Chapter 133 I don’t have the face to take them all away
"Do you think we are short of that little money for the tickets?" Pan Yun said displeasedly.
"Isn't it?" Jiang Moli said.
"..." Pan Yun was indeed short of money, but she couldn't possibly ask Jiang Moli for the ticket money. What would that mean for her? "You and Shi Nan live on the same street and grew up together. Can you help him?"
"I can't help you." Jiang Moli said, "Everyone has to pay the price for their actions."
"He loves you so much..."
"Did I make him love me?" Jiang Moli asked.
"You...how can you be so cold-blooded and heartless?" Pan Yun pursed her lips.
"He and I are not friends to begin with. We haven't had any contact for years." Jiang Moli said, "How can you say I'm cold-hearted? When something like this happens to Shi Nan, you should be trying to help him, not me."
"As long as you are willing to help him, we can...can..."
"I don't need your things, nor do I need you to thank me. I can't help him." Jiang Moli said, "If he didn't commit any crime, he would be acquitted. If he really did those things, then he should go to jail."
"Are you really unwilling to help him?" Pan Yun asked.
"That's right," Jiang Moli said. "I can't help you either. Your mother-in-law often says I'm an actor. How much ability can an actor like me have? I can't go against the people for you. It's your husband's fault, your father's fault, and your family's fault. You should think about how to live your life in the future. You won't be a rich lady anymore, and you can't spend money as recklessly as before. You still have children, and what to do with their future? You need to think about this. You may have no other choice, and others are unwilling to help you, so you come to me. Don't you know what kind of person I am?"
Jiang Moli has always been a person who clearly distinguishes between public and private affairs, and she believes in justice.
"From the people, to the people." Jiang Moli said, "We opera singers all know that we must be down-to-earth and serve the people. And what about you? You wantonly oppress others and commit crimes, so you must bear the consequences. No one can help your man."
Jiang Moli doesn't think she is a very noble person, but she knows that she cannot do anything illegal or criminal.
"Don't come to me. It's useless. You should go to your man and make him confess everything." Jiang Moli said, "Confessing early and taking the initiative to admit your guilt can reduce the sentence. Of course, your father is in prison too, so you can put all the blame on him. Anyway, your father has already been in that state."
Jiang Moli said these words with a mocking look on her face. Jiang Moli didn't even need to think about it, she knew what Shi Nan would do. Shi Nan himself was a selfish person, and if something went wrong, Shi Nan would definitely want to get rid of the blame as soon as possible, rather than rushing to the front.
This time, the main purpose was to arrest the Pan family. Shi Nan could have done that, as many members of the Pan family were guilty of crimes more serious than Shi Nan's.
"You..." Pan Yun stared at Jiang Moli intently. How could Jiang Moli say that? What did it mean to put all the blame on her father? He was her biological father. Pan Yun couldn't do that.
Pan Yun thought that her father and Shi Nan must have been wronged, and they would never do such things. But Pan Yun couldn't deceive herself. If there really was no problem, Xie Shaojun would not have run away, and Fan Xiaoxue and Shi Kaihua would not have divorced so early.
"I have to go back." Jiang Moli said, "Think carefully about what to do."
"Jasmine." Sheng Jiahao came over to pick up Jiang Moli.
Jiang Moli walked towards Sheng Jiahao. She didn't care about Pan Yun's mess. Whatever happened to Pan Yun was fine, it was Pan Yun's personal business. Jiang Moli thought it would be best for Pan Yun to stay out of it. Shi Nan was committing a crime, not some other simple thing. If Shi Nan had only made some minor mistakes, it wouldn't be a big deal.
Sheng Jiahao saw Pan Yun, but he didn't say anything to her. Instead, he walked away with Jiang Moli.
Pan Yun wanted to chase after him, but she couldn't move her feet. She was still a little afraid to go up. Pan Yun knew how cold-blooded and ruthless Sheng Jiahao was, and it was even more impossible for Sheng Jiahao to help Shi Nan. Pan Yun could only think of another way.
