Too Bad I Take Things Seriously-Chapter 469 - 200: Did Meng Lei Resign to Go to Prison?_2

Meng Lei... when he first joined their company, he was very diligent and worked quickly. He got along quite well with everyone. They all thought Meng Lei was a very sunny young man. Even the HR girl had an exceptionally good relationship with him.

Given these workplace relationships, when Meng Lei suddenly claimed his family was in trouble and asked them for a loan, they simply didn’t have the heart to refuse. So, each person privately lent Meng Lei a sum of money.

Unfortunately, disaster struck. Meng Lei suddenly resigned, vanished without a trace, and even blocked them and refused to answer their calls. Now they couldn’t find him at all. Thinking back on this matter, they felt as uncomfortable as if they had swallowed a fly. Meng Lei... he was truly repulsive.

The entire company, after discussing it, realized that everyone had lent Meng Lei money. The amounts varied. The highest was fifty thousand yuan, reportedly loaned by the manager, while the smallest were around two to three thousand. After Meng Lei resigned, the daily routine at the company became clocking in and cursing Meng Lei. Apart from cursing, they currently couldn’t think of any other solution.

"Damn it! Everyone, quick, look at the news!"

At lunchtime, a colleague suddenly shared a link in the company group chat. The news headline blatantly read: "Borrowing money for years without repayment, sued by thirty-four university classmates, court deems the behavior constitutes the crime of fraud"! The news detailed a case that Yangcheng Court had ruled on the previous day. The subject of this case was referred to as Meng, with even his headshot blurred. One could barely make out his figure standing in the defendant’s dock.

"All those with the surname Meng are no good—another deadbeat who won’t repay his debts!"

"That’s going too far; don’t tar everyone with the same brush."

"Damn, why does this person look so familiar? And he also has the surname Meng?"

"Goddamn familiar! That’s Meng Lei! I’d recognize that kid even if he were turned to ash!"

The colleagues repeatedly viewed the news several times and finally uncovered a shocking truth: the Meng mentioned in the news report really was Meng Lei! Everything, from his appearance to his behavior of borrowing money, was strikingly similar to Meng Lei.

For a moment, everyone’s feelings became quite complicated.

"Did we mistakenly accuse Meng Lei? Could it be that he resigned because he was going to jail?"

"I didn’t expect him to start borrowing money back in his university days. No wonder he managed to borrow from everyone in our company!"

"How much money could a university student have? His professional borrowing skills must have been honed back then."

"His classmates are too ruthless, immediately suing him in court..."

The news clearly stated that the court had already convicted Meng Lei of fraud. His borrowing behavior—suspected of illegal possession and refusal to return—was clearly deceptive under the guise of borrowing. This was completely beyond their expectations. Before this, even though Meng Lei hadn’t returned their money, they hadn’t linked his behavior to criminal offenses. Seeing a former colleague about to go to jail, they felt a strange sense of discomfort.

"Isn’t failing to repay a loan a civil dispute? How did it constitute fraud?"

"Didn’t the news analyze it? It seems Meng Lei’s actions were too egregious—borrowing from many people and not repaying—which led the court to judge it as fraud."

"The news said Meng Lei could be sentenced to over three years. Is that true?" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"I think this is a good opportunity! With this, we might be able to get our money back!"

After their slight shock, everyone at the company banded together, planning to join forces to collectively reclaim the loaned money. They previously couldn’t find him, but now that Meng Lei had been criminally detained, they could actively report to the public security bureau and demand that Meng Lei return the money!

「Yangcheng. A public security bureau, interrogation room.」

"Meng Lei, we’ve investigated your financial transactions from the past few years. Apart from your regular salary, there are many unknown transfer records each month, with amounts both large and small," an interrogator said sternly, staring ahead. "You’d better give a straight account. What’s the deal with these transfers?"

In the interrogation chair, Meng Lei sat with his head lowered, continuously arguing, "Haven’t I told you? This is income from when I earned extra money by setting up a street stall."

"Earning extra money by setting up a stall?"

The interrogator snorted coldly, retorting, "You can earn fifty thousand yuan in one go from that? What kind of stall were you running?"

"I... that was someone who owed me money, and they were paying me back," Meng Lei stammered, swallowing hard. He was still trying to resist stubbornly.

After the trial ended, he had been transferred here. Then, the interrogator kept questioning him about the unusual transaction amounts in his account. All this money... it was all skillfully borrowed by him over the years.

"Meng Lei!" the interrogator shouted. "I’m telling you, confess and you may be treated leniently; resist and you’ll be judged harshly! We’ve already assigned personnel to concentrate on investigating these transaction records. If you confess now, it can be considered a truthful admission, and you might receive a lighter sentence!"

Meng Lei grew pale with fright, clenching his teeth and saying nothing.

All these financial transactions were from money he had borrowed and never repaid. After what had happened with Ma Ming, he had realized the gravity of the situation. It was very likely that all this money would be treated as proceeds of his fraud, and his sentence would skyrocket as a result.

"Meng Lei, you should know you can’t hide this," the interrogator continued.