Stunning Dragon Wife
Chapter 628 - 627: Things Remain the Same, People Change

Chapter 628: Chapter 627: Things Remain the Same, People Change

"This happened seven days ago, I was in Yang City dealing with the aftermath of Zhang Yulian’s death. The elders insisted that I find the person responsible. But where could I find them? I was so pressured that I couldn’t even return to the village. Besides, the last time Zhang Yulian and I were caught in bed, I lost all my dignity. Where could I return to?"

"I was very upset, and just at that time, I met a fellow card player who offered to take me to an underground casino to see the world."

"Feeling troubled, I followed him, couldn’t resist, and gambled a couple of times. I won several tens of thousands in the first two times and got addicted. On the third day, I lost all the winnings and even my life’s savings, over 300,000, it was all gone. I, I couldn’t accept it, and it was my emergency fund. I ended up using the charitable funds from the village."

"And then, and then..."

Wu Damming said with his head lowered, unable to continue.

"And then you damn well gambled away all the money meant for building the kids’ school?"

Zhang Xiaoshan said through gritted teeth.

"No, no, no, I only lost two million at that time," Wu Damming argued.

"Where is the rest of the money then?" Zhang Xiaoshan thought there was still some hope, but then Wu Damming continued.

"I, I lost two million, knew I couldn’t fill that hole, thought about how I couldn’t face anyone in the village anyway, so I took the remaining four million and planned to run away with Su Xiangmei to start anew."

"To find a place where no one knew us and retire there."

"But while in the city, I felt some reluctance again, I went again, and together with Su Xiangmei, I ended up losing the remaining four million."

"Idiot."

Zhang Xiaoshan cursed at Wu Damming.

"Ten gambles, nine cheats, you’ve lived nearly sixty years, don’t you understand that simple fact?"

Wu Damming kept crying, mumbling away,

"My later years are ruined, my later years are ruined, I was wrong, I failed the children, but, but I had no choice. You are resourceful, think of something, see if there’s a way to recover the money. I am guilty, I am guilty."

"Where is this casino?"

"I don’t know, every time I’d first go to a small mahjong parlor in an alley, then get picked up by a car, blindfolded, and only when we arrived could I take it off."

"One time, I came across one of the casino bosses, I heard everyone calling him Liu Zi, that’s all I know."

"That’s really all I know, I have no more clues, my fault, my fault."

Wu Damming began to sob uncontrollably.

After confessing everything, he seemed much more relaxed.

People can be suffocated by holding it in.

Seeing Wu Damming like this, Zhang Xiaoshan lost his temper

Luo Yihua tried to calm Zhang Xiaoshan, saying,

"Brother Zhang, it’s already like this, getting angry is useless. Let’s follow the leads he mentioned and continue investigating. But be prepared, these underground casinos are very hard to trace, and the connections are incredibly complicated. It’s very likely that the money won’t be recovered."

Zhang Xiaoshan felt depressed.

"Alright then, I’ll trouble you, Chief Luo. Please inform me if there’s any news."

Zhang Xiaoshan turned to leave.

"Wait."

At that moment, the sobbing Wu Damming suddenly called out to Zhang Xiaoshan.

"What is it?"

Wu Damming hesitated a moment, then asked with some guilt.

"That, you just said my wife Lanhua committed suicide, how, how is she?"

Zhang Xiaoshan gave Wu Damming a cold look and said,

"You still remember she’s your wife? When you ran off with the money, why didn’t you think about her?"

"She’s dead!"

Zhang Xiaoshan coldly dropped the statement and left the interrogation room.

"Dead, dead?"

Wu Damming suddenly froze, his expression rigid.

...

"Little Shan, Little Shan..."

Zhang Xiaoshan had just left the interrogation room when he heard someone calling him.

Through an iron fence, he saw a familiar figure.

Su Xiangmei.

Su Xiangmei had also been arrested.

She didn’t look much different, just more tired and worn out, her spirit sapped, her hair greasy, and her eyes swollen from crying, clearly she had suffered greatly.

"Can I talk to her for a minute?"

Zhang Xiaoshan sought Luo Yihua’s opinion.

Luo Yihua nodded.

Zhang Xiaoshan approached the fence, looking at the disheveled Su Xiangmei, he said with some sympathy,

"Auntie Xiang Mei, how could you do something so foolish?"

Su Xiangmei instantly started wiping her tears, her body convulsing, she choked up and said,

"I, I, I just got blinded by greed, after all, I’ve depended on Wu Damming for so many years, without him, I honestly don’t know how to survive. He told me he took hundreds of thousands and was planning to give me a lavish life, I couldn’t resist the temptation and followed him, only to end up like this. Can you find a way to help your aunt?"

Su Xiangmei looked expectantly at Zhang Xiaoshan.

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