Even After My Death-Chapter 635 - 538 Wang Laidi Arrested

"Your business?"

The police officers couldn’t help but turn their gaze to Jiang Ning.

Even the medical staff weren’t in a hurry to leave, and instinctively looked towards Jiang Ning.

"Mm-hmm." Jiang Ning nodded, raised her hand, and pointed to the old lady holding the money with a look of surprise and greed on her face, speaking naturally, "We drove all the way from Capital City and saw her collapsed by the roadside. We kindly stopped to help her, but in front of everyone, we were extorted for fifty thousand..."

Jiang Ning briefly explained the situation.

"You can check the nearby surveillance, or my dashcam to verify whether what I just said is true or false. Moreover, I believe that there must be quite a few netizens in the live stream who will also testify for us." As soon as Jiang Ning finished speaking, Qi Xingzhou showed his phone, which had been live streaming the whole time, to the police officers.

Jiang Ning’s voice, through the phone, was clearly heard by every netizen watching the live stream.

At this moment, the netizens’ excitement was indescribable.

They had been squatting in Jiang Ning’s live room for half a day; wasn’t this the moment they were waiting for?

Finally, they had their chance to shine!

One by one, everyone started enthusiastically spamming the live chat:

[Police officers, you must believe what Jiang Ning said! Everything she said is true!]

[Police officers, arrest this scamming old lady quickly! She’s just too wicked!]

[Extortion! Sentence this old lady!!]

[...]

[I’m Lu Keke from Lingnan, and I vouch for Jiang Ning! What she just said is all true! I’m willing to be her witness!]

[I’m Chen Haoran from Capital City, and I vouch for Jiang Ning! What she just said is all true! I’m willing to be her witness!]

[I’m Huang Cheng from Deep City, and I vouch for Jiang Ning! What she just said is all true! I’m willing to be her witness!]

[...]

The densely packed comments suddenly became uniform and serious.

Whether it was the neat lines that followed or the earlier random complaints, they were all the sincere words of the netizens, which added more credibility to what Jiang Ning had just said.

The police officers, who had initially been somewhat skeptical of the old lady’s behavior as it seemed a bit off, were now even more convinced that their suspicions were correct and that what Jiang Ning had just said might all be true.

The officer closest to the old lady saw her trying to slink away with the money and promptly raised his hand to stop her: "Don’t go just yet."

The old lady had heard what Jiang Ning said, too, but accustomed to being brash and ignorant, she didn’t understand the seriousness of the law.

After being stopped by the police, she even looked down at her useless legs, thinking it was these old, cold legs that had slowed her escape.

To the police officer blocking her way, the old lady was even more disdainful, showing no fear, "Move! Why are you blocking my way? Do you think you can afford it if you knock me down and I get hurt?!"

With a look of disgust, she said, "I’m telling you, if you’re the reason I fall, I won’t forgive you without one hundred thousand yuan!"

[...Wow, she’s really raising the price on the spot.]

[It’s outrageous. What kind of family can tolerate such an elder?]

The officers exchanged glances, their looks conveying volumes of speechlessness towards the old lady.

But after years of enforcement, they had seen all types of people.

For those like the old lady, with thick skin and unreasonable behavior, the most direct method was to stand firm against her.

The deputy team leader stepped forward, showing his badge authoritatively, "Hello, I’m Deputy Captain Wang Liang from Lanshan Police Station and we’re on duty. Please cooperate with our work. Do you have your ID card? Show it to us."

A tall man of 1.8 meters in uniform stood solemnly in front of the old lady with an impassive face, coupled with his stern demeanor; he was indeed intimidating.

The old lady’s bravado instantly diminished.

Two minutes later, the old lady’s identity was revealed to everyone.

Surname Zhang, given name Laidi.

Age: 63.

Address: xxxxxxx

Wang Liang successfully contacted the family of Zhang Laidi.

Moreover, Wang Liang also saw from the information retrieved from the police mobile network that this was not the first time Zhang Laidi had committed a crime.

Under Zhang Laidi’s information profile, it clearly recorded the times and places she had been detained before, as well as the petty thefts she had committed...

This person was obviously a habitual offender.

Even Zhang Laidi’s family, upon receiving a call from the police, unhesitatingly said, "Handle it however it should be handled, it was Zhang Laidi who did it, it has nothing to do with us."

They also didn’t care at all about Zhang Laidi’s injury.

