Chapter 612: They Won't All Die

"Impossible."

Lu Zhongxin looked unconvinced:

"Willing to go to prison for money?"

He simply couldn't believe people would go to such lengths of madness.

Everyone has a sense of luck.

Under normal circumstances, when people commit crimes, they consider how to escape unscathed.

They want both money and freedom, yet refuse to bear the consequences.

But the result is often a futile effort, gaining nothing in the end while landing themselves in prison.

"Master."

Yu Dazhang said somewhat helplessly:

"What people fear most is not hardship, but losing hope in life; once people lie flat for too long, they feel life has no meaning."

His voice revealed a trace of heaviness and worry:

"For these 'social beasts,' it's all the same where they work; they have already lost passion and expectation for their jobs."

"Relatively speaking, the pressure of operating a sewing machine is smaller."

This was the most thorny aspect of this kidnapping case.

The kidnappers never intended to escape unscathed; indeed, they calculated their Person's sentence even before acting.

"The police arrest us, we cooperate, cooperate completely."

"Anyway, we won't get the death penalty; we accept going to prison."

"As long as there is a day we get released, we will be full of hope for life."

"Working ourselves to death outside for ten or twenty years won't earn that much money; it's better to work inside with hope."

"I still feel something isn't right."

Lu Zhongxin said hesitantly:

"Are they so certain they won't be sentenced to death?"

"You and I both know kidnapping is a serious crime; from the moment they implemented their plan, the possibility of the death penalty has always existed."

His tone grew even heavier:

"Using life as a gamble, it doesn't seem worth it no matter how you think about it."

After these words, master and disciple both fell silent.

Yu Dazhang began recalling the clauses in the Criminal Law regarding kidnapping cases.

Reciting the Criminal Law was a required subject during his time at the police academy.

Criminal investigators especially need to deeply understand relevant provisions of the Criminal Law to accurately judge the nature of criminal acts when handling criminal cases.

First, situations with relatively minor circumstances.

Such as gentle kidnapping methods, no serious injury caused, no ransom obtained, or voluntarily releasing the hostage.

The above situations carry a sentence of five years or more, but less than ten years.

These people clearly do not fit, as they obtained ransom and refused to return the stolen goods.

Second, situations with serious circumstances.

Killing the kidnapped person during the kidnapping, or intentionally causing serious injury or death.

This situation applies to life imprisonment or the death penalty.

Clearly, they do not fit this situation either; Bai Jincheng and Su Mi did not suffer substantial harm.

Thinking this far, Yu Dazhang suddenly realized something.

I know why Qi Jianhua had to die... He subconsciously looked at his master, only to find Lu Zhongxin was looking at him as well.

Master and disciple had clearly arrived at the same thought.

If Qi Jianhua had successfully committed sexual assault against Su Mi, the nature would have changed, and all of them might have been executed.

His actions nearly endangered everyone; therefore, his death left no one with objections.

Keeping such a time bomb within the gang meant no one's life was guaranteed.

Looking at it this way, it is equivalent to Tan Mou saving the others.

"Except for Tan Mou, the Person's sentence for the others is roughly around ten years," Lu Zhongxin analyzed:

"If they perform well in prison in the future, they won't even need ten years to get out."