Reborn at 80: From Village Scoundrel to Billionaire

Fan Sanyuan slowly walked up to Liu Bei, a smile plastered on his face.

"Xiao Bei, you're so foolish."

"If you're having trouble building a house and need timber, you can tell me. We're all from the same village, and as the village secretary, I'll definitely help if I can. How could you steal from the forest?"

He shook his head, then glanced again in the direction of the three police officers behind him.

"Now everything's alright. The police officers came in person after receiving a tip from the public. Look, they're standing over there."

After saying that, he sighed heavily again, his smile fading slightly and replaced by a look of deep sorrow.

"Xiao Bei, Xiao Bei, what can I say to you? Haven't you thought about how your mother will live once you go to jail? How will your three children, who are still so young, survive? And what about your three ex-wives? What will happen to them when you're not home?"

"I appreciate the village secretary's kindness!"

Liu Bei looked at Fan Sanyuan's face. "But you just said the police came after receiving a tip from the public. I'd like to ask you, were those who reported Fan Xibei and Zhao Liuzhi?"

"This—" Fan Sanyuan spread his hands, "It was an anonymous report. To be honest, I don't know who it was."

"hehe……"

Liu Bei smiled.

"Xiao Bei, what are you laughing at?" Fan Sanyuan frowned. "What time is it? How can you still be laughing? Xiao Bei, you really disappoint me."

"However, considering that your deceased father once helped me, I will take care of your mother after you go in. I will also help support your three children."

"As for your three ex-wives... if they want to remarry, there's nothing I can do. If they don't, I'll try my best to take care of them. That's all I can do for you. You'd better take care of yourself."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the three policemen.

The meaning is very clear: Officers, you can take this person away now.

"Haha... Damn it, Liu Bei is finally going to jail. Great!"

Fan Xibei was so excited he almost jumped up, thinking to himself:

Liu Bei, you little rascal, you've finally met your match!

Last time you humiliated me in public, I haven't been able to hold my head up in the village for almost a week. It's made me so weak that I can't even get into bed with my wife at night, and she scolds me every night.

Today's the day! The police are standing right in front of you, Liu Bei. Even if you had three heads and six arms, you couldn't fly away!

You go ahead and go in there! Serve in there for a few years! Until all three of your wives remarry, until your three kids are calling other men "Dad"! Then I'll laugh three times every time I pass your house!

Haha ...

Zhao Liuzhi was also trembling with excitement, rubbing his hands back and forth on his trouser legs, thinking to himself:

Liu Bei, Liu Bei, I've been waiting for this day for ages. Weren't you so capable? Weren't you so good at hunting and making money? Didn't you take care of Wang Mazi?

If you're so capable, why don't you try beating up the police too?

If you go in, your three beautiful wives will be left without anyone to protect them.

Hehehe... Just thinking about it makes me happy!

You can't escape this time!

The villagers also began to shake their heads.

"What a pity, I thought he had really changed for the better not long ago."

"Stealing public property is no small matter."

"If he goes in, his mother and children will really have no way to survive."

"My son is not a thief!"

Zhao Da'e was the first to rush to the police.

"Officer, my son really didn't steal anything! We bought all this timber! Please, don't arrest him!"

"Yes! The timber was bought!" Zhao Chunyan rushed forward, "Go ask Director Fan Erhe of the forest farm! He can testify!"

Lin Wanqiu also came up. "Comrades, the matter has not yet been investigated. Please do not believe only one side of the story."

Su Yuehe's lips were deathly pale, and she froze, as if nailed to the ground.

Panpan bit her lower lip and hid Niannian and Liu Bao behind her.

Niannian's eyes were red and her mouth was pouting.

Liu Bao clutched Su Yuehe's clothes: "Daddy didn't steal it..."

"At this point, you're still defending him? You're protecting a criminal, and you'll face legal consequences!" Upon hearing this, Fan Xibei suddenly spoke up.

"Besides, what's the point of the law if not for the long-term stability and security of the country? If personal relationships were all that mattered, what would be the point of having laws?"

Zhao Liuzhi chimed in, "That's right. The law is the law; there's no room for sentimentality. Officers, you'd better take him away quickly! Otherwise, he might steal from the village again!"

"Upon hearing this, the expressions of many villagers immediately changed."

"Yeah, what if he steals from our house later?"

"Officer, please handle this quickly."

