Reborn in 78, I made my fortune by working in the mountains, supporting three families on my own.

"Sold...sold for two thousand three hundred!"

Upon hearing the exorbitant price of 2,300 yuan, Lai Mazi couldn't stop grinning from ear to ear.

With a smug and arrogant expression, he immediately stretched out his hand: "Hahaha, where's the money?! Hand over the money right now!"

Wang Gou Dan, standing to the side, was extremely timid and had very poor mental fortitude.

Even though no one was behind him, he couldn't help but keep glancing back unconsciously, his eyes darting around in a panic.

This subtle anomaly was instantly noticed by Lai Mazi, who was extremely alert as he mingled on the streets.

Lai Mazi frowned and shouted sternly, "Gou Dan! What are you looking at?!"

Wang Gou Dan trembled and hurriedly lowered his head: "N-nothing, Brother Ma, I-I didn't see anything..."

The more they try to cover it up, the more suspicious they are!

Lai Mazi, who had been involved in crooked and wicked ways for many years, was cunning and perceptive, and instantly sensed that something was wrong.

His expression changed drastically, and he instantly became extremely alert: "Something's not right! Something's not right with either of you!"

"Damn it! Have you two been doing this behind my back?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lai Mazi suddenly turned to the side and grabbed a gleaming fish-killing knife from next to the fish shed. The blade was flashing coldly.

Lai Mazi, holding a sharp knife, stared intently at the two men with a ferocious expression.

"Speak! What happened?! Where's the money?! Where's the goods?! Have you been caught?! Did you sell me out?!"

Ma Erwa and Wang Gou Dan were so frightened by him holding a knife that their psychological defenses completely collapsed.

Their legs buckled, and with a "plop," they both knelt down on the muddy ground.

The two men, their faces pale and trembling with tears in their eyes, repeatedly apologized: "Brother Ma! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!"

"We...we're in trouble! We've been caught red-handed!"

boom!

Upon hearing this, Lai Mazi's mind went completely blank!

His eyes were bloodshot, and he immediately began to curse and roar in fury:

"Fuck your mother! You two good-for-nothing bastards!!"

After Lai Mazi roared in fury, he went completely mad.

Clutching the gleaming fish-killing knife tightly in his hand, his eyes were bloodshot and his face contorted in a ferocious expression, his guard completely broken.

Ma Erwa and Wang Gou Dan knelt on the ground, trembling with fear, not even daring to cry out loud.

Just then, footsteps suddenly rose all around the fish shed!

Zhao Lei, along with Qin Bowen, Qin Dajun, and their brothers, all stood up from the grassy ridges around them.

In an instant, the dilapidated fish shed was surrounded by a dense crowd, three layers deep.

A large, dark crowd blocked all exits.

Zhao Lei took a step forward and shouted sternly into the fish shed:

"Lai Mazi! Surrender! Stop resisting!"

Lai Mazi looked around at the crowd and instantly realized that he was completely surrounded.

Lai Mazi immediately lost his temper and went completely insane!

He grabbed one of the henchmen on the ground with his bare hands, held the blade directly to Wang Gou Dan's neck, and held the hostage firmly!

The knife tip was pressed against the skin; the slightest movement would draw blood immediately.

"Don't come any closer! Nobody come any closer!"

"Anyone who dares to take a step forward, I'll kill them both on the spot!"

Lai Mazi roared and howled like a madman, looking every bit the desperate criminal.

The situation instantly reached a stalemate.

Zhao Lei's eyes narrowed, and he immediately whispered, "Bowen, go quickly! Ride your bike to the town's police station and call Officer Li Mingjie over! Bring backup officers!"

"Okay! I'll go right away!"

Qin Bowen didn't dare to delay. He turned around, mounted his old-fashioned bicycle, and sped off towards the town.

The crowd outside the fish shed surrounded it tightly, not daring to launch a rash attack. They could only keep a close watch on the inside to prevent Lai Mazi from taking any risks and hurting people.

