Chapter 99 He lied to me because he loved me…
"Everyone, put your hands on your heads and squat down! Don't move!"
"Damn it, there are police! Run...run!"
When Sister Hua, the leader, saw the police barging in, she immediately pushed aside her accomplices and tried to run away, but the door was blocked by the police. She had only taken a couple of steps when she bumped into Bai Ling, who was in uniform. Bai Ling reached behind her and pulled out a pair of handcuffs, pressing down on Sister Hua's arm as she was about to cuff her.
"Grass!"
Sister Hua cursed angrily and kicked Bai Ling in the chest. Bai Ling was hit squarely, staggered back two steps, clutched her chest, and coughed violently.
Mingxi had already hidden away to the side.
Despite her strength, she's no match for someone who's really serious. She's not stupid; she knows she'd only be in the way if she stood there alone, so she moved aside beforehand to avoid the police officers being hesitant to act out of concern for her safety.
But seeing Bai Ling being kicked aside, and Hua Jie about to jump out of the window to escape, Ming Xi couldn't sit still. She shouted, "Don't run!"
At the same time, she leaped forward and delivered a powerful kick to the chest. Mingxi knew that if it came down to fighting skills, she would definitely lose to Sister Hua. Her only advantage was her strength, and Sister Hua was unprepared for her.
So this kick was delivered with full force, sending Sister Hua flying and shattering the glass behind her. With a loud crash, Sister Hua, along with the broken glass, landed straight on the ground of the street outside.
Pedestrians on both sides of the road were stunned for a second before shouting.
"Holy crap, there's a fight!"
"My God, this is going to kill someone!"
"Fighting in broad daylight, in the middle of the street, aren't you afraid someone will call the police?"
At this moment, Bai Ling recovered and stepped forward with handcuffs, twisting Hua Jie's arms behind her back and handcuffing her.
Then, he grabbed Sister Hua's arm and stood up, explaining to the bewildered onlookers, "The police are arresting people."
As soon as Bai Ling appeared, everyone knew that the police had come out to arrest someone, since anyone with eyes could see the uniform she was wearing and the handcuffs on her hands.
However, everyone was completely bewildered, not knowing what was happening.
It wasn't until Bai Ling helped Sister Hua back into the shop, and Ming Xi followed her in, that everyone dared to whisper among themselves.
"I wonder who the police are arresting."
"I don't know, but just by looking at the face of the woman the police are holding down, you can tell she's definitely not a good person."
"That's right..."
Mingxi and Bailing returned to the shop together. Bailing whispered a thank you to Mingxi, but this time she couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering her: "Comrade Ming, have you ever considered working for our municipal bureau?"
Mingxi: "Huh? Me?"
Is she really qualified to be a police officer?
This wasn't the time to talk, so Bai Ling couldn't say much to Ming Xi. She just felt in her heart that Ming Xi was really suited to be a police officer.
She is clever, quick-witted, fast-moving, and highly skilled in combat.
You should be her colleague!
Bai Ling picked up Sister Hua and handed her over to the team leader.
By this time, the chaos inside the room had almost subsided, and all seven of Sister Hua's group were restrained and handcuffed.
When the leader of the municipal bureau saw that they were still struggling, he shouted angrily: "All of you, behave yourselves and stop making trouble. Don't you understand what the situation is?"
The seven people who were handcuffed exchanged glances and pretended to be obedient, lowering their heads.
At this moment, Dong Chunling finally realized what was happening. She shouted, "What are you doing? What are you doing? What right do you have to arrest Xiang Dong? Xiang Dong hasn't broken the law. Even if you are the police, you can't just arrest people randomly..."
"Take them away!" The captain leading the arrest team frowned and turned around to give the order.
"Yes!" a young policeman replied, but when he saw Dong Chunling rushing frantically toward Li Xiangdong, he was at a loss.
"Captain... what about her?"
"Take it with you too!"
