Chapter 33: Face-to-Face Confrontation

Chapter 33: Face-to-Face Confrontation

The police had initially received a tip, suspecting someone was involved in destructive activities, which led to the arrest of Zhang Jinbao.

Now, seeing Jiang Jingru pretending to be crazy, they became even more suspicious: "Don’t worry, we will thoroughly investigate this matter."

After Song Xilan and Jiang Chengxiao agreed to cooperate with the investigation at any time, they also left the police station.

"Were you scared just now? I'm sorry, I shouldn’t have involved you in this," Jiang Chengxiao still believed it was because of him that Jiang Jingru had targeted Song Xilan.

"Don’t worry, I will figure out how she knew there was something hidden in your family's picture frame," Jiang Chengxiao whispered.

Song Xilan suddenly looked up, surprised: "You, you know?"

Jiang Chengxiao nodded slightly; she wasn’t good at hiding it, he had noticed from the start.

Song Xilan said sheepishly: "Actually, we didn’t know either, it was just last night..."

"Hush!" Jiang Chengxiao stopped her, "You don’t need to tell me these things. We just need to figure out how Jiang Jingru knew about something even you didn’t know, who told her, and how to prevent them from going after you."

Song Xilan weakly said: "It’s pointless to investigate." Even if they did, they wouldn’t find out, who could possibly know that the current Jiang Jingru is a time traveler who knows the future!

"No, they went to great lengths, which means they are very sure your family has something. They didn’t get it this time, but they won’t back down. They might do something else in the future, and we have to stay vigilant," Jiang Chengxiao was still trying to persuade her.

Song Xilan had to say: "Actually, I know why she knew, it’s something only she knows, and as for why, I can’t tell you, but it’s not your concern, don’t worry about it."

Hearing this, Jiang Chengxiao couldn’t help but feel upset. He was silent for a while, then finally sighed: "Alright!"

After a detailed investigation, the police indeed found no issues with Zhang Jinbao and Jiang Jingru.

They indeed had ill intentions, trying to steal from others, but in the end, they gained nothing and instead spent money on a bunch of worthless stuff.

The police couldn’t prosecute them based on this.

Therefore, after being detained for a day, both were released. However, as soon as they stepped out of the police station, they got into a fight over money issues. Jiang Jingru was slapped several times by Zhang Jinbao, her face swollen, while Zhang Jingbao was scratched several times by her nails, and he lost a lot of hair.

They were then taken back in, scolded, and released again.

Jiang Jingru’s unborn baby was quite resilient, surviving all this unscathed.

During this time, the Song family was also called in for questioning, mainly asking if they had offended anyone. As for whether their family really had any treasures, the police didn’t pay much attention.

Even if they did, it was their own property, and they shouldn’t have to hand it over just because someone wanted it.

Since the Song family and the food factory workers suffered no actual losses, the case was dropped.

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

The investigation revealed that he had secretly sold several of our precious cultural relics to foreigners, and those relics had been taken out of the country through various improper channels.

According to our customs regulations, cultural relics cannot be taken out of the country, so it was outright smuggling.

Moreover, just in the past few days, this antique dealer had been in close contact with a wealthy businessman from the United States, helping him look for valuable cultural relics.

During their conversations, they even mentioned authentic works by Mi Fei, so the antique dealer wasn’t entirely skeptical of Jiang Jingru as he claimed.

Undoubtedly, if Jiang Jingru had managed to get him an authentic Mi Fei piece this time, he would have immediately sold it to that American, and another precious cultural relic would have been lost overseas.

Hearing this, the Song family was furious; it was a national treasure the old man had protected, and it was almost sold to a foreigner.

Fortunately, they caught it in time and kept it.

The rumor that their family had a treasure eventually got out, and these days, people at work have been asking them about it.

Song Xilan wasn’t spared either. Just as she arrived at the canteen for lunch, someone approached her to inquire, "Xiao Song (a familiar term for Song Xilan), is it true that the junk dealer was after your family's treasure? Does your family really have some heirloom treasure?"

"How could that be!" Song Xilan had become quite adept at responding, "The police station has already looked into it, and there’s nothing to it."

"Come on, we’ve been neighbors for years. If there’s really something, why not let us have a look? I've never seen a treasure in my life!"

"Really, there's nothing. If there were, how could we hide it from everyone? I've never seen any treasure in my life!"

At that moment, Song Xilan’s good friend Zheng Qiaoling suddenly pulled a young girl over in a rush, "Here she is, do you have the guts to confront her directly?"

The girl looked a bit timid but still insisted, "W-what's there to be afraid of? Some people dare to do things but are afraid of others talking about it."

Song Xilan was confused, "What’s this about?"

Zheng Qiaoling explained, "I just overheard her spreading rumors about you in the restroom with a few other women. She was saying it as if she saw it with her own eyes, and she claimed she wasn’t afraid to confront you. Well, here she is now, so speak up!"

"What bad things did they say about me?"

"They said..." Zheng Qiaoling glanced at the eavesdropping crowd around them and whispered into Song Xilan’s ear, "They said you were involved in an improper relationship with a man, got pregnant, and went to the gynecology department (for an abortion)! This Yang Xuemei, she claimed she saw it with her own eyes."

Song Xilan laughed upon hearing this, "Yang Xuemei, back then your family sent heavy gifts to Director Zhang of the sales department to get you a position as a sales clerk in the store, but I ended up taking that spot. You’ve been nursing a grudge ever since, haven’t you?"