He forced me to sever ties with my family and sleep on a dilapidated boat, then turned around and be

Wang Laicai was speechless.

He Zhenzhen laughed and shouted, "My God! Director Jiang, you're absolutely right, so insightful! You surnamed Wang, aren't you going to give yourself away now?"

Upon hearing this, even the surrounding crowd looked at Wang Laicai with suspicion.

A high-ranking official like Director Jiang would never lie.

There must be a reason why he stands on Niu Bayi's side.

Now let's see what Wang Laicai has to say.

Cold sweat beaded on the forehead of the Pearl Hunter.

But we can't back down.

If I back down, I might really end up in jail.

After all, this is a serious crime of falsely accusing someone.

He exclaimed, "Director Jiang, you can't just listen to one side of the story. Even if he can catch golden turtles and harvest golden sea willows, it doesn't mean he can harvest so many pearls."

"Retrieving these pearls is no easy task!"

"This requires specialized boats, specialized technology, and specialized equipment! You could say a few or a dozen pearls, but this is over a hundred, which means we need to harvest over a hundred pearl oysters."

"Without teamwork, how could we possibly get this done!"

Before Jiang Zhida could respond, Niu Bayi abruptly asked, "Wang Laicai, did you dig out the pearl oysters you retrieved while they were on the ship, or did you go back to the dock and find another place to dig for pearls?"

Wang Laicai laughed out loud, pointing at Niu Bayi with a mocking tone.

"Director Jiang, did you hear me?"

"Anyone who asks that question is clearly an amateur. If you catch pearl oysters at sea, you can't dig for pearls on the ship; you have to bring them back and find professional tools to pry them open! Smash them open!"

"It takes a long time, and we can't afford to waste time at sea."

Several sycophants in the crowd immediately started shouting, saying that Niu Bayi was unprofessional for asking such a childish question.

This is enough to prove that the bag of pearls definitely didn't belong to him.

Even Jiang Zhida looked at Niu Bayi with some doubt.

Niu Bayi was waiting for Wang Laicai to say these words.

"Alright, since these pearls weren't dug out of the ship, it means the pearl oysters weren't thrown back into the sea by you. So, where are they now? Take us to see them."

"More than a hundred pearls, which must have involved quite a few fragments of pearl oyster shells, and they had to be fresh, because they were just pried open not long ago!"

"As long as you have it, I admit the pearls are yours, I'll pay you back the money, and I'll accept whatever punishment you want, whether it's jail time or anything else!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Laicai was dumbfounded.

A drop of cold sweat, bigger than an egg, suddenly gushed out from the back of my head!

He then realized that he had fallen into Niu Bayi's trap.

I should have just said at the beginning that the pearl oysters were dug up on the boat, so I could have said the shells were thrown back into the sea.

And now, he's got us in his hands!

That kid is too cunning.

Wang Laicai stammered, unsure how to respond.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Zhida became even more suspicious.

"Wang Laicai, take us to find pearl oysters. If we find any, Bayi said he confessed. If we don't, you'd better be careful."

He spoke in a stern tone when he said the last sentence.

Wang Laicai stared wide-eyed, sweating profusely, but he was unwilling to give up, so he simply shifted the blame onto Niu Bayi.

"You asked me where I put the seashells? Fine! Now, suppose this bag of pearls is yours, where did you put the seashells?"

Niu Bayi laughed heartily, just waiting for him to take the initiative to ask questions.

He looked at Jiang Zhida.

"Director Jiang, actually, these pearl oysters weren't caught by me from the deep sea. I was lucky; last night a squall line hit the sea, and the waves were huge, which brought down a batch of pearl oysters from dozens of meters deep on the seabed—"

"It was swept to the edge of a small island."

"I took my wife out to sea to fish, and we happened to pass by that small island. We saw a lot of pearl oysters, so we got off the boat to collect them. We pried out the pearls on the spot, and we didn't even bother to clean up the shells. We just scattered them on the island."

"Now, to prove that this bag of pearls is mine, I request permission to go out to sea to the island and find seashells as evidence!"