Jiang Moli followed Sheng Jiahao up and asked, "Is the case of Shi Nan and the others going to court?"
"Not so soon," Sheng Jiahao said. "It'll probably take a few more days. This is no small matter. There are many different things involved, and we still need to find evidence and complete the chain of evidence. If the chain of evidence is not complete, problems will easily arise."
However, this time, it was the Central Inspection Team that came, and they already had a lot of evidence, evidence that was crucial to sentencing. For greater accuracy, we still had to organize the evidence. The protector was arrested, and several people from Brother Sheng's unit were arrested, as were several from Brother Sheng's second brother-in-law's unit, and others from other units. Some were high-ranking officials, while others were at the grassroots level.
When Brother Sheng was collecting evidence, he didn't tell Brother Sheng's second brother-in-law much, fearing that he might get involved. Fortunately, Brother Sheng didn't get involved. Brother Sheng's second brother-in-law only then realized that Brother Sheng had done so much. He thought about his colleagues, including leaders and ordinary colleagues who had been arrested, and thought that Brother Sheng was right not to tell him. Brother Sheng's second brother-in-law thought that if he had known about those things, he might have told his leaders.
You have to know that before the incident broke out, Brother-in-law Sheng still trusted his leader. His leader did not let Brother-in-law Sheng do those things because the leader had already tested Brother-in-law Sheng and was afraid to let him do them. Brother-in-law Sheng is a very upright person and it is impossible for him to participate in those things. Therefore, Brother-in-law Sheng's leader let others do those things.
On the surface, Sheng Er's brother-in-law's leader still values him very much. In fact, Sheng Er's brother-in-law seems to be a means for his leader to prove his integrity.
Sheng Jiahao hadn't visited his eldest brother, Sheng, or his second brother-in-law these past few days. Both of them had been busy. He didn't ask them how things were going. He knew that things would eventually come to a conclusion, and if he went less often, he could avoid trouble and wouldn't have to bother his eldest brother and the others to entertain him.
"I estimate that this matter will be settled in more than half a month or a month." Sheng Jiahao said.
"Pan Yun came to me and wanted me to help Shi Nan, but I couldn't help." Jiang Moli said, "Everyone is responsible for their own actions, whether it's Shi Nan or the rest of us. If you make a mistake, you have to bear the consequences."
"That's right." Sheng Jiahao said, "That's indeed the case. As for Shi Nan's case, we still have to wait and see what the final evidence shows. I estimate that he will be sentenced to ten years or more in prison. As for whether he will be sentenced to life imprisonment or something like that, it depends on what he actually did. I don't know what he did, I just know that what he did was not so aboveboard."
Sheng Jiahao didn't investigate Shi Nan and the others. If he did, others would think he was going to attack them. Sometimes, it's okay for everyone to just stay out of it. It doesn't mean they have to rush in just because they know something. Rushing in is useless and will only cause unnecessary losses.
"Pan Yun must have contacted many people," Jiang Moli said. "If she were to contact others at this time, they wouldn't be able to help her. She's violating national laws and regulations, so of course others would stay away."
"Many people have been called in for questioning," Sheng Jiahao said. "Many of them are victims."
"Yes." Jiang Moli nodded, "If there is any grievance, you must speak it out."
Pan Yun didn't stay there. She quickly went to Shi Mu's place. Pan Yun originally wanted to live in her own house, but she was afraid that someone would come to her house, so she went to Shi Mu's place. Pan Yun also fired the last servant. Before she could fire the servant, someone came up and banged on the door.
Before, when Shi Nan did something bad, others were afraid and didn't dare to do anything else. But now that Shi Nan was arrested, people came to his door.
Pan Yun had no choice but to pack up and move in with her children to the Shi family's house. The Shi family's house was small, and the rooms were small. Pan Yun disliked it very much, but there was nothing she could do. She could only live here for the time being. When Shi's parents were around, things would be better. Shi's eldest sister was also here now.
When Shi's mother saw Pan Yun coming back, she hurried over and asked, "How is it?"
