Chapter 205
At 12 noon the next day, the sun was shining brightly and the group of young people were squatting in the alley smoking.
Several cigarettes emitted large clouds of white smoke, which spread to the house on the second floor next door when the wind blew. An old lady came out to collect the clothes hanging on the balcony, and the clothes that had just been dried were all full of the smell of smoke.
The old lady cursed at the people downstairs: "You idiot! You smoke all day long! You're a short-lived ghost!"
After saying that, he turned around and went back to the house, slamming the balcony door loudly. The people who were scolded were not angry at all, but laughed triumphantly instead.
Ah Liang asked Liu Zhaodi: "Can your cousin really come up with the money?"
"I think she can. If she doesn't take it, I'll go to see her every day. My school is right next to her anyway."
The girl with the hairpin said, "Your cousin seems quite timid. Has she been like this since she was a child?"
"No, not really. When her parents divorced some time ago, she was rebellious for a while, but she should be quiet now. After all, she's from the countryside and hasn't seen much of the world, so she gets scared when she's scared."
Liu Zhaodi was so busy talking to herself that she ignored the half-smiles on her companions' faces. She thought these people really treated her as one of their own.
In fact, they were all thinking, why are you so arrogant? Aren't you from the countryside too? If I hadn't seen that she was rich and open-minded some time ago, I wouldn't have taken her, a junior high school student, to play.
"Hey! Your cousin is here."
A few people looked up and saw Su Miao walking in from the alley with a backpack on his back.
When she came and stood in front of him, A Liang asked, "Did you bring the money?"
Su Miao said with a worried look on her face: "I brought it...but...I think my dad will find out. How about I go back and give you my pocket money."
"Why bother? Just give us the money!"
The girl with the hairpin said impatiently, reaching out to grab Su Miao's backpack.
Su Miao dodged to the side so she wouldn't touch him, but still said reluctantly, "No, I don't want to give you money. My dad will be angry."
"Hey! Are you kidding us? Is it your decision whether to give it or not? I don't care if your dad is mad or not, that's your family's business!"
"Today, no matter what, you have to keep the money in the bag."
Su Miao stepped back, shaking his head and saying, "No, you can't steal my money!"
As he turned to leave, A-Liang shouted, "Catch her!"
So six or seven people chased after him, and Su Miao rushed to the alley entrance like a rabbit, and deliberately slowed down when he was still a few meters away from the alley entrance.
Ah Liang pulled her backpack off from behind and scolded her, "You're running so fast! I thought you were obedient."
After such a scene, Liu Zhaodi felt ashamed and stepped forward to shove Su Miao hard. Su Miao fell to the ground and shouted, "Don't hit me! Don't steal my family's money!"
A Liang didn't care about her. He lowered his head to open his backpack and found a cloth bag inside. Just as he reached out to the bag, someone grabbed his wrist tightly.
"Holy shit! Who is that?!"
He looked up while cursing, and when he saw the police officer in uniform, he shuddered with fear. He then looked at his companions, and they all lowered their heads and dared not say a word.
Su Yuanzheng helped his daughter up and said angrily, "Liu Zhaodi! You actually colluded with young people from society to blackmail Miaomiao! This is so despicable!"
Liu Zhaodi said stubbornly, "I didn't! Su Miao volunteered to give us the money."
This made the police officers laugh out loud. The one holding A Liang said, "Do you think we're blind or deaf? You chased after a little girl, snatched her bag, and even pushed her to the ground. Do you call that voluntary? Don't say anything. Take them all back!"
A large group of people rushed into the police station one kilometer away. After being at a loss at the beginning, those few people have now returned to their nonchalant attitude.
They thought, it was just a matter of asking her to take a few bills out of the cash box, and since they didn't succeed, it wouldn't be a big deal.
The most likely thing is that they will be criticized and apologized, and the family will be notified to come and pick up the child. If that doesn't work, the most they will do is detain him in the detention center for one day, which is not uncommon.
An experienced police officer came over to question him: "Tell me the truth, what happened?"
Ah Liang replied with a smile: "I was just kidding! That girl is Zhaodi's cousin. Oh! Zhaodi is her! I met her on the road yesterday. She wanted to recognize me as her big brother and we became sworn brothers today. She said she brought some pocket money to buy food and drinks for everyone."
The old policeman sneered: "Recognize you? Become the big brother? Is two cents enough?"
"What? She only brought two cents. She's too stingy. She's not sincere. I don't recognize this little sister anymore."
"Well, two cents was too little, so you threatened her to take out all the money in the house?"
"What do you mean by all the money? Public Security Comrade, you need evidence to support your statement!"
The old policeman opened the small cloth bag in his backpack in front of them. When they saw the thick stack of cash inside, they immediately broke out in cold sweat.
"No! We didn't!!! We didn't let her take so much money!!!"
"That's enough! I can't hear a single word of truth from you anymore. From now on, just answer yes or no. If you tell a lie, you will all be severely punished. Were you the ones who told her to go home and get the money?"
Several people looked at each other, but no one answered.
"You won't talk, right? Fine, then we'll try them all separately. Whoever confesses the fastest will be given leniency."
This trick has always been effective in dealing with these stragglers. Before we could even separate them, someone would be eager to answer.
The girl holding the hairpin pointed at Liu Zhaodi and said, "It was Liu Zhaodi who asked her to get the money first. Since she didn't have it with her, she told her to go home and get it."
Liu Zhaodi shrugged nonchalantly and said, "I told her to take pocket money, but I didn't ask her to take so much."
The first achievement was taken by the girl with the hairpin. Another skinny boy felt that he had to do something bigger to claim the credit, so he said, "It was A-Liang who asked her to steal the money box at home."
Ah Liang was furious and reached out to pat his head: "You ungrateful fellow! How dare you bring this up on me!"
The Moss Boy held his head and shouted, "You guys did it anyway! I didn't say a word yesterday. It's none of my business. Don't drag me into this. With such a large sum of money, I'll go to jail for a long time."
Ah Liang panicked now, pointing at the girl with the hairpin and saying, "It was her! She was the one who threatened that girl, saying she would block her door every day if she didn't give him the money!"
The scene became even more lively. A group of people blamed each other and told each other everything. Some even added fuel to the fire in order to make the other party take the majority of the responsibility.
Only Liu Zhaodi sat calmly on the side.
Humph! Anyway, she is under 14 and doesn't need to go to jail. Just notify her parents. Her father is in jail now anyway, so go to the prison to notify him.
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