Chapter 56 Deserved Punishment
Upon seeing that so many police officers had been mobilized, Shen's father inwardly cried out in alarm.
Shen Jinxiu asked anxiously, "Dad, what do we do now?"
Such a large amount of property cannot withstand investigation, and she also knows that much of it is of dubious origin. All their wealth over the years is stored in this car; if the police confiscate it all, they'll be penniless.
Absolutely not.
Mr. Shen's face was extremely pale. He knew, of course, that the situation was very critical. If the police found out, it would definitely be disastrous.
His assets are basically untraceable.
The police had already opened the two boxes in front of them. Inside the boxes were some gold and silver jewelry, as well as land deeds and house deeds given by other people.
Mr. Shen's mind was in a mess. He remembered that he had put the land deed and house deed in the box inside, so why were they in front? Had he remembered wrong?
These are house deeds and land deeds given to him by someone else; their origin is unclear, which is why they are the most difficult to investigate.
The police asked, "Where did you get these things?"
"It was given to me by Shen Zhixia. It was her dowry left to her by her mother. It has nothing to do with me." At the crucial moment, Shen's father directly betrayed Shen Zhixia.
He added, "Although Shen Zhixia is my daughter, her mother has been dead for a long time. The property was left to her by her mother before she died. I had no idea about it at all. This time, it was Shen Zhixia who asked me to help her send this property out."
Zhang Mei immediately understood what Shen's father meant. He wanted to drag Shen Zhixia into this mess. She quickly said, "Yes, these are all the assets left to Shen Zhixia by her mother. We were just helping her transport them. Police, we are innocent."
The police asked, "What items are in here?"
By this time, Mr. Shen had calmed down considerably. He coughed and said, "Everything was given to me by Shen Zhixia. We had no idea what was inside."
"These items are so valuable, haven't you seen them before?" the police officer asked suspiciously.
“No,” Mr. Shen said firmly.
“Officer, we don’t have a good relationship with Shen Zhixia to begin with, so why would we care about the items inside? We really don’t know anything about it,” Zhang Mei said.
The police officer frowned and said, "I'll ask you one more time, are these items really Shen Zhixia's?"
“Yes, I’m pretty sure it was her who gave it to us; everyone saw it,” Mr. Shen said.
He glanced at Zhang Mei and Shen Jinxiu.
The two immediately nodded and began to testify for each other.
Mr. Shen was glad that he was smart enough to push all the responsibility onto Shen Zhixia. It was just a pity that all the property had been confiscated.
If he had known, he wouldn't have kept all his assets here.
But if this matter is attributed to them, they will also go to jail.
The police officer said coldly, "It seems that your relationship with Ms. Shen is indeed not good, but since you are all related by blood, it is not convincing for you to testify against each other."
Mr. Shen said, “We have another witness, Wang Qiming. He has no relation to us. You can ask him to testify.”
Before long, the police came and summoned Wang Qiming. After hearing about what had happened, Wang Qiming insisted that all the property belonged to Shen Zhixia.
He had taken money from Shen's father, so naturally he had to speak up for him. Besides, he wasn't exactly lying, as there was already some dowry left by Shen Zhixia's mother in the money.
Most importantly, he glanced at Shen Jinxiu. He was still pursuing Shen Jinxiu. Although Shen Jinxiu hadn't agreed to be with him yet, their relationship was ambiguous. If he were to be with Shen Jinxiu, he could get a share of the Shen family's assets.
Wang Qiming said righteously, "Police, you must deal with Shen Zhixia properly. I can vouch for all these assets."
He thought that after he testified, the police would definitely punish Shen Zhixia severely.
At the very least, they will bring Shen Zhixia over for questioning.
But the police didn't. They just looked at him and said coldly, "You're lying."
Wang Qiming: "?"
What happened?
Why would these police officers speak in favor of Shen Zhixia?
"I'm telling the truth, every word is true, officer, you have to believe me."
Shen Zhixia, who was hiding to the side, frowned deeply. She knew that the Shen family was despicable, but she did not expect them to be this despicable.
She didn't want to come out, but the Shen family is really wicked. They got caught themselves, so they dragged her out to take the blame.
Is she some kind of despicable person?
Her innocence was at stake, so even if the police hadn't come looking for her, she had to come out. She came out as if she had just arrived at the place when she heard their argument.
“Officer, these assets are not my mother’s inheritance and have nothing to do with me.”
Father Shen clearly hadn't expected Shen Zhixia to be there. Without batting an eye, he said, "Zhixia, how could you lie? These are clearly Mother's belongings. Just admit it."
Shen Zhixia rolled her eyes: "Dad, you keep saying I'm lying, so do you have any proof? You say these are my mother's belongings, but..."
She took out a property deed: "This is the Wang family's house. When my mother died, he hadn't even bought a house, so how did he get a land deed?"
Shen's father was surprised that Shen Zhixia had become so clever and had found the key to the matter in an instant.
Apart from witnesses, he had absolutely no evidence to prove that this was Shen Zhixia's mother's estate.
But after thinking for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Officer, I have evidence! Among Shen Zhixia's mother's belongings was a phoenix crown made of gold."
He knew about this because Shen Zhixia's mother had commissioned someone to make the phoenix crown back then, and when it was no longer available, he guessed that it had been given to Shen Zhixia.
This is an iconic item.
Did Shen Zhixia bring back that phoenix crown this time?
How could he not remember?
There must have been too much stuff, and he didn't notice.
But the police have inventoried everything this time, and it shows that there is no phoenix crown.
They concluded that Shen's father was lying. This matter originally had nothing to do with Wang Qiming, but because Wang Qiming committed perjury, he was also arrested.
Mr. Shen sensed something was wrong. Why did he think the police were working for Shen Zhixia? He retorted, "Zhixia, are you really willing to see us locked up in jail? What will you do if something happens to us?"
"Then let's break off our relationship."
Shen Zhixia looked at her father impatiently, her eyes filled with disgust. She was too lazy to play along with him anymore: "You deserved to end up like this. In the end, you still wanted to harm me."
She scoffed, "Do you know why the police don't suspect me? It's because I reported you, so why would the police believe you?"
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