"Jiang Moli refuses to help." Pan Yun said.
"Are you going to find Jiang Moli?" Shi's mother thought Pan Yun was going to find someone else, but she didn't expect that Pan Yun was going to find Jiang Moli.
"Yes, didn't Jiang Moli and Shi Nan grow up together?" Pan Yun said, "When Jiang Moli was performing, Shi Nan bought a ticket to watch her. I thought Jiang Moli knew so many people, could she help?"
"She can't possibly help." Shi's mother knew everything without even thinking about it. You know, when Jiang Moli still lived on this street, Shi's mother had made things difficult for her. She even went to Jiang's mother and said something bad about her, and made things difficult for her, "Don't go to her."
"There's really no one left to turn to," Pan Yun said. "People who used to be close to our family now won't even let me in. They all treat me like a plague. I've approached so many people, but none of them have been helpful. The only ones who are nice enough are just giving me some money and telling me to find a good lawyer."
Pan Yun couldn't understand how those people could be so cruel. They had always been so close, going shopping together and attending parties together... and now, they were desperate to meet Pan Yun. They even said that if they had known the kind of people her father and husband were, they would have been involved with her long ago. This gave Pan Yun a headache, and no one could help.
"You're not bad for giving you some money," said Sister Shi. "You didn't refuse to take the money, did you?"
"Well, I didn't want it." Pan Yun considered himself a person with dignity and there was no way he could accept that kind of money.
"If they give it to you, just take it." Sister Shi said, "Your husband, your biological father, is still in custody. This matter can't be resolved all at once. We still need some money."
"That's their money. I'm not a beggar." Pan Yun said.
"..." Sister Shi rolled her eyes. "You're no different from a beggar now. You can't even keep the things in your house, and you might even owe people a lot of money. You haven't suffered too much yet. Wait until the verdict comes out and the fines..."
"Can you please not talk about this?" Pan Yun said.
"If not this, what else can we talk about?" Sister Shi said, "Things have come to this point. Everyone else knows to hide things, but what about you? Look at Gao Yuelan and Fan Xiaoxue. They are different from you. If you go to others and they don't help you, it's useless. You might as well deal with the things at hand first. Hide as much of your jewelry and gold as possible. Also, go and divorce Shi Nan."
"Divorce?" Pan Yun was shocked.
"Yes." Sister Shi nodded. "If we divorce, all those debts will go to Shi Nan. I asked Fan Xiaoxue, and that's what she did. As for you, if you divorce Shi Nan, those debts will have nothing to do with you or your children. As long as you don't inherit Shi Nan's property, there will be no problem. Your dowry and other things were originally given to you by your father. Your biological father committed a crime, so it depends on how the family property is confiscated. If the house has to be auctioned, and you live with my parents, the court may not necessarily leave you any money."
The main thing is that the specific situation is still unknown. Sister Shi believes that Shi Nan's money is not all obtained through illegal activities, but also includes clean money. However, the fine is not only for the illegal and criminal part, but also for other fines.
"For the sake of the children, you still have to divorce." Sister Shi said, "Get things done as soon as possible. If there really is something left, your child is still Shi Nan's, so you can still divide the things. If it's just debt, the child is still young, so you don't have to take care of the child. Or do you want to take care of the debt?"
"No." Pan Yun shook her head repeatedly. She certainly didn't want to care about those debts.
"Isn't that enough? You should divorce Shi Nan as soon as possible." Sister Shi said, "If you want to take the children abroad, that's fine. Leave one child here and you take the other one abroad."
"I..." Pan Yun pursed her lips. She didn't really want to go abroad.
Pan Yun's foreign language skills weren't particularly good, and she'd always lived in China, only occasionally traveling abroad. Unlike her mother, Pan Yun hadn't learned much about extramarital affairs, and Mrs. Pan had already made plans. If nothing went wrong, Mrs. Pan would stay in China; if something went wrong, she would go abroad.
"You should go and resolve the matter as soon as possible." Sister Shi said, "Don't delay."