He turned his head and looked at Mingxi with a much better attitude, speaking in a more amiable tone: "Comrade Ming, you also need to come back with us to give a statement and go through the procedures."
"Okay, no problem."
This was no big deal for Mingxi, and she readily agreed.
The group returned to the police station. All the way there, Dong Chunling kept shouting and cursing, saying that the police were arbitrarily arresting people. When they arrived at the police station, Bai Ling couldn't hold back any longer and told her that Li Xiangdong was a fraudster.
Dong Chunling: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! How could Xiang Dong be a swindler? Xiang Dong could never be a swindler..."
Just then, someone was leading Li Xiangdong to the interrogation room. As they passed by Dong Chunling, she immediately rushed up to Li Xiangdong and shouted, "Xiangdong, what they said is all false, right? How could you possibly be a liar?"
Li Xiangdong: "Yes, officers, you've misunderstood. I'm not a liar. Chunling, you should talk to the officers properly. I'm not a liar, I've never lied. Our feelings for each other are real, right?"
He went along with Dong Chunling's words, trying to deceive the police officers into letting it go.
But the police officers weren't fools, and of course they didn't believe his nonsense. They dragged him into the interrogation room.
Dong Chunling, as always, believed Li Xiangdong's lies. With tears in her eyes, she stared at the closed door of the interrogation room, trying to argue with the police officer next to her.
"Officer, did you hear that? Xiang Dong just said..."
The person in charge of taking Dong Chunling's statement couldn't help but shake his head; she was truly stubborn and unrepentant.
Outside, police officers were taking statements from Dong Chunling and Ming Xi, while inside the interrogation room, the interrogation of Li Xiangdong had begun.
"Name?"
"Li Xiangdong".
“Tell me your real name.”
"Officer, I'm innocent! This is my real name, Li Xiangdong," Li Xiangdong said, feigning innocence.
Sitting opposite Li Xiangdong were veteran police officers who had been working for several years. They could tell from his words that the young man wasn't telling the truth. Who would use their own name to commit fraud?
"Don't try to play tricks on us, kid. See what's written on the wall opposite you? Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely. Our police have been investigating your group for a long time and have already gathered sufficient evidence of your crimes. You were the one who swindled Comrade Tao Fang out of 6,000 yuan in Jinshi earlier this year, weren't you? And last year, you were the one who swindled 100,000 yuan in Hebei Province, weren't you?"
Li Xiangdong shrank back, startled. He hadn't expected the police to be so well-prepared.
That's it, I'm really doomed this time.
Just as Li Xiangdong was panicking, the police officer opposite him spoke again: "If you confess honestly now, we might be able to give you a lighter sentence because of your good attitude in admitting your guilt. If you resist stubbornly and refuse to admit it, you may be sentenced to a heavier sentence."
"Think about it carefully yourself. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry. Among the seven of you, there will always be one who wants to be punished lightly and honestly confesses to us. I don't care who it is. As long as someone confesses, I can get away with it."
He spoke of it casually, as if he didn't take it seriously at all.
Li Xiangdong dared not take this matter lightly, and he gritted his teeth as he pondered it in his heart.
I don't know how much the police know right now. They know about the cases he committed in Tianjin in the first half of the year, and they probably know everything else about him too.
And most importantly, there are seven of them in total. Even if he can hold his tongue and not confess, there's no guarantee that one of the other six won't back down and confess.
Rather than waiting for others to pin the blame on him, he might as well strike first.
Thinking this, Li Xiangdong looked up and asked, "Officer, if I confess now, would that be considered a confession? Could I get a lighter sentence?"
The experienced policeman immediately realized that he was about to confess and couldn't take it anymore. He quietly sat up straight and said, "Well, that depends on whether what you confess is valuable."
Li Xiangdong held his breath, stared intently at the person in front of him for a moment, and said, "Then I'll tell you everything, I'll confess everything. My real name is Li Fugui, and I only joined them last year..."
