"You're warning me?"
Liu Kai Xuan said loudly, "Zhang Cui Hua, you're truly too overbearing!"
"Now that our family's things are missing, I'm the biggest victim, and you have the audacity to warn me?"
"Does this mean I, as the victim, don't even have the right to investigate the truth?"
"So, it's my bad luck that things went missing, and I just have to swallow it?"
"I..."
Jia Zhang Shi, after holding back for a long time, continued, "Liu Kai Xuan, don't try to distract me with all this nonsense!"
"Your family's things went missing, what does that have to do with me?"
"I'm not stopping you from investigating the truth, but go investigate elsewhere. Don't come here to trouble our Jia family!"
"I think Bang Geng might know the true identity of the thief!"
Liu Kai Xuan said in a deep voice, "I need to talk to him alone now!"
"Absolutely not!"
Jia Zhang Shi flatly refused, "Liu Kai Xuan, I'm warning you, stay away from my grandson!"
"If you dare to harm my grandson, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"
At this moment, Liu Kai Xuan couldn't be bothered to deal with Jia Zhang Shi, that unreasonable shrew.
He directly shifted his gaze to Zhang Lei, "Comrade Zhang Lei, I'd like to have a few words with Bang Geng alone, is that alright?"
"Uh..."
Zhang Lei frowned.
Over there, Jia Zhang Shi started to roar again, "Police comrade, you must protect my grandson!"
"Liu Kai Xuan, that scoundrel, is desperate now. He's going to harm my grandson!"
After some thought, Zhang Lei replied, "How about this, Kai Xuan, if you have any questions, ask them in front of everyone!"
Zhang Lei also knew that Liu Kai Xuan had a temper.
If he let Liu Kai Xuan talk to Bang Geng alone, they probably wouldn't exchange a few words before Bang Geng would be beaten into a pulp.
For Liu Kai Xuan, this was no longer important.
Liu Kai Xuan had no intention of using force to teach Bang Geng a lesson today; instead, he wanted to help Zhang Lei get the truth out of Bang Geng.
After getting permission, Liu Kai Xuan looked closely at Bang Geng and said kindly, "Bang Geng, you need to be clear-headed!"
"At your age, this is the time you should be focusing on your studies!"
"No matter what, you absolutely must not go down the wrong path!"
This kid Bang Geng was no easy character.
If he could truly repent and reform on his own, he wouldn't be the infamous "King of Thieves"!
"When did I go down the wrong path?"
Bang Geng retorted sharply, "I didn't go anywhere after school today!"
"Your family's things went missing, it has nothing to do with me. Don't falsely accuse innocent people!"
"Sigh..."
Liu Kai Xuan replied with a smile, "Bang Geng, Bang Geng, you really don't know what's good for you!"
"Instead of being a decent person, you insist on being a beast!"
"If you don't stop in time, your entire life will be ruined!"
As he said this, a barely discernible flicker of light flashed in Liu Kai Xuan's eyes!
Liu Kai Xuan's "Truth-Speaking Pupil Light" skill was activated!
After being "glared" at by Liu Kai Xuan, Bang Geng's stubborn psychological defenses instantly crumbled!
He stood there dumbfounded, frozen for a moment.
Then, his nose suddenly felt sore, and he started to cry.
While crying, he continued, "Uncle Kai Xuan is right, I did steal your family's things. I admit it!"
"What!"
As soon as Bang Geng said this, Jia Zhang Shi's old face instantly contorted into a bitter gourd.
"Bang Geng, are you crazy? What nonsense are you spouting?"
"I'm not spouting nonsense!"
Bang Geng shouted back, "All the salted fish, cured meat, and eggs from Uncle Kai Xuan's house were stolen by me!"
"Uncle Police, if I confess voluntarily, can I get leniency?"
Saying this, Bang Geng suddenly ran over and knelt before Zhang Lei.
"Please don't execute me. I know I was wrong, and I'll never dare to do it again!"
Zhang Lei nodded and replied, "Bang Geng, since you've confessed and repented in time, we will of course give you an opportunity for leniency!"
"However, you still need to explain the entire incident to us truthfully!"
He emphasized, "Remember, Bang Geng, only you can save yourself now!"
"Okay, Uncle Police, I will tell you the truth!"
Bang Geng nodded repeatedly, but his willingness to tell the truth terrified Jia Zhang Shi.
"Police comrade, our Bang Geng must have been scared silly by Liu Kai Xuan!"
"I request that Bang Geng be sent for a medical examination immediately!"
At this moment, Bang Geng also suddenly became agitated!
Bang Geng pointed at Jia Zhang Shi and roared loudly, "Uncle Zhang Lei, it was she... she's the one who incited me to steal!"
"What?" Bang Geng's statement made Zhang Lei break out in a cold sweat.
When Jia Zhang Shi had tried every possible means to obstruct the investigation earlier, Zhang Lei had already found her behavior very suspicious.
Now, Bang Geng's words had indeed sealed Jia Zhang Shi's fate.
Her desperate attempts to stop Zhang Lei's investigation were merely a cover for her own shameful actions.
"Bang Geng, you're crazy, how can you say such a thing!"
Jia Zhang Shi, panicked, was rolling around on the kàng (a heated brick bed) frantically.
She wished she could jump off the kàng immediately and cover Bang Geng's mouth with her hands, stopping him from speaking further!
Zhang Lei said sternly, "Comrade Wang Gui, you are responsible for staying inside and keeping an eye on Jia Zhang Shi, preventing her from causing any more trouble!"
"Wu Xue, come out with me. Let's have a good talk with Bang Geng outside!"
Wang Gui was the male comrade Zhang Lei had brought with him.
Zhang Lei now understood that it was impossible to get a clear explanation in front of Jia Zhang Shi, that loudmouth.
This old woman's constant interruptions were truly detestable.
Zhang Lei and his colleagues had regulations; they couldn't resort to violence like Liu Kai Xuan.
They all came into the courtyard, and Bang Geng continued, "My grandmother said that Liu Kai Xuan severely injured her, and this matter cannot be let go!"
"We must get revenge on him, so she told me to climb through the window into Liu Kai Xuan's house and take all the valuable items."
Zhang Lei then asked, "Then, how did Zhang Cui Hua know that Liu Kai Xuan's family had salted fish?"
Bang Geng immediately replied, "We all saw them pickling salted fish a few days ago!"
"At first, I only knew that the Liu family had salted fish. I only discovered the cured meat and eggs after I got there!"
"My mouth was watering, so I took all of it!"
Zhang Lei said in a deep voice, "Then, do you know how serious the consequences of doing this are?"