Pan Yun's eyes were red, and she felt very upset. How could things have come to this? Everything was fine before the New Year, and life was going well, but now something like this happened. Pan Yun still couldn't believe it. It was almost like a dream. She really hoped it was a dream.
Shi's mother felt that Pan Yun was not a good person. Pan Yun had looked down on her as her mother-in-law before. Shi's mother wanted to make things difficult for Pan Yun, but was stopped by Shi's elder sister. Now that such a big thing has happened, it is useless for Shi's mother to make things difficult for Pan Yun.
From the very beginning, Shi's mother shouldn't have ruined Shi Nan and Bo Meiqi's wedding banquet, and things wouldn't have come to this point.
Sister Shi was busy running around, trying to get Shi Nan and Pan Yun to divorce. With Shi Nan's consent, the matter was much easier to handle. Shi Nan didn't blame Pan Yun, knowing that divorce was the best option. Pan Yun was already a married woman; she didn't inherit the Pan family's company, nor did she own any shares in it. She could break free from the Pan family's quagmire. Shi Nan, on her part, signed a divorce agreement, clearly dividing the responsibilities of all parties.
Sister Shi didn’t understand much, she just looked at how others did it and tried to get things done as quickly as possible.
The relevant departments could not prevent Shi Nan from divorcing Pan Yun, but Shi Nan had no way to divide some of his property with Pan Yun at this time because Shi Nan's property had already been registered.
Pan Yun couldn't bear to leave Shi Nan, she didn't want to divorce Shi Nan, and when she saw the divorce certificate, she cried.
"That's about it." Sister Shi said, "Have you thought about the matter between you and the child?"
"What?" Pan Yun looked at Sister Shi.
"Are you going abroad or staying in China?" Sister Shi said, "I think it would be best if you could take one of your children with you to your mother's place. Your mother doesn't have any other children, so you can take your child with you and still be filial to her."
Shi Dajie had hinted that she knew Madam Pan still had a lot of property, and if Pan Yun took the child to Madam Pan's place, the child could inherit Madam Pan's property. Pan Yun wouldn't have to live in the Shi family forever, and there would be fewer arguments between Shi's mother and Pan Yun. Living under the same roof with these two people was not going to end well; things would only get worse.
"Do you want me to go abroad?" Pan Yun asked.
"It's not that you have to go abroad, but you have to understand the situation." Sister Shi said, "After the trial, you can take one child abroad. At that time, no one will say you can't go abroad. If not for yourself, you have to think about the child. If your mother were here, would she let her daughter drop out of the private aristocratic school? Shi Nan will have to go to jail for at least ten years. Can you wait for more than ten years?"
"I……"
"If you really can wait, then you can come visit him when he's released from prison. You don't have to stay here all the time." Sister Shi said, "On weekdays, Mom and Dad will go to see Shi Nan. You don't have to worry about the child going to school. Mom and Dad will pick him up and drop him off. It's just one child, they can still take care of him."
Sister Shi kept encouraging Pan Yun, "You see, my parents' house is so small. There's not much room for you to live in, and we can't prepare a cloakroom for you. If you go abroad, your mother will definitely treat you well. Shi Nan is in prison with men, so you don't have to worry about him falling in love with other women in the cell. We can also convey whatever you want to say to him."
"I... let me think about it." Pan Yun was a little hesitant.
If Mrs. Pan didn't really care about Pan Yun, Sister Shi wouldn't have said these words. Sister Shi just didn't want her own mother to have a conflict with Pan Yun. Pan Yun had a bad temper, and Sister Shi was worried that her own mother would be angry, so she had to let Pan Yun go as soon as possible.
"Think about it carefully. We still have some time." Sister Shi said, "Child, do you want an older one or a younger one? You have to think about it. If you keep a child, Shi Nan will be very grateful to you."
"Take only one child with you?" Pan Yun asked.