Upon hearing Li Xiangdong's words, the police officer in charge of recording quickly began to take notes.
According to Li Xiangdong's confession, he was originally a street urchin in Hebei Province. Although he had never done anything legitimate, he had never committed any crimes either. He hadn't originally intended to engage in fraud; he was tricked into joining by Sister Hua. At first, Sister Hua only told him that she would help him make money. He only realized that the money-making scheme Sister Hua mentioned was a scam after joining the organization, but by then he was already on the wrong track and couldn't get off. So he could only continue to follow Sister Hua and her group in committing fraud.
Dishonest.
The two police officers sitting opposite each other exchanged a glance and made their judgment on Li Xiangdong.
This kid's story is highly exaggerated. If he really had no intention of getting involved in the scam, even if he didn't know what Sister Hua and her group were doing at first, he could have reported them to the police later when he found out.
This kid clearly did it willingly, but now he's pretending to be unwilling. It's obvious he's not being honest and is making things up to get a lighter punishment.
However, that's not the point right now, so the two police officers didn't interrupt Li Xiangdong. Instead, they continued to press him for details about the fraud ring.
"Tell me about your gang. Who's the leader among the seven of you? Is it Sister Hua you mentioned?"
Li Xiangdong: "Yes, Sister Hua is the leader, she's our eldest sister, and we also have an eldest brother..."
When talking about others, Li Xiangdong was very talkative, but when it came to himself, he became hesitant. He would say that he had never intended to commit a crime, or that he had only been in the gang for a short time and had not participated in many cases.
With Li Xiangdong's confession, the interrogations of the remaining people went much more smoothly.
When the other members of the gang heard that Li Xiangdong had betrayed them, they were furious. In addition, they knew that the police had a pretty good grasp of their crimes, so they didn't care and readily confessed.
Sister Hua was the one most betrayed by Li Xiangdong. He pinned almost everything on her, saying that she lured him into the criminal gang, that all the fraud was her plan, and that everyone else in the gang was following her orders.
When Sister Hua found out about this, she was so angry that she cursed in the interrogation room: "Damn it, I curse his ancestors for eighteen generations, you bastard! Police officers, don't believe that idiot. Damn it, I didn't lie to him at all. He already knew what we did. He only joined us because he thought our line of work was easy and profitable."
"He doesn't just do what I tell him to do. For example, this time with Dong Chunling, she wasn't my original target. It was Li Xiangdong who changed his target on a whim, seeing that Dong Chunling was a fat sheep!"
Hua Jie gets angry just thinking about it. If Li Xiangdong hadn't changed the target to Dong Chunling without permission, none of this would have happened, and they wouldn't have been arrested by the police.
With all sorts of grudges combined, Sister Hua didn't hold back in exposing Li Xiangdong's shortcomings: "Officers, don't let Li Xiangdong's honest appearance fool you; he's got a lot of tricks up his sleeve. We're very ethical in this line of work; we cheat people out of money, but we never take advantage of them. But Li Xiangdong is different. He's taken advantage of women quite a bit. The other day when he came back, he told us he'd got his eye on Mingxi and was planning to make a move on her!"
It's ridiculous that scammers would claim to have professional ethics.
The police officer was speechless for a second, but still told Mingxi about it.
Mingxi: I didn't kick him hard enough last time. If I had known that Li Xiangdong was still up to no good, I should have just broken his leg.
Hearing this, Dong Chunling, on the other hand, was so angry that her face turned crooked.
Although the police officers had just explained to her that Li Xiangdong was a liar who had used similar methods to deceive other women before, she remained stubbornly convinced that she was special to Li Xiangdong.
Li Xiangdong truly loves her.
Even if he cheated her out of money, it was because he was forced to do so by others in the fraud gang; Li Xiangdong had genuine feelings for her.
