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Chapter 131: Cold Handcuffs, the End of an Era of Overlords

Yu Bo woke up with a severe headache.

My nasal cavity was filled with the pungent smell of Lysol from the infirmary.

The stark white ceiling swayed before his eyes, and it took him several seconds to recall what had happened before he lost consciousness.

Rotten wood.

Black glue.

Sawdust was everywhere.

That wasn't a dream.

He struggled to sit up from the cold hospital bed.

A tall figure blocked the light from the doorway.

Yu Bo struggled to lift his head and saw who it was.

Wang Jianguo, Director of the County Public Security Bureau.

Two young police officers in uniform followed behind Wang Jianguo.

Yu Bo's heart sank.

A bone-chilling coldness crept up his spine.

"Director Wang... what brings you here?"

He forced a smile that looked worse than crying, his voice dry and hoarse, trying to maintain his last shred of dignity.

"Is there some misunderstanding?"

"I...I've been framed! It's Lu Qingshan! Yes, that Lu Qingshan from Hongshitun! He framed me!"

"He's been holding a grudge against me because of the previous transportation incident! He's the one who replaced the ginseng with the bad ones, it must be him!"

"Go search his house in Hongshitun! If you search, you're sure to find some clues! Please believe me just this once, it really is him who harmed me, he's the one who wants to ruin me completely!"

He seemed to have grasped at the last straw, and his voice suddenly became shrill.

Wang Jianguo looked at him, his face expressionless.

He ignored Yu Bo's shouting and simply turned his head slightly toward the police officer beside him.

The policeman immediately stepped forward, took a document from his briefcase, and read it aloud to Yu Bo, word by word.

"The suspect is Yu Bo."

"You are suspected of massive commercial fraud and embezzlement of public funds, the amount of which is exceptionally large and the nature of which is extremely egregious."

"With the approval of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee, you are hereby arrested in accordance with the law!"

As Yu Bo listened to the earlier part about "commercial fraud," a sliver of hope still lingered in his heart.

Such matters can be big or small; as long as there is a connection, there is always room for maneuver.

But when the words "embezzlement of public funds" hit his ears like a hammer, his mind went blank.

The color drained from his face instantly.

It’s over.

He knew that business was a world of its own, but embezzling public funds involved the nation's purse.

This is a capital offense.

Even a god couldn't save him.

"Director Wang... Old Wang..."

Yu Bo's voice began to tremble uncontrollably.

He rolled off the bed and tried to grab Wang Jianguo's trouser leg.

"We...we've been friends for so many years..."

"For the sake of all the times I've helped you in the past, please... please help me one more time..."

Wang Jianguo took a step back, avoiding the outstretched hand.

He looked down at Yu Bo, who was sprawled on the ground, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust.

"friendship?"

Wang Jianguo finally spoke, his voice not loud, but as cold as ice.

He took a copy of a booklet from the policeman and shoved it hard into Yu Bo's face.

The paper grazed Yu Bo's cheek, leaving a burning sting.

"When you misappropriated the workers' wages, why didn't you try to build a relationship with them?"

"When you emptied the factory's life-saving funds and used them for speculation and profiteering, why didn't you try to have some consideration for the government?"

"Yu Bo, open your dog eyes and see clearly! What is this?!"

The photocopied booklet lay scattered on the ground.

Yu Bo lowered his head and glanced at it once, and all the strength in his body was completely drained.

That was Section Chief Liu's internal ledger.

Above, each entry meticulously records the evidence of his embezzlement of public funds.

Behind each stroke is his personal signature, Yu Bolong's elegant and graceful style.

Ironclad evidence.

All his sophistry and struggles became a joke at this moment.

He stopped shouting.

He stopped begging for mercy.

He lay sprawled on the ground like a lump of mud, his eyes vacant, his mouth slightly open, unable to utter a single word.

Wang Jianguo waved to the two policemen behind him.

"take away."

Two police officers stepped forward, one on each side, and lifted him up from the ground.

"Click."

A crisp metallic sound.

A pair of cold handcuffs, gleaming menacingly under the light, bound Yu Bo's hands.

The icy touch on his wrist made Yu Bo's body tremble violently.

He knew that from this moment on, he was no longer the factory director Yu who held sway in Hongshi County and whose word could decide the life and death of others.

He was just a prisoner.

A criminal.

Yu Bo was dragged out of the medical room by two police officers.

The corridor was filled with a dense mass of factory workers.

They watched as the factory director, who had once been high and mighty and held their livelihood in his hands, was now being led away in handcuffs like a dead dog.

Those gazes were complex.

There was shock, fear, and bewilderment.

But more than anything, it was a sense of exhilaration that had been suppressed for so long and was finally being released.

"Serves them right! They misappropriated our hard-earned money!"

"This kind of person should be shot!"

In the crowd, someone muttered a curse in a low voice.

This sentence was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake.

More and more people began pointing and whispering about Yu Bo.

Yu Bo kept his head down, not daring to look anyone in the eye.

In his life, the thing he cared about most was his reputation.

But now, his face is being trampled on, repeatedly scorned by the workers he once regarded as ants.

He was escorted out of the factory gate.

The glaring sunlight made it difficult for him to open his eyes.

A blue and white police car was parked at the entrance, its roof lights spinning silently.

"Bang."

The car door was opened, and he was roughly shoved inside.

The moment the car door closed, it shut out all the sounds from outside.

"Waaah—"

The piercing sound of sirens echoed throughout the entire Hongxing Food Factory.

The police car slowly drove away, taking away Yu Bo's last bit of dignity, and also taking away the era that belonged to him.

……

That evening.

Inside a smoke-filled underground casino in the county town.

A bald, burly man, shirtless, stared at the dominoes in front of him with bloodshot eyes.

It was none other than the loan shark kingpin, Li Yanwang.

He's having a really bad day; he's already lost several thousand dollars.

"Damn it, again!"

He slammed a "big unity" bill onto the table and roared.

Just then, a subordinate rushed in from outside, leaned close to his ear, and whispered a few words.

Li Yanwang's movements stopped.

He froze for a few seconds, then his face suddenly lit up with ecstatic joy.

He grabbed the cards from the table and slammed them to the ground.

"Stop fucking playing!"

He stood up and let out a deafening roar at all his men in the casino.

"The Yu family has fallen!"

"Grab your weapons! Let's go to the Yu family and collect the debts right now!"

"Principal and interest, not a single penny less!"