"Yes, Shi Nan is in jail, and Mom and Dad always have to have something to look forward to. If you leave them a child, Shi Nan will be very happy." Sister Shi said, "Taking one child with you to your mother's place is already very troublesome for her. If you take both children with you, the expenses will be so huge. It's better to leave one child in China, so that it will be much more convenient for you to visit relatives in the future. Also, many places are being demolished now, and you don't know when Mom and Dad will also be demolished. If you have a child, Mom and Dad will give the demolition compensation to the child, isn't it the same as giving it to you?"
Pan Yun is not someone who can endure hardship. Even when she lives in Shi's house, Shi's mother dislikes her for not being able to do anything.
"You said the floor was dirty, but you didn't clean it yourself." Shi's mother was still muttering when Pan Yun came back.
Shi's mother was already unhappy with Pan Yun, and when Shi Nan was detained, her dissatisfaction with Pan Yun became even stronger. If Shi Nan's eldest sister hadn't intervened, Shi's mother and Pan Yun would have come to blows.
Pan Yun suffered a lot while living in the Shi family, so she eventually decided to go abroad, taking the younger daughter with her. The younger daughter was too young, while the older daughter was a bit older. Pan Yun thought that since Shi's mother had no grandson, she would only have a granddaughter, and she would probably be nicer to her granddaughter.
After more than half a month, Shi Nan was sentenced to twelve years in prison, the illegitimate son of the Pan family was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Pan's father was sentenced to death. Several other people were also sentenced and fined.
Shi Nan had been fined almost all of his money, and so had the Pan family.
The once magnificent high-rise building collapsed all of a sudden with a loud bang, and disappeared in an instant.
Before Pan Yun took her youngest daughter abroad, she visited Shi Nan. Everything, including the house and car, was gone, along with some of Pan Yun's jewelry.
"I want to take our little daughter to find my mother," Pan Yun said. "My mother is abroad."
"Very good." Shi Nan said.
"You...our eldest daughter lives with your parents." Pan Yun said.
"Take the eldest sister with you." Shi Nan said, "Don't leave her in the country."
"Don't you want to keep her?" Pan Yun was stunned. "Don't you want the eldest brother to fulfill your filial duty?"
"She's still so young, there's no need for her to do these things." Shi Nan said, "If she stays with her parents, they won't be able to treat her well."
"Well...your elder sister said there might be demolition compensation in the future." Pan Yun said.
"If there really were demolition compensation, do you believe they wouldn't fight for it?" Shi Nan said, "I'm in jail, and there's no way my sisters wouldn't fight for it. They'd persuade my parents to give them the money, and the children would only suffer if they stayed here. There's some demolition compensation, but whether it can be kept is another matter."
"this……"
"The reason why I became like this is because of my mother." Shi Nan did not blame Pan Yun. He was the one who plotted against Pan Yun, so how could he blame Pan Yun? Shi Nan thought that if his mother had not done those things, he might be able to be with Jiang Moli, but Jiang Moli would most likely not agree to his confession, and he would most likely be with Bo Meiqi. "Take the children out and don't think about the demolition compensation. As long as I'm alive, I will ask my parents to leave the demolition compensation to me. If it is left to me, it will be left to my children."
"We have all gone abroad, so we can't come to see you." Pan Yun said.
"You don't need to come to see me, as long as you live well." Shi Nan said, "Listen to me, take both children abroad, don't leave any of them behind, not even one."
"Mom and Dad..."
"Tell them that this is my intention. If they still want my son, then you can take both children away." Shi Nan said.
Shi Nan wanted Pan Yun to take both children with her, but Shi's mother refused. Even after Shi Nan's words, Shi's mother still refused to let Pan Yun take both children with her. Pan Yun didn't know how much money the demolition compensation would be, but she had seen a lot of money before and was not someone who was obsessed with money.
"This is Shi Nan's decision. He said that if you still care about him, you will naturally leave the demolition compensation to his children." Pan Yun said, "I will let the children be filial to him. We are just going abroad, and we may come back in the future."
