Zhao Jiabao did exactly what Li Chunjiao said, and he was ready to rush to the pawnshop as soon as he left the school gate. After all... time waits for no one, and he will have to take out 10,000 yuan the day after tomorrow.

However, as soon as he stepped out of the school gate, he was stopped by two people in police uniforms.

The two police officers came up to him and pointed out his name, saying that they had something to ask him.

One of the young police officers asked, "Zhang Qian, Wu Gouzi, Li Shitou... Do you know these people?"

Zhao Jiabao felt a little guilty: "No, I don't know them... Public Security Comrade, who are these people?"

Young police officer: "Did you know about the stabbing that happened in an alley outside the school last week?"

Zhao Jiabao gradually calmed down: "I have heard a little bit, but I am not sure. It is none of my business, so why should I care about it?"

Before the young police officer could ask again, Zhao Jiabao said impatiently, "Comrade police officer, I am a good citizen. You need a reason to arrest and question me! What did I do? Am I the one who stabbed someone with a knife?"

The young police officer frowned and said sternly, "Student Zhao Jiabao, this is just a routine question related to the investigation. Please cooperate."

"I will cooperate! But this matter has nothing to do with me. Why are you holding me to question me?" Zhao Jiabao said shamelessly, "I have urgent matters to attend to! The police can't waste people's time!"

The young police officer seemed to want to say something, but the old police officer beside him held his shoulders and said, "It's okay, Zhao Jiabao, I just happened to meet you, so I asked you. If you have something urgent, go and do it first."

Zhao Jiabao snorted and walked away in a nonchalant manner.

The young police officer looked at his back and asked in confusion, "Are students from Capital University like this?"

The old policeman patted him on the shoulder and said, "Some of them are not serious students. Let's go and ask that classmate Wei Zhenhua first."

Young police officer: "Those five people are stubborn and refuse to say anything. Zhao Jiabao also seems to be a shameless person. I hope Wei Zhenhua can provide some useful information..."

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While Zhao Jiabao was being held up by the police, Jiang Suisui hurried to the boys' dormitory and called out Song Weizhen.

"I heard from my roommate that Zhao Jiabao seems to be planning to pawn his watch at a pawn shop for money." Jiang Suishun said anxiously, "What do you think, should we..."

There was something unfinished in her words, and she made a grabbing gesture.

Song Weizheng thought about it, shook his head and said, "No, 10,000 yuan is not that easy to come by, and a watch won't bring much money."

Jiang Suinsui: "But the Zhao family is rich, so he must have more valuable things on him than just a watch."

Song Weizheng hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll go over and take a look."

"I'll go too!" Jiang Suishun raised her hand immediately.

Song Weizheng: "Are you not taking a lunch break? You've been busy in the cafeteria all afternoon. Are you tired?"

Jiang Suishun shook his head: "It's okay to sleep less for a while. Let's go and solve Zhao Jiabao's problem first. We finally got his 10,000 yuan, so we can't let him turn over so easily."

It turns out that the mysterious man who bumped into Zhao Jiabao yesterday and exchanged his money with ghost money was arranged by Song Weizhen.

He borrowed one of Uncle Zheng's men to help him gather information and replace things without anyone noticing.

Uncle Zheng was able to make it from a small town to Beijing, and the people he brought with him were all a mixed bunch. This subordinate was a small-time thief who used to be a petty thief, but after following Uncle Zheng, he became a good man.

This time it came in handy again.

At noon that day, Song Weizhen rode his bicycle with Jiang Suunsui towards the pawnshop outside the school.

On the way, Jiang Suishun asked curiously, "What are you going to do with the 10,000 yuan?"

Song Weizheng: "We'll release him secretly after some time. Anyway, let him suffer a little first."

"Yes!" Jiang Suishun nodded vigorously, "Let him and those little hooligans fight each other, and both sides will suffer losses!"

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pawn shop.

Not long after Zhao Jiabao entered, there was a sudden cry of disbelief from inside: "You are robbing!!!"

The counter clerk at the pawn shop was an elderly man. Even though Zhao Jiabao yelled at him, he remained expressionless and said calmly, "Pawning is a transaction between two parties. It is completely different from robbery. If you are not satisfied with the price, we will not force you to pawn your items. Goodbye."

Zhao Jiabao said anxiously, "Look carefully, this is a Rolex watch! There is no place to buy it even if you want to! This is a gold watch, I bought it for one or two thousand! How can it be worth only four hundred and fifty?!"

The old man raised his eyelids to look at him, then picked up the watch and weighed it, saying, "I gave you a price of four hundred and fifty because it's relatively rare. The dial has scratches, and the strap is not well maintained. If it weren't a Rolex, it wouldn't be worth even forty-five."

After saying this, he put down his watch and pushed it back, as if to thank the guest.

Seeing that he was unmoved, Zhao Jiabao could only feel helpless and furious.

But it was he who had something to ask for, he was in urgent need of money, and if he couldn't come up with 10,000 yuan the day after tomorrow, who knows what would happen to him.

Zhao Jiabao thought about it, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, four hundred and fifty is four hundred and fifty, it's just a watch, I don't need it!"

The old man remained expressionless in the face of his boastful words. He calmly took the watch and prepared to issue the receipt and pay.

"Wait a minute, I have something else to pawn!" Zhao Jiabao suddenly said, "Look at this, how much is it worth?"

He took out a jade pendant tied with a red rope from his pocket. The jade pendant was engraved with delicate orchid patterns, which looked even warmer and softer under the light from the shop.

