Chapter 429: The Connections of Fatty Hu — Beyond Even His Own Imagination

"I'm using it as collateral for a loan, not selling it."

Qu Tuotuo explained:

"I urgently need funds right now, and there's no other way for the moment."

The person on the other end of the phone thought for a moment, then said:

"If you're using stocks as collateral, you don't have to go through a bank. Given the current stock market, selling off just a small portion of the stocks in your hands would easily net you a large sum of cash."

Qu Tuotuo certainly knew that selling stocks was the Quick method.

But she trusted Yu Dazhang's judgment — stocks would continue to rise for some time to come — so she was absolutely against selling.

"Just do as I say, I—"

Before she could finish, the door was suddenly pushed open from outside.

In walked Qu Wannian, rushing in, who said loudly:

"You can't use stocks as collateral for a loan!"

"Dad, why didn't you knock?" Qu Tuotuo said, looking at her father in displeasure:

"Were you eavesdropping on my phone call outside?"

"What eavesdropping." Qu Wannian glared and said:

"I came upstairs looking for you and happened to overhear it."

Saying so, regardless of whether Qu Tuotuo agreed or not, he said loudly:

"Let's discuss this again — leave the stocks alone for now."

After saying that, he pointed at the phone in Qu Tuotuo's hand, gesturing for her to hang up.

Qu Tuotuo had no choice but to hang up first, then looked at Qu Wannian unhappily:

"What are you doing? They're my stocks — how I handle them is my own business."

The moment the words left her mouth, she regretted it.

From childhood to now, she had never spoken to her father like this before — this time she really was too anxious.

What Qu Tuotuo hadn't expected was that Qu Wannian, after being snapped at, didn't get angry at all; instead, with a very serious expression, he asked:

"Tell me the truth — has something happened?"

"Something came up on Dazhang's side." Qu Tuotuo replied:

"But I want to handle it myself."

From childhood she had always been quite independent, and after spending a few years studying abroad, she was already used to dealing with things on her own.

"Get specific." Qu Wannian pressed:

"What exactly happened?"

In fact, father and daughter had very similar temperaments — neither of them liked beating around the bush.

Qu Tuotuo had no choice but to recount the whole thing from beginning to end.

What she said was essentially identical to Yu Dazhang's account.

Hearing the end, even with Qu Wannian's composure, he could no longer sit still — he abruptly stood up.

"What a toad hopping on one's foot… it doesn't bite, but it disgusts you."

He said with a dark expression:

"Some people, the moment they get money, forget their own surname."

Qu Wannian's lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something even harsher, but in the end he held it back.

Qu Tuotuo looked up at her father, whose back was ramrod straight, and suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of security.

As if the sky were falling, her father would hold it up for her.

"Dad, you'd better stay out of this." Qu Tuotuo advised quietly:

"I can handle it."

She still didn't want her father to get involved.

In Qu Tuotuo's view, running to your parents the moment something happened was a sign of incompetence.

"What do you know!"

Qu Wannian scolded:

"If I stand by and do nothing in this matter, how will people outside see our family? Don't forget — everyone in the circle now knows the relationship between Yu Dazhang and our family."

He paused, his tone softening slightly:

"If this were that kid's fault, I definitely wouldn't get involved — it'd serve him right."

"But if we let people bully us right to our face and don't say a word, others will definitely laugh at our family for being weak and useless."

At the end, he suddenly gave a cold snort:

"When has Qu Wannian ever played the shrinking turtle!"

The next day.

Ma Jian and Liu Miao had just come out from a victim's home when they saw Lu Zhongxin, accompanied by two officers from the First Brigade, hurrying toward them.

"What's this about?" Ma Jian asked, with a vague guess forming in his mind.

Lu Zhongxin didn't hide it and answered directly:

"According to the investigation, Yu Ze was once suspected in a serious assault case. We've come to verify the situation with the victim's family." "Well… we've already finished verifying." Ma Jian looked at him in confusion:

"You're investigating Yu Ze too?"

