Chapter 10: He Saw Every Wretched Side of Her
Lin Wan: “Speak. Give me your names, ages, addresses, birthplaces, and who is in your families!”
“The others have already talked. If your stories don’t line up with theirs, I’m handing you all over to the public security!”
“Robbery combined with hooliganism is enough to get you sent to the firing squad!”
Zhou Jun trembled violently and spilled everything.
Lin Wan pulled out her notebook to record it. Once she finished, she gagged Zhou Jun’s mouth, slapped another one awake, and asked him the exact same questions.
Zhou Jun: “!!!”
凸(艹皿艹)
This dead woman bluffed him!
Once she finished interrogating all three of them, their stories lined up perfectly.
Highly satisfied, Lin Wan wrote their names on the statement explaining the situation. Then, she held it up for them to see.
The men’s hearts instantly turned to ash. They slumped on the ground, shaking uncontrollably. Once they had shook enough, they knelt and begged for her forgiveness, promising that as long as Lin Wan let them off, they would give her all their savings.
Lin Wan looked down at them coldly. “I don’t want your money.”
“Do you know Liang Qianjin?”
“The one whose uncle-in-law is the director of the Red Star Machinery Factory.”
The three of them looked at each other, then shook their heads like rattle drums.
“No… don’t know him.”
Lin Wan let out a soft laugh. “Then that’s a pity. Wait here for the public security to arrive!”
The three of them hurriedly wept and begged, “Grandma, we don’t know him personally, but we’ve heard of him! What do you want us to do? Just say it clearly! Please don’t send us to the police station!”
Lin Wan crossed her arms. “Since you’ve heard of him, you should know what kind of vile things he’s done!”
“Within one week.”
“If he doesn’t go to prison this time, you will!”
“You only have one week!”
Whether they knew him or not, if they didn’t want to rot in the slammer, their only choice was to investigate Liang Qianjin. For a few thieves to investigate another thief—especially when given precise details—might actually be easier than for the public security.
She flashed a bright, radiant smile, looking as beautiful as a flower, but in the hearts of the three thieves, she was a skin-painting female ghost straight out of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio! Far too terrifying!
Lin Wan turned and left the moment she finished speaking.
The little system figure couldn’t resist bouncing out: [You’re just letting them off like this?]
Lin Wan: “I promised to let them off this time, I never promised to let them off next time!”
The little system figure pursed its lips. Just as expected! This woman’s heart was pitch black; her merciful hand weighed a thousand jin and could never be raised high!
The moment Lin Wan stepped out of the alley, the smile on her face froze. She saw a very familiar jeep.
She swiftly spun around, lifting her leg to slip away.
“Get in the car.”
Huo Xiao’s elbow rested on the car window, his gaze fixed on her. His authoritative voice left her no choice but to halt her steps.
As if her acupuncture points had been struck, Lin Wan offered a mechanical, awkward smile to greet him. “Haha… it’s you!”
“Anyway, what a coincidence!”
Huo Xiao’s slender fingers tapped the steering wheel, a mocking smirk playing at the corners of his lips. “No coincidence. I came from the machinery factory family compound.”
As his words fell, his chillingly cold eyes suddenly swept over. After locking onto her gaze, they drifted coldly to the men in the alley who were stripped down to nothing but their underpants.
This woman… every time he saw her, there was a surprise.
Lin Wan: “…”
There’s killing intent! Such heavy killing intent! Lin Wan froze.
“Ahem… this… that… I can explain.”
Huo Xiao raised an eyebrow, looking at her with leisure.
Lin Wan choked under his stare. His gaze was far too piercing, giving her the feeling that no matter how she explained, it would be futile and he would see right through it with ease.
Lin Wan could only throw caution to the wind! No more explanations! Anyway, she was already the villainous supporting character! What was wrong with doing a few villainous things?
“The statement is written.” Lin Wan didn’t obediently get into the car. Instead, using the cover of her canvas satchel, she retrieved two folded sheets of school notebook paper from her system space and handed them to Huo Xiao.
Huo Xiao took them, unfolded them, and placed them on the steering wheel to read.
The handwriting was unexpectedly beautiful. However, it didn’t look like a girl’s writing; it was quite sharp and forceful. It was clear she had pressed down heavily with the pen. Between the lines, an unsuppressible wave of resentment radiated outward.
“Anyway, the stuff has been given to you. I’ll be leaving now!” Lin Wan wanted to slip away.
