Behind Sun Hu, Hou Yi suggested, "Boss, those four haven't experienced this kind of hardship. Let's give them some red envelopes."
Suppressing his anger, Hou Yi decided to give each of them a subsidy of ten thousand. He immediately opened his phone, intending to argue with Wu Youyou. He had seen shameless people and those who would stop at nothing, but he had never encountered someone so underhanded!
However, when he opened his phone, the screen displayed the WeChat interface with a notification for a friend request. Clicking on the little red dot revealed a friend request from Wu Youyou.
Hou Yi accepted the request, and on the other end, Wu Youyou promptly sent a five-thousand-yuan red envelope, saying, "Thanks for your hard work, little brothers! Each of you gets a thousand. The thousand I’m giving you is just a little bonus for helping me gather people! I'm generous; I won’t shortchange you guys who are doing the dirty work!"
Fuming, Hou Yi felt like smashing his phone. In Wu Youyou's words, he had become the leader of those doing the dirty work! And she was giving him a thousand? How disgusting!
Almost going mad, he muttered, "Don't let me see you next time!"
Wu Youyou replied defiantly, "I won't!"
Meanwhile, in Lan Qingqing's apartment.
Ke Wenjie sat on the sofa, anxious all day with a grim expression.
Zhang Huizhi placed a cup of water on the coffee table and comforted him, "Son, as long as you’re safe now, that’s what matters. Let Ke Wei Qiang stay inside; he wasn’t exactly a good person anyway. At least I can feel more at ease knowing he’s there!"
Just then, Lan Qingqing returned home.
Ke Wenjie looked up at her with dissatisfaction and said, "Where have you been? Why are you back at this hour?"
Lan Qingqing casually replied, "I was at work! Where else could I go?"
Taking a deep breath and furrowing his brow in frustration, Ke Wenjie asked, "How did you suddenly get taken by the police? Where's your dad? What’s going on?"
Ke Wenjie remained silent when suddenly his phone rang; it was Tong Le.
After hesitating for a moment, he answered the call. On the other end, Tong Le feigned ignorance and asked, "Why is the house sealed? I was planning to move in tonight! I just got here and found the door sealed by the police. What’s going on? Is this house confiscated? Didn’t we just rent it?"
At a loss for words on how to explain this situation—unbeknownst to him that Tong Le was behind it—Ke Wenjie stammered, "Uh... don’t move in just yet. There’s been a bit of an issue with that house. I’ll contact you once things are sorted out."
Tong Le feigned dissatisfaction and said, "What’s going on? Did you rent a problematic house? Ke Wenjie, are you being sincere with me?"
Ke Wenjie struggled to contain his emotions. He couldn’t afford to soothe Tong Le's feelings right now. "I’ll explain later. Alright, I have to hang up."
After hanging up the phone, Ke Wenjie slammed his fist on the coffee table, causing the dishes to tremble. He rubbed his forehead in frustration, unable to understand why the police had suddenly come looking for them. Could it be that the neighbors had complained? But how could they possibly know that Ke Wei Qiang had buried radioactive material in the wall?
Fortunately, he had managed to remain relatively calm in front of the police. No matter what questions they asked, he maintained that he was unaware of anything, completely uninformed. Otherwise, there was no way he would have been able to leave the police station today.
He had already prepared for the worst-case scenario with Ke Wei Qiang, planning for the possibility that if things went south, Ke Wei Qiang would take all the blame.
Zhang Huizhi said nervously, "Son, why don’t you eat something? You haven’t eaten all day."
Ke Wenjie looked up, his voice weak. "Mom, Dad might not come back."
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