I am a super cop

Chapter 3021 The Art of Being Frugal

"Is she in her room now?" Officer Wang asked earnestly.

"It seems like he is." Seeing the police's serious demeanor, the female receptionist seemed to sense that there was something wrong with her as a resident.

Officer Wang and Gu Chen exchanged a glance, then asked the receptionist for a key card and went directly to the 4th floor.

Upon seeing the corresponding door number, Officer Wang knocked on the door.

"Knock knock knock, open the door."

"Who is it?" came a woman's reply from inside the room.

"We're from the Public Security Bureau, open the door." Officer Wang continued knocking.

After a while, the door slowly opened, and a young woman poked her head out, looking curious: "What do you need?"

"Show me your ID card," Officer Wang said.

The young woman was stunned for a moment, but still cooperated and went into the room, took out her ID card from her backpack and handed it to Officer Wang.

Officer Wang examined it in his hand, then looked up at the woman and asked, "Your name is Hu Xue?"

"It's written on my ID card," the young woman said calmly.

"Didn't you used to be called Zhuang Xue? What is your real name?" Officer Wang continued to ask.

Upon hearing Officer Wang call her by her name, Zhuang Xue, Hu Xue seemed to understand the police's purpose, and her expression immediately turned grim.

"I'm asking you a question," Lu Weiwei continued to urge.

Hu Xue hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, "Zhuang Xue is just my stage name."

"You have a stage name? What do you do for a living?" Officer Wang asked bluntly.

Hu Xue crossed her arms and said calmly, "I work at a bar, as a salesperson."

"Liquor sales?" Yuan Shasha asked.

“Yes, beverage sales.” Hu Xue nodded silently in agreement.

"Do you know a middle-aged man named Zhu Yang?" Gu Chen asked directly.

Hu Xue frowned and shook her head: "I don't remember."

"Don't remember? Then where did you wake up today?" Officer Wang saw that Hu Xue was pretending to be crazy, so he didn't bother to argue with her.

Hu Xue looked nervous: "I...I woke up right where I was sleeping."

"Don't try to answer my questions here." Seeing Hu Xue's evasive answers, Officer Wang spoke directly:

"Did you call a moving company to move Zhu Yang's things out early this morning?"

"Then...so what?" Hu Xue asked nervously, realizing that the police seemed to know about her situation.

Lu Weiwei said irritably, "Zhu Yang called the police and said you stole things from his house, but we never expected that you would not only steal, but also openly send people to your house to move things."

Taking a deep breath and trying to calm herself down, Lu Weiwei asked Hu Xue in a teasing tone:

"Hu Xue, what were you thinking? Where did you get the audacity to do these things? Taking things out of someone else's house like that, do you really think it's your own home?"

"So what if I take some of his things since he's dating me?" Hu Xue seemed to have her own twisted logic.

Lu Weiwei was almost laughing in exasperation at her; it seemed that this woman's thought process was simply incomprehensible to ordinary people.

With another sigh, Lu Weiwei continued, "How long have you known him?"

"We met... just last night," Hu Xue said.

"Where did you meet?" Lu Weiwei asked again.

"At...at a bar."

"A bar? So you met him at a bar last night, then you went to his house, and this morning you moved all his valuables out of his house?"

"So what? We're already dating, what's wrong with me taking some of his things?" Hu Xue's words gave Lu Weiwei a real headache.

Lu Weiwei had considered that Hu Xue would be scared when the police came to her door and would feel guilty for stealing.

Unexpectedly, she was quite self-righteous.

Lu Weiwei took a deep breath and said helplessly, "You'd better come back to the police station with us and confess everything you've done."

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In the No. 1 interrogation room of the Furong Branch, Hu Xue seemed to show no remorse in front of Gu Chen and the others.

Officer Wang asked, "Hu Xue, where did you put the things you moved out of Zhu Yang's house this morning?"

"It's been sold," Hu Xue said.

"Sold? Where was it sold?" Officer Wang asked curiously.

