CHAPTER 217: CHAPTER 217: LIVING FOR HERSELF AND HER SON FROM NOW ON

"Bam!"

Zhang Lu’s husband closed the door, threw his phone onto the bed with a cold expression, pointed at the phone, and looked at Zhang Lu, asking, "What’s with this debt on the phone?"

Zhang Lu glanced at the phone screen on the bed, revealing the loan debt she owed on the phone, which had increased by six thousand since yesterday.

Zhang Lu lowered her head, her heart collapsing instantly, tears falling. She knew she couldn’t hide it any longer and confessed everything.

After listening, Zhang Lu’s husband was furious, pointing at Zhang Lu and yelling loudly.

"Do you know you’ve been scammed! Don’t you know to call the police? Is your brain kicked by a donkey?!"

"I did report it, but the police won’t handle it... sob sob..."

"Which police officer didn’t handle it?! Tell me, I’ll file a complaint against him! This is blatant fraud!"

Zhang Lu’s husband was about to explode with anger as he watched his wife only able to cry.

If he hadn’t received a loan collection call today, he wouldn’t have known his wife owed so much money!

"Can’t you stay home honestly every day? Just take care of the child! Why do you need beauty treatments!"

Zhang Lu’s husband was extremely angry, heaven knows how he felt when he learned today that his wife had taken out so much in loans.

Their family lived in Sea City and was not wealthy.

With a monthly salary of ten thousand, living expenses along with the mortgage meant they could barely save any money, and now with a huge debt, how could they possibly repay it!

Zhang Lu’s husband looked at his wife with a somber expression, "First thing tomorrow morning, you go report to the police!"

"I can’t come up with a single cent for this money, you know how much our savings are, it can’t cover it!"

"If reporting doesn’t solve the problem, then go borrow from your own family!"

"In any case, you sort out this money yourself! Otherwise, we’ll divorce!"

Zhang Lu looked at her husband in disbelief, her heart turning utterly cold.

At first, she didn’t ask them for any bride price, instead, she brought a dowry of one hundred and sixty thousand.

Four years of marriage, all of that one hundred and sixty thousand was used to supplement household expenses and pay the mortgage!

The most ridiculous part is, the house doesn’t even have her name on it.

Now that she’s in debt, he’s turning his back on her.

Her husband stormed out, and Zhang Lu heard her mother-in-law outside asking what had happened, and her husband explained everything.

Then Zhang Lu heard her mother-in-law exclaiming to the heavens.

Zhang Lu closed her eyes, not wanting to think about anything at this moment, only feeling that this marriage was ridiculous, that the man she chose was ridiculous!

What’s the point of living such a life?

The money she owed, she probably couldn’t repay it, and the online loan interest just kept piling up, even selling blood wouldn’t catch up.

Might as well just die...

The thought rose up, and Zhang Lu couldn’t think of anything else, she hated everyone!

She wanted to die in that beauty salon!

Zhang Lu got up, put on her clothes with a stern expression, opened the door, ignoring the mother and son in the living room, she went to the kitchen to grab a knife and hid it in her clothes, then opened the door to leave.

"Lu Lu, where are you going so late?"

Zhang Lu’s mother-in-law saw her daughter-in-law go into the kitchen and then head out, her face changed and she called out to her quickly.

Zhang Lu didn’t speak, now she had only one thought in her heart, to go commit suicide at the beauty salon!

However, when she opened the door, she happened to see three police officers approaching.

Li He, upon seeing Zhang Lu, immediately compared her face and stepped forward, asking, "Hello, are you Zhang Lu?"

Zhang Lu was taken aback, panicking inside; could the police be here to urge her to repay her debts?

"Yes..." Zhang Lu felt a bit hopeless.

Li He and the others saw Zhang Lu’s demeanor and recalled what Xiao Lin said, immediately calling her back inside.

"Hello, we’re police officers from Sea City’s main bureau. Today, we’ve discovered a case involving fraud and malicious practices at the Huangyan Beauty Salon..."

Upon hearing the police’s words, Zhang Lu’s eyes instantly brightened, with a glimmer of hope rising in her heart.

After the police left Zhang Lu’s house, she burst into tears of joy and began to cry sorrowfully.

"Mom... Mom..."

Zhang Lu’s son woke up, toddling towards his mother, calling out "Mom."

Looking at her son, Zhang Lu hugged him tightly, realizing just moments ago she seemed to have been possessed; she still had her son!

Zhang Lu’s mother-in-law and husband watched her, continuously sighing.

When Zhang Lu expressionlessly threw a knife from her pocket to the floor, both her husband and mother-in-law were stunned.

Zhang Lu tossed the knife, went into the room, hugging her son.

Leaving her husband and mother-in-law staring at the knife on the floor in bewildered terror.

As for what her husband and mother-in-law thought, Zhang Lu couldn’t care less; whatever they thought, from now on she would only live for her son and herself!

In three days’ time, the matter of Huangyan Beauty Salon was exposed online.

It turned out the owner of the salon was engaged in illegal fundraising, having registered a high-interest loan company online.

But due to strict regulations, no one had applied for loans on it, so he came up with an idea.

Open a beauty salon, using it to have customers take out loans...

And then, everything that followed transpired.

"The government really needs to crack down on these shady businesses!"

"I’m a college student; once, I had a haircut in a shop, and afterward, they asked me for eighteen hundred!!!"

"I’ve also been scammed by a beauty salon. They originally said it was 88, but after coming out, I ended up paying 2888, and they wouldn’t let me leave without paying. At the time, I was young and scared, so I paid..."

"Sigh, there are so many of these shops now, some specifically target out-of-town people. One year, our family went traveling and ate at a restaurant, after paying we realized that local people ordered the same food for cheaper!"

"Me me me! I’ve been scammed similarly; they wouldn’t let me leave, directly grabbing my phone to download many loan apps and then used my phone to take out loans..."

...

More and more people commented online, and more shady businesses were exposed.

As the situation escalated, the government swiftly took action, capitalizing on the momentum...

Lin Xiaoyan was completely unaware of the subsequent developments.

Beijing

The head of the Superpower Group at the Special Investigation Bureau received a call, specifically praising Lin Xiaoyan.

The matter in the Southern Province was far-reaching and attracted attention from the top.

They were also made aware of Lin Xiaoyan’s contributions in the matter.

Furthermore, news from the Southern Province mentioned that Lin Xiaoyan seemed to be dating Mr. He’s grandson, which led to further attention on Lin Xiaoyan.

When Mr. He learned that his grandson seemed to be in a relationship, he directly called his grandson.

He Qi’an was in the process of ordering a phone for Lin Xiaoyan, just selected a model to be delivered to the police station, when he received his grandfather’s call.

He Qi’an frowned, reluctant to answer, but couldn’t withstand his grandfather’s persistent calls.

"Hello."

Mr. He heard a hint of impatience in his grandson’s voice, but he didn’t mind at all, all he wanted to know was whether his grandson was indeed in a relationship!

"I heard you’re in a relationship?"