Rebirth: I have Monopoly System

Chapter 225: A Most Gratifying Outcome

Seeing her son tackled to the ground, Li Juan dropped her suitcase and ran over, screaming, "Ah! What are you doing?! What did my son do to deserve this?"

Two officers restrained Li Juan, and the one in the lead explained, "Ma’am, your son is a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run while driving under the influence! An arrest warrant has been issued! We have both witness testimony and physical evidence. If you have any questions, please await the official results!"

The lead officer tapped the body camera on his shoulder and continued, "This is being officially recorded. Please do not interfere with our duties!"

Li Juan’s legs went weak and she staggered, watching through her tears as Wang Tianqi was led away.

Wang Tianqi kept shouting, "Mom! Mom! Help me! I don’t want to go to jail!"

Li Juan scrambled to her feet and sprinted toward her car, completely ignoring the suitcase she had left in the middle of the road.

...

"Name!" the middle-aged officer demanded grimly, looking at Wang Tianqi, whose breathalyzer test had just come back positive for intoxication.

Wang Tianqi tilted his head back, staring at the ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle without answering.

The middle-aged officer slammed his hand on the table, startling the junior officer taking notes beside him, who glanced worriedly at the desk that had already endured so much abuse from his captain.

"Wang Tianqi! I’m not playing games with you! You caused two deaths in a drunken hit-and-run. If you don’t cooperate and show no remorse, given the severity of the crime, the court could sentence you to death!" The middle-aged officer decided to scare him, deliberately exaggerating the potential consequences.

When he saw Wang Tianqi only flinch but remain stubbornly silent, the middle-aged officer sneered inwardly. ’You little bastard. Let’s see if I can’t break you today!’

"Cut the act. Xiao Yuanshan has told us everything! And we’ve got all the video footage of you!"

This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Wang Tianqi completely broke down, yelling, "Impossible! Didn’t Xiao Yuanshan agree to take the fall for me? Doesn’t he want to save his mom anymore?"

"There’s no video! You must be bluffing! The footage from the bar was deleted!"

Realizing his slip of the tongue, Wang Tianqi buried his face in his hands and broke down, sobbing, "I was wrong! I shouldn’t have been drinking! Waaaah..."

A faint smile touched the corners of the middle-aged officer’s mouth. He spoke with the reassuring tone of a seasoned veteran, "Just tell us everything that happened. We’ll note in the report that you have a cooperative attitude."

Soon enough, Wang Tianqi recounted the entire sequence of events.

Seeing that the confession matched the details from the video footage, the middle-aged officer had Wang Tianqi sign his statement.

The moment he finished signing, the middle-aged officer’s phone, which was sitting on the desk, began to vibrate.

"Captain! It’s the chief!"

The middle-aged officer nodded. "Take him to a holding cell."

With that, he took his phone and stepped out of the room.

"Hello? Chief! You’re up early," the middle-aged officer said jokingly, relieved to have a major case wrapped up.

"Old Jiang! What’s going on? Why did you arrest Wang Tianqi?" the chief asked, getting straight to the point.

Hearing the chief’s tone, the officer knew his superior wasn’t aware of the full situation. "Chief," he advised, "we’d better not wade into this mess. By now, the video of Wang Tianqi’s fatal drunken hit-and-run has probably been seen by the entire country."

Upon hearing this, the chief instantly realized he was being used. He asked in a grave voice, "What happened?!"

The officer quickly summarized the events of the early morning. On the other end, the chief cursed, "Goddammit, Old Jiang! Issue a public notice right now! Write up a full report on the case from beginning to end! Do it now! Post it immediately!"

"Yes, Chief!"

...

"Feifei! Are you up yet?" A knock on the master bedroom door startled the groggy Qi Fei awake.

Hearing the excitement in Li Yao’s voice, Qi Fei was suddenly wide awake.

She slipped on her robe, covering her graceful figure, and rubbed her eyes. After a quick glance at Wu Yun, who was still sound asleep, she quietly opened the door and slipped out.

"Shh! Keep your voice down! Xiaoyunzi is still asleep! Yaoyao, what happened? Why are you so happy?" Qi Fei asked, confused. ’It’s barely past seven. Isn’t Li Yao tired?’

Li Yao excitedly unlocked her phone, opened Weibo, and pointed to the tenth item on the trending list. "Headline: ’Rich Scion Kills Two in Early Morning Drunken Hit-and-Run’! Feifei! Wang Tianqi is finished!"

Qi Fei instantly perked up, a smile spreading across her face. "Really? Let me see!"

Qi Fei quickly finished watching the several-minute-long video clip and then opened the comments. The section was a firestorm of condemnation.

"These rich scions are absolutely despicable!"

"Fuck! If I were there, I’d beat the shit out of him!"

"Hurry up and arrest the guy already!"

"I think I just saw the official police statement!"

...

Drawn by the commotion, Song Qin and Zeng Shengnan came out of their rooms. "What’s going on? Why are you all so happy?"

Li Yao looked at Song Qin’s still slightly swollen left cheek and said gleefully, "Qin Qin! You’re about to get your revenge!"

As she spoke, she gestured for Song Qin to open Weibo and check the top headlines for herself.

A moment later, Zeng Shengnan exclaimed, "You guys, look!"

It was the official police statement on the incident, which also tagged the account from the trending topic.

At that moment, Wu Yun’s Misfortune Talisman began to show its effect.

A comment was quickly upvoted to the top: "Hahaha! I know this Wang Tianqi! You finally got what’s coming to you! He raped my girlfriend and then paid a fortune to hush it up! I wouldn’t let it go, so he had his thugs break my arms and legs! I’m half-crippled now! HAHA! If it helps, I’m willing to make an official report under my real name!"

This was only the beginning. Within half a day, countless similar comments had been upvoted by netizens—but that’s a story for later.

"What’s all the excitement?" Wu Yun asked, opening his door.

Qi Fei smiled and walked over to link her arm with Wu Yun’s. "Xiaoyunzi, did you know? Wang Tianqi’s been arrested."

"Oh? That quickly?" Wu Yun sounded a little surprised.

"So you already knew!" Qi Fei stared blankly at Wu Yun.

Wu Yun gently pinched her pert nose and, not bothering to hide anything, said with a smile, "I had Wei Wu tail him to see if we could dig up some dirt. I didn’t expect him to topple over the moment I started to push."

Li Yao’s expression grew complicated. She felt a new-found fear of Wu Yun, now that she was getting a glimpse into the games the wealthy played. It was truly murder without drawing a single drop of blood.

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