their heart!
Everyone was talking about it, and it became the biggest topic of conversation in the nearby villages. Whenever someone went out to work and met someone, they would stop and chat for a bit.
The Leng family's reputation is completely ruined.
The family was taken away and immediately interrogated.
Although they were questioned separately, the testimonies of Leng Qisheng, Xu Fangfang, and Leng Yaozu were highly consistent. They all insisted that the fraud was committed by Leng Yinghong alone, that they knew nothing about it, and that they only thought Zhou Jinglan was Leng Yinghong's serious boyfriend, and never considered the possibility of fraud.
Xu Fangfang: "Officer, you really need to investigate this thoroughly. My daughter is at the age where she's dating. She said she's dating a military officer, and she keeps giving our family money and gifts every few days. How am I supposed to feel? I'd definitely think my son-in-law is trying to please his mother-in-law, so of course I'd accept it!"
Leng Qisheng: "Officer, it's not appropriate for me to always interfere in the young couple's relationship. Besides, Leng Yinghong isn't my biological daughter, so I can't manage that much!"
Leng Yaozu: "Officer, my relationship with my sister is just so-so. We hardly ever talk. I don't know anything about her dating life. I only know that she got together with the military officer who came to our village to help us. I didn't think much of it when my future brother-in-law gave my family some things!"
The three of them gave the same answer, no matter what the police asked them, they kept repeating the same thing.
They were unaware of it; it had nothing to do with them. Everything was orchestrated by Leng Yinghong.
After learning that she might go to jail, Leng Yinghong was utterly despondent.
She can't escape the connection no matter what, because she was the one who "dated" Zhou Jinglan, and she was a direct participant, so she can't get rid of it.
Since everyone in the Leng family has benefited, why should she bear the consequences alone?
No, she has to drag them down with her.
“Officer, I didn’t do this alone. When Zhou Jinglan came to me, I told my parents about it as soon as I got home that day. They knew about it!” Leng Yinghong said excitedly.
"You mean they supported you in deceiving Zhou Jinglan?"
"Yes!" Leng Yinghong nodded, her words somewhat incoherent from excitement. "How could I possibly fool him by myself? It was my parents who told me that Zhou Jinglan is a battalion commander, that he's well-off, rich, and from the capital, and that I should seize the opportunity to hold onto him!"
“Really, I didn’t have this idea at first. It was them who kept persuading me to think about my family and my brother’s future, and to grab Zhou Jinglan so that we could take the opportunity to move our whole family to the capital!” Leng Yinghong said.
What evidence do you have for what you're saying?
"Evidence?" Leng Yinghong was dumbfounded.
These were all secret matters they discussed behind closed doors; where did the evidence come from?
Moreover, Zhou Jinglan always sent things and money to Leng Yinghong, who was the nominal recipient.
Xu Fangfang had mentioned wanting Zhou Jinglan to send her the money directly, but both Zhou Jinglan and Leng Yinghong refused.
Zhou Jinglan felt that he was only giving money out of respect for Leng Yinghong, while Leng Yinghong, even though they were going to take the lion's share, thought that she had to be careful and told Zhou Jinglan that the recipient could not be changed.
Now, in the end, Xu Fangfang has been exonerated, making her "appear" to have nothing to do with this matter.
Leng Yinghong was filled with remorse.
"But, but... Zhou Jinglan gave them things and money, and they all enjoyed them. Why isn't that evidence?" Leng Yinghong shouted, her fear growing stronger.
Perhaps the truth is that the Leng family committed fraud, but based on the current direct evidence, we can only confirm Leng Yinghong's crime.
The benefits enjoyed by the rest of the Leng family could indeed be explained by using Leng Yinghong's partner to curry favor with them.
All three insisted that this was the case and refused to admit their involvement in the fraud, so they could not be convicted in the end. Only Leng Yinghong paid a heavy price for this.
Leng Yinghong is going to jail.
However, the rest of the Leng family did not come away without paying a price. They had to pay compensation, returning everything and money that Zhou Jinglan had given them intact, or compensating them at the original price.
After Zhou Jinglan provided the detailed compensation list, the police verified it and have provided the latest compensation details.
“If you cannot compensate the victim, you will be held accountable for this matter.”
When the three members of the Leng family came out of the police station, they should have been overjoyed, but they were stunned when they heard what the police said.
Seeing the detailed compensation breakdown made me feel like everything was going to go dark.
"How can we afford to pay for so much money?" Xu Fangfang started wailing again.
Leng Qisheng originally planned to renege on his promise, but the police's warning before he left still echoed in his ears: if they didn't pay, the police would definitely arrest them again...
At that point, it wasn't as simple as just pushing it onto Leng Yinghong.
Moreover, in order to quickly exonerate themselves and distance themselves from the fraud case, all three mentioned in their confessions that they knew about the things and money Zhou Jinglan gave to the Leng family, and that they had all enjoyed them, which makes it even more unacceptable for them not to return them.
"That money has already been spent, and all those supplements have gone into our bodies. Where are we going to get more?" Xu Fangfang cried out. "This is terrible, this is terrible!"
Leng Yaozu thought that pushing the matter to Leng Yinghong would solve everything, but he didn't expect there would be a compensation issue.
Everything the Leng family owns should be left to him, his capital for finding a wife in the future. But now they're using it to pay off debts...
Wouldn't that mean we'd lose everything?
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