"Don't be nervous. We're here to let you know that Li Bing has been caught and has confessed. You are innocent. We were just about to go to the HG shirt factory to inform the victims to go to the police station to collect their money back with the vouchers. You were the ones who reported the crime, so you're also involved. That's why we came here specifically to let you know."
"Really? That's great! The truth has finally come out. Thank you so much, officers."
"Alright, alright, don't get agitated. This is what we should do."
"I'll have to trouble you to emphasize to the victims again that this has nothing to do with our fast food restaurant, and that we are victims too." After saying that, Mr. He took a pack of good cigarettes from inside the house and threw it into the car seat through the open window.
"This is bribing our public officials." The police officer opened the car door with a serious expression, took out a cigarette and handed it back to Mr. He. "Do you want to come to the station with me for a re-education?"
"Officer, my dad was so happy that he forgot who you are. I'm so sorry, so sorry." He Wenlin quickly put away her cigarette and kept apologizing.
He Wenlin was truly impressed by her father. When it comes to giving gifts, it has to be done discreetly. In front of everyone, even if the recipient wanted to accept it, they wouldn't dare.
The police officer admonished, "You should learn from your daughter and stop doing these frivolous things. Just do your business honestly. We have rules too. We'll let it go this time since it's your first offense, but if you do it again, we'll have to ask you to come to the police station for a lesson."
Mr. He could only agree to the reprimand without showing any anger.
“Officer, when will you return the money to the victims? Those people have it tough too; they traveled thousands of miles to make a living, and earning money isn’t easy,” He Wenlin said.
He Wenlin herself is the child of migrant workers. Having worked hard away from home for so many years in her previous life, she knows all too well how difficult it is for migrant workers.
He Wenlin hates those who withhold wages from migrant workers and swindle money from the poor the most!
“You can go now,” the police officer said. “Li Bing did mention that he contacted you before to sell you vouchers, right?”
“Yes, he contacted me and said he was going to the YG shirt factory. He said he could help me sell vouchers and get takeout orders there, but the YG shirt factory is too far from here, making delivery inconvenient. Also, I don't really trust him, so I refused,” He Wenlin said. “Officer, is there a problem?”
"According to his confession, he originally intended to scam you, get real vouchers from you, sell them at a lower price, and then run away with the money. But he didn't expect you to fall for it, so he made fake ones instead."
"That bastard!" Father He couldn't help but curse.
"It's really a good thing I didn't agree, otherwise our little shop would have really gone out of business." He Wenlin felt a wave of fear when she thought about it. If He Wenlin had really let Li Bing take the real vouchers and sell them, and then run away with the money, the workers who bought the vouchers would not have been victims, and He Wenlin would have had to admit that the vouchers they had were real!
He Wenlin will bear the loss alone!
Although Grandma He couldn't speak Mandarin, she could understand it. Upon hearing this, she cursed Li Bing in her local dialect.
"Li Bing didn't expect you to call the police," the police officer said.
Li Bing thought things wouldn't happen so quickly, since the differences wouldn't be noticeable without careful observation.
Another point is that although the total amount is high, when divided among each person, it is not much, and who would call the police over such a small amount of money? So Li Bing did not expect to be arrested.
"Officer, how long will that bastard be sentenced to? People like him should be sentenced to a long sentence," Mr. He asked.
"This wasn't our decision, but there were many victims and the amount of money defrauded was over four thousand, and it should have been going on for about three years."
Old Mrs. He said angrily, "People like this should rot in jail! So they won't be able to come out and harm others! Do you think it's easy for everyone to earn money? He just wants something for nothing."
"That's how it is. We still need to go to the HG shirt factory to inform the victims to come to the station to collect their money, so we'll be leaving now."
He Wenlin: "Thank you for clearing our name. It's been a lot of trouble for you to come all this way. I'll go buy a banner and send it to the police station in a bit."
The police officers were seen off.
Completely bewildered, He Hui asked, "What happened? Who is Li Bing?"
He Wenlin then recounted the whole story.
"There are people like that?"
He Wenjun: "Of course! I bet they thought my sister was young and wanted to trick her out of her vouchers. Is my sister an ordinary person? Little sister, luckily you're quick-witted, or we would have been in big trouble!"
"Thankfully, it was a close call. Now I just hope he gets a heavy sentence."
Grandma He took the opportunity to admonish them: "You all need to be more careful in the future, especially now that we're doing business. Many people are watching us, and our house has been burgled. Now that someone is trying to scam us, we need to be careful. Don't be greedy for small gains, don't think about taking shortcuts, and be down-to-earth so that you won't be scammed."
Once she started talking, Grandma He began recounting how Aunt Li Xiao'e from the village was scammed:
The story goes that Li Xiao'e was returning to her hometown from working in another city. At the train station, someone accidentally dropped a stack of money next to her without her noticing. At that moment, the person next to Li Xiao'e immediately picked it up and told her not to make a fuss. They went to a corner to divide the money, and Li Xiao'e followed them, feeling quite pleased with herself.
When I got off the train and got home, I found that all the money I had, whether it was money I earned from working or money that I was "divided" into newspapers!
No one knows the specific details of the crime, but people speculate that it is related to greed for small gains.
"Besides not being greedy for cheap deals, there's another thing you need to be careful about, especially you guys, Dad, Second Brother, and Brother Linfei. When we go back to our hometown for the New Year, there will definitely be a lot of people who will fawn over you, treating you like their first love. They'll ask you to play cards or something, but nobody is allowed to go! If anyone goes, I'll fire them!" He Wenlin's expression was very serious.
Mr. He was annoyed by being called out by name and said irritably, "You really think you're something now, coming after your old man like this. All I did was play cards twice before, and you keep nagging me about it."
"Where did Linlin say something wrong?" Old Mrs. He said with a stern face. "You have a criminal record, and it was you men who played cards during the New Year. Linlin reminded you, and you said it was wrong? If I see you playing cards when you go back to your hometown for the New Year, I'll flip the table! You're not allowed to play cards with relatives and friends either! Don't think that just because you're playing with relatives and friends, I won't say anything or interfere. Often, it's the acquaintances who are the ones who cause trouble!"
After saying that, Grandma He added to He Hui, "Hui, you're the same. You're about to become a boss too. Don't get carried away when you make money. Keep a low profile when you go back."
He Hui readily agreed.
Mr. He sighed helplessly and went to buy things. He couldn't stay here any longer; if he stayed, it would turn into a public denunciation meeting.
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