Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 231 The Battle Ended Prematurely

Feeling completely lost, Kou Dawei suddenly didn't know what to do.

Faced with the police's threats and encirclement, escaping was absolutely impossible. Now, the only two options lay ahead, but how could Kou Dawei bring himself to do it?

If he had that kind of courage, why would he even bother with fraud?

Still harboring ulterior motives, Kou Dawei suddenly turned his head, stubbornly staring at the discipline captain, and said, "I'm just a small fry, why are you so fixated on me? Go arrest the others, there are several hiding in the room! Even our manager, that woman, she's hiding under the bed! Go arrest them if you have nothing else to do, stop bothering me, okay? Do you have to drive me to my death before you bastards are satisfied?"

Feeling upset, Kou Dawei threw his phone at the discipline captain, who dodged it.

Suddenly, Lin Ge felt saliva drip onto his head.

He was immediately annoyed.

That bastard is so unhygienic! You can swear, but what's with drooling?
Oh! You got scared, didn't you? Tears and snot streaming down your face, huh? But you deserved it, didn't you? Who told you to break the law and commit a crime!
Lin Ge's face was grim, and the hesitation that had just arisen vanished. He no longer cared what the police's response would be, nor whether the bastard who secretly called the fire department from the stairwell was causing trouble. Taking advantage of the standoff between Kou Dawei and the discipline captain, and the moment Kou Dawei looked down and pointed downstairs, Lin Ge silently jumped onto the edge of the rooftop platform, pressed himself against Kou Dawei's side, and quietly watched his hysterical state.

"Did you hear what I said? I'm just a deliveryman, I only care about taking the package back, I don't know what's inside! Don't you understand what that means? Ignorance is no excuse, I'm innocent!"

Kou Dawei is still actively trying to save himself, and the more he talks, the more he feels that his ideas make sense.

Getting agitated, he struggled to his feet, roaring and wildly waving his right index finger at the discipline captain. He tried to reason with the police and overwhelm these bastards with logic and force.

"Did you hear that? You bastards, are you like this cat, unable to understand human speech? Hey?"

Kou Dawei suddenly caught sight of a cat beside him out of the corner of his eye, and his body stiffened, and he was stunned for a moment.

In that fleeting moment of distraction, the perfect opportunity presented itself. In a flash, Lin Ge moved. He leaped high into the air, jumping off the rooftop to the same height as Kou Dawei, then kicked out with his two strong hind legs!
His actions were extremely risky, much like a firefighter who bravely rescues a person attempting suicide by jumping from a building.

Kou Dawei was kicked away and slammed onto the rooftop with a 'bang,' seeing stars and his mind going blank.

Lin Ge was thrown off the rooftop by the recoil, his body plummeting rapidly with nowhere to brace itself. Fortunately, Zhang Ke pulled the rope just in time, stopping Lin Ge's fall. With a 'thud,' his body arced through the air and crashed into the outer wall of the rooftop, causing Lin Ge a sharp pain.

With a snarl and a howl, Lingo quickly gripped the rope tightly with his front paws to prevent any problems with the knot and from causing him to fall.

"Quick! Quick!"

"catch him!"

"Don't let him cause any more trouble!"

"Mimi!"

The police rushed over, roaring. Several of them worked together to pin Kou Dawei to the ground without any hesitation and quickly handcuffed him.

The police dogs also gathered around and barked loudly at Kou Dawei.

Then, everyone looked in the direction where Ringo had fallen.

Although they saw Mimi with a rope around her neck, everyone couldn't help but worry. Several policemen shouted and ran to the edge of the rooftop, only to watch as Lin Ge, grimacing, gripped the rope and slowly climbed up from below.

"Scared me!"

Lin Ge, still shaken, gasped for breath. After climbing onto the rooftop, he quickly ran to the center of the open space and lay down, feeling his heart beating faster than he had ever imagined.

He made up his mind once again that he would never do anything so risky again. He definitely had acrophobia! Definitely had acrophobia! Damn, that was terrifying…it scared the cat.

"Wang!"

"Wang Wang!"

Seeing that the atmosphere had been revived and the tension had eased, the police dogs excitedly rushed to Lingo, barking wildly in an attempt to comfort their poor boss.

"Don't lick me!"

Lin Ge rolled over and slapped Bei Bei, then quickly tore at the knot. The rope loop, which had bounced off his powerful kick, was now extremely taut, making Lin Ge feel like his stomach was about to burst.

"Hehe... Mimi, well done! I thought you would find a chance to put the noose around this guy's neck, but I didn't expect you to be so reckless this time."

Zhang Ke walked over with a smile, squatted down, and helped Lin Ge untie the rope.

Lin Ge finally caught his breath and glared at Zhang Ke with displeasure. A noose? What if this guy actually jumped? If the rope around his neck were pulled, he could easily end up with high-level paraplegia. He's just a fraudster; his crimes haven't reached that level.

Although Lingo is now a cat, he's not so reckless as to disregard human life. If a desperate measure is truly necessary, Lingo isn't needed; the police have their own established procedures and protocols. The discipline captain wasn't entirely joking when he said those things!

If he were truly at a point where there was no other way, he would absolutely not care about his police uniform, and he would never compromise with a criminal!
Lin Ge was carried downstairs by Zhang Ke.

Kou Dawei, who looked like a dead dog, was dragged off the rooftop by the police and angrily shoved into a police car.

Whether someone secretly retaliated along the way is no longer a concern. Kou Dawei's behavior was so heinous that it made him even more despised by the police than a murderer. Such reckless individuals are often the most hated by the police.

