Chapter 31 "Otherwise what? Relying on your stupidity..."
After leaving the Chen family's house, Xu Jialan called Zhang Ting and asked him to meet her after get off work.
That evening, the two of them had dinner together.
"What do you need the company's lawyers for?"
"I have some personal matters to take care of."
"Then let me ask for you. The company's lawyers are all in Lin'nan. I also know a few of them."
"This is troublesome."
"Don't be so polite with me. But you really don't plan to go to work? Didn't the chairman cancel all your credit cards?"
When this topic came up, Xu Jialan's face clearly showed impatience, and her answer was also very straightforward: "I'm not going."
His desire to return was exactly what Xu Qingbang wanted.
“…Okay.” Zhang Ting had no right to say more after all.
The lawyer's matter was resolved quickly; Zhang Ting privately sought help from a lawyer she knew at the company.
As for Xu Jialan, after much deliberation, she finally went to find Gao Hou.
At the entrance of the police station, Gao Hou appeared surprised that Xu Jialan had come to see him.
"What brings you here?"
"I've come to ask you for a favor."
"What kind of help?" Gao Hou asked, puzzled. The two of them shouldn't be close enough to help each other out.
"You should be very clear about Chen Yao'an's family situation."
Gao Hou frowned, clearly displeased that Xu Jialan had brought up Chen Yao'an. "Of course I know."
Xu Jialan told him what had happened in the past few days.
Gao Hou frowned more and more as he listened. "When did you become so familiar with Yao An?"
"When you didn't know."
Gao Hou was angered by his casual and matter-of-fact words, "You..."
At the same time, he was also somewhat annoyed, as he had been too busy with work lately and didn't really know what had happened in her family.
"One word: are you going to help or not?" Xu Jialan asked impatiently.
"Of course I'll help."
"See you tomorrow night, don't be late."
Gao Hou was dissatisfied. Of course, he had done his best in the Chen family's affairs. Did he need to say anything?
The next evening, Xu Jialan and Gao Hou met in Yao'an Town.
"Let's go," Gao Hou called to him.
Xu Jialan wasn't in a hurry. "What's the rush? There are still people who haven't arrived."
"You invited other people too?"
"Um."
About ten minutes later, Zhang Ting arrived with Attorney Chen.
Zhang Ting introduced, "This is Attorney Chen."
Xu Jialan shook hands with him, "I am Xu Jialan."
He then gestured to Gao Hou beside him, "This is Officer Gao."
The group greeted each other.
Attorney Chen asked Xu Jialan about her specific needs, "I understand the general outline of the matter, but I still want to ask if you really intend to file a lawsuit, or..."
"There's no need to go to court. Just scare them a little and get the money back."
Attorney Chen was quick to understand. "I understand."
Gao Hou frowned as he listened. It's enough to just scare him a little. This is a real fraud. He sent this policeman over but didn't pursue the matter. Isn't that blatant cover-up?
"Then let's go."
The group walked toward Aunt Zhao's house, but Gao Hou pulled Xu Jialan back, and the two lagged behind a few steps.
"Since you've already hired a lawyer, why did you call me here today?"
"Insurance." He was afraid that a lawyer wouldn't be able to intimidate Aunt Zhao.
"I'm a police officer, and you've sent me here just to scare me? You're asking me to cover up crimes!"
"Protecting a criminal? Are you even wearing your police uniform today? This is after your shift, and besides, can you provide any evidence that she cheated Grandma Yan out of her money?"
Most elderly people in the town don't use smartphones and rely more on cash; they probably don't even have the concept of writing down receipts.
Gao Hou remained silent for a moment.
Upon arriving at Aunt Zhao's door, Xu Jialan gestured for Gao Hou to knock on the door.
Aunt Zhao walked over slowly but didn't open the door. "Who is it?"
She was afraid that the person knocking on the door was from the Chen family, so she asked a question first.
"Aunt Zhao, it's me, Gao Hou."
Hearing this, Aunt Zhao finally dared to open the door. "Oh, it's that boy from the Gao family. What's the matter?"
She glanced behind Gao Hou and saw that everyone there was unfamiliar. Xu Jialan was standing at the very back with her head down, and she didn't recognize her at first.
"These are my colleagues. We need to talk to you about something."
"colleague?"
Aunt Zhao panicked instantly. She knew that the Gao family's son was a policeman. What were they doing here so late at night? Was it because of the Chen family's matter?
"What could you possibly want to talk to me about, an old woman like me? It's too late, I need to go to sleep."
Aunt Zhao wanted to send them away.
Attorney Chen stepped forward and stopped her from closing the door. "We'll be quick. We'll leave as soon as we finish talking. It's nothing serious."
As soon as he finished speaking, Attorney Chen took the opportunity to squeeze through the door, followed by several other people.
Seeing this, Aunt Zhao had no choice but to lead them into the house.
Once inside, under the light, Aunt Zhao finally saw Xu Jialan's face clearly and guessed their purpose for coming. She immediately became furious and embarrassed, "It's you!"
Xu Jialan smiled at her carefree, "It's me."
Aunt Zhao grabbed a weapon and was about to hit him when Gao Hou stopped her, saying, "Aunt Zhao, hitting people is against the law."
She dared not make a move, but instead turned around and started acting like a liar, "You're here because of the Chen family, aren't you? I've already told you I didn't take Yan Shumei's money!"
"Then why is Grandma Yan so adamant that you took it?"
"She's framing me! Let her produce evidence to prove I took her money."
Hsu Chia-lan: "I have evidence."
He waved his phone in his hand.
Aunt Zhao panicked for a moment, but then she thought about it again and wondered how he could have any evidence. She and Yan Shumei had only talked about it verbally, so it didn't count. Besides, no one knew.