Dong Chunling also declared that she would not pursue Li Xiangdong's responsibility and that the police should release him.
Police officer: "No, even if you don't pursue this, the other comrades who were deceived will still be investigated. We can't let him go."
Dong Chunling bit her handkerchief, feeling resentful. However, she was still quite sensible and didn't dare to cause a scene at the police station. She could only say reluctantly, "Then I'll wait for Xiang Dong to come out. Even if he's sentenced and goes to jail, I'll wait for him. I'll guard him outside until he comes out, and then we can continue living our lives happily together."
The police officers who were taking Dong Chunling's statement were at a loss for words.
Not to mention Mingxi, she was dumbfounded.
Although she knew Dong Chunling was crazy before, she didn't expect Dong Chunling to be this crazy.
However, that was all before, when they didn't know that Li Xiangdong still wanted to harm Mingxi. Now that they know that Li Xiangdong still wants to harm Mingxi, Dong Chunling explodes.
Don't misunderstand, Dong Chunling isn't worried that Mingxi will be deceived.
She felt that Li Xiangdong had taken a liking to Mingxi.
Enraged, Dong Chunling grabbed the police officer and shouted, "Where is that Li guy? I want to confront him face to face! How could he fall for Mingxi? What's so great about Mingxi? Is she as gentle as me? Is she as good to him as I am?"
Mingxi: ? ? ?
No, what time is it? Dong Chunling is still jealous?
She rolled her eyes, feeling there was really nothing to say to someone as love-obsessed as Dong Chunling.
Dong Chunling: "Officer, let me in. I need to ask that guy surnamed Li some questions. He clearly said that I was his true love. If he wanted to cheat me out of money, he only needed to cheat me. Why did he have to target other people? How could he target other people too!"
The police officers would never let Dong Chunling break in, and they stopped her at all costs.
Mingxi was speechless: "Dong Chunling, can you please wake up? Do you think being deceived is a good thing?"
Dong Chunling: "You don't understand, he wanted to lie to me because he loved me!"
Mingxi: ...
Forget it, there's no hope.
She shut up, too lazy to argue with that idiot Dong Chunling.
Dong Chunling argued with the police for a long time, and finally the police officer got angry and said: "If you keep causing trouble like this, don't blame me for being impolite and arresting you too!"
When this came up, Dong Chunling chickened out. She let go of his hand, stood obediently to the side, and dared not cause any more trouble.
The police officer took a deep breath, looked at Mingxi, and said, "Thank you for your cooperation, Comrade Ming. Once the statement is given, there's nothing else. If you have anything else to do, you can leave now."
Mingxi nodded. There would definitely be more work to do after this case today, and she would only be causing trouble here. It would be better to go home first.
Mingxi politely bid farewell to the police officer and turned to leave.
Just then, several police officers escorted Li Xiangdong out of the interrogation room. Dong Chunling, already furious, rushed at him upon seeing him. Grabbing at his shirt, she asked desperately, "Li Xiangdong, didn't you say I was your true love? You lied to me because you liked me, right? You wouldn't lie to someone you don't like, right? Then why did the police tell me earlier that you also had your eye on Mingxi, that you were interested in her? How could you betray me!"
Li Xiangdong was baffled by Dong Chunling's question.
He frowned: "Are you sick, you crazy woman?"
Dong Chunling looked hurt: "You called me a crazy woman?"
Li Xiangdong: "Yes, I'm calling you, you crazy woman, your brain is not normal at all, I don't know what you're thinking all day long."
He never liked Dong Chunling in the first place, and he wouldn't have wasted so much time on her if it weren't for trying to swindle her money.
Now that he's been arrested by the police, the money has nothing to do with him, and he's too lazy to keep coaxing Dong Chunling. He just said what was on his mind: "Let me be frank with you, I don't like you at all, I didn't even look at you. I was only coaxing you before because I thought you should have money."
