As the son-in-law of the Shi family, Zhou Hongjun’s detention at the Public Security Bureau brought no small measure of disgrace to Shi Jingye. Consequently, after his in-law Feng Guiying and daughter Shi Lanlan came calling, Shi Jingye had no choice but to step in and secure Zhou Hongjun’s release. Fortunately, Zhou Hongjun hadn’t committed any serious crime; the Public Security Bureau had primarily intended to take him in for a bit of lecturing.
However, after this incident, the Public Security Bureau began to harbor direct suspicions that the Zhou family had filed a false report. They clearly stopped taking the case of Feng Guiying’s beating and the theft at the Zhou household seriously. Once Shi Jingye brought them home, he told them with a dark expression that they should prepare themselves for the fact that their money would likely never be recovered.
Immediately following this, the father-in-law and son-in-law held a detailed discussion about the matter. Upon hearing them mention Qiao Qingqing several times, Shi Lanlan could not help but share the news she had heard.
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