Huo Xiao’s voice raised a few notches: “Get in the car!”
“Home visit!”
Hiss~
Flip the table!
Is he out of his mind?! Did he think he was a school dean? A home visit!
Lin Wan clenched her fists, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and forced out a thoroughly insincere smile. “There’s really no need. I only bragged to my mom that you’re my boyfriend. If you actually go to my house, how am I supposed to wrap this up?”
But the completely evaluation-free look in Huo Xiao’s eyes clearly conveyed: What does that have to do with me? Rutheless to the core!
Lin Wan had no choice but to get into the car.
System, can we roll back the file and restart?
She regretted it! Truly. She shouldn’t have pulled Huo Xiao out to use as a shield just to fool people. The more painful it was to be entangled with him now, the more she wanted to slap her own stupid mouth.
The system was even colder and more ruthless than Huo Xiao: [No.]
She attempted to reason with him. “You people should also consider the ordinary citizens when you handle matters!”
“Arriving empty-handed, what will the neighbors think of me? What will they think of our family?”
“Moreover, if you stop coming to our house in the future, everyone will think you dumped me, and I’ll become the biggest laughingstock of the entire machinery factory…”
Huo Xiao acted as if he heard nothing, keeping his eyes straight on the road ahead as he focused on driving. His profile was even more striking than his front view. It was just a pity that a magnificent exterior housed a heart of pure steel. He remained entirely unmoved by her complaints and murmurs.
“Write a detailed statement regarding what happened today.” Once Lin Wan gave up resisting, Huo Xiao cast a flat glance at her. “Guo Xuyang is a military officer. Stay away from him!”
Lin Wan quickly explained, “I demanded the money from Zhang Qin, I didn’t demand it from Guo Xuyang!” She wasn’t stupid; extorting a military officer would land her in the slammer! Demanding money from Zhang Qin was different—that was family business.
This man truly possessed the ability to instantly turn someone completely sober while they were hopelessly infatuated with his male charms!
Huo Xiao didn’t say a word. Stepping on the gas, he drove the jeep as if it were an airplane. Lin Wan gripped the handle above the car door tightly, her heart leaping into her throat.
They arrived at the family compound.
Huo Xiao parked the car by the curb. After stepping out, he walked over to Lin Wan’s side to open the door for her, then reached into the backseat to retrieve several bags of items. There were bananas and apples, Maotai wine, Chunghwa cigarettes, malted milk extract, and canned oranges.
Lin Wan’s eyes widened.
“You, you, you…” Even if someone were visiting their actual father-in-law, nobody would be this lavish!
Huo Xiao cast a side glance at her. “When we handle matters, we consider the ordinary citizens first!”
Fine! He threw her own words right back at her!
But still… did considering the citizens require Maotai and Chunghwa? Lin Wan constantly felt something was off. Had it been any other man, she would think he fancied her. But with Huo Xiao, it was absolutely impossible!
Huo Xiao had an incredible family background; Maotai and Chunghwa were probably piled high at his home, so he must have just grabbed them casually! Lin Wan found her justification.
She thought to herself: Look at this political awareness, using his own family’s goods to subsidize official business! Look at this spirit of self-sacrifice!
Sigh… if only the one being targeted wasn’t her!
“Oh, Lin Wan, you brought your boyfriend home!”
“Your boyfriend is truly handsome, he matches you perfectly!”
“My word… is that Maotai?!”
“Your boyfriend is so lavish! Young man, what does your family do?”
“Huang Guixiang, your Wanwan’s boyfriend brought Maotai to visit!”
Seeing Lin Wan bring someone back, the people from the family compound stopped cooking altogether. Brandishing spatulas, potatoes, cabbages, and sweet potatoes, they swarmed over to surround them. Their scorching gazes fell entirely upon Huo Xiao, the burning temperature enough to turn him into a sieve.
Huang Guixiang, who had spent the entire day outside thinking of ways to secure just a few sweet potatoes, also rushed out brandishing a spatula. “Out of the way, out of the way!”
“Oh, Little Huo is here!”
“Quick, come inside the house!”
Ah, a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law grows fonder with every glance. Furthermore, it was someone like Huo Xiao whose physique and looks were unmatched, and whose family background and future were exceptionally bright. As expected of her daughter, her taste in men was exactly the same as hers!
But still! There was no food at home to entertain him!!!!
Huang Guixiang was both ecstatic and deeply worried.