"you--"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Da'e swayed slightly, her face turning deathly pale.

Their son had finally turned over a new leaf, and if he gets arrested now, the Liu family's world will truly collapse.

No, no, you can't!

Lin Wanqiu gripped her sleeve tightly and refused to let go.

Zhao Chunyan's lips trembled, and her eyes reddened.

Su Yuehe finally couldn't bear it anymore, and tears fell silently.

"Ha ha."

Just then, Liu Bei smiled again.

Village Party Secretary Fan Sanyuan turned around, his face darkening: "At a time like this, you can still laugh? Xiao Bei, you really make me—"

"Secretary," Liu Bei interrupted him, pulling several sheets of paper from his pocket. "Take a look at what this is."

Fan Sanyuan looked down and...

Liu Bei was holding three pieces of paper in his hand.

The first document is a timber purchase order issued by the forest farm, stamped with the forest farm's red seal.

The second document is a payment receipt, which clearly records the amount, quantity, tree species, and specifications.

The third document is a transport release slip personally signed by Fan Erhe.

Black ink on white paper, bright red seal.

"This is... a receipt?"

Fan Sanyuan's face visibly fell.

"You really have proof of purchase?"

"So, it seems Liu Bei really bought the timber?"

"Did we all misunderstand him?"

The villagers were immediately in an uproar, but then obediently shut their mouths.

"I told you long ago that my son didn't steal it, but you didn't believe me. Now you believe me, right?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Da'e breathed a sigh of relief and straightened her back.

A mother's status rises with her son's!

When a son becomes successful, a mother can naturally stand tall with pride.

"That guy, he should have just taken it out earlier. He made me worry for nothing! He's so heartless, ugh!!!"

Zhao Chunyan snorted a few times, her lips curling upwards, and then deliberately turned her head to glare fiercely at Fan Xibei.

"So he was prepared all along! That's good, that's good!"

Lin Wanqiu let out a long breath.

"It's alright! It's finally alright!"

Su Yuehe wiped away her tears, lowered her head and laughed twice before quickly covering her mouth.

"Dad is still the same good dad!"

Panpan's lips curved into a smile.

"Daddy isn't a thief, Daddy really isn't a thief!"

Niannian laughed too.

"biubiubiu!"

Liu Bao bent down to pick up the toy gun that had fallen from the ground and aimed it at Fan Xibei and Zhao Liuzhi.

"No...impossible!" After a long pause, Fan Xibei finally exclaimed, "Where did Liu Bei get so much money to buy timber? It must be a forgery. Yes, it must be!"

"Snapped!"

Fan Sanyuan turned around and slapped Fan Xibei across the face.

"Shut up!"

"Snapped!"

Immediately afterwards, Fan Sanyuan slapped Zhao Liuzhi across the face.

"..."

The two covered their faces and stood there stunned.

Fan Sanyuan forced a bright smile: "Xiao Bei, it's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! It's all my fault for rushing over without understanding the situation. You...you mustn't take it to heart."

"Of course not." Liu Bei put away the evidence. "However, Party Secretary, I still maintain the same thing. Were the people who reported us actually Fan Xibei and Zhao Liuzhi?"

"..."

Fan Sanyuan's smile froze. He hesitated for two seconds before finally nodding: "It's...it's the two of them."

Liu Bei turned to look at the three police officers.

"Comrades, since the source of the timber is clear, then the report is a false report. Making a false police report is punishable by detention according to regulations. Please take these two men back."

"Liu... Liu Bei, you..." Fan Xibei's legs went weak, and he desperately tried to signal to Fan Sanyuan with his eyes, "Uncle! Uncle... save me!"

Zhao Liuzhi was even more decisive, directly lying down on the ground and hugging Fan Sanyuan's legs.

Fan Sanyuan's smile tightened and relaxed repeatedly before he finally rubbed his hands together, walked up to Liu Bei, and lowered his voice:

"Xiao Bei, they did make a mistake. But they were worried about public property being damaged, and their intentions were good. You see... could you give them another chance for my sake?"

"Um?"

Liu Bei fell silent, thinking to himself...

Making a false police report is not a big deal, but it's not a small one either.

If they were to be sent there, they wouldn't be locked up for more than a few days.

However, if the village secretary is not given a written statement in public, he will face obstacles everywhere in the village in the future.

"Okay," Liu Bei said, "but I have one condition."

"What are the conditions?"