Hearing the commotion next door, Aunt Hao, with a smug look on her face, prepared to go out and see what was going on. As soon as she turned around, she saw Xing Zhaozhao coming over.
"Oh, Zhao Zhao is here." She said, then teased Xiao Hongling again, "Oh my, our Xiao Hongling is so cute."
Then he couldn't wait to drag Xing Zhaozhao out to see the excitement: "Come on, come on, there's a good show next door, let's go out and take a look."
Things really can't be kept secret in the village. In just a short while, quite a few people have gathered around to watch the excitement.
The police officers were still banging on the door, shouting, "Open the door now!"
After a while, the door finally opened, and Old Lady Gao peeked out, looking at the police officers, and asked timidly, "Is...is there something you need?"
"Liu Cuihua?" the police officer asked.
Grandma Gao nodded: "Yes."
The officers from the public security brigade pushed open the door and went in: "Where's your old man, Gao Dahe?"
Hearing the noise, Old Gao came out of the house. When he saw the police officers, his legs trembled involuntarily. He was terrified of being locked up before: "Is...is something wrong?"
"Are Gao Mingzhi, Chu Hongmei, Gao Mingyi, and Lin Zhenzhen your son and daughter-in-law?" the police officer asked.
"Yes, yes." Old Gao nodded, then suddenly remembered something and hurriedly shook his head, saying, "What they did has nothing to do with me."
The officers from the public security brigade chuckled and looked coldly at Old Gao: "I haven't said anything yet, how do you know they've committed a crime?"
Old Gao let out a "ga" sound, as if his throat was blocked, his old face turned red, and he couldn't say a word.
Upon receiving the news, Captain Gao rushed over: "What happened?"
"Gao Mingzhi, Chu Hongmei, Gao Mingyi, and Lin Zhenzhen are suspected of speculation and profiteering involving a huge sum of money. They have now been arrested. According to their confessions, Gao Dahe and Liu Cuihua are also accomplices. We are here to arrest them," said the officers from the Public Security Brigade.
Upon hearing this, Captain Gao's face darkened.
He knew something bad was going to happen, and sure enough, it did.
Those watching outside were also discussing it animatedly.
"So that's how they got that money. They're really bold. With the crackdown so strict now, they still dare to do this. That's quite impressive."
"Hahaha, just a couple of days ago, Old Lady Gao was bragging to me about how successful her son was. Well, look what happened, he's brought it all down. This is karma, let her be so smug."
"I saw you go to Old Lady Gao to borrow money before. Did you get it? That was dirty money. Do you dare to use it?"
"I didn't borrow a single penny. You know how stingy Old Lady Gao is. But I saw Old Liu's family come to borrow money the other day. I wonder if they'll end up going in with them this time."
"However, all the adults in this family have been taken away, what are we going to do with all these children?"
Someone noticed Xing Zhaozhao was there too: "Mingcheng's wife is here too. You're in big trouble now. You might have to leave all these kids to you in the future."
Xing Zhaozhao chuckled and said, "It's none of my business. We've already severed ties."
At this moment, she understood Fei Ge's plan.
However, thinking about all the money that the Gao family squandered still hurts. It really wasn't necessary to make such a big fuss over this one family.
The police have already apprehended Old Man Gao and Old Woman Gao.
The two men continued to argue, "They did it, it has nothing to do with us."
The police officers were ruthless and dragged him away: "Failure to report what you know is a crime, and violating the law is an even more serious offense."
Suddenly, only a few children remained in Lao Gao's house, and they cried loudly in fear.
Only Gao Laosan's three sisters sat in a row in the corner, their mouths moving slightly as if they were eating something, with faint smiles on their lips. Their three similar eyes watched everything in front of them indifferently, as if it were none of their business.
Captain Gao looked at the children in Lao Gao's family, his brows furrowed, and he also felt a headache coming on.
He quickly spotted Xing Zhaozhao, who was watching the commotion, in the crowd and tried calling out, "Mingcheng's wife..."
Xing Zhaozhao looked at Captain Gao with a smile: "We've already severed ties, Captain."
Thinking about what had happened before, Captain Gao was too ashamed to continue: "Forget it, let's just leave it at that for a while."
"Alright, everyone disperse, there's no more show to watch. Don't you have any chores at home? You're all so idle." He shouted at the people around him and turned to leave.
"Ring ring ring, hello."
Postman Xiao Zhao arrived on his bicycle and, seeing Captain Gao about to leave, called out, "Captain, there's mail from your brigade headquarters."
Captain Gao turned back: "A letter for our brigade headquarters? Where did it come from?"
"From the Beijing Machinery Factory," Xiao Zhao said.
Xing Zhaozhao raised an eyebrow slightly.
Here it comes! That was fast.
Beside her, Aunt Hao exclaimed in surprise, "Huh? Beijing Machinery Factory? Isn't that where Wenming's parents work?"
The people from the educated youth settlement heard there was something interesting to see here, so they came too, but unfortunately they were too late and missed it. They were just about to go back.
“Beijing Machinery Factory? Wenming, is this a letter from your home?” Someone looked at Zhang Wenming, who had come with them, and asked.
Zhang Wenming's eyes flashed, and for some reason, he had a bad feeling.
"Maybe, I'll go ask." With his usual gentle smile, he walked straight to Captain Gao and asked, "Captain, is this letter from the Beijing Machinery Factory? Is it mine?"
Captain Gao looked at the envelope again carefully: "No, it's for our brigade headquarters."
"There's also a letter from Zhang Zhiqing," Xiao Zhao said, taking out another stack of letters from the parcel, finding Zhang Wenming's letter, and handing it over.
Zhang Wenming took it and, upon seeing the neat handwriting, his heart skipped a beat.
"Why would the Beijing Machinery Factory suddenly send a letter to our brigade headquarters?" Captain Gao was really curious. He immediately opened the envelope, read it quickly, and his expression changed. He looked at Zhang Wenming with a strange look in his eyes.
Zhang Wenming's expression froze, and he managed to force a smile: "W-what's wrong? Why is the captain looking at me like that?"
Captain Gao snorted coldly: "I never noticed that before..."
Aunt Hao sensed something was wrong and quickly went over to ask, "What's wrong, Captain? What happened?"
Captain Gao handed her the letter, saying, "Read it yourself."
Aunt Hao took the letter, glanced at it, and then reluctantly handed it back to Captain Gao: "I can't read..."
Captain Gao: "..."
Captain Gao briefly explained the contents of the letter to her: "The letter was sent by the personnel department of the Beijing Machinery Factory. They said they received our letter inquiring about Zhang Wenming's personality and family situation..."
"Did you send any letters to the Beijing Machinery Factory?" Captain Gao paused for a moment and asked.
Aunt Hao looked blank and shook her head: "No."
Captain Gao didn't dwell on it any longer and continued, "The letter said that Zhang Wenming is frivolous, likes to flirt with pretty young girls, and has an ambiguous relationship with a married man..."
Aunt Hao felt as if struck by lightning: "What?"
The surrounding area erupted in chaos.
"I never would have guessed he was this kind of person."
"I never thought Aunt Hao could be so wrong."
Hao Xiuning came out of the house at some point, looked at Zhang Wenming, and asked, her face ashen: "Is all of this true?"
Zhang Wenming quickly shook his head, trying to explain, "No, it's..."
He suddenly turned his head and pointed at Xing Zhaozhao, who was standing aside watching the show: "She framed him."
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