The next morning, Xiaojie's ex-husband, Triangular Eyes, called as scheduled. He asked aggressively, "Have you thought it through? If you want to save your life, you have to give me 200,000 yuan right now, not a penny less."
Following Ma Yunfei's instructions, Xiao Jie answered tremblingly, "I...I promise to give you 200,000 yuan. Come to my house to pick it up at this time tomorrow morning."
The man with the triangular eyes sneered and said, "Hmph! You're trying to set a trap for me. If I come to your house to get it, you might ambush me and beat me up. I'm not falling for your trick."
"Then how can I give you the money?"
"Please transfer the money directly to my bank card."
Following Ma Yunfei's instructions, Xiaojie said, "That won't do. We have to exchange money for your written promise. You have to promise to never harass me again."
"You wretched woman, don't you believe me?"
“It’s not that I don’t believe you, but we agreed beforehand that you have to write a commitment letter. This is an official matter.”
The man with the triangular eyes thought for a moment and said, "Then let's do it this way. Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, put two hundred thousand yuan in cash in a backpack, then take a taxi to Zhongshan Park. You wait at the entrance of Zhongshan Park. I will come on time, and we will exchange the money for the letter of commitment."
"Okay, it's settled then."
Xiao Jie hung up the phone and asked, "Brother Ma, is there real money in the backpack, or just some paper?"
Ma Yunfei replied, "Of course it has to be real money."
Xiao Jie immediately went to the bank and withdrew 200,000 yuan in cash, which she put into a backpack.
The next morning at 10 a.m., Xiaojie, carrying a backpack, took a taxi to Zhongshan Park.
Ma Yunfei immediately called the police, telling them that a criminal was extorting Xiao Jie and had agreed to meet at the entrance of Zhongshan Park to collect 200,000 yuan in cash.
The police immediately set up a cordon at Zhongshan Park and went to Xiaojie's house to listen to the recorded phone call.
Xiao Jie arrived at Zhongshan Park by taxi. She got out of the car and stood quietly by the flower bed in front of the park, waiting for her ex-husband.
It's ten o'clock, but there's still no sign of the man with triangular eyes.
At this moment, the man with triangular eyes was sitting in a taxi. He had arrived at Zhongshan Park at 9:40 and asked the driver to stop the taxi diagonally opposite the main gate of Zhongshan Park.
The man with the triangular eyes saw Xiao Jie get out of a taxi and stand by the flower bed.
He carefully observed the activity at the entrance of Zhongshan Park.
At this time, the park entrance was bustling with people, mostly women and children, as well as some elderly people.
The man with the triangular eyes concluded that Xiao Jie had not sent any thugs.
He said to the driver, "Sir, did you see that? There's a girl in a dress standing by the flower bed at the entrance of Zhongshan Park."
The driver replied, "I see her. Is she the one you're dating?"
The man with the triangular eyes lied and said, "That girl is my girlfriend. We've been dating for three years, but her parents don't approve, so we're planning to elope. Driver, please do me a favor. I'll wait here. You drive to the park entrance, give this letter to the girl, and she'll hand you a backpack. Put the backpack in the car and then drive back to pick me up."
The driver asked, puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"
“I’m worried that her parents are nearby. If I show up, they’ll find out. To be honest, my fiancée has two older brothers, and they’re pretty tough. They’ve threatened to beat me into a pulp.”
The driver laughed and said, "Buddy, you're a coward. If your two brothers-in-law dare to hit you in broad daylight, they're asking for death. Look, there are two policemen over there."
"Master, I don't want to cause trouble, so it's better to be cautious. I'll give you an extra fifty yuan. Please do me a favor."
The driver readily agreed.
The man with the triangular eyes handed a letter to the driver and then got out of the car.
He put on special makeup today so that no one would recognize him.
The driver pulled up next to Xiaojie, rolled down the window, and said, "Miss, your boyfriend asked me to give you a letter and then have you put your backpack in my car."
Xiao Jie took the letter, opened it, and saw that it was indeed a letter of commitment.
The fact that Triangular Eyes didn't come to collect the money in person made her hesitate.
The driver urged, "Miss, please put your backpack in the car quickly."
Xiaojie had no choice but to leave her backpack in the car.
The driver drove back across the road and stopped next to the man with triangular eyes.
"Dude, I've completed my mission."
The man with triangular eyes got into a taxi and had just said, "Get out of here quickly."
No sooner had he finished speaking than several motorcycles surrounded the taxi.
Several burly men jumped off the motorcycle, opened the taxi door, and shouted at the man with the triangular eyes, "Get out!"
The man with the triangular eyes was startled and asked in a panic, "What are you doing here?"
A burly man pulled out a police badge and said, "We are police officers, you are under arrest."
The man with the triangular eyes was handcuffed.
A short while later, a police car arrived, and the man with the triangular eyes was put into the police car.
At this moment, the man with the triangular eyes suddenly realized that he had been tricked.
However, Triangle Eyes was unaware that he had committed extortion.
The amount of extortion is 200,000, which is no small offense.
Xiaojie took a taxi home.
She didn't know that the person with the triangular eyes had been arrested.
A short while later, the police called Xiaojie and informed her: "Your ex-husband has been arrested. Please come to the police station so we can take your statement."
Ma Yunfei accompanied Xiao Jie to the police station, recounted the whole story, and gave a statement.
The police said, "Your ex-husband has been extorting money more than once or twice, and his methods are very egregious."
Xiao Jie softened a little and said, "Could we sentence him to a year or two, just to teach him a lesson?"
The police officer shook his head and said, "Based on my experience, your ex-husband will be sentenced to at least five years."
Xiao Jie felt a little sorry for him and pleaded, "He...he is, after all, my ex-husband and the father of my daughter. I think a sentence of one or two years will be enough."
The police officer told Xiaojie, "You can't just decide how many years you want to sentence him to; sentencing is no joke."
Xiao Jie returned home looking depressed.
Ma Yunfei advised, "Xiao Jie, it's only right that your ex-husband gets ten or eight years in prison. Let me tell you: if you don't sentence your ex-husband, he will harass you for the rest of his life."
Ma Yunfei had long seen through it; the guy with the triangular eyes was a good-for-nothing who was more trouble than a good person. He could never do anything worthwhile in his life, and whenever he ran out of money, he would harass Xiao Jie.
Only by putting him in jail will he truly repent and at least, under the deterrence of the law, dare not harass Xiaojie again.
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