Chapter 108: Chapter 108: Jiang Sifan Goes to the Police Station, Trouble?

After ending the call, Jiali immediately told Lu Fan about the matter.

After listening, Lu Fan nodded and replied, "In that case, have our legal team take the evidence we’ve collected to the economic crime investigation department and have them open an investigation."

"Yes, Boss." Jiali immediately rushed to Zhuoyue Limited Company.

「Meanwhile.」

In the office, Liang Jinhua was clearly flustered and exasperated.

According to their original script, Pan Lindong was supposed to play the good cop, and he would play the bad cop.

Then, Jiang Sifan was supposed to be overcome with gratitude and obediently hand over thirty percent of the profits.

But now, not only was this student brat refusing to hand over the profits, he didn’t even want to honor the contract.

Is there any justice left in the world? Is there any law and order?!

Liang Jinhua slammed his hand on the table and pointed at Jiang Sifan. "Don’t think you can be saved just because you let some little chick run out of here. It’s useless even if she calls the police."

He pointed at the contract in his hand. "It’s all here in black and white. If you want to break the contract, you have to pay a fifty-thousand-yuan penalty. I’m done negotiating. I’m not giving you any way out. Fifty thousand, not a single cent less."

Pan Lindong seized the opportunity to add menacingly, "Did you hear that? A fifty-thousand-yuan penalty. Not one cent less."

At this moment, Jiang Sifan was a little scared.

After all, he was just an 18-year-old college freshman. When had he ever experienced a scene like this?

But he forced himself to calm down, looked at the two of them, and said, "You don’t have to put on a show for me. One playing good cop, the other bad cop—even an idiot could see through that. Anyway, I’m not giving you any money. Go ahead, call the police if you have to."

"Well, well, listen to you, playing the victim." Pan Lindong laughed in anger. "Don’t think I don’t have the guts to call the police. Fine, fine, I’ll call them right now."

With that, Pan Lindong prepared to dial 110.

Seeing this, Liang Jinhua felt that things shouldn’t escalate to the point of involving the police.

So he patted Pan Lindong’s shoulder, then walked over to Jiang Sifan with a smile. "Listen, Junior Brother, we were the ones who guided you on this entrepreneurial path. Even if we don’t get credit, you have to admit we put in the effort. Why must things get so ugly? How about this: you take a small hit, and I’ll cut my losses. Let’s meet in the middle. You pay twenty thousand as a settlement fee, and we’ll just tear up this contract."

"Five thousand. I won’t give a cent more." Seeing that Liang Jinhua seemed scared, Jiang Sifan knew he was on the right track. ’Under these circumstances, there’s no way I’m giving them money.’

"You!" Liang Jinhua was furious now too. He gritted his teeth. "Kid, don’t do this the hard way."

"You’re getting mad at me, which just proves what I’m doing is right." Although his heart was pounding, Jiang Sifan forced a calm smile.

"Dongzi, call the police!" Liang Jinhua didn’t want to waste any more words on Jiang Sifan. He told Pan Lindong to hurry up and call, and then they could just let the police look at the contract and be done with it.

Jiang Sifan let them call the police. Right now, he could only hope that Wen Wan had managed to contact Sister Jiali immediately.

’As long as she’s here, this contract crisis can be solved.’

「As time went on.」

Officers from the local police station soon arrived.

Downstairs, Wen Wan saw the officers go up and immediately grew worried.

She was worried Jiang Sifan would be arrested and sent to jail.

She quickly sent a text to Jiali: [Sister Jiali, I saw the police officers arrive. Are they here to arrest Sifan?]

Jiali replied quickly: [It’s okay. I’ll be there soon. Wait for me downstairs.]

Wen Wan: [Okay.]

She put down her phone again, her heart pounding with anxiety as she stared up at the floors above, burning with worry.

Meanwhile, when the police officers arrived at Zhuoyue Limited Company, the front desk receptionist led them to the office.