Xu Jialan opened her phone and played the recording.
"I'll sell it to your grandma for 10,000, and I'll take 10,000 from you in return."
"Did my grandma really give you ten thousand?"
"Really, really."
Grandma Zhao was completely stunned. She never expected that the girl from the Chen family had actually recorded the conversation!
Her mind raced, and she remembered those health supplements again.
"I charged her 10,000 yuan because I sold her health supplements. Yes, that money was from her buying health supplements from me! I'll show you if you don't believe me!"
She ran to her room and brought out her pile of health supplements.
Gao Hou took a look at them and said, "Aunt Zhao, these are all counterfeit products. Selling them to others is fraud."
Fraud? She didn't commit fraud!
"I ate it and I'm perfectly fine, how could it be a scam?"
Gao Hou had a bit of a headache, but he patiently explained to her, "Luckily, nothing happened after eating it. If something had gone wrong, it wouldn't have been as simple as ten thousand yuan; it would have been a matter of life and death!"
Aunt Zhao's face turned pale instantly, and she could barely stand. Gao Hou quickly caught her.
She just wants to make some money, why is it so difficult for her!
"I didn't harm anyone. I just thought those health products looked pretty good, so I sold them to her."
"Besides Grandma Yan, who else did you sell to?"
"No one else wanted it, so I only sold it to her."
Xu Jialan was too lazy to watch her cry and wail. "In that case, return the ten thousand yuan to Grandma Yan."
Unexpectedly, she cried even harder and started playing the victim: "Where would I get money? My husband passed away a long time ago, and my son just got married. You can take my life or my money!"
Seeing her like this, Gao Hou quickly helped her to sit down on a chair.
Xu Jialan had little sympathy. "Since there isn't one, then we'll see you in court. I've brought my lawyer with me."
Attorney Chen stepped forward at the opportune moment, handing over his lawyer's license. "I am Mr. Xu's lawyer. If you insist on not returning this 10,000 yuan, we will have to see you in court. According to Chinese law, 10,000 yuan constitutes fraud. I don't think you want to spend several years in jail."
Mr. Xu, a lawyer?
Does the young man that girl from the Chen family know have such great power?
She looked at Gao Hou, whom she knew fairly well, in a panic.
Gao Hou sighed and nodded at her.
Aunt Zhao started crying again, "I have no money! I gave all my money to my son!"
“Then call your son.” Xu Jialan showed no mercy.
Aunt Zhao then shakily made a phone call to her son, crying as she begged him to return the money.
Fortunately, her son lives in the county town, so it won't take him long to get back.
On the phone, Aunt Zhao was sobbing and couldn't speak clearly. She only said that the police and lawyer had come to her house and asked her to take 10,000 yuan back with her, which terrified him.
After returning, he finally understood the whole story and hurriedly gave the money to Xu Jialan.
Xu Jialan didn't take it. "Go and return it yourself."
"good."
A large group of people arrived at the Chen family's house. When Chen Yao'an opened the door and saw so many people, she was a little confused. She looked at Xu Jialan, who was leading the group, and asked, "What's going on here?"
She glanced behind him.
Gao Hou was also there.
"Aunt Zhao's son came to repay his grandmother's money."
Chen Yaoan looked at Aunt Zhao's son, Chen Sheng. They were about the same age and had attended the same school before.
"That's right, I'm here to return the money. My mother was definitely in the wrong."
After this incident, Chen Yao'an disregarded their childhood friendship and said, "You should tell my grandmother this yourself."
"yes."
"I'm going to call my grandma."
Yan Shumei came out quickly, and Chen Sheng was very tolerant, apologizing to her profusely.
Her mother did it, and she didn't want to argue with a younger person. She told her mother to stop doing such despicable things.
"Yes, I'll talk to her about it when I get back."
Chen Sheng quickly slunk away.
Holding a wad of cash, Yan Shumei's brows relaxed. "I'm going to keep this money safe."
After saying that, he quickly went back to his room to hide the money.
Looking at the crowd of people standing in the courtyard, Chen Yao'an was still not quite sure what was going on. She subconsciously looked at Xu Jialan and asked, "What exactly is going on?"
Zhang Ting introduced her: "This is Attorney Chen. Xu Jialan found him through our company. We didn't do anything, just went to her house to scare her a little. It was his idea, and he also invited Officer Gao."
He pointed at Xu Jialan.
Chen Yaoan also looked at him.
Xu Jialan glanced at her, then casually looked away.
That day at Aunt Zhao's door, he said he would take care of her family's affairs and that she should talk to him if she needed anything. She thought he was just saying it casually, but she didn't expect him to actually do it.
Suddenly, she felt her chest was filled to the brim.
Attorney Chen spoke, interrupting her thoughts.
"The matter is resolved, everyone is happy, so I'll head back now."
"I should thank you properly."
Things happened too fast, everything was rushed.
"Why don't you stay for a meal before you leave?" Xu Jialan suddenly interjected.
Chen Yao'an nodded. "I'm cooking right now."
“That’s fine, after all, it’s troublesome for you to make the trip, and it’s also good for Officer Gao,” Zhang Ting agreed.
Gao Hou, however, was not feeling very comfortable.
Several people stayed for dinner. Since there wasn't enough food at home, Chen Yaoan asked Gao Hou to help him buy some from the nearby market, since he was quite familiar with the area.
Gao Hou went out and walked towards Xu Jialan, who was standing alone in the courtyard.
"You asked me before whether Grandma had a written agreement with Aunt Zhao, was it about this?"
He had asked her beforehand, and that's why she sent him the recording.
"Otherwise what? Are you going to rely on your stupid method?" Xu Jialan looked annoyed.
His tone wasn't exactly friendly, but Chen Yao'an still managed a slight smile.
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