Chapter 18: Fang

Teacher's office.

When Li Tiegun received the report, she called Fang Yifan and He Chen over immediately and also notified the security guard to ask the police to come here if they arrived.

So when she led the three parents over, she saw He Chen and Fang Yifan already standing there, and two police officers had also arrived and were asking questions.

Her eyes were filled with undisguised annoyance.

Not to mention yesterday, Fang Yifan had already caused two major disasters today, not even an hour apart. First, he made such a scene in front of the entire school's teachers, students, and parents, and now he had even brought the police.

However, compared to He Chen, her annoyance toward Fang Yifan had to take a backseat.

Why was he everywhere!

What?

This time, He Chen was sitting in the classroom, and the trouble came from outside the door?

But it takes two to tango; if you, He Chen, hadn't been so high-profile and arrogant before, would this kind of trouble and conflict have been triggered?

When you were low-key before, why didn't you have these troubles?

Your grades are average, and you're already in your third year of high school; instead of working hard to improve your scores, you've become unusually high-profile and arrogant. These escalating conflicts were all caused by you, He Chen. If Fang Yifan is 1% responsible, you, He Chen, are 99% responsible!

After some pleasantries, under Tong Wenjie's repeated winks, Fang Yuan explained to the two officers: "Sorry to trouble you, comrades. I'm really sorry, my son made a mistake. That's not a genuine golden coin turtle, but rather a type of turtle that everyone in the market collectively calls a golden coin turtle..."

He didn't follow his wife's suggestion to say he had been "blind" or anything like that.

He was, after all, studying legal affairs. It was one thing not to react at first, but now that he had reacted, if he admitted he was "blind," wouldn't that mean he intended to buy and sell a genuine golden coin turtle from the start?

"So that's how it is." The two officers were also well-versed in the art of smoothing things over, and since this was a conflict triggered by two high school students, they naturally preferred reconciliation if possible.

But just because they wanted to smooth things over didn't mean He Chen was willing. He spoke up directly: "Is that really how it is? Heh! I don't believe it!"

"He Chen, what are you doing?!" Li Tiegun, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, saw that He Chen was being relentless when the matter was about to end. She immediately flared up and scolded He Chen: "Haven't you caused enough trouble?"

"Li Laoshi is still as always, unable to distinguish the truth and blindly trying to smooth things over before the matter is even clear!" He Chen retorted: "I confirmed with Fang Yifan repeatedly whether this was a genuine golden coin turtle, and he very affirmatively said yes.

And he emphasized that his father plays with these flowers, birds, fish, and insects all day long, and the ones he buys at home could form a small market.

No one understands flowers, birds, fish, and insects better than his father!

And this was something his father spent a significant amount of money to specifically buy as a birthday gift for Li Laoshi. With so many elements stacked together, does it end with just a 'mistake' or 'misunderstanding'?

The truth cannot be fake.

And the fake cannot be true!

I ask the two police uncles to take the evidence back and have professionals issue an official appraisal document; only then will it be convincing!

To be honest, I believe Fang Yifan couldn't possibly be lying; he isn't smart enough to reach that level, and he simply couldn't have imagined that his own stupidity would end up screwing over his dad... I also believe his father really understands this aspect well.

Fang Yifan's father is a top student from the University of Political Science and Law and has been working in legal affairs for years; he couldn't possibly have made such imprecise remarks.

Otherwise, there would have been no need to repeatedly emphasize whether this golden coin turtle was genuine!

So I believe his father's eye; this should be a genuine national second-class protected animal, a golden coin turtle!"

Having said this, amidst the changing expressions of everyone, he took out his phone and snapped several photos of the turtle from all angles. Everyone understood what he meant in a second.

It was clear he didn't trust them and was afraid it would be swapped.

Tong Wenjie and Li Tiegun's faces turned white with anger, while Fang Yuan's chubby face turned somewhat pale.

Just as He Chen said, he played with these flowers, birds, fish, and insects all day and was an expert in this area. He naturally wanted to give the best to his son's teacher; otherwise, he wouldn't have repeatedly reminded his son to tell the teacher about the authenticity and high value of the golden coin turtle, fearing the teacher wouldn't recognize the goods and wouldn't appreciate or cherish this treasure.

He had also been working in legal affairs for years, so he was inevitably cautious in his choice of words; he couldn't have made such a low-level mistake and kept repeating it.

So that's right!

The turtle he gave was indeed a genuine golden coin turtle!

And the reason he knowingly broke the law was that wild ones were definitely illegal, while farmed ones were in a gray area. Everyone knew there was a protection law, but enforcement wasn't strict, and it was hard to investigate and punish people for keeping them at home; it was a case of "the people don't report, the officials don't investigate."

Out of his love for genuine golden coin turtles, he just followed the crowd and forgot about this.

But who knew he would run into such a serious student who called the police and was determined to pursue it to the end!

This pedantic student is right; his own son, Fang Yifan, really is a screw-up!

"Is this very serious?" Tong Wenjie saw her husband's face turn white and couldn't help but feel her heart sink. From the previous anger that made her face white, to the worry that made her face white, she whispered to ask.

Fang Yuan gave a bitter smile.

Serious?

This was a national second-class protected animal. If it were confirmed, the circumstances wouldn't be considered serious enough for a sentence of five years or more, but it would still be a fixed-term imprisonment of less than five years. At the very least, he would be sentenced to criminal detention.

That would be at least one month!

More importantly, this was criminal law!

Once he went to jail, he would have a criminal record, and he would lose his job.

Who would want a middle-aged man who hadn't passed the bar exam and had been to jail to be a company's legal affairs section chief?

However, just because he didn't say it didn't mean He Chen wouldn't.

When He Chen voiced his worries, the whole room was in an uproar.

Li Tiegun hadn't expected He Chen to be so serious, and it wasn't that she hadn't thought of this serious consequence, but that he had come prepared. Besides anger, she even felt a trace of fear she didn't want to admit.

And Fang Yifan, who realized that his "pitting his father" was directly pitting his father to death, had gone crazy with anger. Without a word, he rushed toward He Chen: "He Chen, I'm going to kill you!!!"

Amidst Fang Yifan's mother's screams, he was intercepted in time by the police uncles who had been prepared.

"You dare to throw a punch in front of the police uncles and even scream about killing someone—you're really brave!" He Chen looked calmly at the red-eyed Fang Yifan: "You commit illegal crimes yourself, and now you won't let people talk about it, right!"

Having said this, he added: "Two police uncles, I would like to remind you that Fang Yifan's father works in legal affairs, so this should be considered knowingly breaking the law! Please record it in the file!"

"Professor Ruan, please persuade your child!" Tong Wenjie saw that things were getting out of hand and could only suppress her anger, looking pleadingly at Ruan Lu, hoping Ruan Lu would step forward to calm the out-of-control situation.

She really couldn't accept this serious consequence.

It wasn't just about her husband going in or losing his job; her son was in his third year of high school and facing the college entrance exam. If her husband went in, how much would it affect her son, and how could he take the exam?

Moreover, criminal detention would leave a criminal record, which would affect her son's future civil service exams.

And her nephew was coming tomorrow to prepare for the third year of high school here; he was a seed student for Jingda and Jinghua. If he were also affected, how could she have the face to see her own sister after she died?

Thinking of this series of disastrous consequences, she simply burst into tears. ===== CHAPTER 19 =====