"Who called this in?" an officer asked upon arriving.

Pan Lindong immediately raised his hand. "Officer, I did."

"What’s going on?" the officer asked.

"It’s like this. This college student signed an entrepreneurship contract with our company. We provided resources and connections in the early stages, and the contract states the company gets thirty percent of the profits. But now that his project is successful, he’s trying to back out and not give us our cut. Officer, you have to help us get justice." Pan Lindong took the contract from Liang Jinhua and showed it to the officer.

Jiang Sifan immediately cut in, "They’re lying! They didn’t provide any resources or connections at all. I built this project myself from scratch. It has nothing to do with them! They didn’t fulfill their obligations in the contract, so I don’t recognize this agreement."

The officer glanced at the contract. Seeing no obvious issues, he looked first at Jiang Sifan, then at Liang Jinhua and Pan Lindong. "First, give me your IDs. I need to register them."

Pan Lindong and Liang Jinhua immediately took their IDs from their wallets and handed them to the officer, adding smoothly, "Don’t worry, Officer. We’re definitely good, law-abiding citizens."

Jiang Sifan, however, said awkwardly, "I... I don’t have it with me."

"Recite your ID number for me. I’ll look it up."

"4414..."

After checking, the officer looked at Jiang Sifan and said, "Did you read the contents of this contract before you signed it?"

"I read it," Jiang Sifan nodded.

"And you weren’t coerced by anyone?"

"No."

"In that case, you have to abide by the terms of the contract. Otherwise, you’re in breach, and you’ll have to pay the penalty," the officer explained.

"But... but..." Jiang Sifan grew anxious. "They didn’t fulfill their obligations! It says here they would use company resources to support me, but I never received any of the promotion they promised!"

Seeing this, the officer turned to Liang Jinhua and Pan Lindong. "Did you or did you not provide resources?"

"We did! We just provided a little, that’s all. It’s not like we provided nothing. Providing a little isn’t illegal, is it?" Pan Lindong said, playing dumb.

"You’re just scoundrels!" Jiang Sifan roared.

"Don’t shout. State your case calmly," the officer warned.

Pan Lindong seized the chance to complain, "Exactly. You college freshmen are all the same, always trying to burn the bridge after you’ve crossed it. You get angry and defensive when you’re called out on it. Officer, you need to teach him a good lesson."

The officer looked at him, displeased. "I don’t need you to teach me how to do my job. All of you are coming with me to the station for mediation."

"Ah, Officer, I have a meeting to attend, so I won’t be able to go. I’ll leave this matter entirely in the hands of my partner, Pan Lindong," Liang Jinhua gestured.

Pan Lindong nodded. "The contract is in black and white anyway. It’s the same whether one of us goes or both of us go. It’s fine if I go by myself, Officer."

"No!" Jiang Sifan interrupted. "He’s not even an employee here! The last time I came, the receptionist said he didn’t work for the company. He’s not qualified to represent Zhuoyue Limited Company. The boss of Zhuoyue Limited Company is him!"

Saying this, Jiang Sifan pointed at Liang Jinhua.

"Have I been too nice to you?" Liang Jinhua said angrily. "I’ve been trying to reason with you nicely because you’re my junior from the same school, but don’t think this senior brother is a pushover!"

"Hah, I’ve never seen a senior brother who specializes in scamming his juniors," Jiang Sifan retorted, not intimidated in the slightest.

"You motherfucker! Say that again!"

"I’ll say it again! Companies like yours specialize in scamming university students! You’re trash! Disgusting!"

"Fuck your mother!!"

The scene instantly descended into chaos.

The officer was also getting angry. "Everybody shut up!"

Just then, Jiali walked in with a group of people.

She glanced at Jiang Sifan first, then said to the officer from the economic crime department behind her, "Officer, this company specializes in luring college students into entrepreneurship projects to extort large sums of startup capital. Those two are likely the masterminds behind this scam."

