Chapter 34: Sudden Incident

Fugui Xiaoqu.

When Liu Yue and Shen Mo arrived, Li Mingming was sitting on the ground in thin clothes, holding her child, while a woman was having people beat and kick her, and a man stood nearby watching the show.

Liu Yue flew into a rage at the sight, grabbed a golf club from the car and charged in, drove the attackers away, and stood protectively beside Li Mingming. Li Sao burst into tears with a wail — she couldn't understand how her daughter, who had been laughing and chatting on the phone just last night, had been beaten today.

Wang Ma hurried over and took the child from Li Mingming's arms.

Shen Mo glanced at the shattered phone on the ground and understood. He likewise grabbed a golf club and stood in front of Li Mingming protectively.

At that moment, Shen Mo was grateful they had driven Shen Jiajia's car, and even more grateful that Shen Jiajia liked playing golf.

"Ohhh, the mistress's reinforcements have arrived." The woman who had beaten Li Mingming taunted.

By now a circle of onlookers had gathered around, some filming with their phones.

Mistress?

Liu Yue frowned. What was going on? She knew Li Mingming — a gentle, kind, faithful woman, personally chosen and raised by her grandfather. She couldn't possibly be someone's mistress.

Seeing that Liu Yue and Shen Mo said nothing, the woman who had beaten Li Mingming gave a cold laugh and went on: "This woman was my husband's mistress, and now she wants to run off with the kid. Let me tell you, dream on — she has to pay back every cent my husband spent on her."

"That apartment upstairs has to be handed over to us as compensation."

The onlookers all pointed fingers at Li Mingming.

Li Mingming loudly insisted she hadn't, that she had been deceived too. She said once she learned the man had a wife, she demanded they break it off, but the man had shown up yesterday saying he just needed a place to stay one night and would leave today.

But this morning, this woman had shown up with people.

Li Mingming said she had money, looks, and a job — there was no way she would be someone's mistress.

The apartment upstairs was a gift from Liu Yue.

Liu Yue stepped forward to testify as well, and revealed her identity.

But the woman gave a cold laugh, pulled out her marriage certificate, then took out her phone and showed videos of Li Mingming coming and going with her husband.

One sentence: you are the mistress. That's a fact.

Liu Yue and Li Mingming were furious. Wang Ma and Li Sao rushed forward and started cursing.

But the other side was no pushover and cursed right back, saying they were going to go cause a scene at Liu Group too.

Liu Yue's identity only made the other side more worked up — after all, rich people care about face.

The man who had tricked Li Mingming also rushed out, dropped to his knees at the woman's feet, and started telling how Li Mingming had seduced him.

Shen Mo laughed.

【So that's what this is about — a scam and extortion setup.】

The anxious Liu Yue looked at Shen Mo in confusion. What did he mean?

With a snort of laughter, Shen Mo swept a glance at the onlookers and said loudly: "Everyone recording, remember to post it later, because I'm about to call the police. The videos in your hands are all evidence that will put them behind bars."

Shen Mo's shout stunned everyone. Holy crap — they thought they were watching a cheating-spouse drama, but it turned out to be a legal procedural.

The man and woman on the other side were dumbfounded. What did that mean?

The woman said defiantly: "What are you so high and mighty about? We're not afraid even if the police come."

"Officer, my friend has been the victim of fraud, robbery, and attempted murder." Shen Mo called the police without a second thought.

This scene left all the onlookers terrified.

After hanging up the police call, Shen Mo had Liu Yue contact a hospital to prepare for injury assessment, then immediately had her contact a lawyer to prepare charges of bigamy and marriage fraud.

Shen Mo's confident manner stunned the onlookers. The people on the other side were dumbfounded — what was going on?

Liu Yue trusted Shen Mo and calmly made the calls.

The woman, the man, and the people they'd brought along were now at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Run? That would be proof of a guilty conscience.