The First Brigade was responsible for the eight categories of cases — although serious assault was among them, the case before them had long passed and been closed long ago.

Logically, since the detachment had assigned the two of them to investigate Yu Ze, they wouldn't dispatch anyone else.

"Yes." Lu Zhongxin nodded:

"Captain Wei says this incident was a dereliction of duty on the part of our First Brigade. It's still not too late to mend the fold after the sheep is lost. You should be clear on this — cases involving grievous bodily harm cannot be settled privately."

Nonsense… Ma Jian and Liu Miao immediately understood — this was definitely First Brigade acting on its own and sending Lu Zhongxin over to investigate.

When one's disciple has been bullied, as the master one naturally cannot stand by and do nothing.

"You won't need to go to that household."

Since they all knew perfectly well what was going on, they couldn't be bothered to ask. Having someone investigate together would also improve efficiency.

So Liu Miao told them straight out:

"Back then, because the victim received a sum of compensation, this case was simply dropped. The person sentenced wasn't Yu Ze either. We suspect someone took the fall for him."

The moment he finished speaking, Ma Jian added:

"We'll take this case. Yu Ze is also suspected in a rape case, and that case has plenty of suspicious points too."

As they were talking, a police car pulled up beside them, and two uniformed officers stepped out.

Zhang Sen?

Seeing who it was, everyone present felt a bit surprised.

Especially Ma Jian and Liu Miao — their heads were full of question marks.

Lu Zhongxin coming with people could at least be dressed up with a legitimate reason — after all, most of Yu Ze's offenses fell within First Brigade's jurisdiction.

But you, Zhang Sen, you're from Second Brigade — you guys handle anti-fraud.

Could it be that Yu Ze was also involved in a fraud case?

"You're here too."

Zhang Sen came up close, greeted them, and then explained:

"We suspect Yu Ze was involved in an online fraud case, so we came to investigate and gather evidence."

He can really make things up.

Everyone noticed that when Zhang Sen said these things, he didn't even blink.

Truly a genius performer — lies coming from his mouth sound just like the truth, with not a single crack.

If they didn't all know each other so well, they really would have been taken in by him.

"Alright, alright." Ma Jian waved his hand, signaling him not to bother explaining.

He then briefed Zhang Sen on the current situation, and at the end added:

"Since we're all here, let's split up. Yu Ze is also involved in a case of picking quarrels and provoking trouble — we'll leave that one to you guys to investigate."

Another day passed.

In a VIP ward of a hospital in the city center.

"Xiao Ze, just relax. Your second uncle and the others went to Hongkou Sub-bureau to make trouble again today."

A middle-aged woman sat by the hospital bed and said to Yu Ze lying there:

"Your dad also had someone look into it. That cop who hit you is just a rookie who hasn't been on the job long. His family is an ordinary one — no background, no money."

As she spoke, she picked up a banana from the bedside table, peeled it, and handed it over.

Yu Ze took the banana, took a bite, and mumbled:

"Mom, tell second uncle and the others to make as much of a fuss as they want. We're in the right anyway. This time I'm going to make sure that fatty gets stripped of his uniform. Once I peel off that skin of his, I've got plenty of ways to deal with him."

The real reason he had his family go after Yu Dazhang was that he didn't dare assault a police officer.

Once Yu Dazhang no longer had the identity of a cop, he'd have no reservations.

"Alright, alright, just stay here and rest easy."

The middle-aged woman went along with Yu Ze's words:

"This time, the hospital fees, plus all the compensation, plus the emotional damages — it'll probably be enough to bankrupt the other side."

"We're not just going to strip him of his uniform, we're going to make sure he never recovers. Guaranteed to let you vent."

As they were talking, the ward door was suddenly pushed open from outside.

Six uniformed police officers walked in.

"Yu Ze, right? We're criminal investigators from Hongkou Sub-bureau."

Lu Zhongxin, walking at the very front, showed his credentials and said with a solemn face:

"There are several cases that require your cooperation in the investigation. Please come with us."

(End of chapter)