The Stepmother’s Counterattack: Raising a Child in a Bygone Era
Chapter 255 - 254: Shi Guangsheng is Captured

Chapter 255: Chapter 254: Shi Guangsheng is Captured

"What the hell is this?"

Pei Yang was puzzled to find a small packet of powder mysteriously added to his bag. As he casually picked it up, intending to open it to see what it was, a young stranger suddenly approached him.

"Mr. Pei?"

Pei Yang looked at the other person, confused, "Who are you?"

The young man didn’t answer but thrust several banknotes into his hands and snatched the object from his grasp, turning on his heel to leave.

Pei Yang, clutching the money, hadn’t even had time to react when several plainclothes police officers suddenly appeared—

"Don’t move!"

"Get down!"

Not until his hands were shackled with the icy metallic handcuffs did Pei Yang understand what exactly was happening.

"What are you doing?"

One of the officers smacked him hard on the back of the head and barked, "Behave yourself! Don’t you know what we’re doing here?"

Pei Yang was so confused that he didn’t show any temper at all.

Who else could use handcuffs if not the police?

Although his business was legitimate, he had also resorted to disgraceful methods that couldn’t bear scrutiny over the years.

Shi Yizheng heard the commotion and came hurrying out from the noodle shop, "Guangsheng, what happened?"

Pei Yang was trying hard to remember the bad things he had done in the past years, and couldn’t come up with an answer at the moment

Seeing that the two men knew each other, one of the officers came over to inquire about the relationship between Shi Yizheng and Pei Yang.

Shi Yizheng honestly explained their relationship and after finishing, didn’t forget to plead for Pei Yang, "... Comrade, could you have made a mistake? My brother is a good person; he owns a candy factory."

Pei Yang immediately joined in, "Right, right, right, I’m just a small business owner, I’m legitimate, you’ve definitely got the wrong person."

Another officer waved the item in his hand and sneered, "Is this yours?"

"No, that’s not my stuff!"

Pei Yang was quick to deny.

Although he still didn’t know what was in the bag, his gut was telling him it was nothing good.

His denial was met with an uncompromising smack.

As for a stubborn criminal like him, the narcotics officers wouldn’t be polite at all. Without further ado, they handcuffed Pei Yang and took him away in a police car.

Shi Yizheng was also taken to the narcotics division for further investigation.

...

Pei Yang, Shi Yizheng, and the young man who was arrested with them were being interrogated simultaneously.

Upon learning that the packet contained contraband, Pei Yang was so frightened he nearly wet himself, insistently swearing it wasn’t his to no avail.

The young man caught was a habitual offender of substance abuse, and during his confession, he claimed it was Pei Yang who had contacted him, offering to sell the substance at a low price.

In another interrogation room.

While Shi Yizheng was speaking up for his nephew Pei Yang, asserting he would never deal in drugs, he inadvertently leaked clues.

Following the leads provided by Shi Yizheng, the narcotics team discovered Pei Yang’s uncle, who then implicated someone from the same village.

Like a chain reaction in the tale of "The Calabash Brothers," one clue led to another, and ultimately they stumbled upon a drug trafficking ring.

Pei Yang, despite being devious and greedy, didn’t have the guts to touch drugs.

But since he had dirty tricks up his sleeve, he had bought poppy pods from his uncle several times over the years to frame and set people up.

In his wildest dreams, he never imagined that the poppy pods sold to him by his uncle were actually obtained through several transactions from a drug trafficking gang.

Now, it was like mud smeared on his pants; it wasn’t excrement but might as well be.

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"Sigh! Guangsheng was so foolish; he had a thriving business, so why would he get involved in this sort of thing that risks his neck?"

After Shi Yizheng finished his investigation, he went to Shi Guangsheng’s house to "kindly" inform the Shi family of the crimes Guangsheng had committed.

"He’s gone in now, and I fear he won’t be coming out again. Trafficking drugs is a capital offense. Once the charges are confirmed, all the wealth Guangsheng has accumulated over the years will probably be deemed illicit gains and be completely confiscated. Uncle, Aunt, Sister-in-law, you all need to start planning ahead."

Upon hearing that their property would be confiscated, the Shi family was thrown into panic.

"Yizheng, there cannot be two ’Shi’ characters in one stroke; you and Guangsheng are brothers, so you must help him."

Brothers?

Did Guangsheng think of them as brothers when he framed Yizheng and caused him to lose his wife and children?

Yizheng didn’t believe for a second that the Shi family knew nothing about Guangsheng’s schemes.

Inside, Shi Yizheng sneered coldly, but outwardly he put on an appearance of deep concern and righteousness, "Uncle, Aunt, Sister-in-law, to preserve your wealth, you should transfer the house, factory, and money to someone unrelated as soon as possible. We’ll recalibrate once this period of scrutiny is over."

Such a big issue, and the family couldn’t dare make a decision on behalf of the old, the weak, the women, and the children.

Just as the Shi family was preparing to visit Shi Guangsheng in the detention center to ask for his advice, the narcotics squad suddenly arrived at their door and found a small bag of poppy shells under the living room sofa.

The entire Shi family was taken in by the narcotics squad "for tea."

Although they were released back home after the investigation, they were indeed severely scared and even more worried that their property would be confiscated, just as Shi Yizheng had said.

So, without even visiting Shi Guangsheng, his wife wrote a loan note to Shi Yizheng that very night.

The note stated that the Shi family had borrowed twenty thousand yuan from Shi Yizheng and, unable to repay it, they would put up their house and factory as collateral.

Of course, the Shi family wasn’t foolish; they had Yizheng write a promise in return.

He promised to return Xiyuan Candy Factory and the house to the Shi family without charge after one year, and to pay the Shi family members a monthly allowance of five hundred yuan during this one-year period.

The Shi family was cunning and believed this would provide leverage over Yizheng, letting him temporarily manage their assets for them.

...

"Knock knock."

Hearing the knock, Shi Yizheng immediately got up to open the door.

"Come in quickly!"

Unlike the previous two visits, this time, when he saw Pei Ziheng, Shi Yizheng not only greeted him with enthusiasm but his gaze was also filled with gratitude, and even included some admiration and awe.

After Pei Ziheng sat down, Yizheng hurriedly brought out various snacks and candies.

Living alone and not fond of such treats, Yizheng had bought them specifically to entertain Pei Ziheng.

Pei Ziheng looked at the small table full of snacks and smiled slightly with his beautiful face.

"Congratulations, you’ve retrieved what you deserved and have taken your revenge."

Not sure if it was the excitement or what, but Shi Yizheng felt a warmth in his eyes and bent his knees to kneel before Pei Ziheng.

"Thank you, thank you! From now on, you are my great benefactor, Shi Yizheng. If there’s anything you need my help with, just say the word."

Pei Ziheng got off the stool and helped him up, his dark eyes sharp.

"This is just the beginning. To completely transfer the Shi family’s wealth to your name will require careful planning; don’t be in a rush."

"I’ll listen to whatever you say."

Shi Yizheng had absolute faith in Pei Ziheng, even though he was just a wet-behind-the-ears kid.

Even when lying in bed at night, he couldn’t help but wonder if Pei Ziheng was a deity sent from heaven to assist him.

...

In the morning, as Pei Yang stepped out of the apartment building, he saw Shen Baolan standing not far away, accompanied by an old lady who looked somewhat familiar.

The little old lady squinted her eyes and scrutinized him from head to toe.

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