Courtyard House: Inheriting the Restaurant, the Jia Family Wants to Get It for Free

"Police! Don't move!"

The moment the word "public security" was uttered, the air in the entire restaurant seemed to freeze instantly.

Tiger's face twitched violently, his eyes widened like copper bells, and he looked at Hao Pingchuan in disbelief, then at Zheng Chaoyang and Bai Ling, who had also stood up.

His thugs' legs immediately started trembling, and their previous arrogance vanished without a trace.

Oh no! We've kicked a hornet's nest!

Zheng Chaoyang walked over unhurriedly. He first glanced at the cockroach in the bowl, then at Tiger's pale face, and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

"Comrade," he turned to Cheng Shuhai, "tell me, what exactly happened?"

"It's very simple," Cheng Shuhai pointed to the bowl of noodles. "After they ordered the noodles, I made them and brought them up. They poked at them a couple of times and said there were cockroaches in them."

Bai Ling also came over. She put on gloves, carefully picked up the cockroach with chopsticks, examined it against the light, and calmly analyzed, "This cockroach is dry and its joints are stiff, so it's obviously dead. Moreover, there's no soup or oil on it, so it couldn't have been cooked in a pot."

specialized!

A hammer!

Everyone understood that this was a complete frame-up!

Tiger broke out in a cold sweat; he knew he was completely doomed today.

"It's a misunderstanding... Comrade, it's all a misunderstanding..."

He forced a smile that looked worse than a grimace, and then tried to slip away.

"stop!"

Hao Pingchuan roared, blocking the doorway like a wall.

Zheng Chaoyang walked up to Tiger with a smile and patted him on the shoulder, but that smile made Tiger feel colder than the winter wind.

"Extortion, framing... these are serious charges."

"However..." Zheng Chaoyang's tone shifted, his eyes suddenly turning sharp as knives, "What I'm more curious about is, who gave you the audacity to come here and cause trouble?"

He stared into Tiger's eyes and asked, enunciating each word clearly, "Who sent you?"

Zheng Chaoyang's gaze was like two sharp searchlights, piercing straight into Tiger's heart.

Tiger felt his body go limp, and his mental defenses collapsed instantly.

He had been on the streets for so many years and had seen all kinds of people, but the smiling policeman in front of him had a terrifying gaze that seemed to see right through him.

"I...I'll talk...I'll talk!" Tiger didn't dare to hide anything and confessed everything like beans spilling from a bamboo tube. "It's...it's Jia Dongxu from the courtyard! He gave me 300,000 yuan to smash up this shop and make the owner unable to do business!"

Jia Dongxu!

Upon hearing this name, a cold glint flashed in Cheng Shuhai's eyes.

Sure enough it was him.

"Good, very good." Zheng Chaoyang nodded, then waved his hand, "Bring him and his accomplices along! Comrade Cheng, please come with us as well, and identify the victim."

"Of course."

Cheng Shuhai responded calmly.

He took off his apron and smiled gently at Cheng Ling'er, whose face was pale with fright in the corner: "Ling'er, don't be afraid, come with your brother to punish the villains!"

Seeing this, Bai Ling took the initiative to walk over and said softly to Cheng Ling'er, "Little sister, don't be afraid. We are police officers, here to catch bad guys."

And so, Bai Ling and the others, with seven or eight dejected thugs in tow, followed by the composed Cheng Shuhai, marched in a grand procession toward No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

……

At this moment, Jia Dongxu, who had just finished get off work, was sitting in the middle of the courtyard, chatting with a few neighbors.

He was in a great mood. Judging by the time, Tiger should have already succeeded.

Cheng Shuhai's little restaurant is probably a complete mess now, and maybe even people have been beaten up and sent to the hospital.

The thought of Cheng Shuhai kneeling and begging for mercy made him want to laugh.

Just then, a commotion arose at the courtyard gate.

"Look! Police! Why are there so many police officers here!"

"Hey! He's still grabbing someone! Isn't that Tiger, that street thug?"

Jia Dongxu's heart skipped a beat, and an ominous premonition surged into his mind.

He stood up abruptly and looked in the direction of the sound. When he saw Tiger being escorted by the police, and Cheng Shuhai following behind the police unharmed, his mind went blank.

How could this happen?

Before he could react, Zheng Chaoyang had already led his men and strode into the central courtyard.

All the neighbors gathered around, craning their necks to watch the spectacle.

Hearing the commotion, Yi Zhonghai also came out of the house with a dark face.

Zheng Chaoyang's sharp gaze swept across the crowd, finally settling on Jia Dongxu, whose face was deathly pale.

He pointed at Jia Dongxu and asked Tiger, who was standing next to him, "Is it him?"

Tiger was terrified. Without thinking, he nodded and bowed obsequiously, pointing out, "Yes! It was him! He's the one who gave me the money to smash up this guy's restaurant!"

"boom!"

The entire courtyard instantly erupted in chaos.

"My God! Did Jia Dongxu hire people to vandalize Cheng Shuhai's restaurant?"

"My God, this is outrageous!"

"If you can't win a fight, you resort to such despicable tactics. You're utterly despicable!"

Qin Huairu also came out of the house, and when she heard all this, she was stunned. Looking at the man who was being condemned by everyone, the last glimmer of hope in her eyes turned to ashes.

Jia Dongxu trembled violently, stammering, "No...it wasn't me! You're lying! You're making false accusations!"

"Officers, there must be some misunderstanding! Dongxu is an honest and law-abiding worker at our steel rolling mill. How could he possibly do such a thing? This thug must be framing him!"

Yi Zhonghai wanted to use his position and the factory's name to put pressure on them.

However, Zheng Chaoyang didn't even glance at him, only coldly uttering a few words: "When we handle cases, we focus on evidence."

He turned to Jia Dongxu, his tone leaving no room for argument: "Jia Dongxu, you are suspected of hiring thugs to cause trouble and attempted extortion. Come with us!"

As he spoke, Hao Pingchuan stepped forward and took out gleaming handcuffs.

"No! I won't go!" Jia Dongxu panicked completely. He looked at Yi Zhonghai like a helpless child, "Master! Save me! Master!"

Before Yi Zhonghai could say anything more, Zheng Chaoyang interrupted him, staring at him sternly: "Comrade Yi Zhonghai, is that right? Let me remind you, you should know the consequences of harboring criminals and obstructing official duties!"

These words were like a bucket of ice water poured over Yi Zhonghai from head to toe.

He froze on the spot, unable to utter a single word. He then realized that these police officers were far beyond his ability to handle!