"How smart do you think this kid is?" Jiang Che said disdainfully, "He got carried away after making a little money. He showed off to his friends everywhere that he had made a fortune. He was afraid that others would not be able to catch him. I didn't even have to bother to find out. I could find out with just a casual question."
Wei Xuan was speechless: "He is so fearless?"
"Who knows? There is no shortage of smart people in this world. If he reveals his true colors and someone with ulterior motives finds out, they won't cover up for him."
Actually, this matter is simple to explain. It is nothing more than that a few friends who usually play together are jealous of Ge Huai's wealth, and Ge Huai's intentional or unintentional showing off makes people even more angry. It is not necessary to ask them to do anything bad to Ge Huai, but under Jiang Che's inducement, they naturally answer whatever he asks, without any intention of hiding anything for him, and even ask Ge Huai if he has done anything wrong. There is a bit of gloating in it, which shows how much this kid is disliked.
Everyone who plays together knows each other. Even if we don’t know what kind of business Ge Huai is doing, we can guess it. It is definitely not the right way. It is impossible to make so much money in such a short time by taking the right way. In addition, we play together a lot, so we can always notice some clues.
For Jiang Che, who knew the inside story, this little clue was enough for him to piece together the cause and effect of the whole incident and guess about seven or eight levels.
Jiang Che felt that his cousin was not only a little bit stupid, but also had a broken brain. Didn't he know how he made his money? He didn't know what it meant to be low-key.
But it’s a good thing this way, it saves him a lot of trouble.
Jiang Che was silent for a moment and then made up his mind: "I plan to tell my parents about this tomorrow."
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Wei Xuan was surprised. She thought he would keep it a secret. "What are you going to say?"
"I haven't thought about it yet," Jiang Che wiped his face irritably, "We can't keep it a secret forever. From what I learned today, they should be preparing to wrap things up. If things get out of hand, my parents are not young anymore. I'm afraid they won't be able to handle the news. It's better to tell them in advance so that they can be mentally prepared."
Indeed, in more than two months, all those who could be deceived have been deceived, and the possibility of those who could not be deceived being deceived is not high. If Wei Xuan were them, she would also choose to run away at this time and start over in another place.
She thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you just tell them the truth? Tell them everything you heard and guessed. Now that you've said it, don't try to hide anything. Your parents are not the kind of people who can't stand it. Maybe they can even give you some advice."
Hearing this, Jiang Che remembered what his father had taught him before and nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
After finishing the business, Wei Xuan and Jiang Jiangche were still sitting there, moving closer to him and sniffing: "It's getting late, go take a shower, you smell like sweat, it's too pungent."
"Why can't I smell it?" Jiang Che imitated Wei Xuan and lowered his head to smell it: "Then find me some clothes."
"Okay, go ahead."
The next day, after breakfast, Wei Xuan stayed at home to take care of the children while Jiang Che sent his daughter to school.
Before leaving, Yuanyuan kissed Yuanlang on the cheek and said, "Brother, be good at home and wait for your sister to come back and play with you."
"Let's go." Jiang Che picked up his daughter's schoolbag, patted her head, and walked out of the yard first.
"Hey, I'm coming. Dad, wait for me." Yuanyuan agreed and turned around to trot over. During this time, she didn't forget to say hello to Wei Xuan: "Mom, I'm going to school."
"Go ahead, you just had dinner so run slowly."
Seeing that his father and sister had left, Yuanlang stretched out his arms and leaned forward, grabbing with his chubby hands: "Let's go, let's go..."
Helpless, Wei Xuan had to hold him and followed him. Jiang Che, who had just moved the car outside the door, saw them and said, "I'll be back later, and we'll go back together."
"That's fine." She just didn't know if her third brother would be anxious when he came over and saw that no one was home. But for such a big matter, she really had to go back with him to discuss it.
Fortunately, as soon as Jiang Che left, his third brother came over. Wei Xuan just entered the yard holding Yuan Lang.
After the third brother Wei came in, he looked around and saw that there was no one else, so he asked, "Are you the only one at home?"
"Well, Jiang Che has sent Yuanyuan to school and will be back soon. Sister Liu Ying has asked for leave to go home." Wei Xuan walked to the eaves of the corridor and sat down with her son in her arms. She patted the stool next to her and said, "Third brother, sit down and talk."
Third Brother Wei walked over, pulled the chair under his buttocks, sat down and asked, "Did my brother-in-law find out anything?"
Because she had agreed with Jiang Che that she would go back to Jiang's house soon, Wei Xuan took advantage of the time now to tell him in detail some of the information that Jiang Che had found out yesterday.
"There are probably three people who planned this incident. One is called Qiu Shi, and another one is named Deng. The remaining one is Ge Huai."
Hearing this, Third Brother Wei's eyes widened in disbelief: "He is the mastermind. To be honest, I have never seen him in the village. As for the other two people, I don't know them. I don't think they dare to tell their real names."
I really don't know whether to say it was God's will or Ge Huai was unlucky. He was probably afraid that someone would recognize him, so he kept hiding behind the scenes and didn't show up. As luck would have it, when he went to the countryside to look for someone once, he was seen by Wei Sansao, who knew him. Otherwise, Wei Xuan and the others would never have associated this incident with him.
