Chapter 2246 - 2149: Exposed
Hearing Guo Dongliang’s words, the surrounding onlookers turned to look at Huo Sining in shock.
Some of these people had heard about a woman donating three billion to the earthquake disaster area or the twelve zodiac animal heads, but until now, no one had connected these two things with the pregnant woman in front of them.
Now hearing this police officer’s statement, realizing the pregnant woman in front of them was so wealthy, it’s no wonder everyone was shocked.
The man and the young woman being caught also had a flash of surprise in their eyes, mingled with a bit of panic.
This man wasn’t actually stupid. He knew earlier to rally the onlookers to create a scene to pressure the police and Huo Sining.
But he didn’t expect that the pregnant woman in front of him was a wealthy celebrity, who could donate three billion without blinking. With such boldness, there’s no way her child would stoop so low as to steal or rob for over three thousand yuan.
Moreover, the woman had already said that the pendant hanging around the little girl’s neck alone was worth hundreds of thousands, and if worst came to worst, she could pawn those earrings for at least a few thousand yuan, so there was no need to take risks to steal a pedestrian’s wallet.
At this point, the man felt there was no argument to be made. He raised his head, gave his partner a look, and said through clenched teeth:
"Alright, I admit I did this, but it has nothing to do with this lady. I was the one who stole the wallet, then acted like a pedestrian and falsely accused this little girl, taking advantage of the moment asking for the wallet to steal money from it. One person should take the blame; let this lady go!"
The beautiful woman was shocked by the man’s words and instinctively looked up at him.
"No, Brother Hong, the money isn’t ours. Why should we admit it? This woman is framing us on purpose; it has nothing to do with us! You can’t confess, or they won’t let you go easily once the police have something on you!"
The man understood this well, but because the situation arose from their own greed, if they hadn’t tried to deceive, they wouldn’t be in this predicament. Even if he didn’t admit the three thousand five hundred yuan was his, the people around and the police wouldn’t believe him.
The man originally intended to take the blame himself to clear his partner from this matter, but who knew the woman didn’t understand his intention and exposed his statement with a single sentence.
When the woman called out "Brother Hong," everyone present understood that the man was indeed in cahoots with the beautiful woman!
No one expected such a shocking turn of events, and it was even admitted by the couple themselves!
The onlookers were dumbfounded, and those who had previously cursed and condemned Su Anning felt as if they had been slapped in the face, feeling extremely embarrassed.
Unfortunately, the matter wasn’t over at this point. Just then, a community police officer ran over from across the street, shouting to Guo Dongliang:
"Director Guo, we’ve found out, the man’s surname is Hong, and the woman’s surname is Qiao; they are a couple. They’ve been operating in the Nancheng area looking for targets, and were caught by the Nancheng police station a month ago and detained for a few days. We thought they had turned over a new leaf, but they just changed locations and came to Xicheng District to prey!"
The words of this community police officer caused quite a stir among the onlookers.
Originally, there was some doubt in people’s minds about whether this couple were scammers, but the sudden revelation from the community cop erased that last shred of doubt!
"Damn, these two are actually married?! So they really teamed up to scam that little girl?! Damn, I almost got scammed by these two!"
"The scam methods of these con artists are getting more and more sophisticated; it’s hard for normal people to see through them!"
"I feel like my brain capacity isn’t enough; looks like I need to recharge it!"
"That poor little girl, she was being scolded by us, and it turns out she was innocent all along!"
"Exactly, the scammers were so convincing, I actually thought the little girl stole the wallet and went so far as to help the scammer condemn her. Everything was turned upside down!"
"These two were playing good cop, bad cop. Their routine was so slick, anyone could be fooled, no wonder that little girl could only cry and couldn’t say anything!"
"Yes, I saw that little girl was already scared stiff, and when the man asked her for money, she actually gave it to him. Encountering something like that would throw anyone off!"
"We all thought that man was really standing up for the woman, who knew it was all a show for money!"
The people around couldn’t help but talk endlessly, many feeling quite indignant, clearly having been duped by the acting of that man and woman.
"These con artists’ tricks never stop, one moment of carelessness and you’re trapped, who knows, you might end up counting money for them!"
"That little girl almost got scammed out of hundreds of thousands, and we wronged her!"
"These con artists are truly despicable, if we encountered them, we’d probably just be dumbfounded and at their mercy!"
"That’s why we definitely can’t let them off lightly! Officers, these kinds of people must be severely punished!"
The crowd’s righteous indignation was evident, not only calling for the punishment of the scammers but also discussing their techniques and acting skills. Some even pondered how they would react if caught in such a scam, while most took out their phones to call or text, spreading the word about today’s events, warning friends and family about the new tactics of scammers.
"Miss Huo, you see..."
Guo Dongliang looked at Huo Sining.
Huo Sining knew what Guo Dongliang meant and quickly replied with a smile, "Director Guo, you don’t need to consider my feelings, this isn’t my matter to handle, just follow procedure. These two scammers probably haven’t committed such a big scam before, but this time, extorting hundreds of thousands isn’t a small affair. Just the pendant alone is enough for them to face severe consequences. There’s nothing more I need to say; you know what to do better than me, Director Guo."
Guo Dongliang squinted his eyes and smiled, "Alright, I know what to do. Miss Huo, then I’ll take them away!"