Yuan Shasha agreed, saying, "That's right, brother-in-law. No matter what, we can't let our brother go to jail! My sister is right, our brother still wants to remarry. He finally managed to marry one, but she ran away. If he goes to jail now, he'll be a bachelor for the rest of his life!"
"Let's see what news Father brings back. If it's true... we'll have to see if we know anyone in that field to help rescue our brother," Lin Zichang said with a worried expression.
“Yes, there’s no use saying anything now. Let’s wait for Father to come back before we talk about it,” Wu Ming added to Lin Zichang’s words.
In the afternoon, Yuan Xiangyong finally returned dejectedly.
"Dad! You're finally back! How is it? Is Dasheng true? Where is he now?" Yuan Xiangxiang and the others immediately stood up, walked to the door, and asked him.
But seeing her father's very bad expression, Yuan Xiangxiang and the others felt a chill in their hearts.
"Dad! Have you seen my brother?"
"Old Yuan! How did things go? It's not true, right? Everything's alright, right? Dasheng will be back in a few days, right?" Yao Dongqing asked him anxiously.
Yuan Xiangyong walked into the room and sat down in a chair, then sighed deeply: "Alas! Dasheng's matter is very serious, too troublesome. I haven't seen him in person; he's currently detained in a detention center, and it's not something I can see whenever I want."
"Oh my god... what should we do? How could this happen! Is there any way to save him? Please think of a way to save him! My son can't go to jail... I can't let Dasheng go to jail!" Yao Dongqing broke down in tears when she heard his words.
"Mom! Calm down. She hasn't been convicted yet, so don't worry," Yuan Xiangxiang immediately comforted her.
Lin Zichang and Wu Ming exchanged a glance, both seeing a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.
They were speechless at having such a brother-in-law who had gotten into this mess.
But we can't not help.
Yuan Xiangyong covered his forehead and then said, "I've already asked someone to pull some strings. I'll go out to dinner tomorrow and ask for help."
"Waaah... So many people are doing this, why arrest my son instead of others?" Yao Dongqing cried and cursed.
“Mom, this is illegal now. Anyone who gets caught will be arrested... The others haven’t been arrested just because no one has found out yet,” Lin Zichang patiently explained to his mother-in-law.
Wu Ming also said thoughtfully, "But this shouldn't be the first time Dasheng and his group have entered the mountains. How did they get discovered this time? They're usually very difficult to spot in the mountains, especially deep in the forests. Unless someone had already figured out Dasheng and his group's whereabouts and then tipped them off to the police station..."
"What? Who would betray them? Only they knew about their activities in the mountains; their families didn't know either. Who would betray them? Besides, everyone who went there was arrested. If someone was the mole, they'd go to jail too. What kind of lunatic would do that?!" Yuan Xiangxiang immediately started cursing angrily upon hearing the possibility of someone betraying them.
Yuan Shasha also asked suspiciously, "Did they leak it to someone? Or did they offend someone and get targeted?"
Yuan Xiangyong said with a frustrated expression, "Well... who knows! The important thing right now isn't that... the most important thing is to figure out a way to rescue Dasheng. We can talk about the rest later."
Yuan Xiangxiang gritted her teeth and cursed, "If I find out who snitched, I'll kill him!"
Meanwhile, the informant was sitting at home waiting for Yuan Dasheng and the others to be sentenced.
After Yuan Mengge returned from Li Xue'e's place, early Monday morning, the class monitor came in with several letters and distributed them to the students who were to receive them.
"Aping, there's a letter for you."
"Oh, thank you." Yuan Mengge thanked her, then took the letter and opened it to take a look.
It was sent to him by Hu Guangyao.
After opening and taking a look, Yuan Mengge smiled slightly.
"What are you laughing at? Whose letter is it?" Wei Jingting asked curiously, leaning closer and looking at the smile on her face.
Yuan Mengge put the letter away and said, "It's from my godbrother. He said I should go and help them harvest rice during my Labor Day holiday."
The letter didn't actually tell her to go back and harvest rice; it told her that Yuan Dasheng and his gang had been imprisoned.
Things unfolded exactly as she had predicted, and she naturally became very happy.
Wei Jingting: "Oh, is that so? Well, it's rice harvest time. But what's so funny? Is harvesting rice really that exciting?"
Yuan Mengge smiled and said, "Oh, I just think it's nice that they're willing to let me help."
Wei Jingting looked at her with a puzzled expression, not understanding why she would like something that others looked unhappy about when they heard they had to do farm work.
"You're really strange... Everyone else looks miserable when they hear they have to go back to harvest rice, but you seem quite happy. If you like it so much, why don't you come to my house and help with the harvest? I'll kill a chicken for you!" Wei Jingting said with a smile.
Yuan Mengge said, "If you need help, I can go."
During busy farming seasons, it's quite common for classmates to ask each other for help.
You usually collect everything for me, and then I collect everything for you.
I'll go to your house today, my house tomorrow, and his house the day after tomorrow, taking turns helping out.
Hearing this, Wei Jingting smiled and said to her, "Well, you said it yourself, so I'll take that as a yes."
Yuan Mengge asked, "When can you harvest your rice? Can you harvest it this weekend? We're all going to your house to celebrate your grandma's birthday, so you can stay and help out this weekend."
Wei Jingting said, "No, my dad said it will be another half month before we can collect them. So we can't collect them this week... But I can take you guys out to play this weekend."
Yuan Mengge nodded: "Oh..."
At this moment, Su Yue and Guo Ju came over and asked, "By the way, class monitor, has that case in your town been solved? Has the murderer been caught?"
Wei Jingting said, "It's really strange. The case was solved very quickly, and the murderer was caught very quickly as well. It's the first time I've ever seen a major case solved so quickly. It's as if they had already found some clues."
Hearing her talk about solving a case, the other classmates around her curiously gathered around: "What case? A big case? How big?"
“A murder case, more than a dozen lives lost,” Su Yue replied.
Wei Jingting said, "I heard that those who died were all from out of town. They were tricked into coming from the county town by a brother and sister, who then murdered them for money. After killing them, they buried them in the rubber plantation near the village."
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