The old man's expression, which had been calm till then, suddenly froze when he saw the jade pendant. His face was still expressionless, but he stared at the jade pendant without blinking, his eyes shining as if he had seen some treasure.

He carefully lifted up the jade pendant and examined it carefully with a magnifying glass. He could not help but exclaim, "What a good jade! It is moist, delicate and strong, with a soft and pure color. This is the best Hetian jade! The most wonderful thing is the carvings on it, which are extremely exquisite and are definitely not ordinary craftsmanship!"

The old man put down the magnifying glass and said regretfully, "Such a good jade pendant, are you sure you want to pawn it?"

Zhao Jiabao said impatiently, "You can pawn it if you say so! You should give me a price first. You just said it was so nice. This jade should be worth a lot of money, right?"

The old man estimated: "It can be worth two thousand."

"Two thousand?!" Zhao Jiabao said disappointedly, "This is too little! You just boasted for a long time, and this is all you give me? You are cheating me! I'll go look for another place!"

The old man put down the jade pendant and said, "If you go to another pawnshop, I dare say that the price you offer may not be as high as what I offer here. Your jade is indeed good jade, but according to the price of the jade itself, it is only worth more than a thousand. I raised the price to two thousand because the carvings on the jade are lifelike and exquisite, and it is worth collecting. If no one appreciates it, you probably won't get so much just for the jade."

Zhao Jiabao wanted to pick up the jade pendant and leave, but after hearing what the old man said, he hesitated.

If it is true as he said, that other companies may offer a lower price, then isn't it a waste of time for me to go back and forth?

What he lacks first is money, and second is time.

Zhao Jiabao scratched his hair irritably, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, two thousand is two thousand, I'll pawn the jade pendant and the watch together! Can you give me a little more, two thousand five!"

The old man refused to give in: "The price I gave you is already the highest. If you offer more, you will lose money. It is better not to accept it."

If he had seen such a stubborn old man before, Zhao Jiabao might have cursed him out with his hot temper, but now he had to ask for help, so he had to endure it and said, "Okay, then give me the money quickly, I want it now!"

The old man moved upon hearing the voice, and quickly put the jade pendant and watch into the counter. While preparing to issue the ticket, he said, "Our pawn tickets all have a time limit, the shortest is six days, the longest is six months, and the longer the time limit, the more interest you will pay. If you fail to redeem them before the expiration date, these items will be returned to the pawnshop for disposal. What do you want?"

Zhao Jiabao thought for a moment and said, "Forget about the watch. I don't want it anymore. I don't care what the deadline is. As for this jade pendant... let's say it's valid for six days! No, wait! Let's say ten, ten days!"

The old man raised his eyelids and looked at him: "Are you sure you want to redeem it in ten days? If you haven't redeemed it after ten days, this jade pendant may not belong to you anymore."

Zhao Jiabao laughed disdainfully after hearing this and said, "It's not that I look down on others, but this jade is worth two thousand yuan, and no one else can afford it except me. It has to wait here for me to redeem it! Come on, don't write ten days, just six days! I don't want to pay interest for nothing to a place like yours that cheats people."

The old man smiled imperceptibly, said nothing, and promptly issued the pawn ticket and paid him the money.

"Goodbye."

Zhao Jiabao finally felt relieved after taking the money. He put his hands in his pockets and walked away leisurely.

The old man shook his head, put away the jade pendant and watch, and sighed: "You really don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. There are very few people who can redeem something after pawning it. It's a pity that this jade pendant didn't go to the right owner."

Just as he turned around and was about to put the things into the storage room at the back, there was a sudden noise at the door again.

The old man paused, turned around and saw a young couple. He sighed in his heart, they looked energetic and healthy, but they had to work as slaves to make a living.

The young couple were Song Weizhen and Jiang Suinsui who followed behind Zhao Jiabao.

Unfortunately, they arrived a step too late. When they caught up, Zhao Jiabao had already pawned his things. The two had no choice but to wait outside the door until they saw Zhao Jiabao leave with satisfaction. Then they reappeared and entered the pawnshop to inquire about the situation.

The old man greeted with a blank expression: "What do you two want to be?"

Jiang Suisui lay on the counter and asked in a low voice: "Master, I want to ask, how much did that person just now get?"

The old man said: "I'm sorry, this is the guest's privacy and will not be disclosed to anyone."

Jiang Suisui rolled his eyes and continued, "Master, I understand. But the man just now is my second uncle's cousin, a spendthrift. He is a spendthrift and a whore. He has squandered all the family fortune that my second uncle has accumulated over his lifetime. Now he has been kicked out of the house and cut off all ties with us. But recently he has owed a large gambling debt. Yesterday he sneaked back home and stole everything in the house. All the heirlooms passed down from our ancestors were stolen!"

"We thought that we were relatives, so we didn't report the case for the time being. We wanted to talk to him and ask him to return the things. But he was a man who wouldn't listen, so we followed him here."

The old man said: "This is your family affair and has nothing to do with our shop."

Seeing that the old man was unmoved, Jiang Suishun said, "Of course, of course. I just want to find out what he pawned and how much he got. He definitely won't tell me if I ask him. But if he pawned my family heirloom, that would be a disaster! We must report it to the police and get it back."

Seeing the old man's expression change when he heard the word "report to the police", Jiang Sui Sui quickly struck while the iron was hot and said, "He has cut off ties with our family now, so this is a theft, and it is not in accordance with the rules to pawn stolen things. Of course, we don't want to make it difficult for you, just tell us what he pawned, and if it's important, we will catch him now and make him spit out the money to redeem the things, so there is no need to report to the police. Don't you agree?"

"Of course," she added, "if it's nothing important, we won't bother with it."