Chapter 568 - 559: Zhou Hui: Son, Did We Just Get Scammed?

Chapter 568: Chapter 559: Zhou Hui: Son, Did We Just Get Scammed?

It’s the New Year, and Su He isn’t getting angry. The video incident caused by Su He was already suppressed by his mother, and he couldn’t argue against it, so he had to accept it.

After all, you can’t really beat her on New Year’s Day. The whole family spent the morning making phone calls, reconnecting with friends they didn’t have time to speak with properly yesterday.

Some made meal appointments, and some made New Year’s visits.

Fortunately, in the city, unlike the countryside, you don’t have to visit neighbors on the first day of the New Year. At most, you just greet each other when you meet outside.

In the afternoon, his mom, Zhou Hui, went to the card room downstairs. Everyone was very polite, and the New Year’s greetings were endless.

Meanwhile, Old Su contacted his old friends to have a drink or play some cards. Of course, if the weather wasn’t so cold, fishing would be his favorite pastime. It’s a pity that Li Zijun’s family went back to their hometown, so his fishing buddy wasn’t around.

Su He contacted his high school classmates. They were all in their first year of college and had only been apart for half a year, so their friendships were still strong. In a couple of years, the number of high school friends still in touch would decrease, until, like him, only a few would remain, and they’d rarely meet even once a year.

As for Su Qing himself, he didn’t have much going on. He didn’t have many friends; now that Xigou was at home, he probably wouldn’t come to Jiangcheng City until the third day of the New Year. Da Qiang was unreachable, and as for Wang Xing, well, he’s a dog, forgetting family after getting a girlfriend. Every time Su Qing called, the line was busy, so he’d resort to texting. Just look at how disappointing that is.

Most other friends were out of town, and they had their own circles to maintain. Even Shen Yi was the same since everyone was busy during the New Year.

After thinking it over, he found himself wandering back to the Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau.

Unlike the quietness of his last visit, today it was bustling with activity.

As soon as he entered, he saw a crowd of young and older people gathered on the left side of the first-floor lobby at the service desk, with a few officers in uniform moving back and forth, busily attending to their duties.

"Su Bro, why are you here? Happy New Year!" He Wendong and Yu Mingyuan, two newcomers, spotted him and hurried over to greet him.

Hearing this, Su Qing raised an eyebrow and smiled, saying, "Happy New Year, Happy New Year. I was bored and came to check things out. So why did Captain Zhao have you two rookies on duty during the New Year? Tsk, tsk, tsk, that’s a bit unfair."

Upon hearing this, He Wendong and Yu Mingyuan just smiled awkwardly and didn’t respond. Su Qing could say that because he was a consultant in the criminal investigation department and was fairly familiar with Zhao Minghui. He wasn’t part of the system, and besides, he was a web celebrity, a Stock God, and now rumored to be investing in films, making waves online. He was a big deal, not lacking in money, and worked at the police bureau purely for interest, so he dared to say anything.

But they were different. These two were just fresh graduates from police academy. The civil servant job was still important to them, and even if Zhao Minghui wasn’t the best, he was still the captain of the criminal investigation department and their immediate supervisor.

Who dares speak ill of their boss? They’re young, but they’re not fools. As newcomers in the system, it’s best to grow discreetly.

Lately, Su Qing’s influence online has been increasing significantly. His updates, Director Wang revealing his investor status, and the three sentences about Su Qing spending 80 million, along with Su He’s video from last night, significantly boosted his traffic today.

Especially with Director Wang exposing his investor status—80 million! If it were some rich person investing, people might not be as impressed, but a web celebrity like him doing it was truly astounding.

Furthermore, he was last year’s Stock God, and many people guessed the truth, saying he must have made a fortune trading stocks, even more than people previously imagined.

Why don’t people think he’s a second-generation rich kid? Come on, he’s not new to fame; his identity was almost fully revealed during the Stock God event.

With some classmates revealing tidbits and his sister Su He stepping in personally, while netizens may not know all the details, his family’s basic situation is no secret.

Within just one day, three major events all related to him, with two viral videos and an 80 million film investment, landing him in the hot search on websites today.

Mainly because Director Wang was pushing hard. A movie’s promotional influence is quite substantial, and almost everyone who encountered it saw the information about its investor. Overnight, after not updating for a month and losing hundreds of thousands of followers, he gained nearly a million followers, now reaching over 9 million—10 million is only a matter of time.

Seeing their expressions, he realized these two rookies weren’t good at taking a joke, so he pursed his lips and asked about the bustling service hall, "What’s going on here?"

"Not entirely sure, but it’s said that they were all arrested last night and almost exhausted Qiang Bro. He went back to rest early this morning!" He Wendong explained.

Even Yu Mingyuan beside him nodded repeatedly, "I didn’t see Qiang Bro, but I heard that when he left, his eyes were red, like he’d been angered to tears."

Su Qing: (O_o)??

Red eyes? Angered to tears? Du Qiang?

Are you kidding me, Qiangzi is experienced, dealing with these people should be a piece of cake, and he’d be angered to tears?

When Jiang Yu committed suicide, he only had red eyes, that’s nothing compared to that.

