"I... I didn't intend to do anything to desecrate my great-grandfather's ashes. I just wanted to take this opportunity to ask for some money..."
Trying to take advantage of the situation to ask for some money?
What's the meaning?
For a moment, Wang Jiaoyang and the others couldn't understand how Old Master Wang's ashes could be related to making money.
Seeing their blank expressions, Wang Lin could only suppress his guilt and continue to explain in a low voice.
"That's right, we're asking you for money, extortion..."
After the last two words were uttered, Wang Jiaoyang and the others finally realized what was happening, and their faces instantly turned gloomy.
"Using my grandfather's ashes to extort money from us?! Wang Lin, are you out of your mind?! This is illegal!"
Putting aside whether they're related or not, this behavior has already broken the law!
"What are you thinking all day? How could you do something like this? Are you too confident in yourself, or do you just not trust the police enough?!"
Instead of doing their proper duties, they've resorted to blackmailing people with ashes?
Wang Jiaoyang simply didn't know what to say about him!
The others around him looked at Wang Lin with disbelief and disappointment. Some even mocked him, asking if he had watched too many movies and whether he really thought he could extort money with such clumsy methods.
Wang Lin was being relentlessly criticized, his head practically drooping to the ground, yet he still couldn't help but weakly retort.
"Of course I was fully prepared. I was planning to text Brother Jiaoyang last night, but who knew..."
Who knew a dog would beat it to it?
In fact, at the very beginning, Wang Lin planned to send a message to Wang Jiaoyang using another accomplice's phone as soon as he got his hands on the ashes.
However, he hadn't left the village yet, and he was worried that if he posted it so early, Wang Jiaoyang might realize what was going on and start searching for him, which would likely expose him.
That's why he planned to postpone it a little, so that he could properly handle Old Master Wang's ashes, send them to another place for safekeeping, and then contact his friends to send a message.
The message they sent was, of course, an extortionate message, demanding that Wang Jiaoyang and the others transfer a certain amount of money to an account in exchange for the return of the ashes, etc.
His friend lives abroad, so the phone number and bank account he uses to send messages will be overseas.
Cross-border investigation is very difficult, and Wang Jiaoyang's family is not powerful enough to have connections both domestically and internationally.
Therefore, Wang Lin firmly believes that in the end, in order to get his grandfather's ashes back, Wang Jiaoyang and the others will definitely choose to transfer the money.
As soon as he gets the money, he'll find a way to put the ashes in a place without surveillance cameras, so Wang Jiaoyang and the others can just go and get them themselves.
After returning the ashes intact, he could happily divide the spoils with his friends.
He knew that doing so was disrespectful to his great-grandfather and unfair to Wang Jiaoyang's family.
But he really had no other choice.
He recently became addicted to a foreign website and spent a lot of money on it, exhausting his savings and even incurring some debt.
He dared not tell his family about this, because if they found out, they would definitely scold him severely, and might even restrict his spending in the future.
He certainly didn't want to end up like this!
So in order to pay off the money as soon as possible, he had to think of another way. Then, as he thought about it, he set his sights on the richest family around him, Wang Jiaoyang and his family.
As for stealing Old Master Wang's ashes to ask Wang Jiaoyang and his group for money, how did they come up with that idea...?
Someone just guessed it correctly.
He came up with this idea because he remembered a movie he had seen before.
There's a similar plot in the movie where someone steals the ashes of a wealthy person's deceased family in exchange for money, and then uses that as leverage to demand money from the deceased's descendants.
When Wang Lin thought of the plot in the movie, he suddenly felt that this method was tailor-made for him.
He happened to be near a wealthy family he knew, namely Wang Jiaoyang's family, and it was easy to obtain Wang Jiaoyang's grandfather's ashes, which were located in a nearby mountain without any security personnel.
In the dark of night, as long as he moves quickly and carefully enough, getting Wang Jiaoyang's grandfather's ashes is a sure thing.
And of course, there's the most important point.
That is, Wang Jiaoyang's family had great respect for their deceased great-grandfather, so they would definitely pay for the redemption of his ashes.
Moreover, the money he wanted wasn't a large sum for Wang Jiaoyang's family; they could easily give it to them, and it wouldn't cause them any significant loss.
In short, Wang Lin thought the plan was flawless, but even though he had calculated everything, an unexpected incident still occurred.
With Wang Lin revealing his entire plan, Wang Jiaoyang's family had completely lost faith in him.
As family members, not only should they help each other and unite, but Wang Lin actually schemed against them behind their backs!
Moreover, he was terribly naive.
How could someone trust a friend with no blood relation so much, and even collude with that person to cheat their own relatives out of money?
Didn't he ever consider that if they transferred the money to that friend's account, the friend might not give him any money back, or might even report him?
And he even dared to say that his family wasn't short of money!
What? Their family doesn't lack this little bit of money, but even if they do, it's still money they worked hard to earn. Why should they give it to him?
Do they owe him?!
In the end, Wang Lin's parents also rushed back.
Wang Lin's parents never expected their son to do such a heinous thing. They immediately beat Wang Lin up and kept apologizing to Wang Jiaoyang's family.
Unfortunately, Wang Lin's actions this time have seriously crossed the line for Wang Jiaoyang and his group.
Just as Wang Lin thought, his family truly respected and cared deeply about Old Master Wang's ashes, so even if they were his relatives, they would never forgive him for doing such a thing!
Therefore, no matter how much Wang Lin and his parents begged and apologized, Wang Jiaoyang and his parents did not soften their hearts and directly called the police.
We'll handle it as it comes.
Moreover, this incident has already become known throughout the village, and they must deal with it seriously in order to deter others.
Otherwise, if they are treated leniently, it might leave people with the impression that they are soft-hearted and easy to bully!
When Wang Jiaoyang was taken away, his family took the time to thank Lin Xi and Gou Batian, the hero of the incident. As for the actual thanks later, they would have to wait until they came out of the police station.
Lin Xi understood. Although Gou Batian was very unhappy that he had been slandered before, when Wang Jiaoyang said that he would thank him properly later, it just raised its head and snorted, which was considered a reluctant agreement.
Two days later, the Wang family arrived at the feng shui shop as promised, bringing a large amount of food and toys that Dog Batian liked.
They had inquired about all of this with Lin Xi beforehand; otherwise, Wang Jiaoyang and the others really wouldn't know what to prepare for Gou Batian.
As for the thank-you gift for Lin Xi, it was quite simple and practical: he simply gave Lin Xi a large red envelope.
After receiving a bunch of apologies, Gou Batian finally gave Wang Jiaoyang a nice look, barked softly at him, and then turned around to eat his snacks.
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