"We sell to furniture store owners, and some cigarettes and alcohol to specialty cigarette and alcohol stores, and watches to watch specialty stores..."

Hu Xue was able to clearly describe the ultimate outcome of the theft she made from Zhu Yang's family.

Officer Wang was somewhat amused and exasperated, and asked in a slightly annoyed tone, "So how much money did you make in total?"

"In total..." After hesitating for a moment, Hu Xue carefully calculated and then slowly said, "It sold for a total of over 80,000."

"Over 80,000? You sold so many things for just over 80,000?" Yuan Shasha was also somewhat incredulous when she heard this number.

After all, according to Zhu Yang's own calculations, the things he lost would amount to nearly 300,000 yuan.

Hu Xue calmly replied, "The item will be sold at a second-hand price; it won't fetch much money."

"You cashed out all this stuff so quickly, it seems your next client is quite familiar with you? Do you do this often?" Gu Chen quickly realized that Hu Xue seemed to be no ordinary person, and appeared to be a repeat offender.

Hu Xue sighed and said helplessly, "Yes, that's what we did before."

"But those bosses, for the sake of their own face, didn't dare to make a fuss, so when I sold them my stuff, they didn't dare to say anything."

With a soft sigh, Hu Xue continued, "But I didn't expect that the guy surnamed Zhu, who claims to be a billionaire, would yell and call the police when I sold him something."

"I really don't know if he's a real billionaire or not? He even said he wanted to be friends with me. I really misjudged him."

"No." Seeing that Hu Xue was still trying to argue, Lu Weiwei was speechless and quickly asked, "Hu Xue, do you know what you're doing?"

“I know, I’ll just sell him some things,” Hu Xue said.

“This is theft, this is a crime. Zhu Yang discovered you stealing things from his house on the surveillance footage before, and he called to warn you.”

"You said it all right, but then you turned around and emptied his house of everything."

"And the items you stole were quite valuable, yet you're still here feeling perfectly at ease?"

With a heavy sigh, Lu Weiwei said helplessly, "Hu Xue, sometimes I really don't know what to say to you."

"Hu Xue, how many people's things did you steal?" Gu Chen asked Hu Xue quickly, seeing that she was indeed mentally unstable.

Hu Xue suddenly fell silent.

Seeing this, Officer Wang reminded her, "Hu Xue, don't think that just because you don't talk, we can't find out."

“Let me tell you, the stolen goods you sell all have regular recipients. We can investigate those people.”

“They will tell us exactly how much you sold, but now we are giving you a chance to tell us yourself.”

"You know what to do."

Hearing Officer Wang's warning, Hu Xue seemed to lose her previous confidence. After a soft sigh, she slowly said:
"Not many, just... about ten."

"You mean you sold things from about ten people's homes?" Yuan Shasha asked.

"Mm." Hu Xue nodded silently.

"How many exactly?" Yuan Shasha continued to ask.

Hu Xue thought for a moment and then slowly said, "Including this one surnamed Zhu, there are a total of... fifteen."

"Fifteen? That means you were in a bar, interacting with these people, and then you went to their homes to steal, and fourteen of them were too afraid to call the police?" Officer Wang asked.

"Hmm." Hu Xue thought for a moment and nodded silently, then said:
"Of course, not all of these people met in bars. Sometimes they met on yachts, and sometimes they met in upscale clubs."

"What exactly do you do?" Officer Wang continued to press.

Hu Xue thought for a moment and then slowly said, "I don't have a fixed job. I just do many jobs here."

"What jobs have you done here?" Lu Weiwei asked.

After a brief moment of thought, Hu Xue slowly said, "When I first came here, I went to work at the club. At that time, I found that I could earn several thousand yuan a night by singing and chatting with the guests, so I have been working at the club ever since."

“But sometimes, these rich people would go to the yacht to have parties. Because I know a lot of people in the club, they would also introduce me to parties on the yacht, dancing and such.”

"How much can you earn in one go?" Lu Weiwei asked with a serious expression.

