Chapter 14 – I Confess

Just as Sang Feiyu was about to retort “What are you even worth?”, a blur flashed before her eyes—“Smack!”—another slap landed squarely on Old Madam Tao’s face.

Zhao Hui had thought it through. It wasn’t appropriate for Sang Feiyu to hit Old Madam Tao. Nor was it appropriate for her own husband to do it. So, she was the most suitable person. If she didn’t teach Old Madam Tao a good lesson today, the old woman would surely come back to stir up trouble again.

With people like her, scolding was useless. The only thing that worked was slap after slap!

Up ahead, the two groups were too busy fighting over Tao Ronghua to notice the brawl behind them.

Zhao Hui was a master at dealing with people. She deliberately pinched Old Madam Tao in the softest and most tender spots—painful enough to make her cry, yet inconvenient to show off when complaining.

Sang Feiyu even joined in under the guise of trying to separate them, sneakily landing a few pinches of her own that had Old Madam Tao howling in pain.

Old Master Tao wanted to help, but the moment his eyes met Sang Youde’s sharp glare, he quickly shrank back.

This was a man who had fought the Japanese. Dealing with someone like him would be child’s play.

In the end, Old Madam Tao had been roughed up so much she couldn’t even scream anymore, and Tao Ronghua had already been taken away by both the Revolutionary Committee and the Public Security Bureau.

They had agreed to interrogate and handle the case together.

Meanwhile, Liu Ying and her two daughters were hiding in a corner, too afraid to make a sound.

They had originally gone to the guesthouse to look for Sang Feiyu, but not finding her, they turned back—only to stumble upon this chaotic scene.

When they saw Tao Ronghua get arrested, their hearts nearly jumped out of their chests.

They didn’t dare linger, afraid that Sang Feiyu’s grandparents might spot them and beat them senseless!

Even someone as notoriously difficult as Old Madam Tao hadn’t intimidated them before—but in front of these two elders, the three of them didn’t even feel like shrimp.

Once they were a safe distance away, Tao Yingying broke the silence, “Mom, that girl’s grandparents are here. How are we going to carry out tonight’s plan?”

Liu Ying was worried too. “We’ll take it one step at a time.”

“If we don’t act tonight, I’ll be arrested by the Revolutionary Committee tomorrow.”

Tao Yingying was quiet for a moment, then said, “I still have a backup plan. If targeting Sang Feiyu doesn’t work, then we’ll go straight to threatening Chairman Liu.”

Fear flashed in Liu Ying’s eyes. “Are you out of your mind?”

“Chairman Liu is ruthless. If you try to threaten him, he’ll kill you.”

Tao Yingying complained, “Mom, if this won’t work and that won’t work, then you tell me—what will?!”

Liu Ying fell silent. She didn’t have an answer.

Forget it. They’d just go ahead with the original plan for now.

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After being taught a painful lesson, Old Madam Tao limped off to the Revolutionary Committee to report Sang Feiyu for being a capitalist heiress and for hiding a vast fortune. She also accused Zhao Hui of assaulting someone in public!

Once someone is reported, they’re almost always brought in for investigation.

Zhao Hui wasn’t worried for herself—but she was concerned about Sang Feiyu.

Even if Feiyu’s surname was Sang, it didn’t change the fact that her biological father was a businessman.

“Xiao Yu, just tell them everything you know. Don’t hold anything back,” Sang Youde advised. “Your grandpa will find a way to get you out.”

“Mhm, Grandpa, I understand.”

“I’ll tell them everything I know, honestly.”

As the two finished speaking, Zhao Hui stepped out—clad in full military uniform, her chest adorned with medals, radiating righteousness and glory.

The Red Armband members who had come to detain her were dumbfounded. How are we supposed to arrest someone like this?

“Uh… how about you walk over there yourself?”

“We trust someone like you—a distinguished soldier—wouldn’t try to run.”

Many of the Red Armband members were young and passionate. They were fascinated by the stories of fighting against the Japanese, and along the way they kept asking Zhao Hui about her experiences.

Seeing their enthusiasm, Zhao Hui gladly shared her stories from the battlefield.

But Zhao Hui had participated in over a dozen battles, big and small. There was no way she could finish all her stories in just one short walk.

Halfway through, the young men listening were itching for more, like ants crawling under their skin.

Someone suggested, “Granny Zhao, how about you finish your stories before we start the interrogation?”

Zhao Hui smiled and nodded. “I’ll follow your lead.”

Sang Feiyu wasn’t nearly as lucky. As soon as she arrived at the Revolutionary Committee, she was taken straight into the interrogation room.

Once the door shut, she was completely cut off from the outside world.

She even began preparing for the worst, when suddenly the door to the room burst open, and two fierce-looking men strode in.

“You’re Sang Feiyu?”

“Yes.”

“You’ve been reported for hiding a massive fortune. Do you confess or not?”

The interrogator’s tone made her feel that if she said “no,” she’d be tortured in the next second.

Without thinking, Sang Feiyu blurted out two words:

“I confess.”

The two interrogators’ eyes widened instantly, as if treasure chests had just waved at them.

“Where did you hide the assets?” they asked eagerly.

“I hid them in the basement of our house.”

“Lies!”

“We’ve already searched your house. There’s nothing valuable there.”

Sang Feiyu replied calmly, “I was on my way to donate those assets to the state through the Revolutionary Committee when my uncle’s family kidnapped me.”

“They took everything.”

“As for where they transferred the items, I have no idea.”

“My cousin helped me escape. The first thing I did was report it to the Revolutionary Committee. You should have the report on record.”

The two interrogators had only just joined through the back door recently. They didn’t know anything about her earlier report.

Since they hadn’t fully secured their positions yet, they figured it was best to proceed cautiously.

So they stepped out to look into Sang Feiyu’s case—and quickly got the details.

“You should’ve seen that poor girl when she came in. Not a single inch of her skin was unharmed.”

“Her clothes were torn to shreds. Later on, it looked like a neighbor gave her a fresh set to change into.”

“Her mother was killed in a car accident set up by her uncle’s family. The public security bureau found something fishy and is still investigating the case.”

“If it weren’t for her mother’s help, her uncle’s family would still be poor villagers. No way they’d be living in a big house now.”

“But they weren’t grateful at all. After killing her mother, they even tried to kill her—just to wipe out the bloodline and keep everything.”

“If it weren’t for her cousin growing a conscience and letting her go, she’d probably already be a corpse by now.”

“She also said her mother was a patriot who donated a lot of materials to the country. This time, she wanted to donate everything as part of the reform efforts—but her uncle’s family was dead-set against it. That’s why they plotted her murder.”

The two interrogators were so shocked their jaws could fit a whole egg.

“So the report this time… it came from her grandparents?”

“Why would they report their own granddaughter?”

The insider sighed. “Favoritism.”

“Can you imagine? A teenage girl, heir to a major restaurant empire in Guangzhou, sent by her own grandmother to work in a black-market coal mine to earn money.”

“If I had in-laws like that, I’d have cut ties long ago. No way I’d still be sending them money every month!”

“That’s not how it happened!” a shrill voice suddenly interrupted.

“I have evidence that Guangzhou’s restaurant tycoon Tao Jialin was preparing to flee to Hong Kong with a huge sum of money!”