The few people who had been nonchalant all gathered around, and the driver was so frightened that he gripped the reins tighter and tighter, almost causing the old ox to run away.
Zhou Han, sitting in the back, was so jolted awake that he broke out in a cold sweat and almost cried out. He gripped the edge of the bike, gritted his teeth, and called out to the person in front of him.
"Stop the car right now! What are you doing?"
The driver finally calmed down, and by the time he stopped the oxcart, people had already jumped on.
"Everyone, get down here!"
"I'm sorry, comrade, he doesn't know how to drive, and he startled the ox."
Zhou Han tried to explain to those people, but they ignored him and yanked open the farm tools, revealing several boxes.
"What's this?"
Although Zhou Han was still trying to keep a straight face, he was already in a panic. He was immediately subdued as soon as he jumped off the oxcart.
The man rushing to catch the carriage was terrified; he was trembling all over. Before anyone even asked him anything, he immediately said he didn't know.
"Wow, it looks like a TV?"
"What?!"
They were sent here to keep watch on various side roads, but they hadn't caught anyone. They never expected to be so lucky today.
"They're really brave." They carefully moved the top box aside, and there was another one underneath. The group of people were overjoyed.
They have done a great job today.
"It wasn't me, I just came to transport things, I don't know anything." The driver was almost scared to death.
"Everyone, go back."
And so the two were taken back and locked up among a group of smugglers, a diverse group of people, with Zhou Han considered a big fish among them.
"Brother, what should we do? Are the police going to execute us? I haven't even earned any money yet, and I have an elderly mother at home. I don't want to die."
Most of the people who were arrested looked fierce and menacing, so the man didn't dare to approach them and had to squat down next to Zhou Han.
They were rushed back; Zhou Han's legs were almost numb, and the sweat from the pain was flowing into his wounds, making his condition worse.
He forced himself to sit in the corner, his mind temporarily filled with pain, unable to think about the consequences of his actions.
"Waaah, this is my first time doing this. If the police find out, will they let me go home? I'll never do it again. I'll just go back to farming."
Zhou Han grew increasingly irritated by his crying and finally couldn't hold back any longer, growling in a low voice, "Shut up!"
The police gave these people a chance to redeem themselves. Most of them had been arrested for small amounts of money, and after registering their information and giving them a scolding, they released many of them.
"Who are your accomplices? How much cargo do you have? Where are they stored?"
These two are different; they are two big fish. Who would have thought that there would be two televisions on that dilapidated oxcart?
How could an ordinary person have this?
As far as they knew, these criminal gangs would first send out a leader to scout the area, and once it was safe, they would transport more goods, with even bigger fish lurking behind.
Zhou Han, his face pale, didn't have time to speak before the man next to him rattled off everything they had done over the past few days.
"Officer, I was just out of my mind. Can you give me another chance? I promise I'll never do it again."
The interrogators exchanged glances, unsure whether they believed them or not.
"Is there a man named Zhou Han here?" The interrogation room door was pushed open, and several tall men walked in.
"Look, they're sitting over there. The amount of money involved is huge, and there's still a trial to come."
Zhou Han's chaotic and anxious heart calmed down the moment he saw Lu Yang.
He's finished.
He's not only finished, but he's also dragged Rong Jun down with him.
His mother is still waiting for his money to come home, to settle his father's matter, and then everything will be over.
Rong Jun must have been discovered, otherwise Lu Yang wouldn't have been able to find him so accurately.
Lu Yang and Zhou Han were only nodding acquaintances. Zhou Han used to call him "brother" along with Bai Rongjun. It was a bit of a sad sight to see them together again under these circumstances.
"Hello comrade, this person is related to our case, and we plan to bring him back for questioning."
Zhou Han had to change buses several times to get here, but he was able to take the train with them on his way back.
"Hurry up."
They were on a late-night train. Zhou Han sat in his seat, looking lifeless. After a long while, he struggled to ask Lu Yang, "How is she?"
"who?"
Zhou Han slumped back in his chair, letting out a sigh of relief. "You know who I'm talking about, Brother Lu."
Before, all I could think about was how to earn two thousand yuan, and I completely forgot about Rong Jun.
Everyone knows about their engagement. Even if Rong Jun doesn't know what he's doing, she'll still be implicated when things happen, especially since he's personally dragged her into it.
Zhou Han realized he had been completely out of his mind recently, leaving her alone in a stranger's house.
Lu Yang was able to get there and know his exact location because Rong Jun must have told him.
Before coming, fearing she would worry and to dispel her doubts, Zhou Han explained everything that happened on the way to her in detail.
"You'll know when you get back."
They rushed back to the Public Security Bureau overnight, where the educated youth office and the bureau staff were already prepared.
“Zhou Han, your boyfriend has already told you everything. Don’t try to lie anymore.”
When Bai Rongjun was found during the day, she was so frightened that she revealed Zhou Han's whereabouts before they could even ask her.
"He asked me to act in a play with him. The brigade leader wouldn't give him leave. He could only leave the village briefly when he was sick."
I didn't do anything; I didn't know anything about the things he was selling.
From the moment she was discovered, Bai Rongjun knew she was doomed.
After the initial panic subsided, she calmed down and realized she had to distance herself from the situation immediately; she hadn't done anything.
Upon discovering that Lu Yang was one of the people who arrested her, Bai Rongjun tried to plead for her life, but Lu Yang didn't give her a chance and directly ordered his men to keep an eye on her.
In the end, in order to get leniency, he not only revealed that the old lady was one of Brother Leopard's men, but also disclosed that Zhou Han had been going out at night recently.
"I don't know what he's doing outside. He didn't tell me anything at first, and I don't know why he's so short of money?"
Bai Rongjun knew she could say that Zhou Han had taken advantage of their relationship and tricked her into helping him fake an illness.
But if she already knew that Zhou Han's father was a capitalist roader, and still chose to help him conceal it, then her stance was problematic, and how would she ever have the opportunity to return to the city?
“I know I shouldn’t lie to the brigade leader. We are educated youth and we can’t go out without permission, but Zhou Han threatened me, so I had no choice.”
Because of their class background, the Chen family was dragged to the street and subjected to some public criticism. They were originally a scholarly family, and the Chen family members all had a scholarly air about them.
But in just a few days, their physical and mental health collapsed.
With the tragic fate of the Chen family before her, Bai Rongjun was afraid of being arrested and subjected to public criticism.
She's already been sent to the countryside; things can't get any worse.
Besides, it was all Zhou Han's fault that she was involved; it was all his fault. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten involved.
Since he disregarded our relationship and put her in danger, there's no need for me to help him anymore.
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