Sha Zhu, standing nearby, threatened, "Who did this? Step forward now! Stop dawdling! Stealing coal too? What's wrong with that? Can't afford to live?"
“Zhu Zi is right. If you’re in trouble at home, you can tell us three old men. Why do this kind of thing? I’ll ask you all one more time, is there really no one who admits it?” Yi Zhonghai continued with a stern face.
"Fine, since that's how it is, don't blame us. If they find out, don't blame us for being ruthless; we'll call the police," Liu Haizhong said coldly from the side. He was getting annoyed to death. Who was framing his family time and time again?
"Hey, old man, if we call the police, our model worker will be gone! Why would we call the police? Didn't you say we're all from the same hospital and we shouldn't call the police?"
Xu Damao said sarcastically from the side, "When Sha Zhu hit me before, I went to call the police, but you, Yi Zhonghai, stopped me. Now you're saying you're calling the police, you bastard."
“Xu Damao, how can you be so insensible? It’s like something from my house has been stolen, do you think it’s like my house has had coal stolen?” Ma Hua scolded Xu Damao directly from the side.
Then he turned to look at Yi Zhonghai, who was burning with anger, and said: "Uncle, although I haven't lived here long, I know that only your family's affairs can be reported to the police in our compound."
"Even if our homes are completely robbed, we ordinary folks can't do anything about it. Grandpa, don't you agree with me?" Ma Hua said with a smile.
After Ma Hua said this, everyone around Yi Zhonghai's expression became somewhat strange. They all more or less recalled what Yi Zhonghai had told them not to call the police. Moreover, if they did, the courtyard house would be lost...
What about the reward the neighborhood committee gave us at the end of the year? Xu Damao is right, we can't call the police, it's not like our own things were stolen.
Yi Zhonghai was now in a dilemma. He didn't know what to do. He had planned it all out perfectly: hold a meeting to scare them, then be magnanimous, and the matter would be over. How did it turn out like this?
"It's all that damned MCA and Xu Damao's fault, they ruined my plans!" Thinking this, Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but glare at Xu Damao.
"Who called the police just now?" A loud voice came from the doorway, and everyone then noticed that two police officers were standing there.
Seeing the silence, Ma Hua coughed twice and said, "It's alright, sir. I was worried you'd be in a difficult position, so I called the police on the way here."
"Hello, officer, I'm the one who called the police. Our coal is stolen," Ma Hua said with a smile as he walked up to the officer.
The police officer nodded to Ma Hua, glanced at the crowd, and then said calmly, "Comrade, take us to your house and tell us when you discovered the coal was missing and how much was missing."
Ma Hua recounted yesterday's events to the police. The police immediately understood what had happened; it was clearly someone from the compound who took it, probably thinking the young man was easy to bully.
Yi Zhonghai finally realized what was happening and walked up to the police officer, saying, "Officer, I'm an old man from this compound. This is a misunderstanding. The kids in the compound made a mistake and took the wrong thing. It's not lost, it's not lost."
At this moment, Yi Zhonghai hated MCA to the core. This MCA actually went against his wishes and even dared to call the police.
The police also looked at Ma Hua at this moment, wanting to see how he would handle the matter. After all, it was a very minor issue, and in many cases like this, they would simply apologize and be done with it, which was also annoying for them.
"Sir, you can't just spout nonsense in front of the police, can you? My coal is definitely gone. How can you deny it in front of the police?"
After reprimanding Yi Zhonghai, Ma Hua turned to the police and asked, "Officer, I'd like to ask, are fabricating facts and failing to report known information also illegal?"
"Yes, comrade, you're right. Deliberately fabricating facts is a violation of the law and will be severely punished by our public security organs. Furthermore, failing to report such information is also a mistake." The police officer nodded, giving Ma Hua an approving look. This kid's got some interesting qualities.
“Uncle, did you hear that? You can’t lie in front of the police,” Ma Hua said directly to Yi Zhonghai.
"This..." Yi Zhonghai stammered. He couldn't very well admit he knew in front of so many people.
The onlookers couldn't hold back any longer; they didn't want to be accused of withholding information: "Ma Hua, Jia Zhangshi stole your coal! Many people in the yard saw it!"
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