Song Xiyun was terrified and hadn’t even had the time to put away the thick stack of Great Unity bills in her hand.
She had been hoping it was a misunderstanding or they had the wrong person, but when Chiang Baoguo saw so much money, everything went dark before his eyes.
"Song Xiyun, right? Come with us!"
"What are you arresting me for?" Song Xiyun had never experienced anything and was so frightened her face turned pale, she collapsed to the ground, and stubbornly clung on, "You can’t arrest me, you can’t, I haven’t done anything wrong! Baoguo, Baoguo please save me!"
"Where did all this money come from? Confess honestly!" a Public Security Officer demanded sternly.
"This, this, this is the money I earned!" Song Xiyun burst into tears, reaching out for Chiang Baoguo, "Baoguo, Baoguo please save me, what is going on?"
"Explain yourself right now!" Chiang Baoguo felt as if the ground beneath him was shifting.
"How did you earn it? Explain yourself properly at the station!"
A Public Security Officer gathered up the money and then grabbed Song Xiyun, "Get up, come with us!"
"I haven’t done anything wrong, I haven’t! You can’t arrest me!"
Song Xiyun started to cry out in fear and panic.
Chiang Caijiao was so scared she hid behind a desk.
But in the end, Song Xiyun was still taken to the Public Security Bureau.
She wasn’t very brave to begin with, and after a short interrogation confessed everything.
"That’s my Second Uncle’s house, we’re relatives, we’re family! How does taking an orchid count as theft?" Song Xiyun cried with tears and snot streaming down, her eyes red and swollen from crying, "Go ask them, they surely won’t accuse me!"
"It was that family’s young lady who accused you! This is no minor matter, two thousand yuan worth of property, it’s considered a major case!"
A Public Security Officer said to her in a cold voice.
Stealing from a relative’s house doesn’t count as theft?
Selling an orchid for two thousand yuan, which relative would let you off the hook?
Song Xiyun felt like she was falling apart, and when she heard this, she immediately started wailing, "Chiang Xiao! It must be Chiang Xiao! That vicious little bitch, how can her heart be so black! I am her elder aunt! Officer, you can’t listen to her, that girl’s heart is filled with poison! She wants to ruin me!"
"Enough! What are you howling for? You didn’t steal the flower?"
"Can’t I just give the money back to her? Let me out, let me out!"
She thought the most she would have to do was give the money back to Chiang Xiao, how could they still arrest her?
Chiang Xiao, having received the notification, also arrived at the Public Security Bureau, and just happened to overhear that last remark, immediately letting out a cold snort.
A Public Security Officer who was receiving her glanced at her and said, "You heard that, huh? You’re related to her, right? If you withdraw the complaint, we can still handle this with leniency..."
Chiang Xiao shook her head, "No, I will not withdraw the complaint. It’s not just an orchid she stole, but another item of even greater value. Please, officer, help me recover my lost property, and as for the legal punishment, it should be whatever it should be."
Chiang Baoguo hurried over, "Chiang Xiao! Come here, I want to talk to you!"
"There’s nothing to talk about," Chiang Xiao said with a cold expression, "Song Xiyun used to steal sugar, rice, and meat before, and we never made a big deal out of it, but now she’s getting worse, stealing more and more. Return my things, or else..."
"A pillowcase that I painted on."
"Pfft!" A Public Security Officer couldn’t help but laugh.
But after he learned the value of Chiang Xiao’s paintings, he couldn’t laugh anymore.
This time, Chiang Xiao was determined to deal with Song Xiyun and spoke openly about how she had sold her painting to Old Master Bai of City J. She even took out her membership card from the Painters Association.