At the same time, the criminal suspects hiding in the house, as informed by Kou Dawei, were all accurately identified.

No matter how adept someone is at hide-and-seek, they can't escape the nose and ears of a police dog. Like the woman who squeezed herself between the mattress and the bed frame, she thought she was perfectly hidden, even enduring the torment of the heavy mattress pressing down on her for extended periods. But when the police dogs arrived, her resistance became a joke. The officers simply chuckled around the bed a few times, and the woman eagerly surrendered, crying and begging the officers to lift the mattress.

Amidst the curious discussions of onlookers, all fourteen suspects were arrested without exception.

The oldest among them was forty-one years old, and there was only one of them. Only Kou Dawei was between thirty and forty years old; the rest were all under thirty, and there was even a young girl who was eighteen.

No one can understand why such young people would insist on going down such a crooked path. Keep in mind, this group even operates on performance-based systems; if they can't fool anyone, they only get a base salary of 1,000 yuan a month. Why can't they earn more doing something else?

"Because the money comes too fast! Who would want a base salary of 1,000 yuan? I don't know why those people are so easy to fool. I've fooled four people in the past half month, and my commission is over 20,000 yuan. If there weren't so many stupid people, I definitely wouldn't do this."

A heavily made-up young girl squatted on the ground with her hands covering her head, and instead blamed the victim.

Subsequent interrogation revealed that this fraud ring, besides dabbling in investments, also operated online dating services. The heavily made-up girls' main job wasn't to scam the elderly, but rather to expose their shoulders, half their breasts, and thighs to lustfully deceive men. Often, they didn't even need to mention marriage or dowry; simply using countless holidays to sweet-talk and call someone "husband" was enough to earn them substantial holiday red envelopes. Making money was indeed easy and simple.

Unfortunately, in essence, this is still a crime.

There's a world of difference between a fake friendship motivated by money and a bad girl who juggles multiple relationships. Even if the girl desperately insists she's just dating a few more boyfriends, she's destined for jail time.

"Hehe... This is... beyond my expectations! Zhuzhou police, you are truly remarkable!"

Xie Changjun, who had been working hard to control the scene, never expected the case to go so smoothly.

At the same time, the three people involved in the case—the courier station owner and his employee—as well as the girl who had previously been monitoring Lin Ge, were all arrested.

As the person primarily responsible for the case, Xie Changjun understood the speed at which a case could be solved with meticulous planning and a single-second arrest. However, the smooth progress and lack of wasted time in the search, as seen today, was unprecedented for him. He had never expected the police cat Mimi to be so precise and reckless, skipping the patient questioning and searching of each household and apprehending all the suspects in no time. It felt as if the suspects could have simply come in and enjoyed the comfort of the police car before the air conditioning had even cooled down.

After the suspects were taken into the police cars, the remaining police officers quickly searched the suspects' residence, where they found a large amount of evidence, stolen goods such as gold, antiques, and bonds, as well as a considerable number of paper sales records.

That's right! These bastards who commit online fraud still use the most primitive, yet also the most reliable, method of recording each employee's sales data: paper documents.

Even they themselves believe that electronic information is unreliable!

As each suspect was shoved into a police car, gasps of surprise echoed through the crowd.

No one expected that these young people, these pretty girls, would all be criminals. Some neighbors had even greeted them, and some had even fantasized about getting their phone numbers or starting a relationship, but now all they feel is fear.

More than ten police cars arrived quickly and left just as fast. Only a few police officers remained to handle the aftermath and liaise with the property management and community staff. The rest of the police officers, along with the exhausted dogs, quickly left the area.

Lin Ge did not leave with them, but instead followed Zhang Ke to the self-built houses across the street.

Just as I crossed the street, I saw an old lady bending over, diligently picking vegetables in front of a house, and an old cat basking in the sun on a stack of cardboard boxes.

In front of the old woman was a large bag of poorly sized vegetable leaves. She was picking away the rotten, yellow, and worm-eaten ones, keeping only the ones that were just wilted or had a slightly unpleasant color.

“I got them from the supermarket; they were free. People there were also struggling with what to do with these vegetable leaves, so I just brought them home. I didn’t take too many; I left the better ones for the girls who were doing chores, and picked out the edible ones and filled a bag.”

The old lady looked up at Zhang Ke and sighed, "What wonderful green vegetables! Back in the day, we couldn't even get our hands on some! Life is so good these days; ordinary people can enjoy life and even pick and choose their vegetables. Young man, the ones I picked here are quite good. Do you want to take them home? Let me tell you, cook them with some millet, and the taste is irresistible! Oh, and I have a carton of milk in my house. Someone kindly gave it to me, but I don't like the taste. I checked, and it's still fresh! Why don't you take it with you, young man, to nourish your body?"

Zhang Ke squatted down to help pick out the vegetable leaves, not minding that his hands were covered in juice. Hearing the old lady's words, he quickly smiled and said, "Don't bother Grandma, you can keep it for yourself. Take good care of your health, and we'll see that our country will become even better in the future."

"Let's deliver it to the orphanage on the way, before it expires."

The old lady was very stubborn; she muttered something but refused to drink it herself. Glancing at the two cats huddled together beside her, she asked疑惑地问道, "What was going on across the street just now? I heard sirens blaring. Were there bad guys?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ke quietly told the old lady everything he could.

"You didn't learn it well!"

The old lady sighed, shook her head, and said earnestly, "Is money really that important? As a person, you should be upright and honest, and live up to your dignity! You can't do anything illegal!"

(End of this chapter)