Police: "..." Felt like he was stuck with a mess.

While the police were checking Zhang Laidi’s information, Jiang Ning was also busy. She returned to her car, retrieved the video from the dash cam, and showed it to the police.

There was the video as proof, and also the testimony of the live stream viewers.

With this, the truth was laid bare.

Zhang Laidi initially wanted to deny everything, claiming that Jiang Ning’s video was deliberately filmed after pushing her over, but as soon as she had finished speaking, Wang Liang said sternly, "Are you sure what you’re saying is true? Are you implying that after pushing you over, she deliberately drove around just to come back to help you?... Although there are no surveillance cameras on this stretch of road, other sections do have them."

"If you insist that it was Jiang Ning who pushed you over, then we will immediately arrange for colleagues to retrieve the surveillance video from other sections for time verification, to see if the time shown on the surveillance cameras aligns with the time on Jiang Ning’s dash cam, and to investigate if there is any evidence of tampering with her dash cam footage."

"We will not cover up for any criminal, nor will we wrongly accuse any innocent person."

"If you did it, you did it; if you didn’t, you didn’t, one can always investigate and make it crystal clear."

"Of course, those who have committed a crime will ultimately have to face corresponding consequences and punishment."

With these words, Wang Liang made clear his stance for justice.

Jiang Ning was fearless, the viewers were boiling with excitement, while the only one, Wang Laidi, became nervous to the point her eyes darted around. After much thought, she finally couldn’t withstand the pressure and confessed the truth.

She had actually fallen down by herself, resulting in a bleeding forehead and dizziness, which was why she couldn’t get up from the ground on her own.

Initially, she hadn’t planned to take advantage of the situation to scam someone, but upon seeing that the person assisting her was young, it was on a whim that she decided to try the scam on Jiang Ning.

It’s said young people are thin-skinned, either honest and afraid of trouble or impulsive, easy to manipulate. Unexpectedly, the two she encountered were not like that at all.

While waiting for the police and ambulance to arrive, she had been deliberately insulting both of them with her words, just waiting to see Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou get angry. If Jiang Ning or Qi Xingzhou dared to push her even slightly, even if just with a fingertip, she could successfully frame them for her own injuries.

Who would have thought that the two of them could remain so calm!

Not only completely ignoring her provocations!

But they also showed not the slightest sign of anger!

"Enough, we’ll talk more back at the police station," Wang Liang finally settled the matter with a bang, taking the warm fifty thousand yuan from Wang Laidi’s embrace into his own hands.

He looked toward Jiang Ning, "Do you want to settle this privately, or would you like to go through legal procedures?"

"We’ll go through legal procedures; my lawyer is already on the way," Jiang Ning stated.

[HAHAHAHA! Just as we thought! Is our Jiang Jiang’s fifty thousand yuan that easy to take?]

[Good! Send her straight to jail; she shouldn’t come out and harm others.]

[That’s right! Lucky for us that Jiang Ning just happened to pass by here today, and lucky that Jiang Ning had both her dash cam rolling and her live stream on. If it had been a simple passerby who picked up this old woman, with no dash cam or street camera, and no other witnesses, I can’t even imagine how desperate the situation would be for them!]

[This kind of thing has happened all too often now! When you see an elderly person fallen by the side of the road and if you’re not someone with some ability, you really shouldn’t rush to help! Otherwise, a moment of kindness could lead to a lifetime of regret!]

[...]

Wang Liang, hearing Jiang Ning’s words, did not show any look of surprise on his face.

Perhaps, like the viewers in the live stream, he had an inkling of Jiang Ning’s intent when he saw her pull out those hundred thousand yuan right on the spot.

He had just tried to stop Zhang Laidi from accepting Jiang Ning’s fifty thousand yuan, but Zhang Laidi didn’t listen to him and even saw him as a stumbling block on her path to fortune.

Zhang Laidi wasn’t deaf and heard Jiang Ning’s words as well.

At this moment, she finally realized with delayed fear and sought help from Wang Liang, "What are you saying? Haven’t I already given you this fifty thousand yuan? What’s it got to do with me now? It’s nothing to do with me anymore!"

"You better stay in line," Wang Liang admonished Zhang Laidi, his frown suppressing her as he snapped a shiny silver handcuff onto her wrist.

The handcuffs were cold and heavy; as soon as they clicked shut, it was as if she had sobered up in an instant, and Zhang Laidi immediately fell silent.