Not run? They knew full well what they'd done — whether it rose to the level of a crime or not, they were definitely in the wrong. Seeing their guilty looks, the corner of Shen Mo's mouth curved into a cold smile. He'd guessed right — they had come to scam Li Mingming.

As for why a well-educated woman like Li Mingming could be scammed and bullied, Shen Mo felt the reason was simple: being educated doesn't mean being all-capable, and being a thug doesn't mean being uncultured.

Clearly, this was a trap the other side had set for Li Mingming, all to swindle her apartment and money.

If Shen Mo remembered correctly, Li Mingming's apartment should be worth tens of millions.

Fugui Xiaoqu — the name is tacky, but the developer is top-notch. It was developed by Jinghai's well-known Jiangong Group. The apartments here are good quality, the environment is good, and they come in small units, large units, flats, duplexes, and villas.

Li Mingming's unit was a large flat, a full three hundred square meters.

Definitely worth the effort of a scam.

The estate's security manager came over, sweating profusely. Seeing Liu Yue, he immediately turned on the security guards who had been there watching the show and started beating and kicking them.

"I never should have agreed to let you come work here because of your sister."

"Do you even know what 'the owner comes first' means?"

"Get out — get out of here right now."

Shen Mo and Liu Yue said nothing. The security manager brought people to surround the other side.

The woman across from them finally panicked and said fiercely but weakly: "We're not afraid of you. We're in the right."

Liu Yue and Wang Ma tried to speak, but Shen Mo said calmly: "Are you in the right?"

"Doesn't matter. The police will handle it."

【The more panicked you are, the more excited I get.】

【High-end corporate schemes I'm not as good as my wife, but these low-level scam-and-thug setups? I'm way too familiar with them.】

【Back in the day, my grandma was a frontline melon-eater, the famous gossip machine of our county. One of the reasons she opened that barbecue joint was to hear gossip from all directions.】

【I, Shen Mo, am battle-tested.】

Liu Yue listened to Shen Mo's inner thoughts and watched his smug expression, feeling very happy inside.

How interesting.

The police, the lawyer, and the ambulance arrived almost back-to-back.

The police immediately split into three teams: one stayed behind to collect evidence, one went with Li Mingming to the hospital, and one took the rest of the people to the police station.

As soon as they went in, Shen Mo stated his suspicion — he suspected the other party was running a scam, with the goal of swindling Li Mingming out of both money and her body.

The other side wouldn't admit it.

But the lawyer Liu Yue had called was formidable enough. Using the existing evidence, he first pinned robbery and intentional injury on the other party, then escalated it straight to attempted murder.

The police fell silent, holding the injury report issued by the hospital and the video of the beating from inside the residential compound.

The incident had happened in the morning, and under the lawyer's fierce push, by that afternoon the opposing party's people were already in the detention center.

Following the line of thinking Shen Mo provided, the evidence Li Mingming supplied, and the money Liu Yue put up, the lawyer fired off a message back to the firm: brothers, big case, the client's loaded, the goal is to put the other side away, come quick.

In no time, a specialist in Criminal Law cases, a specialist in marriage cases, and a specialist in fraud cases had all arrived.

After three rounds of joint interrogation… ahem, three rounds of inquiry and verification.

The lawyers guaranteed they could absolutely get the other party convicted.

After all, in Li Mingming's own words, it was the man who had chased her, and he had deliberately dragged things out without getting married or registering the marriage, claiming he wasn't after her money.

Li Mingming was truly falling apart — she had money, looks, and a job, and had lived a happy and complete life since childhood, so how had she ended up swallowing the bitter pill of love?

In the afternoon, Liu Yue once more instructed the lawyers that the other party absolutely had to be put away, then comforted Li Mingming and told her to come stay at her place. She also made a call to Jiangong Group and sharply reported the other party's security to them. After that, she and Shen Mo went to change clothes, preparing to attend Zhu Kailan's official birthday banquet.

(End of chapter)