Chapter 189: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 189: Deciding to Report to the Police

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Dashan's face was full of shock; all signs indicated his second brother had truly been tricked into doing pyramid schemes.

He simply could not believe this fact.

He really couldn't figure it out—his second brother was actually quite sharp, so why had he been lured to Beihai?

At the same time, he was very worried.

Worried about his second brother's safety, worried that his parents wouldn't be able to bear this blow once they learned the truth.

After careful consideration, he still decided to call home and tell his parents everything straight, because he couldn't let his second brother keep cheating his parents out of their money.

That bit of savings in his parents' hands was accumulated over these years through wind and sun, building houses for others, hard-earned.

No one could cheat that money from them, not even a younger brother!

"Dashan, what's wrong?"

Zhu Zhiming, who was eating with Wang Dashan on the side, saw Wang Dashan's complexion was a bit off and asked weakly.

"My second brother was tricked into doing pyramid schemes."

Wang Dashan had an ugly complexion and truthfully said.

"Impossible!"

Zhu Zhiming's face was full of disbelief; he had seen Wang Erhai before, Wang Erhai was quite sharp, how could he be tricked into doing pyramid schemes?

"I'm calling home now to tell my parents not to send money to my second brother anymore."

Wang Dashan immediately dialed his father Wang Zhanggen's phone number.

Just as the call connected, Wang Zhanggen's question came through:

"Dashan, did you ask your second brother? What exactly is he doing for internet entrepreneurship?"

Wang Dashan took a deep breath, organized his words in his head, then spoke.

"Dad, my second brother cheated you and Mom; he's not doing internet entrepreneurship, he was tricked by others into going to Beihai to do pyramid schemes."

"What?!" Wang Zhanggen's heart trembled violently, his complexion immediately changed greatly, and it was like a bolt from the blue in his head.

"Dad, don't worry; pyramid schemes only cheat money, they won't take lives; my second brother won't have anything happen to him. As long as you don't lightly give him money, control those pyramid scheme people, once they can't scrape any money from him, they'll naturally let him go."

Wang Dashan deliberately downplayed the matter, with the purpose of making his parents not worry so much.

He had also heard that some pyramid scheme organizations often beat people to death and bury them on the spot.

"What should we do..."

Wang Zhanggen was somewhat at a loss.

Li Xiulan, who was clearing bowls and chopsticks on the side, noticed something was off and hurriedly asked:

"What's wrong?"

Wang Zhanggen truthfully said:

"Dashan says Erhai didn't go to start a business, but was tricked into going to Beihai to do pyramid schemes."

After hearing this, Li Xiulan's body trembled violently, and the bowls and chopsticks in her hand accidentally slid to the floor, "clatter," shattering into pieces.

"This isn't true, is it? Erhai is so sharp, how could he be tricked into doing pyramid schemes?"

Li Xiulan hurriedly walked over, took the phone, and personally asked Wang Dashan:

"Dashan, where did you get this news?"

Wang Dashan hurriedly comforted:

"Mom, don't worry first; my second brother won't have anything happen to him; pyramid schemes only cheat money, they won't hurt people... this news I investigated myself. He said he was going to Beihai to start a business with a friend, and I felt something was off. Generally, internet entrepreneurship is in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen; no one would go to that remote place Beihai to do internet business. I asked him exactly what internet business he was doing, and he couldn't answer. I asked him if he was doing pyramid schemes, and he didn't answer directly. I asked him to tell me the specific address, and he directly hung up the phone. I estimate there are other people controlling him by his side."

Li Xiulan was also struck by lightning, her head buzzing; she hadn't experienced such a major blow for many years.

She was terrified and hurriedly asked:

"Dashan, what should we do? Your second brother absolutely cannot have anything happen to him; you must find a way to save him!"

Wang Dashan hurriedly comforted:

"Mom, rest assured, I will save him! You don't rush first. Here's what: you go to the Town Police Station to report to the police, I'll also go to the nearby police station to report to the police, see if the police can provide help. If the police can't help, I'll personally go to Beihai once. I have a comrade-in-arms in Guangxi; maybe he can help. During this period, you absolutely must not send money to my second brother anymore. Additionally, don't tell this matter to Second Brother, so as not to affect his studies."

Li Xiulan hurriedly nodded:

"Okay, okay, I'll go to the Town Police Station to report a case with your dad in a while. We won't tell Xiao Hua. He's at school taking remedial classes now, rarely comes home. If we don't tell him, he definitely won't know this matter."

Actually, this matter hadn't reached the start of school time; it was right in the middle of summer vacation.

But Wang Xiaohua had entered the Science Elite Class; the school stipulated that students in the elite class must come to school for remedial classes during summer vacation. However, this remedial class was free, no money needed, held by the school to make students achieve excellent grades.

So students who had the opportunity to attend remedial classes were all very willing and had no complaints.

When Wang Xiaohua took the final exam in his first year of high school, he ranked third in the whole school. Now in the Science Elite Class, he was a student the teachers focused on.

He regained his former sense of achievement in his studies.

But the only regret was that he was already in his second year of high school, and he still hadn't grown much taller; he was still one meter six tall, the shortest in the class. Additionally, his teeth were still uneven, and he was still very introverted and didn't like to talk.

However, after regaining a sense of achievement in his studies, he no longer paid attention to these things like before.

He focused wholeheartedly on his studies, hoping to get into a good university when taking the college entrance exam.

After hanging up Wang Dashan's phone, Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen immediately rode a motorcycle to the town to report a case, not even washing the bowls and chopsticks.

The bowls and chopsticks could be washed when they came back, but if their second son met with any misfortune, it would be too late to regret.

Arriving at the Town Police Station, they discovered the staff had already left work and wouldn't be back until two-thirty in the afternoon.

Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen could only wait anxiously.

Waiting and waiting, every minute and every second felt like being fried in a hot pan.

Li Xiulan paced back and forth, her face full of anxiety.

Wang Zhanggen wore a grim expression, smoking one cigarette after another.

Finally they waited until the police station staff came to work.

Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen hurriedly ran forward.

"Comrade police officer, we want to report a case!"

The young police officer handling reception looked Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen, these two old farmers, up and down, and asked expressionlessly:

"What case are you reporting?"

Li Xiulan said in a trembling voice:

"My son was cheated away by a pyramid scheme organization!"

The comrade police officer then asked:

"Where was he cheated to do pyramid scheme?"

Li Xiulan answered honestly:

"Beihai, Guangxi Beihai."

The comrade police officer then asked in a strange tone:

"Are you sure he didn't go to do pyramid scheme on his own, but was cheated into doing pyramid scheme?"

Li Xiulan was stunned, and for a moment didn't know how to answer.

Because she was not sure whether Wang Erhai had gone on his own or been cheated into going.

Wang Zhanggen immediately flew into a rage, questioning the comrade police officer:

"What do you mean! My son was of course cheated into going! We came to report a case, you should hurry to rescue my son, instead of obsessing over whether he went on his own or was cheated into going; if he went on his own, you just catch him back and lock him up!"

The comrade police officer however expressionlessly replied:

"Beihai does not belong to our jurisdiction; our police station can help you file a case, but cannot solve any problem. You'd better go to Beihai and ask the local police there for help."

These words were like a bucket of cold water, poured onto Li Xiulan and Wang Zhanggen who were anxious as if on fire.

Making them feel a bone-chilling coldness.

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