Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 559 The Woman's Enemy (Subscribe Now!)

In the cramped interrogation room, Jiang Yiyi and Sun Chang quietly looked at the woman in front of them, who was bowing her head and remaining motionless.

The atmosphere in the room was very oppressive, but no one was in the mood to speak for the time being.

Even now, after learning about the woman's past, Jiang Yiyi and Sun Chang are still deeply moved. They never imagined that this woman, who looks to be about their age, would have such a tragic past.

To be honest, the two women could no longer regard Yang Ting as a criminal suspect at this point.

Although they knew that this woman was indeed involved in the Mao family's illegal fundraising case, Jiang Yiyi and Sun Chang looked at Yang Ting with only sympathy and heartache.

How can you do this?

How could such a thing happen?
unacceptable!

This girl... is so pitiful!

"What... are you pitying me?"

Finally, Yang Ting spoke first, raising her head and forcing a smile on her pale face. She said calmly, "You know about my shameful deeds, so you look at me like that? But there's no need. I don't need anyone's sympathy, nor do I need you to think I'm pitiful! So... could you please stop looking at me like that? Honestly, it makes me want to vomit! You're police officers, okay? Police officers should act like police officers, stop looking down on people like that!"

"..."

Sun Chang was stunned by the scolding and didn't know how to respond, so he turned to look at Jiang Yiyi.

"The cameras in this room are off, and I didn't bring any recording equipment. The room is soundproof; no one outside can hear anything inside. So right now, it's just the three of us, three women!"

Jiang Yiyi's expression remained calm, but her eyes shifted. She knew Yang Ting was right; so much time had passed, and sympathy was pointless.

"So, you're going to play the emotional card?"

Yang Ting remained calm, letting out a cold laugh. "I've already made myself perfectly clear. What else is there to say? Or are you expecting me to change my mind and point to someone else? Fine! Hmm... let me think! How about my godmother? My godmother's name is Wang Suli, a cleaner at Xiaoming Food Co., Ltd., responsible for cleaning the office building, especially Mao Xiaoming's office! She told me many of Mao Xiaoming's secrets. I already knew about this fundraising scam four years ago, when Mao Xiaoming first started designing it! That's why I was waiting in the wings, plotting how to bring him down from that point on."

Yang Ting paused for a moment, then continued, "Look! I confessed to having an accomplice. Go arrest her too! Hehe... Originally, I planned to wait until things got bigger, until his crime warranted the death penalty, before trying to expose him to you. Who would have thought you'd react faster than me? You caught him for such a small amount of money, and he's only got a few years in prison? Ah! You say you sympathize with me, but you're going against me. Ah, and this is how many years he's only got!"

"Ten to fourteen years, with a maximum of twenty years."

Jiang Yiyi took over the conversation and calmly said, "According to Chinese law, illegal fundraising involving a large amount of money or other serious circumstances can be punished with imprisonment of seven years or more up to life imprisonment. So far, there is no direct death penalty."

Yang Ting was stunned for a moment.

"Your godmother, Wang Suli, passed away three years ago. Although the cause of death was illness, Mao Xiaoming's failure to pay social security for her prevented her from enjoying employee medical care, which was one of the reasons for her death. According to the hospital records, you paid a lot of medical expenses for her, right? It's just a pity that she still couldn't be saved. I want to express my condolences to you. It wasn't easy for her to raise you all these years; she was truly a woman worthy of respect."

Seeing Yang Ting's face darken, Jiang Yiyi continued, "But Yang Ting, I think if Wang Suli knew what was happening in the afterlife, she wouldn't want you to become like this. The past can't be changed, but your problem now is infertility, isn't it? Women don't have to have children. Women aren't appendages of men; why should they be expected to bear their children? Right? You could easily ignore this, you could easily live your life according to Wang Suli's dying wish, so why do you insist on making yourself like this? If you really like children, Wang Suli adopted you; you could adopt a child in need! Given your situation, the adoption process isn't difficult! Passing on Wang Suli's spirit is what you should be doing, not obsessing over revenge and turning yourself into..."

