Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

She slammed the list in front of Hao Jianguo and yelled at Mayor Shen, "Why aren't you arresting and interrogating this kind of person who specializes in setting up schemes to harm people? Are you just going to let him live through the New Year?"

Mayor Shen shook his head at Lin Meihua. His sister-in-law was just too impatient. Things had to be done step by step. Just wait and see. Hao Jianguo was finished this time.

Hao Jianguo was truly stunned this time—he hadn't expected Su Wanqing's gold to have such a shady origin.

However, he quickly regained his composure and sneered, "That could also be because she got her hands on the real gold and then tampered with it, adding iridium to try and make more money. Anyway, the samples we received tested positive for adulteration, so don't make baseless accusations without evidence."

He was certain that the other party couldn't produce any concrete evidence, and that he had powerful backers to back him up, so he could just deny everything.

Even if it really is gold from a bank, so what? He can stick to the test results, and at most the matter will be dropped, and no one can do anything about it.

Su Wanqing, holding her belly, suddenly laughed: "Is everyone here? Perfect, I'm going to file a formal complaint against Comrade Hao Jianguo."

Hao Jianguo scoffed, "Report me? With your mouth? Do you have any evidence? How can you guarantee that the gold you brought out isn't fake? Have you tested it?" Of course, the gold hadn't been tested before it was brought in for testing; he didn't believe Su Wanqing could produce proof that it wasn't fake.

Su Wanqing naturally couldn't produce this proof.

However, there's no need to prove whether she actually takes maternity leave or not.

Never try to prove yourself; the best defense is a good offense.

So Su Wanqing shook her head directly: "No, I won't report the gold adulteration. I really can't prove it myself. Let's put this aside for now."

If we don't talk about this, what should we talk about?

Let's talk about something even more exciting!

She cleared her throat and spoke calmly, "I am reporting Comrade Hao Jianguo for abusing his position to illegally possess national cultural relics, falsify accounts to embezzle public and private property, and extort money through violence. The evidence is in the basement under the floor of his study."

Hao Jianguo was initially dismissive, but the more he listened, the paler he became—he had done these things extremely discreetly, and even Zhao Qiang had only handled a part of it. How could Su Wanqing know so much?

He forced a false impression and shouted:

"Stop spouting nonsense! Did you hear those things from that crazy woman, Su Lingshan? She's insane, you believe everything she says? You think you can convict me based on just a few words?"

He forced a smile, but his eyes were full of malice as he plotted how to get Su Wanqing into prison and make her Su Lingshan's neighbor.

He quickly turned to Mayor Shen and Deputy Commander Zhao, forcing a smile, "You both saw it. Comrade Su Wanqing misunderstood me because of the gold, and since her cousin is my wife and is mentally unstable, talking nonsense everywhere, she's being used as a pawn..."

He tried to turn this into a family dispute.

Su Wanqing was too lazy to waste words with him. Her water had broken, and she needed to go to the hospital to give birth as soon as possible.

She pulled a thick booklet and a stack of yellowed receipts directly from her basket and handed them to Mayor Shen:

"Mayor, did you bring any experts in cultural relics? Hao Jianguo's private collection of unearthed artifacts is all in that basement; you can see them just by going down from this entrance. Whether they are genuine or not, you can let the experts see for themselves. The contents of these ledgers and registers should also match up."

Yes, that's right. She also handed over all the receipts and ledgers from the book of all the things Hao Jianguo had embezzled, since these receipts and ledgers couldn't be faked anyway.

As for the fact that there will only be cultural relics inside and no antiques or calligraphy and paintings... Su Wanqing smiled slightly, then you have to ask Hao Jianguo if he knew about today's event in advance and therefore moved it ahead of time?

Anyway, it has nothing to do with her. She can just melt down the gold, upgrade it, change its appearance, and take it out again without any delay.

Mayor Shen took the document and flipped through it. His face was so dark it could drip water, and his voice was as cold as iron: "The evidence is irrefutable. Open the basement immediately."

Hao Jianguo's smile finally froze, and his legs began to tremble uncontrollably. But he still forced a smile, desperately trying to think of a way to escape. However, the house was already surrounded by layers of people, so tightly that not even a fly could get out.

He just couldn't understand it. Today he was supposed to be here to frame that little bitch Su Wanqing, but how did it turn into them coming to arrest him?

Also, how did those familiar photo albums, ledgers, and bills end up in Su Wanqing's hands? They were clearly hidden in the iron cabinet under the floor of his study, with an entrance so well concealed that even after a thorough investigation following a report, they weren't discovered.

Could it have been secretly taken away by that crazy woman Su Lingshan?

That's not right either. If she really had that thing, she would have taken it out when she reported him back then, and she wouldn't have ended up in jail.

Calm down, calm down!

Hao Jianguo desperately tried to calm himself down, took a deep breath, and jogged forward, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace:

"It's a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding! Comrade Su Wanqing was misled by my wife Su Lingshan's nonsense. Those account books were fabricated by them. Search all you want, but my house really doesn't have a basement..."

His basement was indeed well-hidden; the entrance was concealed in the wall behind a bookshelf, covered with tiles identical to the wall surface, making it impossible to spot without a key. After the last report, those people searched high and low but couldn't find the entrance, so he was confident he could fool them again this time.

Mayor Shen and Deputy Commander Zhao, with grim faces, ordered their men to go in and search the premises.

But after wandering around for a while, the man returned and quickly reported: "Report, no basement entrance was found, nor any place that appears to be a secret door."

"Report: Should we have an artifacts expert come and take a look to confirm if there are any hidden compartments?"

A group of people searched Hao Jian's house like a comb, looking everywhere, even in the corners and cracks of the walls, but they found nothing.

Hao Jianguo secretly breathed a sigh of relief—thankfully, Zhao Qiang had disguised it earlier, and the floor now looked exactly like a normal floor, so no one would suspect that there was a basement underneath.

Zhao Qiang huddled in the corner, watching the composed Su Wanqing with trepidation, his heart churning with turmoil.

He finally understood—this woman had come all this way not to prove her innocence, but to dig up the boss's roots!

He said that this woman was very strange, and that the boss shouldn't have been greedy for those few hundred pounds of gold. Now he's bitten off more than he can chew and has been caught red-handed.

"This time, the boss will probably be badly injured, if not killed..." Zhao Qiang thought to himself, and quietly moved towards the door, preparing to slip away.

"Can't find it?"

"Keep looking! It's clearly written in the ledger, there's no way it couldn't be missing!"

Mayor Shen, his face grim, ordered, "Detain Hao Jianguo and search him!"

Immediately, someone pinned Hao Jianguo against the wall and searched him from head to toe, but they couldn't find a trace of the key. Hao Jianguo's heart was pounding, but he forced a calm expression—luckily, he never carried the key with him.