Chapter 56 It was wrong of me to give in to my daughter, I won't do it again...
Qiu Xiaoman wasn't sure if Liang Zhihao was telling the truth, but he definitely knew some additional clues.
Therefore, you shouldn't keep provoking him.
Knowing when to stop, she returned to the interrogation room, sat opposite Liang Zhihao, and looked the blond-haired man over again, asking, "Then tell me, how did you guys come up with the idea of reselling parts? Who took the lead, and who contacted the buyers? And your cell phone, worth tens of thousands of yuan, you just gave it away so casually? Nobody believes you didn't know the buyers were Vietnamese."
"Good sister, believe me, I really don't know." Liang Zhihao became anxious and started trying to claim kinship.
Qiu Xiaoman immediately corrected him: "Please watch your wording, I am not your sister."
"Okay, okay, Officer Qiu." Liang Zhihao quickly admitted his mistake, his voice trembling with tears, and hurriedly explained what had happened between him and those blond-haired guys.
This also involves Zhou Bin, the son of the veterinarian Zhou Shu.
His uncle was a workshop foreman in a vacuum tube factory. The news that the factory's products were not selling well came from his uncle.
Qiu Xiaoman quickly glanced at Team Leader Zou, asked Zhou Bin's uncle's name, and wrote it down for future reference.
After chatting for a while, Qiu Xiaoman grasped a few key pieces of information—the person in charge was the warehouse manager's son, and the warehouse manager was responsible for contacting buyers.
As for the mobile phone, the warehouse manager couldn't afford to buy one, so he had to borrow it from Liang Zhihao for a period of time, promising him an extra five percent of the profits after the deal was done.
Liang Zhihao had always envied other people's children for having endless pocket money; otherwise, he wouldn't have taken the risk of getting involved in the illegal sale of state-owned assets.
The driving force of greed was incredibly strong, so he agreed.
He also received his first kickback—one thousand yuan—from the warehouse manager's son.
Qiu Xiaoman laughed in exasperation: "Didn't you ever think that if things were exposed, your 50,000 yuan mobile phone would be gone for good?"
"I...I thought nothing would happen," Liang Zhihao muttered. "Similar things happened at the watch factory before, and nothing happened, right?"
"A watch factory?" Qiu Xiaoman asked curiously, "Are the watch factory's products also experiencing slow sales?"
"Yes, quartz watches are all the rage now, and a lot of old-fashioned mechanical watches are piling up and can't be sold. So... Anyway, I just wanted to make a little money to spend, I really didn't intend to collude with the Vietnamese. You have to believe me, really, really, really!" Liang Zhihao was so excited he almost stood up.
Although he was a reckless person, he knew the seriousness of the matter and was determined to do his best to clear his name.
Qiu Xiaoman looked at Captain Zou again: "There are also cases of watch factories reselling watches. Let's have someone verify this."
"Hmm." Captain Zou quickly stood up. This kind of case not only requires the police to handle it, but also requires notifying the procuratorate, the leaders of the Ministry of Light Industry, and the relevant discipline inspection commissions for a joint investigation.
All cases involving crimes committed by public officials in the course of their duties must be transferred to the relevant authorities, while the police are responsible for non-official crimes, collecting evidence, and determining the facts of the crime.
Qiu Xiaoman stayed in the interrogation room and chatted with Liang Zhihao for a while, gaining a deeper understanding of this blond-haired man.
In short, his father was a miser, and he himself was a spendthrift. If either of them hadn't been like this, Liang Zhihao wouldn't have ended up like this.
It's a two-way street – the more stingy the father is, the more the son wants to make money; the more money the son makes, the more he squanders the family fortune; and the more the father fears his son's squandering, the more stingy he becomes.
After Qiu Xiaoman finished asking all the questions, her cell phone rang as she got up to leave.
Shen Qinghuai received Liang Jianshan's request, asking him to inquire with Qiu Xiaoman about the seriousness of Liang Zhihao's crime.
Qiu Xiaoman went to the hallway outside to answer the phone. Her face was tense, and she asked seriously, "Are you trying to harm me?"
Shen Qinghuai was stumped by the question. He thought it was a trivial matter, after all, Fang Zhenhong had given Liu Yuandou plenty of information.
Unexpectedly, Xiaoman is a good child who sticks to his principles. He quickly apologized, "It's my fault. I won't say things that are inconvenient to say."
“If something like this happens again, you need to learn to refuse.” Seeing that he admitted his mistake well, Qiu Xiaoman did not criticize him relentlessly, but instead instructed him, “Remember this, my job is hard-earned, and I cannot make mistakes.”
"Got it. You're busy now. It won't happen again." Shen Qinghuai hung up the phone, looked at Liang Jianshan who was excited, and lied directly, "She doesn't know. She's a dog trainer, how would she know these things?"
"But I heard from people that she was directly involved in arresting criminals involved in the trafficking case." Liang Jianshan's sources of information are very reliable.
Shen Qinghuai frowned: "Who told you that?"
“Liu Yuandou,” Liang Jianshan said helplessly, “I know you’re competing with him, but he’s handed over all the earthwork for his projects to me, so I have no choice but to deal with him.”
Shen Qinghuai warned coldly, "Then you can go hang out with him, but don't ever say I'm your brother-in-law again. Get out."
Liang Jianshan panicked and quickly admitted his mistake, saying, "I really didn't mean to speak up for him, please don't be angry. As for him having his son find Xiaoman, I've heard about it too, and it was indeed something he did that was unethical. Wait a minute, I'll go and persuade him right now. Please give me some face, let's sit down and have dinner together tonight, and turn hostility into friendship, okay?"