The officer from the economic crime department stepped forward and exchanged a few brief words with the local police officer.

Then he looked at Liang Jinhua and Pan Lindong and said, "We’ve received a report that you are suspected of luring college students into entrepreneurial ventures to defraud them of significant amounts of money. Please come with us."

Liang Jinhua panicked. He forced a laugh and said, "No, no, Officer, I think you must be mistaken. How could we be suspected of luring students? They all signed these contracts voluntarily."

"Signing a contract voluntarily doesn’t mean it isn’t entrapment. I’ve already found scammed students from four different universities. The chat logs and contracts they provided all prove that this company is engaged in fraudulent inducement." At this, Jiali stepped forward and spread out a folder of documents.

Seeing this, Pan Lindong’s face darkened.

Liang Jinhua still tried to explain, "There must be a misunderstanding. How is this entrapment? Look, student Jiang Sifan here—didn’t he successfully start his business with our help?"

"I didn’t succeed with your help. I did it through my own efforts," Jiang Sifan heartlessly rejected Liang Jinhua’s attempt to smooth things over.

Hearing this, Liang Jinhua, though fuming internally, could only adopt a humble tone. "Junior Brother, for the sake of us being from the same school, how about this: I’ll waive the penalty fee for your contract. How does that sound?"

But the officer from the economic crime department said, "This is no longer about a penalty fee. Even if this student doesn’t press charges, based on the evidence collected by Sunshine Law Firm and the other victims, you must come with us. This is your third warning."

Just as Liang Jinhua was still trying to figure out how to get out of this, Pan Lindong pointed at him and said, "Officer, these fraudulent contracts were all his idea! It has nothing to do with me. From start to finish, I was just an employee doing my job."

"Pan Lindong, you motherfucker! You’re just going to cut me loose like that?!" Liang Jinhua was furious. "You were the one who found Jiang Sifan as bait! If I go down, you think you’re getting away scot-free?!"

"I was just following your orders! I did whatever you told me to do. How was I supposed to know you were scamming people?" Pan Lindong continued to try and absolve himself.

"Save it for the station!"

The officers then immediately stepped forward and took the two men away.

Only then did Jiang Sifan breathe a sigh of relief. He looked at Jiali and said, "Sister Jiali, thank god you were here."

"You can’t be so rash next time. It’s a good thing I had just gotten back to Jinling when I got Wen Wan’s call. If I had been out of town on a business trip, I might have had to see you at the police station," Jiali advised.

Jiang Sifan nodded. "I understand. Thank you, Sister Jiali."

At this, Jiali turned to the local police officer and apologized, "I’m sorry, Officer. We’ve caused you a lot of trouble."

"It’s no problem. This case now falls under the jurisdiction of our colleagues in the economic crime department. If you need anything else, you can come to us." With that, the local police officer left as well.

Only then did Jiang Sifan notice Wen Wan standing beside him. He grinned. "Thank you, Wen Wan. If it weren’t for you, I’m not sure I would have been able to get out of here today."

Wen Wan’s eyes were moist. She shook her head and said, "You don’t have to thank me. I’m just glad you’re okay."

"Alright, let’s go downstairs. This company devours people. We’re better off not staying," Jiali prompted.

And so, under the gazes of the company’s employees, the group left.

Because Jiang Sifan was one of the victims in the case, he had to go to the police station as well.

Before getting into the police car, he said to Wen Wan, "This will probably take a while, and we still have class tonight. You don’t need to come with me. You should head back to school."

"Okay..."

Wen Wan looked at him, wanting to say something but holding back.

Seeing her hesitation, Jiang Sifan asked, "What’s wrong? Is there something you want to say? You’re hesitating just like before. Just say whatever’s on your mind. Aren’t we good friends?"

Wen Wan first nodded, then shook her head, and finally said softly, "I’m just glad you’re okay..."

After saying that, she began to sob quietly.

This time, she had been truly terrified.