Shi Nan meant that Pan Yun should take the children and not come back. As for the money, if Shi's mother really cared about the children, Shi's father and mother would naturally send the money to the children. If Shi's father and mother didn't care about Pan Yun's two children, then the money would fall into the hands of Shi's eldest sister and her people.
"If you want to leave, then all of you should leave. All of you should leave." Shi's mother felt uncomfortable.
In the end, Pan Yun took her two daughters abroad. She asked Mrs. Pan about it, and of course, Mrs. Pan told her to take the children with her. There was still no sign of compensation for the demolition. If it came, Pan Yun would fight for it with her two daughters. Mrs. Pan hoped that both of her granddaughters would study abroad, and she would cover their tuition, so Pan Yun wouldn't have to worry too much about other matters.
If possible, Mrs. Pan thought that Pan Yun could remarry, and Pan Yun would not have to cling to Shi Nan, which was useless. Shi Nan would be imprisoned for so many years, and Mrs. Pan thought that sooner or later Pan Yun would forget Shi Nan and start a new life.
When Shi's elder sister learned that Pan Yun had taken both children abroad, she said to Shi's mother, "Mom, didn't we already agree that Pan Yun would keep one child? Why did she take both?"
"That's what your brother wants. He wants her to take both children away," said Shi's mother. "Those two children are my granddaughters after all. How can I not consider them? If they go abroad, their grandmother has money and can provide them with good food and shelter. So they can go. If they stay here, they'll be laughed at. Let's go, let's go, all of us."
"Mom," said Sister Shi, "then there's no one around you, right?"
"Before, Shi Nan and the others seldom came back." Shi's mother said, "I just treated them as if they were the same as before."
"I also told Pan Yun that this area might be demolished soon. If it is, there will be demolition compensation." Sister Shi said, "This house belongs to you and Dad. It's not in Shi Nan's name, so it hasn't been confiscated. When the demolition compensation comes, you can still give it to Pan Yun and her daughter."
"Have you ever thought about the demolition compensation?" Shi's mother looked at her eldest daughter.
"I..." Sister Shi was of course thinking about the demolition compensation, but she couldn't say it now.
Mother Shi immediately understood what Sister Shi meant. "Let's talk about it when the house is demolished. Your brother is still in jail, so we have to leave him some money for his retirement."
It is impossible for Shi's mother to give all those things to her daughter. If she did, what would Shi Nan do?
When Fan Xiaoxue went to see Jiang Moli, she told her about Pan Yun going abroad. Fan Xiaoxue hadn't come to see Jiang Moli for a while. She was embarrassed to come to see Jiang Moli. She didn't do anything wrong, but Shi Kaihua did. Fan Xiaoxue felt that she had no face to see Jiang Moli. She was not ignorant. She knew a little bit.
"To be honest, I'm not feeling well either," Fan Xiaoxue said. "Kaihua has been sentenced to two years. I knew long ago that he couldn't possibly do anything good with Shi Nan. But thinking of the huge salary, I didn't say much. The fine this time wasn't much, so we paid it all. Actually, it doesn't matter whether we divorce or not."
After the divorce, Fan Xiaoxue also helped Shi Kaihua pay the fine, mainly because she was afraid that Shi Kaihua would offend others and that those people would make things difficult for Fan Xiaoxue and the children.
Shi Kaihua was paid a salary, which was high, but not outrageous. Xie Shaojun held shares, which is how he made a lot of money. Xie Shaojun embezzled some of the money and is now on a wanted list, though he remains abroad and has not been apprehended.
"I may not come to see you in the future." Fan Xiaoxue said.
"Not coming?" Jiang Moli asked.
"I'm too embarrassed to come." Fan Xiaoxue said, "I'm greedy too."
Fan Xiaoxue didn't want her affairs to affect Jiang Moli. She thought she should stay away from Jiang Moli and not cause her any trouble.
"It's not your problem. I can't get over it myself. I don't want you to suffer." Fan Xiaoxue said, "I didn't do things well. I didn't persuade Shi Kaihua. I have a problem too."