"You don't have that much influence. Get out of here and don't delay my meeting." Shen Qinghuai was so angry that she didn't want to talk to him.
Liang Jianshan felt extremely wronged, but he didn't want to offend Shen Qinghuai, so he could only sigh and leave.
Just as they got into the car outside, Liu Yuandou called and asked, "How did it go? Did Qiu Xiaoman reveal any case information to Shen Qinghuai?"
As long as she reveals the information, he can have his grandson Liu Kai report Qiu Xiaoman.
Unexpectedly, Liang Jianshan sighed and said, "No, the father and daughter probably didn't have a good talk, and Shen Qinghuai scolded me."
Liu Yuandou was a little surprised. Was Qiu Xiaoman really that difficult to deal with?
"A country bumpkin like her actually has such awareness?" He simply couldn't believe it.
Liang Jianshan said with a wry smile, "So what if he's from the countryside? Isn't he still Shen Qinghuai's son? Don't you know what kind of person Shen Qinghuai is? I'm telling you, you should apologize to him. You were in the wrong to begin with."
Liu Yuandou fell silent for a long time before finally speaking: "You don't know yet, do you? This Qiu Xiaoman brought up Fang Ting's death; she's targeting me."
"Huh?" Liang Jianshan was completely bewildered. "Didn't Fang Ting commit suicide?"
Knowing that Liang Jianshan was unaware of the truth, Liu Yuandou continued to deceive him: "Yes, the case is closed, it's a clear suicide. But she gathered a group of people at the criminal investigation team, insisting it was murder and demanding a reopening of the investigation. And Shen Qinghuai messed with me in the stock market today... Do you think it's possible that they, father and daughter, conspired to bribe someone to frame us? To ruin the Liu family?"
"No way, this Xiao Qiu doesn't seem like she has any bad intentions." Liang Jianshan said this based on evidence, because Shen Qinghuai had been praising her.
He trusted Shen Qinghuai's judgment.
But Liu Yuandou instigated, "Don't forget, my grandson is still in her hands. I just sent someone to pick him up, but he refused to go home. He must have been brainwashed by Qiu Xiaoman. And when your son was arrested, Qiu Xiaoman refused to help you with any information. What does that mean? It means she's just as ruthless and evil as Shen Qinghuai."
Liang Jianshan stared in surprise at the bird droppings on his windshield, then suddenly felt nauseous. He quickly hung up the phone, grabbed a tissue, and got out of the car to wipe it off.
When he was halfway through wiping the car, he saw Liu Kun's car pass by and quickly called out to Liu Kun.
Liu Kun stopped in the parking space next to him, rolled down the window, and asked, "Mr. Liang, what's the matter?"
"My son has been arrested. Aren't you and that Xiao Qiu very close? Can you help me ask her what happened to my son?" Liang Jianshan's mind was a bit confused.
He couldn't believe Liu Yuandou's words, but his son had indeed been arrested. He had no clue what to do and could only desperately try anything.
Liu Kun squinted at him and asked, "How did you know I'm close to Officer Qiu? Did Liu Yuandou tell you?"
Liang Jianshan did not deny it.
Liu Kun scoffed, "Don't listen to that old geezer's nonsense. I don't even know where Officer Qiu is, how am I supposed to ask him for you?"
"Ah, aren't you pursuing her?" Liang Jianshan was a little surprised. Liu Kun drives such an expensive car, yet Xiao Qiu doesn't seem interested in him?
It seems she really is just as difficult to deal with as Shen Qinghuai.
Liu Kun lowered his eyelids and said self-deprecatingly, "Just because I pursue her doesn't mean she has to agree. Who says so? Boss Liang, don't drag Officer Qiu into making a mistake. Besides, she's just a newcomer. How much key information could she possibly know? You might as well ask some old acquaintances, like Fang Zhenhong."
Yes, he went to find Fang Zhenhong! He went directly to Shen Qinghuai today because he thought Shen Qinghuai was closer to him, but who would have thought that Shen Qinghuai would refuse to help.
It seems that Liu Yuandou's relatives are more reliable.
Liang Jianshan quickly got back to his car and made a phone call. Fang Zhenhong didn't make things difficult for him and told him everything he knew.
In short, Liang Zhihao was involved in the case of reselling state-owned assets. Although he was only an accomplice, his crime will not be light, and he will be sentenced to at least three years in prison.
Liang Jianshan turned pale with fright. His good-for-nothing son had finally gotten himself into trouble.
He was trembling with anger and asked, "Is there any way to get him out?"
“Let him implicate a few more people to make amends.” Fang Zhenhong thought for a moment and said, “We can use the watch factory incident as leverage. Captain Zou is too busy; he’s been handling serious shooting cases lately and doesn’t know about the watch factory. You should find a way to see your son and get him to provide clues so we can try to get leniency.”
"Okay." Liang Jianshan was very grateful and thanked him repeatedly.
Fang Zhenhong continued to instruct, "Also, the trucks used in the previous trafficking case were all registered under your shopping mall's name. You'd better get rid of those vehicles as soon as possible, otherwise it will eventually come back to your son."
"My son?" Liang Jianshan was completely bewildered. "What does my son have to do with this?"
"Do you think he took the money?"
How did you know?
“Zhou Bin told me this. Now that Feng Hao and his gang have been brought back, once the anti-trafficking team gets him to talk, your son will probably get the maximum sentence of seven years.”
"What? This bastard!"
Liang Jianshan was so angry that his head was spinning. In a fit of rage, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and collapsed onto the steering wheel.
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