CHAPTER 35: CHAPTER 35 THE MOST COOPERATIVE SUSPECT EVER [SIX UPDATES]

When Sun Chenglin saw this, his face darkened, and he sneered coldly, "Don’t think I’m ignorant of the law. We didn’t take your money, so it doesn’t constitute extortion. Don’t slander me; the live stream is recording everything!"

As he spoke, he also pointed to his live stream, which had not yet been turned off.

Since he entered the nursing home, the live stream had been on the whole time, recording everything.

No matter how the other party wanted to sue him, the fact that he hadn’t taken any money was incontrovertible. It was impossible for him to have committed extortion.

"You really don’t understand the law."

After hearing his words, Qin Mu’s mouth twitched.

This live stream video... it recorded all the evidence of his crimes! Moreover, all of it was uploaded to the cloud, and the website server has the records. It can’t be deleted. This also provides the conclusive evidence for the most difficult part of proving extortion...

Subsequently, he had the security guards block Sun Chenglin and the others, then picked up his phone.

He dialed Shen Dao’s number.

"Hello? Captain Shen? Yes, it’s me."

"It’s like this, I need to report a crime. I’ve been extorted for a large amount, two hundred thousand. Yes, I’m okay. As for the suspects..." Qin Mu glanced at Sun Chenglin and continued, "Don’t worry, no need to apprehend them. I have them all cornered here in the nursing home; none have escaped."

On the other end of the phone, there was an obvious pause for a few seconds, as if the person was at a loss for words.

Not long after, the phone call ended. It seemed the other party was preparing to dispatch the police.

Sun Chenglin and his two companions, blocked by the security guards, looked at each other, stunned by Qin Mu’s sudden decision to call the police.

"You... what in the world are you trying to do?!" Sun Chenglin shouted, his voice fierce yet laced with fear. "I haven’t committed extortion! Calling the police won’t help you!"

Qin Mu glanced at him.

He said coldly, "Whether it was extortion or not isn’t for you to decide. Just wait here."

Meanwhile, Li Weiguo, completely baffled, watched Qin Mu’s successive actions, utterly dumbfounded.

First, Qin Mu had talked about selling the house to give them money. Now, he wasn’t letting Sun Chenglin leave and had even called the police.

"Xiao Qin, but... he didn’t take your money, did he?" Li Weiguo swallowed hard and couldn’t help but tug at Qin Mu’s clothes.

Qin Mu glanced at Sun Chenglin and his group nearby and explained, "Sometimes, not taking money is also a crime."

He paused, then added, "It’s a pity they didn’t take the money; otherwise, their sentences would have been longer."

His tone even carried a hint of regret.

Li Weiguo: "..."

Their conversation wasn’t quiet and was overheard by Sun Chenglin and his two companions.

Their expressions changed slightly, and they grew increasingly restless.

Sun Chenglin remained relatively composed, but the other two, knowing the police were about to arrive, became terrified and extremely nervous.

They instinctively looked at Sun Chenglin, their voices tinged with a sob.

"Brother Sun, didn’t you say we’d be fine if we didn’t take the money?"

Sun Chenglin clenched his teeth, growling, "What are you panicking for? He’s bluffing you!"

"We recorded a video! When the police arrive, we’ll just give them the video. It will definitely prove our innocence!"

After he said that, the other two seemed somewhat relieved.

The three men, surrounded by security guards, patiently waited. Meanwhile, in the live stream, the chat had exploded.

"I still don’t get it. How can it still be a crime if no money was taken?"

"As a law graduate student, I just reviewed the legal statutes again. This streamer is ruthless! He’s really determined to get Sun Chenglin locked up!"

"I just consulted a lawyer friend, and I realized you really shouldn’t mess with this streamer!"

"This streamer is so fierce! I suggest everyone who flamed him before should turn themselves in; you might get a lighter sentence."

In the live stream chat, many people who had guessed the truth felt a chill run down their spines.

Encountering someone like Qin Mu, who holds grudges and meticulously argues every point... Luckily, they hadn’t participated in the previous flame war.

Those who had been misled earlier, unable to discern right from wrong, and had slandered Qin Mu—many of them were so frightened they began to delete their accounts.

Although it was online, the precedent set by ’Daily English Learning’ was still fresh in their minds, and they couldn’t be sure they wouldn’t be sued. The legend of ’comments made in the morning leading to arrest in the afternoon’ still circulated.

To be safe, destroying the ’evidence of their crime’ and speaking civilly from then on was the wisest course of action.

"What are they even talking about? I was too scared to even take the money, and now I’m a criminal?"

In the nursing home, Sun Chenglin stared at the flood of comments, bewildered, his scalp tingling.

Two hundred thousand yuan lay before him, yet he hadn’t dared to touch it. But the comments kept saying... he was finished.

Moreover, the tone of the comments regarding Qin Mu was extremely respectful. No, to be precise, it was fearful.

Seeing this, Sun Chenglin couldn’t help but swallow nervously. The composure he had struggled to regain once again dissolved into unease.

「Half an hour later.」

WEE-OOO WEE-OOO—

As the sound of sirens grew closer, Shen Dao personally led a team to the nursing home.

"Are there really extortionists?" Upon seeing Qin Mu, Shen Dao couldn’t help but frown and ask in a low voice.

He couldn’t remember how many times he’d seen Qin Mu this week. If this kept up... he seriously suspected Qin Mu was about to become an unofficial colleague.

Qin Mu nodded solemnly, then pointed at the anxious and extremely nervous Sun Chenglin and his two companions.

"Officer, this is a misunderstanding! We’re innocent!" As soon as the trio saw Shen Dao, they immediately started shouting their innocence.

To prove their innocence, without a second thought, they immediately handed over the cloud recording of the live stream.

Of course, after Shen Dao arrived, the live stream was forcibly shut down. After all, public officers carrying out their duties couldn’t be casually broadcast.

"A video?" Shen Dao took Sun Chenglin’s phone, pausing for a moment.

Qin Mu added, "That contains the evidence of their extortion. Please take a look."

The doubt in Shen Dao’s eyes deepened. If Sun Chenglin was the suspect, wasn’t he being a bit too cooperative?

After a brief moment of contemplation, he decided to check the video first.

The video was over two hours long. It had started recording from the moment Sun Chenglin and his companions entered the nursing home and continued right up until a few moments ago.

To save time, he watched it at five times the normal speed. But as he watched, his expression gradually turned strange.

After entering the nursing home, Sun Chenglin and the others had knelt before Li Weiguo, crying and begging for money. They constantly played the victim, trying to arouse sympathy, and finally, even threatened to send their child to a factory to coerce Li Weiguo.

Ten minutes later, he finished fast-forwarding through this worldview-shattering video.

"Officer, we’re really innocent! Look, in the video, we didn’t even take any money!" Sun Chenglin exclaimed, rushing forward impatiently to defend himself.

Shen Dao glanced at him and instructed the officers behind him, "We have the evidence. This can be considered extortion. Although no money was received, it still counts as attempted extortion."

"The case is a bit complex. Let’s take them all back to the station first."