Chapter 33: Confrontation

The police originally received a report suspecting that someone was engaged in sabotage activities, so they went to arrest Zhang Jinbao.

Now seeing Jiang Jingru acting crazy and stupid, they became even more suspicious: “Comrade, don’t worry, we will definitely investigate thoroughly.”

Song Xilan and Jiang Chengxiao expressed that they would cooperate with the investigation at any time, and then left the police station.

“Were you scared just now? I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have dragged you into this.” Jiang Chengxiao still believed that it was because of him that Jiang Jingru had targeted Song Xilan.

“Don’t worry, I will definitely find a way to find out where she knew that there were things hidden in your photo frame.” Jiang Chengxiao said in a low voice.

Song Xilan suddenly raised her head, looking at him in surprise: “You, you know?”

Jiang Chengxiao nodded slightly, this silly girl, she couldn’t even hide it properly, he saw it from the beginning.

Song Xilan said awkwardly: “Actually, we didn’t know at first, it was just last night…”

“Shh!” Jiang Chengxiao stopped her, “You don’t need to tell me this, we only need to figure out now, even things that you yourselves don’t know, how Jiang Jingru knew about them, who exactly told her, and also prevent them from continuing to have ideas.”

Song Xilan weakly said: “There’s no need to investigate.” Even if you investigate, you won’t be able to find out. Who can find out that the current Jiang Jingru is a transmigrator who can foresee the plot!

“No, they went to so much trouble, which shows that they are very sure that there is something in your house. Since they didn’t get it this time, they will definitely not give up. In the future, they may even do something else, which is hard to guard against.” Jiang Chengxiao was still trying to persuade her.

Song Xilan had no choice but to say, “Actually, I know why she knows. No one else knows about this except her. As for the reason, I… I can’t tell you. Anyway, it’s none of your business, so don’t take it to heart.”

Hearing this, it was impossible for Jiang Chengxiao not to feel a little unhappy. He was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, “Fine.”

After a thorough investigation, the police confirmed that there was nothing suspicious in the actions of Zhang Jinbao and Jiang Jingru.

They did have bad intentions, trying to sabotage someone else’s belongings, but in the end, they gained nothing and ended up spending money on a bunch of useless junk.

The police couldn’t charge them with any crime because of this.

So, after being detained for a day, both were released. As soon as they stepped out of the police station, they got into a fight over a financial dispute. Jiang Jingru was slapped several times by Zhang Jinbao, leaving her face swollen, while Zhang Jinbao had several scratches on his face from her nails, and a large handful of his hair was pulled out.

They were taken back in, given a stern lecture, and finally released again.

Surprisingly, the child in Jiang Jingru’s belly was tough enough to survive the ordeal, still healthy with no harm done.

During this time, the Song family was also called in for questioning, mostly asked if they had offended anyone, though the police didn’t seem too concerned about whether they had hidden any treasures.

Even if they did have something valuable, it would be someone else’s property. They couldn’t just hand it over because others were interested in it.

Since neither the Song family nor the food factory had suffered any actual loss, the case was closed.

As for the antique dealer, his luck wasn’t as good.

An investigation revealed that he had secretly been involved in smuggling valuable cultural relics to foreigners. The items were taken out of the country through various illegal channels.

According to customs regulations, cultural relics cannot be exported, so this was a clear case of smuggling.

Recently, the antique dealer had been in close contact with a wealthy businessman from the United States, helping him source valuable cultural relics. In their conversation, the dealer mentioned the genuine works of Mi Fu, proving that he didn’t fully trust Jiang Jingru, as he had claimed.

No doubt, if Jiang Jingru had managed to get him the genuine Mi Fu pieces, he would have sold them to the American right away, causing another valuable artifact to be lost overseas.

When the Song family found out about this, they were furious. That was a national treasure that had been preserved with great effort by the elderly gentleman. It almost got sold to foreigners.

Luckily, they discovered it in time and saved it.

The rumors about the Song family having treasures still spread, and recently, people at their workplace had been asking about it.

Song Xilan couldn’t avoid this either. One day, when she arrived at the cafeteria for lunch, someone approached her and asked, “Little Song, they say that the old junk dealer was after your family’s treasure. Is that true? Do you really have an ancestral treasure?”

“Impossible!” Song Xilan replied, already skilled at responding, “The police have already checked. There’s nothing like that.”

“Oh, we’ve been neighbors for decades, so there’s no need to hide anything. If you really have something, why not show it to us? I’ve never seen any treasure in my life!”

“Really, there’s nothing! If we had something, could we keep it hidden from everyone? I’ve never seen any treasure myself!”

Just then, Song Xilan’s good friend, Zheng Qiaoling, suddenly came rushing over, dragging a young girl with her. “Here she is! Are you brave enough to confront her directly?”

The girl seemed a little nervous, but still insisted, “What’s there to be afraid of? If some people can do bad things, why should they be afraid of others talking about it?”

Song Xilan was confused, “What’s going on?”

Zheng Qiaoling whispered in Song Xilan’s ear, “I overheard her talking bad about you with a few girls in the restroom. She even claimed to have seen it with her own eyes. She said she wasn’t afraid to confront you about it.”

“What bad things did they say about me?”

“They said…” Zheng Qiaoling glanced around to check if anyone was eavesdropping, then leaned closer to Song Xilan and whispered, “They said you were having an improper relationship with a man and went to the gynecology department to get an abortion. This girl, Yang Xuemei, claimed she saw it with her own eyes.”

Song Xilan laughed when she heard this. “Yang Xuemei, back then, your family gave a heavy gift to Director Zhang from the distribution department, trying to get you into the sales department as a salesperson. But in the end, I took that position. You’ve been holding a grudge ever since, right?”