Shouldn't I seek revenge?

Yang Ting interrupted Jiang Yiyi.

Jiang Yiyi said without hesitation, "You can call the police anytime! There is no fixed statute of limitations for criminal offenses in our country. No matter how much time has passed, as long as you call the police, they will do everything they can to make that damned beast pay the price!"

"They're two beasts! Two!"

Yang Ting suddenly stretched out her fingers and made a V-shape, and even while sitting in the interrogation chair, she had a creepy smile on her face.

Despite being handcuffed and unable to lift her wrists, she stubbornly extended two fingers and sneered, "I will never forget what happened that day! I will never forget it in my life! One of them grabbed my hand, and the other hit me and tore off my clothes... Hah... So why can't I take revenge myself? Rely on you? Would it be useful? So much time has passed, what can you still do? Who can produce any evidence? Relying on you is certainly not as good as relying on myself!"

"However, there is no death penalty for financial fraud, but there is for rape!"

This time it was Jiang Yiyi's turn to interrupt Yang Ting, and with just one sentence, she left Yang Ting stunned.

She stared blankly at Jiang Yiyi, momentarily at a loss for words.

Jiang Yiyi frowned, leaning back in her chair, rubbing her temples with one hand and pointing to her chest with the other. "Yang Ting," she said, "I made myself perfectly clear! There are only three people here, and our conversation is known only to us! So there are no police officers or criminals here, only three women who understand each other's identities! You understand what I mean? I am a police officer, that's true, but I'm not a machine of the law. I have my own thoughts, my own emotions, and my own judgment. I deeply sympathize with your situation, I even feel your pain! So I also think that beast deserves to die! I don't care about being torn to pieces, but he must die!"

When she said the last sentence, Jiang Yiyi gritted her teeth as if she wanted to crush them.

Sun Chang, standing nearby, nodded in unison, agreeing that the beast who bullied the woman deserved to die!

The single, decisive word, "death," left Yang Ting utterly silent. She suddenly didn't know what to say. Since the police were on her side, what else was there to say? Confront them? Sarcastically mock them? As a woman herself, was it really necessary?

"Is there any point in saying this now?"

Yang Ting's voice became much softer, and her emotions turned indifferent. "Those two beasts have been caught. How they are sentenced is your business. I can't and won't interfere. But the money will definitely not be returned to you, nor will it be used to reduce their sentences! It will go where it belongs, not to compensate some stupid accomplices! If you have the guts, then sentence me as the mastermind. Anyway, I've long since given up on living. It would be good to die together with them."

"..."

Sun Chang fell silent; Yang Ting's stubbornness left her unsure how to persuade her.

"What about your revenge?"

Jiang Yiyi spoke again.

"Humph!"

Yang Ting sneered and shrugged, as if to say, "If you arrest me, how am I supposed to get revenge?"

"Judging from your situation, you must have studied the relevant laws. It's just that too much time has passed to exact revenge on those two bastards, so you chose to make them pay the price through other methods. But you're mistaken. Laws are laws, and crimes are crimes! Legal provisions can be improved and adjusted, but crimes that have already occurred absolutely cannot be allowed to go unpunished! You think there's no evidence? I think there is! We'll find a way to get it! I'm a police officer; I have more experience in this kind of thing than you! So I think two peanuts are the best revenge against them, not sending them to jail at the cost of harming more people! From a woman's perspective, I think just going to jail isn't enough!"

Jiang Yiyi said something that surprised Sun Chang. He turned around and looked at Jiang Yiyi, only to find that she was taking Yang Ting's side, who was also a woman, for granted.

only……

Hey! Is it appropriate for a police officer to say something like that? What do you mean I have more experience than you?

Oh!
There was no audio or video recording, so it's fine.

