Chapter 1698: It’s All Caused by the Prodigal Son
The income of Moscow police is not as low as imagined. Igor's monthly income is about 100,000 rubles, but his wife borrowed 6 million rubles at once, which is equivalent to an advance of four or five years' salary from him!
So he asked a question that made him regret for the rest of his life: "What on earth did she do to deserve to borrow so much money?"
Because of this, Xiao Peng's nightclub experience turned into a "family drama." That guy named Valery was like a storyteller under the overpass, except he'd just divided his story into three parts!
Xiao Peng and the others were enjoying themselves while munching on melon seeds and listening to him tell stories.
Igor was a mid-level officer, rank 1 captain. Russia's police rank system was largely the same as the military, consisting of five grades and 17 ranks, minus the ranks of marshal, general, and corporal. However, since this was Moscow, his position wasn't high; in Daxia, it would be roughly equivalent to a deputy police station chief. He had a stable job and some authority; overall, this was a very good family.
Russia has one thing in common with Europe and the US: its divorce rate is similar to France's, both at the "super high!" level. However, the reasons for this high divorce rate are somewhat different from those in France.
A large part of the reason for the high divorce rate here is the early marriage age. As long as you're an only child in your family, you can get married at age 14. Like Bactria, people in big cities like Moscow may marry later, but in smaller cities and villages, many children start families before they reach adulthood. Igor married his wife before he even joined the army.
Just like so many women in this nightclub, they all look very young, and maybe more than half of them are already married - this is another reason for the high divorce rate in Russia: because many young people are too young and immature when they get married, they also like to seek excitement after marriage. In addition, the divorce procedures here are very simple, and it can basically be done in a few minutes, so it is possible that two people are as good as one a few minutes ago, and then they quarrel and go through the divorce procedures a few minutes later.
Igor was a good man, having worked hard since retiring from the army and joining the police force. After all, he had three children to raise. His wife, Marina, felt she'd been doing herself a disservice by marrying him so young, and that his busy schedule had neglected her. For a long time, she'd been a regular at nightclubs, seeking excitement. Despite having three children, she was only in her thirties, making her a popular presence in these clubs.
At first, she mostly went out to seek excitement and happiness and was able to control herself - after all, Igor was an enviable and responsible husband. But all this changed until she met her 'true love'.
It was in this nightclub that she met a young artist who was extremely talented but underappreciated, so he traveled from France to Russia to seek inspiration for his art. From the moment they met, Marina believed she had found true love, and she began to fall madly in love: what could a woman of her age and a strong young man do together?
But all good things must come to an end. The Frenchman's visa expired and he had to leave Russia. He "wanted to continue pursuing his artistic dreams"—he was a young man with ideals and ambitions, determined to keep working toward his dreams! He couldn't stop at one place.
Of course, he and Marina had an agreement that when he became successful, he would come to Russia to pick her up - because Marina was his muse, the source of his inspiration, his life, his...
Ahem, French men are willing to say anything cheesy to get laid.
But Marina was so moved by these nonsense that in order to help the French guy "realize his dream and become successful as soon as possible", she decided to sponsor the French guy and directly found Vladimir Mishustin to ask for a loan, and she asked for 6 million rubles, which is almost 70,000 euros!
This is the money that the French guy said he would use to hold his art exhibition.
According to him, if he held an art exhibition in Paris, his talent would surely make him a big hit, and Marina was of course convinced. Otherwise, why would she help him borrow money?
But how could she possibly borrow so much money? Here, the most she could borrow was a few hundred thousand or eighty thousand rubles. How could Vladimir Mishustin possibly lend her six million rubles?
But never underestimate a woman who is crazy about love - they can do many jaw-dropping things!
In order to get the loan, Marina did a lot of things, including but not limited to: taking nude photos, sleeping with the "woodcutter's axe", taking sex videos, etc. Of course, even if she did so, she couldn't get the loan, so she simply mortgaged her house to Vladimir Mishustin, and only then did she get the loan and gave the money to the French guy.
According to her expectations, the French guy would quickly become famous after returning to Paris and would come to pick her up on a rainbow cloud. However, the French guy simply lost contact and never returned.
Marina was stunned, but she had to repay this huge debt! If Igor found out, it would be disastrous. She was actually paying it back—she was now a celebrity on escort sites, her main publicity stunt being "the current wife of a captain-ranked police officer," and her business was booming.
But don't forget one thing: Vladimir Mishustin's loan interest is quite high. The money she earns from her hard work is not enough to cover the interest! Now the debt is even increasing, approaching tens of millions of rubles!
Just then, Igor's police station offered him a huge benefit: because their family of five lived in less than the standard 18 square meters per person, they gave him a large public housing unit, which he could move into for a nominal monthly rent. However, they were required to submit proof of their original housing, and Igor discovered that the property ownership certificate was gone. Marina, having no other options, claimed that relatives in her hometown were in urgent need of housing, so she mortgaged the house to Vladimir Mishustin.
Igor was naturally furious upon hearing this, and he led the police to keep a close eye on the people at the Axe Club. They would arrest Vladimir Mishustin's men for spitting on the street and put them in jail for a few days. This led to the Axe Club being raided six times a month.
And all this ultimately comes down to one sentence - it's all caused by a spendthrift woman.
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