—She found her child, like a valiant knight who has regained his armor, now without any weaknesses, invincible.
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"...What? There's a commotion over there? Is your CEO Wang alright? What's the situation on the ground? What kind of money are you offering? Not a single penny. Don't worry, the company has a whole team of legal counsel on standby."
In his office in Wucheng, Zhang Cang kept changing his expression as he spoke into the phone. After hanging up, he sat down angrily and gulped down a mouthful of tea.
Xu Milu glanced at him and slowly took a sip of tea:
"Did something happen to Wang Lan?"
"They say the family that bought the child refused to let her go, blocking her at the hospital and preventing her from leaving. Now the media has moved on. It's disgusting. I hope I don't find out who's behind this. If I do, I'll kill them. How can they do something so despicable as breaking up a mother and child? Are they even human?"
Zhang Cang's rant this time was truly heartfelt; after all, any Chinese person with flesh and blood would abhor the word "kidnapper."
"Boss, what kind of situation is this? The police over there advised against making a big deal out of it, suggesting they just give 30,000 to 50,000 yuan as child support, but Sister Wang just won't swallow this insult. Tell me, if it were me, I wouldn't give them a single penny. Why should they abuse my child and then expect me to pay them? Are they trying to make a fortune off my child? Isn't this just encouraging them to buy more children in the future?"
Xu Jianan, standing to the side, showed a slight change in expression, but simply said calmly:
"But there is no such thing as 'buying and selling are equally criminal' in Chinese law. As long as the other party insists that they were unaware of the crime, there is no way to punish them."
Zhang Cang gritted his teeth in hatred: "Are we just going to let them go like this?"
“Tell Wang Lan that they can give them whatever amount of money they want, whether it's ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or one million, just bring the child back first.”
Xu Milu took another sip of tea and, ignoring the puzzled looks from the crowd, continued:
“I heard Lulu say that China has a crime of ‘extortion’, and one million should be considered as ‘an exceptionally large amount’.”
Xu Jianan was taken aback, not understanding why Xu Milu suddenly brought this up, but she still nodded in agreement:
"Yes, Article 274 of my country's Criminal Law stipulates that the crime of extortion refers to the act of extorting public or private property, where the amount is relatively large or the extortion is repeated, and the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, or public surveillance, and may also be fined; where the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined; where the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, the offender shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, and shall also be fined."
Xu Milu reached out and gently tapped the desktop notification:
"The Wang family is essentially using the child as leverage to extort money from Wang Lan. Given that the child was previously abused in the Wang family, this should be considered a serious offense. The Chinese courts will take this into account when sentencing. Now it remains to be seen how Wang Lan will proceed."
The group of people who blocked Wang Lan from leaving probably didn't genuinely want to keep the child. As long as the other party asked for money, they would find a way to send them in through legitimate means.
Do you really think that no one will care if you do something wrong?
If you want to use this child as a cash cow, you have to see if she's willing.
As for whether they intend to send Wang Fugui a two-year, three-year, or ten-year prison meal package, that depends on how much money Wang Lan has been "extorted" from.
Although such methods are somewhat unethical, the result is a win-win situation.
After all, their Honghe Group isn't some kind of dark force. Even if some saintly person jumps out and says they set a trap for others, they should first think about it: if Wang Fugui's people weren't greedy and vicious, how could such a trap have been set up?
"Wow! Boss, Miss Xu must have told you about this method, right? Sure enough, those who study law are all cunning. This method is amazing!"
Zhang Cang jumped up immediately, eager to call Wang Lan. As for contacting Wang Fugui to extract evidence, that was a piece of cake for a seasoned veteran like Wang Lan.
—The specific amount will depend on Wang Lan's handling. Zhang Cang guesses she'd love to send Wang Fugui's whole family a ten-year prison sentence as a gift.
Xu Milu: "..."
Why do you have to resort to personal attacks when you're just praising someone?
Although she is still using the identity of "Ren Honghe" for now, she has already remembered this grudge.
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