Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 607 The Shameless Are Invincible

To be honest, what Yuan Xiaoai did was really despicable.

However, from a legal perspective, this terrible woman has not broken any laws.

Free love is a normal right granted to every citizen by law. While Yuan Xiaoai's current actions are immoral, they do not constitute a crime, given that she is not married.

The essence of breaking the law is violating public order and good morals, and the essence of crime is violating the bottom line of the state. Yuan Xiaoai's actions were extremely shameless, but unless she explicitly refuses to marry Lü Wei and refuses to return the betrothal gifts and other valuables, the police really can't do anything about her. Of course, if things escalate, she will definitely become infamous. Therefore, whether it's worth it or not is a matter of personal judgment, based on individual character.

"Ugh... That damn old Deng, he's infuriating!"

After hanging up the phone, Yuan Xiaoai returned to her seat angrily and sat down, exhaling repeatedly to express her grievance and anger.

"Xiao Ai, what's wrong now?"

One of her best friends sat across from her, lazily sipping her drink while glancing up at Yuan Xiaoai.

There were only three women present at the time. The two women who had boyfriends were already somewhat dissatisfied with their best friend because their boyfriends had been detained for standing up for Yuan Xiaoai, so they ended the gathering early and went home.

It's hard to say how close the remaining two are to Yuan Xiaoai. But since it doesn't concern them personally, watching the drama unfold is entertaining, and seeing their best friend in trouble is hard to guess what they're thinking.

"That old man threatened me, saying he'd kill me! Hah... I'm not going to pay him back, what can he do to me?"

As Yuan Xiaoai spoke, she arrogantly crossed her legs and said, "Not only am I not paying back the money I owed them before, but I also don't plan to pay back the betrothal gifts! Even those gifts that Lü Wei gave me are mine now, so why should I return them?"

"Exactly! Why should we return something that's been given as a gift? To take back something that's been given to us—doesn't this person have any shame?!"

A close friend quickly nodded in agreement, but then added with some concern, "But Xiao Ai, other money is fine, but shouldn't the bride price be returned? After all, you're not planning to marry him anymore. Won't it cause trouble if you don't return the money?"

"Who said I don't plan to marry him? My attitude is very clear! On Qixi Festival, I will go with Lü Wei to get our marriage certificate! But whether he is willing or not is another matter, right? It's not that I want to refuse to get married, it's that he suddenly changed his mind and doesn't want to marry me. Is that my fault? I am the victim in this matter. Since he changed his mind, then the bride price will be my compensation. What's wrong with that?"

Yuan Xiaoai spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world, without thinking there was anything wrong with what she said.

The two best friends who hung out with her were obviously not people with high moral standards. Seeing that Yuan Xiaoai's logic was self-consistent and seemed to make no mistake, they immediately praised her, saying that Yuan Xiaoai was indeed clever and resourceful.

The three immediately began discussing whether this tactic could be used indefinitely.

Not only Yuan Xiaoai can use it, but the two of them can use it too!

If you can make money this way, who needs to work hard? There are so many rich guys in this society who can't find wives; just pick a wealthy one and fish in the sea, it's so easy. Then, like Yuan Xiaoai, cause some trouble. If you still want to get married, okay, I'll tolerate you for six months and give you a share of the family fortune. If you don't want to get married, well, it's your fault, and the bride price won't be refunded! This...this is practically a get-rich-quick scheme!
As for the effort involved?
How many times should a man have sex with you?

What's the big deal? It doesn't even cover the cost!
The three women grew increasingly excited, their eyes shining brighter and brighter. They even started discussing whether any of their acquaintances were such easy targets, planning to work together to squeeze every last one of them out of them.

"Surely it's not that serious, are we going to turn this into an industry?"

Despite the glass barrier and the interference of passing vehicles, Lin Ge still managed to hear Yuan Xiaoai and the other two's entrepreneurial plans from the tree by the entrance.

To be honest, it does sound tempting, and given the current difficulty men face in getting married, it does have a chance of success.

But have these three women forgotten one thing? There are fundamental reasons why women are legally considered the weaker party. Their actions might make money, perhaps even offering a chance to achieve a life of luxury; but the key point is that this is based on the premise that the victim honestly accepts their fate and doesn't retaliate! But what if the money earned through half a lifetime of hard work, or even during the prime of their lives when they are most capable of working, is completely swindled away, or even becomes a laughingstock among relatives and friends? What if the victim, in despair, seeks revenge? Can they really handle that? Or do they believe that men will only meekly accept their bullying without resistance?
Stories of ordinary people acting out of anger have been numerous throughout history.

