Chapter 176 The Test of Humanity
According to Qian Hongxing, he stole Su Jun's girl and won her heart.
Su Jun, who was cuckolded, was very angry and harassed him and Yao Yulin many times. He even punched Qian Hongxing twice once.
Qian Hongxing originally wanted to call the police, but Yao Yulin didn't want to make a big deal out of it. In the end, in order to consider his girlfriend's feelings, he chose not to call the police.
But Su Jun was still unwilling to give up and harassed them every now and then, even causing trouble in his company.
At that time, Hongxing Food was in a period of rapid development. In addition to various partners, many leaders from government agencies came to inspect, which made Qian Hongxing realize that Su Jun was a time bomb.
For him, a business owner who is in the development stage of his career, a young man who has no job and is idle all day but is full of energy is like a barefoot person who is not afraid of those who wear shoes.
All of Su Jun's disadvantages when Qian Hongxing tried to poach him turned into advantages in the matter of harassment and revenge.
When Qian Hongxing was complaining to some friends, someone gave him an idea, saying that the only way to deal with such people and prevent future troubles was to send them to jail.
So Qian Hongxing asked a friend who was in the industrial cable business for help and set up a scheme.
First, they arranged for someone to find a drinking buddy of Su Jun on the street, and asked him to bring Su Jun to work in the cable factory on the pretext of a high salary. His job was to peel the scraps of discarded cables.
At work, he asked the old people in the factory to tell him that the industrial copper core after peeling off the rubber skin could be sold at a very high price outside. After a few days, they would find a reason to transfer other people and leave this job to him alone. No one would check him while he was working or leaving the factory.
Soon, Su Jun felt that this was a godsend opportunity and began to steal the copper core of the cable and then take it outside to sell.
Although the price was not as high as the old man in the factory had said before, the free money and the working environment where no one found out made him more unscrupulous. In just one month, he made four to five thousand yuan from stealing cable copper cores, and he became very arrogant.
After all, according to the official data released by the National Bureau of Statistics at that time, the disposable annual income of urban residents in 1988 was only 1,119 yuan. Su Jun, who had no skills or diplomas, earned four or five years' wages of an ordinary person in just one month. He was so stupid that he never thought about the problems and risks involved. He just thought he was lucky.
He even came to find Yao Yuling, saying that he was about to become rich and begged her to come back to him.
But he didn't know that all this was actually Qian Hongxing's plan.
The amount was almost enough. One day, when Su Jun was stealing copper core out of the factory after get off work, he was caught by the factory security.
The factory immediately called the police. When the police arrived, they found that the criminal was caught red-handed and took him away directly.
Then at the first trial, Su Jun confessed everything. After finding the black shop that bought the copper cores, the chain of evidence was complete.
But the money had already been squandered by him and could not be recovered.
Just based on this, Su Jun would be sentenced to three years at most.
But the real ruthlessness of Qian Hongxing as a businessman lies below.
The factory did not accept the amount of loss determined by the police station, but instead took out a pile of receipts containing the recycling price of the processed cable copper core.
Although the police station had doubts about the high recycling price, both the seller and the recycler had formal invoices and lists, and everything was legal.
In the end, the copper cores stolen by Su Jun were finally valued at more than 40,000 yuan.
So Su Jun was sentenced to seven years in prison. The reason he appealed was that he believed he had only stolen more than 5,000 copper cores and should not be sentenced so heavily.
After hearing Qian Hongxing's unreserved confession, Zhou Yi asked, "Did you also arrange the price for the cable factory's recycling?"
"I'm a major shareholder in the copper-recycling factory," Qian Hongxing said without hesitation. "But I originally thought a sentence of two or three years would be enough, but I didn't expect he would steal so much."
Zhou Yi felt that what Qian Hongxing said should be true. He had already admitted everything and there was no need to lie about this.
The reason why Su Jun stole so much was probably because the owner of the cable factory wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a profit. After all, the return price was nearly ten times, so it would be a waste not to take advantage of this wool. So he deliberately closed the net a little late, causing Su Jun to steal so much.
"Now that you've told me everything, aren't you afraid that the police will hold you accountable?"
"Officer Zhou, you saved my son once, so I don't want to lie to you! I don't care if you want to arrest me, I just ask you to save my son again." Qian Hongxing said very sincerely.
Having said that, Zhou Yi actually cannot be held criminally responsible for this matter.
Because generally speaking, tempting others to commit a crime is considered incitement to commit a crime.
However, incitement to crime refers to the use of persuasion, inducement, instruction, instigation, bribery or threats to instill one's own criminal intent into a person who originally has no criminal intent, causing him or her to commit a crime according to the instigator's criminal intent.
However, what Qian Hongxing did in this incident did not constitute incitement to crime as stipulated by the law.
Qian Hongxing did not instill his criminal intention into Su Jun, but only provided an environment with inducement. Su Jun's theft was entirely out of his own personal subjective will.
So this is completely a test of human nature.
Compared to Zhou Yi's previous attempt to "wait" out Liu Jianshe's criminal intentions, Qian Hongxing's real sting operation was a real trap.
The only difference is that Zhou Yi holds a public office, while Qian Hongxing is an individual businessman.
Moreover, even if this matter is investigated and prosecuted, Qian Hongxing has a private lawyer. The lawyer can completely say that Qian Hongxing provided Su Jun with a high-quality job opportunity, and it was Su Jun who embezzled the money.
As for the recovery price issue, which is a key factor affecting sentencing, it is a difficult issue to define, especially since so many years have passed.
"Officer Zhou, is Su Jun related to the kidnapping of my son?" Qian Hongxing actually wanted to ask this question when Zhou Yi asked about Su Jun.