"Not necessarily." Hu Xue picked at her nails and said calmly, "Sometimes it's just a few thousand yuan, but sometimes those bosses are generous and will throw money around. The most I've ever earned in one night is 20,000 yuan."

"Anything else?" Lu Weiwei continued to press.

"Another thing is, I sell drinks at bars and get a commission. Then I date these men and, when they're not home, I contact moving companies to move their belongings out and sell them for money."

"Your business skills are pretty strong, aren't they? You stole from so many people and no one called the police?" Yuan Shasha felt a little incredulous when she heard this.

But Hu Xue disagreed, saying, "The men I choose are all relatively wealthy, and they own several properties."

“They generally have a certain social standing in society. I know that even if their things are taken away, they won’t dare to call the police because they care about their reputation.”

"That's why I was able to succeed every time. I just didn't expect that Zhu Yang, who claims to be a billionaire, would actually choose to call the police."

At this point, Hu Xue still looked aggrieved and said without hesitation, "I feel that this person is quite annoying."

"How desperate for money are you? Is it really necessary to do this?" Gu Chen couldn't understand.

But Hu Xue said seriously, "Because I want to buy a house in a big city, I have to earn more money."

"You want to make more money, and it's fine to work hard, but you're taking shortcuts," Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh.

Hu Xue sighed and said slowly, "I know, but I feel that this money is easy to earn. If I were to go to work like a normal person, I would work very hard and wouldn't earn much money."

Looking up at the crowd, Hu Xue slowly said, "Back when I was in school, many boys wanted to pursue me. I know I'm pretty and have a good figure."

“I felt that this was my asset. These men were willing to pay for my beauty. Later, I told my family that I wanted to study acting and become a star.”

"And then what happened?" Lu Weiwei asked, seeing that Hu Xue was silent.

But Hu Xue shook her head: "Dreams are beautiful, but reality is harsh. Because my grades are not good, I can't get into an arts school at all."

"Anyway, I felt that my appearance could attract a lot of men, so after graduating from high school, I didn't go to school. Instead, I borrowed tens of thousands of yuan from a friend and started getting plastic surgery at a beauty clinic."

"You've had plastic surgery? You're not bad-looking, why would you need to get plastic surgery?" Lu Weiwei asked curiously upon hearing this.

Hu Xue smiled and said, "No one is perfect, even if they are a god. Although I am 165 cm tall and weigh 90 kg, I always feel that I have too much fat on my legs. Anyway, there are too many parts of my body that I am not satisfied with."

"I know that I'll definitely earn back all the money I spend on myself in the future, because I look like this, what man wouldn't like me?"

“I know that good looks are an asset, so I borrowed money to get plastic surgery and then became a live streamer. Sure enough, I made a lot of money, not only paying off my previous loans, but also getting to know a lot of rich people.”

“But I felt that this was not enough for me. After all, being a live streamer is too tiring, so I came to work at the club through the introduction of my friends who used to be live streamers.”

"I discovered that I could earn several thousand dollars a night here, so I started working at clubs, on yachts, and selling drinks at bars."

"I just want to earn more money so I can buy an apartment in a big city in the future."

"Hearing you say that, you seem quite inspiring. Don't you ever go on a high-end shopping spree?" Lu Weiwei asked Hu Xue curiously after hearing her explanation.

But Hu Xue shook her head: "I never spend money lavishly, I'm different from those other girls."

“They spend all their money on designer stores, but I don’t. I can even save money on makeup,” Hu Xue said.

"You mean you don't use any cosmetics?" Yuan Shasha was also somewhat surprised when she heard this.

Hu Xue nodded silently and said without further ado, "I usually go to different cosmetic counters, pretend to try them out, and have the sales assistants do my makeup."

"After I put on my makeup, I would go to bars to recommend drinks, meet rich men, date them, and get them to spend money on me."

“I made a lot of money from them.”

"Where do you usually live?" Gu Chen asked, very curious.

But Hu Xue said calmly, "I usually rent a small hotel that costs a few dozen yuan a day."

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