"It doesn't matter whether you come or not..."
"It's better not to come," Fan Xiaoxue said. "If others knew you were friends with me, they might think bad things of you. Jasmine, you've been good enough to me. When Kaihua was in prison for five years, I came here many times, and you always treated me warmly. This time, something like this happened again, and you're a public figure. People will continue to magnify your small actions."
"It's okay to come once in a while." Jiang Moli said, "If you don't come, others will think I'm popular and I won't associate with you."
"No, no, we all know you're not that kind of person," Fan Xiaoxue said. "It's our own problem. Jasmine, you have to be fine, always be fine. You don't have to worry about me. I can live a good life. The grocery store is still there, the house I bought is still there, and the Shi family's house is also there. It's just that the savings are much less, and they were all fined, which is what we deserve. This time, when Shi Kaihua is released, he shouldn't dare to do those things again."
"Are you going to wait for him to come out?" Jiang Moli asked.
"It's not a matter of whether I can wait or not, it's just that at my age, it's hard to find another partner, so let it be." Fan Xiaoxue said, "Such a big thing happened this time, and it's what Shi Nan and the others deserve. If Shi Nan and the others hadn't done those things, we wouldn't be in this situation now. Shi Nan and Xie Shaojun's early smuggling affairs have also been dug up. Even so, Shi Kaihua still has to go to jail. Last time was last time, and this time is this time. Shi Kaihua lied and gave perjured testimony."
As Fan Xiaoxue spoke, a tear slipped from her eye. She wiped her eyes and said, "If Kaihua hadn't shouldered all that responsibility, it would have been better. Xie Shaojun and Shi Nan aren't good people, they should have been put in jail. Xie Shaojun, on the other hand, ran away quickly."
"Do you want your man to run away?" Jiang Moli asked.
"No." Fan Xiaoxue shook her head. "His crime isn't serious, so there's no need to run. He should go to jail if he deserves it. There's no point in running away. As long as he's a citizen of our country, he'll have to bear the consequences."
"That's a good way to think about it," Jiang Moli said. "If you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences. His time in prison was relatively short."
"It's probably because he was in jail before, so Shi Nan and the others didn't let Kaihua do those things. At most, they asked him to do some trivial things." Fan Xiaoxue said, "He wouldn't have to spend many years in prison. He's not a core member."
Even so, Fan Xiaoxue was still very disappointed. By now, Shi Kaihua had lost more than half of the money he had earned over the years. It would be better for Shi Kaihua to do something else, so that he could save more money.
"Everyone always has a lucky mentality." Fan Xiaoxue said, "I originally thought that he should enjoy himself by following Shi Nan, rather than go to jail again. Shi Nan and the others can't put all the blame on him, but... he still did some things wrong."
"He will be out in two years," Jiang Moli said.
"When he comes out, Shi Nan still hasn't come out. Xie Shaojun has run away. Xie Shaojun can't come looking for Shi Kaihua again." Fan Xiaoxue said, "I just hope Shi Kaihua can behave himself by then and stop causing these problems."
Fan Xiaoxue stayed at Jiang Moli's place for a while and then left. She didn't eat here. After Fan Xiaoxue reached the door, she turned back to look at the door. Fan Xiaoxue really didn't plan to come to Jiang Moli's place more often in the future. When she was on the street, some people pointed at her. Fan Xiaoxue knew that she was just a small person, but it was better not to cause trouble to others.
Jiang Moli stood upstairs and watched Fan Xiaoxue leave. Sheng Jiahao walked to Jiang Moli's side.
"It's over." Sheng Jiahao said.
"Yes, it's over." Jiang Moli nodded. "Sister Xiaoxue looks much more haggard."
At first, Jiang Moli thought that Fan Xiaoxue would not pay the fine for Shi Kaihua, but she didn't expect that Fan Xiaoxue still paid the fine for Shi Kaihua.
Those little friends on the street... Jiang Moli didn't know how to describe it. They were once in full bloom, but now it's a mess.
