Chen Xiangbei was indeed a coward. It took him a long time to explain what had happened.
During the process, Luo Yuan could no longer hide and came out to interrupt Chen Xiangbei. Sometimes Chen Xiangbei said something and he would refute it. This made Chen Xiangbei even more afraid in front of the police, and his voice became smaller and smaller. Finally, the police comrades asked Luo Yuan not to interrupt and would ask him later, and then they encouraged Chen Xiangbei to speak louder.
Even Old Mrs. Xia found it unbearable to watch.
Before, he was quite loud and assertive at home, but when it came to serious matters, he became like this, a bully at home.
When Chen Xiangbei saw his mother rolling her eyes and looking down on him, he became angry and finally raised his voice a lot.
Luo Yuan: "Comrade Public Security, can I speak now? He's talking nonsense."
Public Security: "Go ahead."
Luo Yuan: "He clearly gave us the sweet potatoes himself. He took them and gave them to us brothers. We tried to persuade him to take them back for a long time but he still didn't want to, so we took them away."
"I don't know why he said we stole it. If he didn't volunteer, why would he take the trouble to move half a bag of sweet potatoes out of his home? Who would move sweet potatoes from their home for us to see for no reason?"
Chen Xiangbei's face turned red with anger. "I wanted to give it to you, but you didn't want it. You insisted that I go home and steal valuable things to sell so that I could eat well in the state-owned restaurant. I didn't want to, so you beat me and finally snatched the sweet potatoes I brought out."
"Look at my face. They beat me."
Luo Yuan: "Comrade Gong'an, you heard it too. He was the one who gave it to us. How could a family like us refuse something when someone gives it to us? And it's from a state-owned restaurant, too. I can't even imagine it."
"I originally thought he was a good person and really wanted to give something to us brothers, so I took it reluctantly. But who knew he would actually bite us back."
"This injury of his wasn't caused by us at all. He got it from a fight with someone else."
Chen Xiangbei was so anxious that he was spinning around. This wasn't the case. It really wasn't the case.
But he didn't know how to explain it. How could Luo Yuan lie so freely in front of the public security comrades?
After hearing this, Chen Xiangnan knew that he couldn't use the basket to verify Chen Xiangbei's identity. He then suddenly said, "Comrade Public Security, since Luo Yuan said that Chen Xiangbei's wounds were from a fight, he must know who he fought with and where. Why don't we get him to name the person so we can verify the situation?"
Luo Yuan thought to himself, he could even find a loophole in this. "Comrade Public Security, this is what Chen Xiangbei told me. I don't know who it is."
Chen Xiangnan: "Didn't you say he was your good brother? If a brother gets beaten, you should help fight back together. How could you not even ask?"
Luo Yuan opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain, "Comrade Public Security, whether or not we fight back has nothing to do with this matter."
Chen Xiangnan continued, "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Since you said that Chen Xiangbei gave you the sweet potatoes and you didn't steal them, why didn't you go to his house and get them instead of asking him to bring them out?"
Luo Yuan answered confidently: "That's because his parents definitely don't agree."
Chen Xiangnan: "Then you must know that during that time, our parents are at work, and I'm not at home. There must be no one at home, so there is no one to stop you."
Luo Yuan rolled his eyes and said, "That's because we didn't want the sweet potato, but he insisted on giving it to us and went to his house to get it himself."
Chen Xiangnan: "You mean, Chen Xiangbei brought the sweet potatoes and cabbages from his home and you refused to take them, but he insisted that you take them, so you accepted them reluctantly."
Luo Yuan: "Yes, that's right."
He suddenly pulled up Luo Yuan's sleeve, revealing a tooth mark. "Who bit this? It looks fresh. Did you fight with someone today?"
Luo Yuan pulled his hand back. "It's not unusual for us boys to have some conflicts. This has nothing to do with this matter."
Chen Xiangbei immediately remembered that this was what he bit with his teeth when he was defeated. "Comrade Public Security, this is what I bit. If you don't believe me, you can compare my teeth. It was me who bit it. I fought with them."
The public security comrade said sternly, "You guys are still fighting? That's not right."
Chen Xiangbei was a little scared, but suddenly he remembered that he was fighting to protect his sweet potatoes. "Comrades, they are trying to steal my sweet potatoes. Of course I have to protect them, so I resisted."
Public Security Comrade: "Comrade Luo Yuanxiao, how do you explain this?"
Luo Yuan put his hands behind his back and said, "He didn't bite me, he just made it up."
Chen Xiangbei was also a ruthless person. He immediately bit his arm hard, then stretched out his hand to the police, "Comrade Public Security, if you compare my hand with his, you will know. It must be the same."
Public Security: ... Actually, there's no need to do that. It should be the same if he just shows his teeth. This child has two crooked teeth, so they're easy to identify.
But since the other person was so cruel as to bite them, and they even saw him crying in pain, they should not let him down.
Seeing that the police insisted, Luo Yuan had to stretch out his hand, but he could not explain why there was a tooth mark that was the same as Chen Xiangbei's tooth.
Chen Xiangbei: "So he just fought with me."
Old Lady Xia: "My poor Xiangbei, he was kind-hearted and wanted to help his friends, but they were greedy and ended up beating him up, stealing his sweet potatoes, and now they're confusing right and wrong."
Luo Yuan's mother was standing by, having thrown the stick aside long ago. How could she dare to act violently when the police arrived? Realizing that her actions would be detrimental to her son, and hearing Old Lady Xia start to cry miserably, she rushed over and protected her son behind her.
"Comrade police officer, don't just listen to what they say. The truth may not be what it seems. Ayuan, please speak."
Luo Yuan: "I..."
They panicked, but couldn't think of any reason for the moment.
Finally, under continued questioning by the police, Luo Yuan finally confessed the incident. He felt that it wasn't his fault alone, so why should he bear the consequences? He only took a few sweet potatoes, so his crime should be less serious.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Luo Yuan's mother immediately knelt in front of them and begged for forgiveness.
His son is still a student, and he absolutely cannot go to jail. She no longer has the aggressive attitude she had at the beginning.
Chen Xiangnan didn't care whether he was young or not. There was a severe crackdown now. Even if he stole a little bit, he might be sent to labor camp. They were so brutal just now. He was very annoyed after arguing with them for so long in the middle of the night. He decided to arrest them all.
He wanted to speak again, but found that Chen Xiangbei was approaching him.
"Brother, if he gets caught, will he betray me?"
Chen Xiangnan stared at his brother suspiciously and asked quietly, "What else have you done?"
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