Sun Chang looked up at the camera on the wall with a guilty conscience, thought for a moment, and then nodded heavily.

"How so?" Yang Ting was indeed tempted. No matter how many thoughts she had, nothing was more important than making those two beasts pay a higher price.

"The forensic doctor who examined you earlier was Dr. Jiang. The forensic certificate she issued has sufficient legal validity. She told me that the scars on your wounds are old injuries that are over ten years old, which means that at that time..."

Yang Ting paused, then turned her head and said, "Back then I was only..."

"They're all under eighteen!"

Sun Chang quickly added to the explanation.

“Look! Sun Chang and I are policewomen, and Forensic Doctor Jiang is a female forensic doctor! Plus, your aunt is willing to stand by you, and there's the fact that you were assaulted and are now infertile. Frankly, the heinous nature of the crime is already clear. I know a female prosecutor in the hospital; if we can find more evidence…”

Jiang Yiyi smiled as she looked at Yang Ting.

Yang Ting didn't know what to say. It seemed... there was a real possibility that they might be sentenced to death!

Taking this opportunity, Jiang Yiyi quickly and earnestly said, "Yang Ting, you're still young! Although you made a mistake, there were reasons for it, and those two beasts had original sins. As long as you turn yourself in and cooperate actively, you have a chance to regain your freedom soon. You'll still be young then, with a bright future ahead of you. Why do you want to perish with two beasts? Sister! Can I call you sister? Really, don't be stubborn. Don't get yourself into trouble and let those two bastards escape the punishment they deserve! Oh, by the way! Why don't you be my future daughter's godmother after you get out? I think you're quite suitable."

"Godmother?"

Yang Ting and Sun Chang were both stunned, and looked at Jiang Yiyi's flat stomach at the same time.

Jiang Yiyi smiled shyly: "Didn't we already talk about our future daughter? But it doesn't matter, Zhu Jun and I are already considering marriage. We'll start trying to conceive after we get married, and if we're lucky, you can help me take care of the baby!"

"..."

Yang Ting fell completely silent.

To say I wasn't tempted would be a lie! To say I didn't want the Mao brothers to die would also be a lie! If I could get a better outcome, even if I didn't deserve a reduced sentence, it seemed...

"Then I'll trust you this once."

"Can I ask someone to turn on the camera?"

"Um……"

Lin Ge squatted outside the interrogation room, surrounded by a group of idlers.

Hearing this, Lin Ge could basically rest assured.

Jiang Yiyi truly lives up to her name; she's a woman who frequently interacts with the elderly folks in the community. She persuaded Yang Ting so easily. Although the "Women's Revenge Alliance" sounds a bit horrifying, and even a bit like gender antagonism and bullying a pitiful boy, Lin Ge deeply sympathizes with Yang Ting's story and genuinely hopes they will receive the legal punishment they deserve, and that all their sins will be thoroughly investigated and punished.

Seeing that the people around him were still waiting for news from inside, Lin Ge looked up and let out a "whoosh" to let them know. Things went smoothly; the case was closed!
"Is that so? Well done!"

Zheng Mingxing nodded in satisfaction, suddenly feeling that Jiang Yiyi had the potential to become his successor. Although it was too early to say so, Zheng Mingxing couldn't help but feel happy seeing his police officers perform so well.

"Then let's leave this to Jiang Yiyi! Let's not disturb them, and let's not put pressure on them by standing here. Let's all get to work!"

Nie Guoqiang further dispersed the crowd, lest Yang Ting, upon opening the door and discovering so many people eavesdropping outside, might suddenly decide to back out if she had any bad thoughts.
When Sun Chang came out, he only heard a series of chaotic footsteps gradually fading away.

She sent a message to Nie Guoqiang, then pouted and went back into the interrogation room.

……

"What did you say? Yang Ting used the money she got to buy a piece of land?"

Zheng Mingxing raised an eyebrow as he looked at Jiang Yiyi in front of him.