Wei Xuan was not interrupted by the surprise of the Third Brother Wei, and continued: "It seems that the two people from Shanghai are really making movies. I don't know what they do specifically, but their work must be related to making movies. They probably came here to find someone to invest, and their actions were quite high-profile, so many people in Ge Huai's group of friends knew about this. I don't know how the three of them turned from making movies to defrauding people, but what is certain is that they definitely did not use the money raised from the villagers to make movies. Let's not talk about Ge Huai for now, he has been in Beijing all the time. Although no one has seen those two people since then, think about how much Ge Huai's car cost. If he really used the money to make a movie, where did the money come from to buy the car? Let's not talk about whether making a movie can make so much money, it's impossible to make a good movie in such a short time."
And from what Wei Xuan knew, making movies in this era was not as profitable as it is in later generations.
Nowadays, it is difficult for people to barely make ends meet, so who has the time to pay attention to things like entertainment? It took at least two thousand years for this industry to begin to flourish.
Third Brother Wei didn't know about the movie making, and he wasn't interested in it. He only knew from what his sister meant, the chances of that group of people being scammers had increased. He had originally been hoping for a lucky break, but now he just wanted to catch those scammers as soon as possible and get his second brother's money back.
Wei Xuan advised him not to be impulsive: "Third brother, we still need evidence. Jiang Che knows a policeman, let him handle this matter. We agreed to go to Jiang's house today and talk to my parents-in-law about this. When we come back from there, we should have a conclusion on what to do."
"Okay, you guys have better ideas than me, I'll come back in the evening."
When Jiang Che came back, he happened to meet Third Brother Wei who was coming out of his house: "Third Brother."
Third Brother Wei nodded at him and said, "Brother-in-law, my sister said you guys still have things to do, so I'll leave first. I'll come back in the evening." After saying that, he left without waiting for Jiang Che to say anything.
Jiang Che seemed to have realized something. He turned around and saw his wife and asked, "Did you tell Third Brother everything?"
"Yeah, I said it. Shall we go now?"
"Let's go," Jiang Che turned his bicycle around and said, "Let's go earlier and solve this matter. I'm afraid Third Brother must be very anxious."
Wei Xuan handed the child to her and locked the door herself. What a ridiculous thing!
While the two were still on their way to the Jiang family, in a small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, Ge Huai and Nie Yuande stayed here directly after discussing things last night.
Nie Yuande woke up and found that it was already eight o'clock in the morning. He jumped out of bed in a hurry and walked to the door of Ge Huai's room across the street and knocked hard, "Ge Huai, get up, hurry up and take me back. Is Ge Huai up? I'm going to be late for work."
Ge Huai drank a little too much last night and had a headache due to the hangover. He must be unhappy to be woken up, but he ignored it. The door was slammed again, and he had no choice but to turn over and sit up, curse, then get out of bed and go to open the door.
"Hurry up, get dressed and take me back to Beijing to work."
Ge Huai rubbed his eyes and said indifferently: "Brother-in-law, why are you in such a hurry? It's just a job. If you don't want to do it, then don't do it. I earn more in a day than you earn in several years. Your salary is not enough to have a good meal. Why would you scare a grown man like this? By the way, what do you think about what I told you last night?"
"What?" Nie Yuande was stunned for a moment, then he remembered what Ge Huai said last night, asking him to join them. He was indeed tempted, but at the same time he was a little scared, so he had not made up his mind. Now, stimulated by Ge Huai, Nie Yuande gritted his teeth and mustered up the courage to say, "Okay, let's do it." But he felt a little regretful as soon as he finished speaking.
"This is the brother-in-law I know." Ge Huai finally smiled, walked to the main hall and sat down. Seeing that Nie Yuande still had some hesitation on his face, he comforted him, "Brother-in-law, don't worry. This sounds thrilling, but it's actually very safe. You see, I'm fine after all this time. We can do it once and move to another place where no one knows each other. When we have some savings, we can stop and do legitimate business again. Who can have evidence to arrest us then?"
After he said this, Nie Yuande gradually calmed down. Only then did he notice that there were only two of them left in the room, and the people who were there last night were gone.
"Where are Deng Yang and the others?"
Ge Huai yawned, "They went to work. They left before dawn this morning. When they come back, I will tell them that you will definitely not get a share of the money this time, after all, you just joined and didn't help much. But I will give you some from my share, brother-in-law. Please wait a little longer, we are about to move to another place, and next time you can get the same amount as us."
As for why Ge Huai insisted on getting Nie Yuande to join the gang, the reason was very simple. He was on guard against Deng Yang and Qiu Shi. This matter was indeed a conspiracy between the three of them, but the two knew each other before, and he only joined in halfway. Who knows what the two were thinking? In case the two ran away one day or didn't want to play with him anymore, he would have a helper.
He didn't like Nie Yuande, but having known him for such a long time, Ge Huai knew that Nie Yuande was quite smart. With his help, Ge Huai felt that he could feel more at ease and would not be isolated and helpless when encountering problems.
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