A Beijing socialite stole my boyfriend; she went crazy after I got married.

Jiang Chu was slightly startled.

She looked up and met the man's deep, dark eyes, and panicked for a moment.

"...I have always hated her," Jiang Chu said in a low voice. "After all, she hasn't been good to me either, and you know I'm not a very forgiving person."

Xie Jing didn't speak, but just looked at her meaningfully.

Jiang Chu blinked. "What are you looking at?"

Surely this guy can't read minds.

Admittedly, when she first seduced him, she was indeed thinking of finding a backer so that Xie Qingyang's lackeys wouldn't harm her.

However, as time went on, things changed.

But the original intention remains.

Even though she truly fell in love with Xie Jing, she still hoped that Xie Qingyang would lose everything, otherwise the ending in the original story would always make her think about this and that.

"I just hope—" Xie Jing hugged her a little tighter, "that you can completely relax. You don't have to worry about her causing you any trouble anymore."

Jiang Chu's heart skipped a beat. "...Of course."

-

In the interrogation room.

"I refuse to answer any questions until my lawyer and U.S. consulate personnel arrive. I have the right to remain silent."

Xie Qingyang gritted his teeth and said.

The officer opposite her glanced at her, said nothing more, simply closed his notebook, got up, and left.

More than half an hour later.

A man in his forties, wearing a gray suit, walked in, carrying a heavy leather briefcase, with sharp eyes.

"Attorney Wang!"

Xie Qingyang relaxed slightly the moment he saw the other person.

This person is a well-known figure in the field of financial crime defense in the country.

She urgently hired him using an independent fund pool in China through her offshore trust, spending an astronomical sum of reserve funds.

"Ms. Xie," Attorney Wang said, sitting down opposite her, "Time is limited, so let's get straight to the point."

"Attorney Wang," Xie Qingyang leaned forward impatiently, "I want bail! No matter the cost, get me bail immediately!"

Attorney Wang pushed up his glasses. "I'm afraid I have to start by throwing cold water on your enthusiasm."

He opened a newly received copy of the notification: "The amount of money involved in your case is too high, and you are a U.S. citizen. The public security authorities believe you pose an extremely high risk of fleeing abroad. With such a tight chain of evidence, the application for bail is 100% likely to be rejected."

Xie Qingyang's expression changed instantly: "The chain of evidence is closed? What do you mean? Lei Bin's testimony doesn't prove everything! Do you think they'll believe whatever he says?"

Attorney Wang looked at her and lowered his voice, "They just added a crucial written statement and electronic data voucher—submitted by your administrative assistant."

Xie Qingyang's face turned deathly pale.

really!

It really is Zhang Qing!

"What did he submit?!" Xie Qingyang's voice suddenly became shrill. "He's my assistant! He eats my food and drinks my drinks! What did he submit?! That's illegal evidence!"

"No, it's perfectly legal."

Attorney Wang pulled out a printed sheet from the documents and pushed it in front of her.

"Over the past month, Zhang Qing has legally recorded all the instructions you gave him concerning offshore fund splitting, multiple shell account operations, and the rush to build positions in Rongke Intelligent, and has preserved the original headers of the encrypted emails."

Attorney Wang pointed to the text above: "Including what you said to him in the car that night—'Use those shell accounts that are secretly controlling the market in China... By the end of next month, we must get at least three percent of the retail shares... Keep the water shallow, and absolutely do not cause abnormal fluctuations in the market.'"

Xie Qingyang snatched the document, and his hands began to tremble slightly as he looked at the words on it.

Zhang Qing!

"He betrayed me..."

Xie Qingyang gritted his teeth, "That traitorous bastard! How much money did Jiang Chu pay him to betray me like this!"

"Ms. Xie, calm down!" Attorney Wang sternly tapped the table. "Zhang Qing clearly stated in his testimony that he chose to fulfill his civic duty to report the crime out of respect for the law and to avoid becoming an accomplice. Legally, he is both a tainted witness and a whistleblower, and his testimony has a very high degree of credibility."

"Nonsense, he was bribed by that bitch—"

"...Ms. Xie," Attorney Wang said speechlessly, "have you realized that if he didn't do this, he would also be an accomplice?"

Xie Qingyang clutched his forehead in anguish.

"In short, with Lei Bin's overseas cross-border transaction records, Zhang Qing's direct testimony and recordings, and the CSRC's quantitative analysis of fund penetration—subjective intent, objective behavior, and fund chain—all three elements are locked in. The path of defense based on ignorance has been completely blocked."

"Then what am I supposed to do?!" Xie Qingyang roared. "I spent millions to hire you, not to listen to you tell me I have no way out! I'm an American! I still have money in my trust! I'm going to sue! All the way to the Supreme Court!"

Attorney Wang's eyes flickered slightly. "Ms. Xie, this is the second piece of bad news I have to tell you."

He pulled out a judicial freeze notice.

"First, half an hour ago, the Beijing Intermediate People's Court responded to the application from the Economic Crime Investigation Department and issued a 'Seizure Order' for all real estate under your name within China. The real estate registration center has been completely locked down, and you will not be able to liquidate any of your properties until the criminal proceedings are concluded and the fines are paid in full."

"Secondly, regarding your offshore trust in the Cayman Islands—the Economic Crime Investigation Department has initiated judicial assistance procedures under the United Nations Convention against Corruption and international anti-money laundering laws. Due to your suspected cross-border money laundering offenses, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has determined that your trust has 'a high degree of personal control and commingling of assets,' and has ruled it a fraudulent structure. This morning, the Authority has already investigated and suspended all transfer rights of the trust."

Xie Qingyang closed his eyes briefly. "What about my account in the United States?!"

"The funds involved in insider trading and transnational money laundering flowed through the Bank for International Settlements system. The Chinese economic crime investigation department has submitted a breakdown of the money laundering route to the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. U.S. banks received a money laundering risk warning and imposed a temporary compliance freeze on your personal accounts in New York and California four hours ago, requiring you to cooperate in investigating the source of the funds."

Attorney Wang closed the clasp on his briefcase.

"In short, all your assets worldwide are now under judicial freeze and pending liquidation."

"If the millions of dollars in legal fees you prepaid to me are subsequently identified as funds involved in the case, I will be required to return them in full in accordance with the law. If you are unable to provide a legitimate source of funds to pay for the subsequent litigation costs, my law firm will terminate our engagement agreement in accordance with the law."

"You..." Xie Qingyang couldn't believe his ears, "You're going to dump me?!"

"I am a lawyer, and I must fight for your rights within the legal scope, but I will not take on the risk of default for a client who is bound to lose the case and whose cash flow has dried up."

Attorney Wang stood up. "Ms. Xie, if you take my advice, plead guilty, and cooperate in recovering the illegal gains, you can definitely get a reduced sentence. If you stubbornly resist... the amount exceeds 100 million yuan and involves cross-border money laundering. Do you want to spend your thirtieth birthday in jail?"

Xie Qingyang felt a chill run through his body.

No.

She's only eighteen! Absolutely not!

Soon after.

The investigators came in. "The consular staff have arrived. You have half an hour for your visit."

Xie Qingyang suddenly raised his head.

Yes! She is an American citizen!

Chinese law has no jurisdiction over her!

Washington will not stand by and watch its citizens be humiliated in a foreign land! This is a diplomatic incident! As long as the consulate intervenes, as long as the US lodges a protest—

"Quickly! Let them in!"