"Shi Nan is a college graduate. Early college graduates are still very valuable." Jiang Moli said, "If college students from more than a decade ago... one wrong step would lead to many wrong steps."
"People like him are ambitious," Sheng Jiahao said. "If their abilities don't match their ambitions, something bad will happen eventually."
Sheng Jiahao believed that even if Shi Nan stayed in the development zone's investment promotion office, he would most likely make a big mistake. He would still be oppressed by his wife and her family. He would be obsessed with climbing the ladder and making more money, and if he wasn't careful, he would go astray. Even if Shi Nan didn't go astray, others would try to trick him into doing so.
The way Shi Nan is now is the result of his own choices. No one forced him to do those things. Shi Nan wanted to do it himself, so he can't blame others.
"That's not wrong," Jiang Moli said. "Sister Xiaoxue said she won't come over often anymore. She's afraid it'll affect me..."
"She realized her mistake," Sheng Jiahao said. "At the beginning, she had the opportunity to stop her husband from doing those things."
"Do you think everyone listens to their wife as much as you do?" Jiang Moli asked, "Shi Kaihua trusts his so-called brothers even more. For those people, he can even hide it from Sister Xiaoxue. What can Xiaoxue do to stop it? The most she can do is divorce Shi Kaihua as soon as possible. Some men would rather divorce than support their so-called brothers."
Jiang Moli doesn't quite understand this kind of brotherhood, probably because she is not a man.
"Sister Xiaoxue can do little," Jiang Moli said. "All she can do is run the grocery store well. Shi Nan and his men have some conscience by not allowing Shi Kaihua to become a core member. If that were the case, Shi Kaihua would have to spend more years in prison and be fined more. Shi Kaihua fell twice in the same place. Shi Nan is in prison, and Xie Shaojun is outside. Shi Kaihua must not fall a third time."
"It shouldn't be that serious." Sheng Jiahao said, "He's in jail again, for the second time. He'll definitely have some ideas."
After Xie Shaojun fled the country, he didn't contact his wife or his lover. He enjoyed his money and his freedom abroad, though he struggled to speak the language, so he sought out places where many Chinese people lived. Xie Shaojun himself was a scoundrel, and he knew some people were prone to scamming their fellow countrymen. He didn't dare let anyone know he had a lot of money, fearing he would be targeted. He also worked in a restaurant, and he had already secured his passport and identity information.
As long as it can be done with money, it is not a problem. Xie Shaojun had expected this to happen early on.
Xie Shaojun stayed in his newly purchased house abroad, occasionally going out to buy groceries. Other times, he pretended to be broke and worked in restaurants owned by so-called fellow villagers. He tried to appear ordinary, so his fellow villagers rarely considered him a wanted criminal. He was still a little afraid. This was a capital city where anyone could own a gun. He had witnessed someone being shot, and this made him afraid to go out much.
People in China tried to find out where Xie Shaojun was, but the situation was so vast that it was difficult to find him. Relevant officials contacted Gao Yuelan several times, but she always said she didn't know where Xie Shaojun was.
"I really don't know. He has so many lovers, and I didn't dare to say anything." Gao Yuelan said, "Do you think he will tell me where he is hiding?"
Gao Yuelan was telling the truth. She had told Xie Shaojun earlier that if anything really happened, Xie Shaojun should not contact her because she couldn't help him. All Gao Yuelan could do was raise the child well. If Xie Shaojun had any conscience, he should not cause them any more trouble.
The Shi family became a laughing stock among the neighbors. Shi Nan, once the first college student in the neighborhood, became a prisoner. Shi Nan was no longer a person to be praised, but a negative example to others.
"Why didn't you ask your daughter-in-law to give you a granddaughter?" Aunt Zhao said deliberately when she saw Shi's mother buying groceries. "Your son is not around, but your granddaughter is around. At least she has something to think about. Now, you two old people are all alone. How can this be possible? Your son won't be released for another ten years. Don't you want to leave him a way out? You can't expect him to give you a grandson after he gets out of prison."
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