"Yes, she bought a plot of land not far from the after-school care center where she works. According to her, she plans to donate the land to Baiyun Road Primary School as its new campus. The original site can be sold to build classrooms and a playground, so the children of Baiyun Road Primary School can have new classrooms and play in a more spacious playground without spending a penny more. So, Instructor Zheng, this land..."

In the end, Jiang Yiyi showed an embarrassed expression.

The money has already been used to buy land, and even to build schools. Are we going to take it back and convert it back into money to compensate those fools who were deceived?

I've already seen Baiyun Road Primary School when I passed by before. It's indeed old and cramped; the children really need a bigger, more spacious, and better learning environment. Spending money on children is definitely better than spending it on those greedy fools, right?
"That's stolen money!"

Zheng Mingxing glared at Jiang Yiyi. "What schools need is clean money, and the school environment is the Education Bureau's business. Who are you qualified to make decisions for? In short, this is not your concern. Hand over the land certificate to the higher-ups and let them have their headaches! Also, has Yang Ting confessed? How exactly did she embezzle this money from the Mao brothers? More than 100 million yuan! And the Mao brothers didn't even notice the problem?"

"Yang Ting bribed all of Mao Xiaoming's mistresses. After all, Mao Xiaoming was too stingy and unwilling to spend money on his mistresses, so Yang Ting took advantage of him."

Jiang Yiyi sighed regretfully and continued her report: "According to Yang Ting's confession, even the initial cause of this illegal fundraising crime was designed by her personally. Her desire for revenge, which she had spent more than ten years pursuing, led her to the Ponzi scheme, a temptation that the Mao brothers could not escape. The specific method was very simple: she forged a court judgment and had Mao Xiaoming's lover at the time show it to him, showing that the accomplice in the illegal fundraising of 160 million yuan was only sentenced to four years in prison."

"Exchanging 1.6 billion for four years is indeed a good deal. So Mao Xiaoming was tempted? He even tried it out himself?"

Nie Guoqiang, standing nearby, couldn't help but shake his head.

What an idiot! What's even more outrageous is that Yang Ting actually managed to bribe all of Mao Xiaoming's lovers. That's ruthless! Doesn't that mean that Yang Ting was monitoring Mao Xiaoming's every move? No wonder he didn't even know the money was being taken away.

The two brothers have swindled nearly 400 million yuan, yet they still can't bear to spend the money on their mistresses. No wonder they've been outmaneuvered by others.

"Yang Ting even confessed to you about this kind of thing. Isn't she afraid of getting a harsher sentence? According to you, she can almost be considered the mastermind. In that case, the court's sentence might be even harsher than that of the Mao brothers."

Zheng Mingxing thought about it more deeply.

Jiang Yiyi shook her head and said, "She doesn't care anymore! Or rather, I showed her the possibility of the Mao brothers being executed, and she just hopes that scene can happen normally; nothing else matters anymore. Hehe... Instructor Zheng, as a police officer, I can't possibly advise her to hide the truth, can I? Besides, these things can't be hidden; they'll be revealed sooner or later as our investigation progresses. So she took the initiative to tell us, at least she can get the impression that she turned herself in and that there was a reason for it."

"The rape case from back then?"

Zheng Mingxing sighed, knowing full well that this was what Yang Ting was most persistent about.

But to be honest, this is really hard to get! It's been too long. Evidence in a rape case can be considered valid for more than two months, let alone more than ten years.
He, Nie Guoqiang, and Jiang Yan had already discussed it privately. The biggest problem with this case was that Yang Ting was too young at the time, and with Yang Yuhua's protection, no concrete evidence was left behind.

Even if Yang Yuhua were to betray her own family for the greater good, her testimony is still not credible!
"Ask Ma Baifen! This case happened in his jurisdiction, and he was already the director of the Shili Town Police Station at the time. He has to find a way to take responsibility for this case."

Nie Guoqiang decided to drag others down with him.

(End of this chapter)