At this moment, a girl handcuffed to a chair suddenly shouted, "Do you know who I am? In all of Jiang City, I’m the boss; my dad is the biggest gangster here. Dare to mess with me?"

Su Qing: ???

What’s going on? He couldn’t help but look at He Wendong and Yu Mingyuan in confusion. Strangely, when the girl yelled this, the people around mostly just glanced over, but weren’t shocked.

"Su Bro, it’s nothing, just a drunk driving and hasn’t sobered up yet. Scratched someone else’s car, and supposedly even attacked Qiang Bro with fists and kicks. Our on-duty staff couldn’t be bothered to deal with her, waiting for her to sober up," He Wendong said.

Yu Mingyuan beside him also chimed in, "That’s right, this is actually quite good already. Before you came, Su Bro, she even claimed her dad was the chairman of the largest drug cartel in Jiang City. It’s quite ridiculous, really."

"Alr...alright, I’ll go in and take a look," Su Qing said somewhat incredulously.

Have to say, during the New Year, the police station is surprisingly lively, exceeding his expectations.

Very soon, he spotted a familiar face inside.

"Happy New Year, Brother Yan, what’s going on here?" Su Qing asked as he approached Yan Lie.

Even though Yan Lie is also in his thirties and an experienced detective, at least he is younger than Lin Chengcai by a fair amount, so calling him "brother" is definitely fine.

Seeing him come, Yan Lie rubbed his forehead, his face as dark as a pot’s bottom: "Don’t even bring it up, a bunch of messes. That brat Du Qiang had a good catch last night, but this morning he ran off quickly, and when I came this morning, I thought I’d walked into a vegetable market."

While the two were talking, there was an average-looking young woman in front of them who spoke to Yan Lie, "Officer, are you married? How do you think I look?"

Hearing this, Yan Lie quickly stopped her: "I’m already married and even have kids."

Su Qing: (ΩДΩ)

Is the first day of the New Year really this exciting, publicly confessing to a police officer.

Upon hearing this, the woman’s face showed disappointment, but she quickly turned her gaze to him, her eyes lighting up, "Hey? This handsome guy looks pretty good!"

Immediately, Su Qing leaned back tactically, and seeing this, Yan Lie slapped the table and shouted loudly, "Wu Cuicui, this is the Public Security Bureau, you’ve been reported for sexually harassing underage boys, what, still want to flirt with the police?"

With that, he waved at He Wendong in the distance: "Xiao He, come over, take her to make a statement."

"Got it, Team Yan!"

He Wendong took the woman away, looking helpless, it’s not hard to imagine he’s been flirted with too.

"What kind of nonsense is this, so bizarre?" Seeing the woman being taken to make a statement, Su Qing laughed.

Hearing this, Yan Lie sighed and said helplessly: "It’s like this every year, mostly people showing off after drinking, fighting and brawling, and then there was that one just now, seems mentally unstable, and people setting off fireworks aiming at windows causing injuries, during the New Year, instead of staying home, they insist on coming to the police station."

He stayed at the station for two hours and finally believed that the expressions of the two officers in ’The Mermaid’ were real, truly art comes from life.

However, he didn’t help out; he was just bored and came out for a stroll.

Until he got home in the afternoon, while video calling with Shen Yi in the living room, his mom snatched the phone away, and within five minutes, Shen Yi’s side had her phone snatched away too.

The result was he and Shen Yi stood like two pieces of wood in the background, while in the video, his mom and Shen Yi’s mom were chatting.

"Oh dear, you’re absolutely right, today’s young people aren’t in a rush at all, young people not earning money is fine, but not getting married, that’s a crime, deserves a sentence!"

"Right, right, that’s exactly it. My son, I’ve been thinking of giving him a life sentence. Why don’t we see about getting the kids to settle things this year?"

𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

"Sure, I think little Su is quite nice too, and had the same thought."

Hearing this, Zhou Hui was overjoyed inside: "That’s great, I wonder what the dowry situation is on your side, are there any customs or rules? Let’s prepare a bit?"

In response, on Shen Yi’s mom’s side, after musing for a while, she spoke up, "If you’re asking about the dowry, then it’s got to be a million!"

Hearing this, Zhou Hui’s heart sank; this is a sky-high dowry. But then thinking about how little Yi herself is a big company boss, and now her son can earn money too, a million isn’t a big deal. So she nodded and agreed, "Okay, no problem."

"Hahaha, then it’s settled, oh, the bank might be closed now, I’ll withdraw the money first thing tomorrow when the bank opens and bring it to you upon the kids’ engagement."

Zhou Hui: ???

Su Qing: ???

Shen Yi: "Mom, what are you doing, isn’t this a bit much!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi’s mom gave her daughter an eye-roll and snapped, "If a million can marry you off, I’d thank the heavens, even kowtow at the Southern Celestial Gate.

Alright, let’s leave it at that, so it’s settled, okay? Our family will provide a hundred thousand as the dowry, the dowry isn’t important, but the five gold items have to come from your side, a year after year at home, driving me crazy, why don’t we try to find a time to meet up this year?"

Anyway, the two elder women chatted happily, after hanging up, only then did mom Zhou Hui suddenly realize and say, "Hey? Something’s not right, hey? Son, are we being scammed?"

Su Qing:...

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