"Our colleagues in the technical department found a suspicious fingerprint in the cardboard box I brought back. After comparison, they found that the fingerprint belonged to Su Jun."
"What?" Qian Hongxing and Yao Yulin were both stunned, but their reactions were subtly different. Qian Hongxing was surprised and angry, while Yao Yulin was surprised and a little flustered.
"Did this beast kidnap my son?" Qian Hongxing stood up and shouted.
Zhou Yi raised his hand and motioned him to sit down. "At present, we have only found this fingerprint. We are investigating the specific connection between Su Jun and this matter. So, Mr. Qian, please calm down. Anger will not solve the problem."
Qian Hongxing sat down, and Zhou Yi asked Yao Yuling, "Mrs. Qian, when did you meet Su Jun after he was released from prison?"
"About... two months ago, I brought him back to my parents' house to stay for two days. I don't know where he heard the news, but he came to me. He said he wanted to start a small business and hoped that I would lend him some money because of our past relationship."
Yao Yuling's voice dropped a few notches. "I've actually always felt guilty about his imprisonment... After all, it was my fault first. And one time, my husband got drunk and accidentally let something slip, and I realized that Su Jun's imprisonment was related to him. So when he asked me to borrow money, I agreed, and ended up lending him five thousand yuan."
"I didn't expect him to find out about this later." This "he" was naturally referring to Qian Hongxing. "He even had a fight with me over it."
"How many times have you met?" Zhou Yi asked.
Yao Yuling immediately said, as if to prove her innocence: "Twice, I swear, just twice. The second time was the day Lai Lai was kidnapped."
Qian Hongxing's face was expressionless, and it was unclear whether he was thinking about whether he should believe what his wife said.
"Did he come to see you when we met the second time?"
Yao Yuling nodded immediately.
"Have you ever told him your home address before? Or did he know where you live before?"
Although Qian Hongxing said that Su Jun had been harassing them back then, it has been many years since then, so they still need to confirm it.
"No, I didn't say that, and I don't know how he found this place," said Yao Yulin.
Qian Hongxing added: "I bought this villa five years ago. Before that, we lived somewhere else."
Zhou Yi took a deep breath. He was vaguely guessing something, something more complicated than the files he knew in his previous life and the clues he had in this life.
But more clues are needed.
"My next question may be a little presumptuous, but I hope you can answer it truthfully."
Yao Yuling suddenly became nervous, but still nodded.
"Why did you let Sister Yang bring money back and forth when we met the second time?"
Qian Hongxing's ears pricked up at Zhou Yi's question. He hadn't pressed the issue because his son was kidnapped at the time and he had no time to worry about such trivial matters. Later, when his son was rescued, his thoughts remained on him.
But which husband could bear a single man and a single woman being in the same room, even if he had cheated on Su Jun before?
Yao Yuling was quite calm when she heard this question. "When the security guard called home, I actually didn't want to let him in. But he said on the phone that he knew it was my husband who put him in jail, and if I didn't let him in, he would report my husband. I was afraid that Hongxing would really go to jail, so I let him in."
Upon hearing this, Qian Hongxing was so angry that he almost stamped his feet and beat his chest, screaming in his heart: What the hell is he going to report? I handled this matter perfectly, and I can get away with it even if I stand in court. What a stupid woman!
Zhou Yi asked: "What did he say after he came in?"
"He said he lost all the money I lent him last time and wanted to borrow another 20,000 yuan from me."
"Was it you or Su Jun who suggested asking Sister Yang to bring money to the park?"
Yao Yuling was stunned, but still replied, "I asked. Because I refused to lend him any more money, I guessed that he must have spent the previous money on a life of luxury. But he started to make a fuss and said he would sue my husband. I didn't want to scare Lailai, so I asked Sister Yang to take him out to play for a while."
Zhou Yi pondered for a moment, because this answer was a little different from what he expected.
After a moment of silence, Zhou Yi asked, "Then why go to the park next door? Your community also has a public square and activity facilities."
On the way to the property office in the afternoon, Zhou Yi saw that there was an exquisitely designed Roman-style public square in the community, and there was also an area next to it with children's slides and other facilities.
Yao Yuling replied, "I originally wanted Lailai to go to the community square to play for a while. But Su Jun said he saw someone selling cartoon balloons in the park next door. When Lailai heard it, he insisted on buying some balloons. Su Jun even stuffed ten yuan into his pocket and said, 'Uncle is buying balloons for you.'"
Hearing this, Zhou Yi stood up suddenly, which scared Qian Hongxing and Yao Yuling.
"When did Su Jun leave that day?"
"He kept pestering me to borrow money. In the end, I had no choice but to give him another 5,000 yuan because I was afraid he would sue us. He left. As soon as he left, Sister Yang came back and said Lai Lai was gone."
"Mr. Qian, Mrs. Qian, if you think of anything else, please let me know."
Seeing that the other party was about to leave, Qian Hongxing quickly stood up and asked: "So is this Su Jun the one who kidnapped my son?"
"Judging from the current situation, the possibility is very high."
Qian Hongxing's body shook and he fell onto the sofa. He never imagined that the result now was actually the result of the cause he had planted many years ago.
After saying goodbye to the two of them, Zhou Yi immediately left Hongcheng Baodi and called Wu Yongcheng at the same time.
"Captain Wu, this Su Jun is a major suspect in the crime." Then he repeated the information he got from the Qian family.
"Very good. We have photos and files of Su Jun, and he is a very clear wanted target. I will make arrangements immediately. Then you don't have to go back to the bureau, just continue to track down the stolen vehicle." Wu Yongcheng said.
"No, Captain Wu, I have to find someone first."
"who?"
Zhou Yi's sharp eyes were reflected in the rearview mirror.
"Sun Kun!"
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