As he spoke, he looked around.

"Anyone who wants to go to sea with me can come. Open your eyes wide and see if I, Niu Bayi, am lying! Is this bag of pearls really mine?"

"Wang Laicai, do you dare?"

Finally, he glared at Wang Laicai.

He had wanted to say these words for a long time, but at the market entrance, even if he had, they wouldn't have carried much weight.

Even if you go to the police station and tell them, not many people will listen.

But things are different now.

Jiang Zhida trusted him and was willing to uphold justice for him.

Saying this now carries significant weight!

It can absolutely be used as evidence.

For a moment, the surroundings fell silent.

Jiang Zhida nodded: "Okay, I think this is a good idea. Wang Laicai, what do you think?"

Wang Laicai continued to stammer, cold sweat continued to pour down his face, and he was so flustered that his face turned pale.

Niu Bayi said, "Boss Wang, don't rush. We don't necessarily have to go out to sea. Just take us to your pile of broken seashells to verify—first, that they are indeed pearl oysters! Second, that they just opened recently!"

"Then, I'm the one who goes to jail, I'm the one who gets punished, and I still have to pay you back 5000 yuan."

"I have to bow and apologize to you in front of everyone! Right, everyone?"

Now it was his turn to ask everyone.

The eyes of the masses are indeed sharp, but sometimes they can be blinded.

Seeing this situation, they understood the situation to some extent and all shouted, "Yes, yes, yes!!"

Those accomplices didn't dare to speak anymore, and even silently retreated into the crowd, trying to slip away.

Wang Laicai lowered his head, wishing he could bang his head against a pillar.

He thought that with his status and standing in the underworld, dealing with this kid who appeared out of nowhere would be a piece of cake.

You can easily earn several thousand dollars!

Unexpectedly, he turned the tables after a few back-and-forth exchanges.

Even the county bureau chief stood up for him!

Jiang Zhida snorted angrily and asked, "Wang Laicai, so what's the deal? Are you taking us to your place to verify, or are we going with Bayi to that little island to verify?"

Wang Laicai suddenly looked up and slapped the old man across the face.

Snapped!

A resounding victory!

He hung his head in dejection, forcing a bitter smile.

"Director Jiang, I'm sorry! It's all... I was blinded by greed. When I saw this young man bring over a bag of pearls that I had a hard time getting my hands on, and he sold them for so much money, I got jealous and greedy, and that's when I came up with this terrible idea."

"He thinks he can rely on his status and that everyone will believe him, not the young man!"

"I can get these few thousand dollars!"

"I was wrong, I deserved to be hit, Director Jiang, please forgive me!"

"Young man, please forgive me?"

He slapped himself repeatedly, once with one hand and once with the other.

Although it wasn't heavy, it clearly slapped his face all over the ground.

The people around them booed loudly!

"Damn it, Wang Laicai, you're so unfair! I even spoke up for you so much just now, and I was blind!"

"I was blind too, thinking he was the pearl-hunting king, and that a bag of high-quality pearls must be his, not some small-time fisherman's. Who knew he was lying!"

"Wang Laicai, you deserve to die! You gathered so many people to uphold justice for you, but it turns out you're a son of a bitch...you have no justice whatsoever!"

……

Wang Laicai was utterly ashamed!

He Zhenzhen giggled, looking very pleased with herself.

"So, a straight man has nothing to fear. Those who do bad things will be dealt with sooner or later. Wang Laicai, you were so arrogant just now, why are you so flustered now? That's hilarious!"

"August 1st, we won!"

She stretched out her two soft little hands, hugged Niu Bayi's arms, and jumped around endlessly.

The particularly fertile parts rubbed against his shoulder, making Niu Bayi feel warm all over and his heart pound like a deer.

Jiang Zhida angrily rebuked him.

"Wang Laicai, you're supposed to be someone important, yet you've done something so despicable! Cuff him!"

Without saying a word, those police officers immediately pounced on Wang Laicai.

Grab his arm, twist it behind his back, and then handcuff him!