Not long after, hurried footsteps and whistles could be heard in the distance.

Li Mingjie, accompanied by several police officers from the local police station, arrived at the scene quickly, fully equipped.

The crowd automatically parted to form a passage.

Li Mingjie stepped forward, looked at Lai Mazi, who was holding a knife and taking a hostage in the fish shed and looked crazed, and calmly spoke:

"Lai Mazi! Put down your weapon! Surrender! Strive for leniency! Don't make another mistake!"

But at this moment, Lai Mazi was completely stressed and collapsed. He wouldn't listen to any advice or legal reasoning.

His eyes were red, and he began to curse wildly at everyone outside:

"Fuck you! They're all bullying me! They're all against me!"

"I've been poor my whole life! I just want to get rich once! Why is it so hard?! Why?!"

At this moment, he completely lost control of his emotions, his mind was in a mess, and all that remained was his incoherent screaming in response to stress.

The next second, Lai Mazi seemed to suddenly realize something, his eyes filled with resentment, and he roared through gritted teeth:

"Was it Fatty Chen?! It must have been Fatty Chen who betrayed me!!"

The moment those words were spoken, the entire room fell silent.

Lai Mazi became increasingly frantic with his rant, completely losing his temper and revealing all the inside information:

"You son of a bitch, Fatty Chen! You tricked me!!"

"You knew all along that I was planning to double-cross you! I didn't want to give you the musk pouch! So you had me arrested! You sold me out!!"

"Fatty Chen, where are you hiding? Come out here!"

At this moment, Lai Mazi's mentality completely collapsed, and he would bite anyone who came his way, refusing to let anyone go.

He was convinced that Fatty Chen had deliberately tipped him off to prevent him from embezzling the stolen goods and double-crossing him.

Zhao Lei, who was standing outside, immediately perked up his ears and a cold glint flashed in his eyes!

As expected, Fatty Chen was there!

Suddenly, all the previous doubts became clear!

No wonder something seemed off before!

Originally, this batch of stolen top-quality musk pods should have fallen directly into the hands of Fatty Chen, who would have secretly sold them through the supply and marketing cooperative, making the transaction clean, efficient, and impossible to trace!

It was because Lai Mazi acted on impulse, was greedy, and wanted to double-cross someone!

Instead of handing the goods over to Fatty Chen, he planned to secretly find someone on the black market to sell them and pocket the huge sum of money!

That's why he went to the black market to ask around for prices and leave clues, which eventually led to his own capture!

Zhao Lei understood completely; all the causes and consequences were now crystal clear.

Inside the fish shed.

Lai Mazi had completely gone mad, constantly shouting and cursing at Chen Pangzi, his emotions completely out of control.

Seeing that persuasion was ineffective and that the other party was wielding a knife, resisting arrest, and holding hostages in extreme danger, Li Mingjie no longer hesitated.

He raised his hand and pulled out his sidearm!

With a "click," the gun is cocked!

The dark muzzle of the gun was pointed at Lai Mazi in the fish shed!

Lai Mazi froze as the cold muzzle of a gun locked onto him.

Anyway, getting caught means a heavy sentence, so either way, I'm doomed!

His eyes were bloodshot, and he laughed maniacally before suddenly turning his head to look at the deep fishpond not far behind him!

"I refuse to accept my fate!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly leaped into the air!

"thump!"

He jumped directly into the icy fishpond water, intending to escape and run away at the cost of his life!

But at this moment, the surrounding area had already been completely sealed off by the police and Zhao Lei's group of brothers.

The shore was swarming with people, and he was also being watched in the water beforehand; he had nowhere to escape!

The fishpond was cold and deep in late autumn, and Lai Mazi was struggling and splashing in it.

He hadn't swum more than a few meters when several young men who had been waiting on the shore jumped into the water and held him down.

After all that trouble, they were in a sorry state.

Lai Mazi, covered in mud and shivering from the cold, was forcibly pulled out of the fishpond.

As soon as the person got ashore, the police officer immediately stepped forward and snapped a photo!