He was still angry when he talked about this. He had heard from the alley that Dong Chunling was spending money and effort to serve Yan Zhiwen, and he thought she was a fool who was taking advantage of him because she was rich and stupid. That's why he set his sights on her.
From the time he got close to Dong Chunling until now, Dong Chunling has only spent a total of six hundred yuan on him!
For the average person, 600 yuan is not a small amount; it's roughly equivalent to two years' salary for a regular worker.
But for someone like Li Xiangdong, six hundred yuan is nothing.
His previous deals were all worth thousands or tens of thousands.
He had just received 600 yuan from Dong Chunling, and because of that 600 yuan, he was caught by the police. He couldn't help but feel upset!
Li Xiangdong's words were merciless: "I thought you had money, that's why I went to all the trouble to coax you. Who would have thought you were just a penniless wretch who only managed to pull out six hundred yuan? You're really useless! What good are you? You can't keep your ex-husband, you let him get together with other women. You have no money. If I were you, I would have committed suicide out of shame long ago."
"Aaaaaaah!"
Enraged, Dong Chunling grabbed Li Xiangdong's hair and slapped him across the face: "You bastard, you heartless man, you actually lied to me, ahhh, you've been lying to me all this time, you bastard!"
She looked frantic and started slapping Li Xiangdong across the face repeatedly.
Li Xiangdong's face was visibly swollen, and a trace of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. Mingxi hissed and subconsciously took a step back. He really didn't expect Dong Chunling to be so fierce when she hit someone.
Dong Chunling was truly enraged this time. She swung her arms around without any mercy, and several police officers gasped in shock when they saw it.
It seems you should never mess with a woman.
Seeing that Li Xiangdong had been beaten into a limp mess, the police officers knew it wouldn't be right for them to ignore it, so an older officer stepped forward and pulled Dong Chunling away.
Dong Chunling struggled: "Let me go, don't stop me, I want to settle accounts with Li Xiangdong..."
The old policeman gave Mingxi a look, signaling her to put in a good word for him.
Mingxi stepped forward: "What are you trying to settle? Do you even remember where you are? This is the police station. If you want to go to jail with Li Xiangdong, then go ahead and cause trouble!"
Dong Chunling's lips moved, but she ultimately didn't say anything about taking action.
Logically speaking, Dong Chunling should be dealt with seriously for committing such an act right under the noses of the police, but Dong Chunling is, after all, a victim who was deceived.
Not only were they scammed out of money, but they were also emotionally deceived.
The police officers felt somewhat sorry for her, so they didn't make a big deal out of it, but basic criticism and education were definitely necessary.
The veteran police officer said, "Comrade Dong, we understand your feelings and anger, but Li Xiangdong has already been arrested by our police station. You must trust the police and the law; we will definitely give you a fair explanation. Taking matters into your own hands is absolutely not allowed, do you understand?"
The police officers were already being very considerate of Dong Chunling, but she was still unconvinced and stubbornly refused to speak.
The old policeman had been in this line of work for so many years and had seen all kinds of people. Seeing Dong Chunling like this, he was too lazy to get angry with her. Mingxi, on the other hand, couldn't help but roll her eyes and curse her as an ungrateful wretch.
Upon hearing the sound, Dong Chunling immediately turned her head and stared at the source.
Mingxi refused to admit defeat. When Dong Chunling glared at her, she glared back, her eyes wide open.
Dong Chunling was so angry that her teeth itched.
She felt that Mingxi was deliberately making things difficult for her; otherwise, with so many criminals, why would Mingxi only arrest Li Xiangdong?
Mingxi was just jealous of her happiness with Li Xiangdong, so she deliberately sabotaged it!
Of course, Li Xiangdong wasn't a good person either.
Ever since hearing Li Xiangdong's insults, Dong Chunling's love instantly turned to hatred. She felt no lingering affection for Li Xiangdong and hated him to the extreme. If she could, she would have killed him.
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