"I don't even want to deal with women who are courting death. I feel like I'm being incredibly stupid right now, knowing that these people are just asking for trouble and still insisting on protecting them. Why don't I use this time to do something else?"

Lin Ge sighed.

'squeak……'

Suddenly, the sound of screeching brakes rang out from under the tree.

When Lin Ge looked down, he saw a Cadillac leading a dirty pickup truck and a van that was almost falling apart with its front bumper wrecked, parked abruptly in front of the coffee shop.

Then a man in his sixties with a gloomy face climbed out of the back seat of the Cadillac and stared at the three women laughing uproariously on the other side of the glass wall with a vicious look.

Two men quickly emerged from the pickup truck, dressed like construction foremen, one of them even wearing a yellow hard hat. Six more men, all burly and grimy, then got out of the van; their clothes were filthy, and their shoes were covered in cement slurry.

These people clearly came from a construction site; they are not highly educated, have difficulty finding work, and are easily swayed by their bosses, which could lead them to make mistakes.

Upon seeing this group of people who had suddenly appeared, Lin Ge felt a sense of foreboding. Especially when the leader sneered and walked towards the coffee shop, Lin Ge was startled and quickly dialed Zhang Ke's phone number.

"Welcome the light..."

Before the waiter at the coffee shop entrance could finish speaking, he was intimidated by the aggressive group of people and swallowed the rest of his words.

The man, ignoring the stares of the customers in the coffee shop who noticed something amiss, led his men straight to Yuan Xiaoai and her two companions with a grim expression.

His two foremen were also very sensible; they quickly led six migrant workers to block both sides of the sofa, blocking all possible escape routes for the three women.

"You...what are you going to do?"

Yuan Xiaoai naturally recognized the man; after all, marriage always involves dealing with the groom's parents. The hundreds of thousands of yuan in betrothal gifts she received were personally given by this seemingly generous uncle—a thick stack of cash.

"Xiao Ai, what do you think I should do?"

The man didn't lose his temper on the spot, but his expression wasn't good.

He simply looked down at the woman who had almost become his daughter-in-law, and then calmly questioned, "Xiao Ai, what has my Lü family done to wrong you? Or do you look down on my Lü family for being poor and incompetent? Or do you think my son is too honest to marry you? You were all so affectionate with your uncle and aunt back then, but now you're turning around and throwing my Lü family's face into a cesspool. Aren't you going a bit too far, Xiao Ai?"

"I……"

Yuan Xiaoai's face turned pale, and her body trembled slightly.

But what's done is done, and she did have a few seconds of regret! Besides, it wasn't her choice to be discovered by Lü Wei; it was clearly Wang Dajun who forced her, wasn't it?
If Wang Dajun hadn't been so anxious, how would things have been discovered, and how would things have escalated to this point?
If Lü Wei hadn't insisted on making a fuss over this trivial matter, refused her apology, and refused to let things settle, how could he have ended up in detention?

Ultimately, it was all Lü Wei and Wang Dajun's fault. She was just an innocent and weak woman; what could she do?

Yuan Xiaoai felt more and more aggrieved. In addition, some time had passed since the incident, and she had thought of countermeasures and ways to deal with it along the way. Therefore, although she was scared at this moment, she decided to give up and put on a cold face.

“Uncle Lü, what’s the use of you coming to me now that it’s already happened? You can tell that the police arrested Lü Wei but not me, so I’m not the one who’s at fault! It was clearly Lü Wei who was arrested and went to jail, yet you’re turning around and trying to cause trouble for me. Isn’t that a bit unreasonable? Or you can ask the people around here to judge for themselves. Did I frame Lü Wei, or did I ask the police to side with me and frame Lü Wei? He got himself into jail, so it’s unreasonable for you to blame me.”

When Yuan Xiaoai saw that everyone in the coffee shop was looking at her, she immediately explained loudly and shifted all the blame to Lü Wei, using the fact that she had not been dealt with by the police to prove her innocence.

She even described Lü Wei's three-day detention as imprisonment, portraying him as a criminal.

"Holy crap, this woman is so evasive."

After informing Zhang Ke, Lin Ge blinked and looked at Yuan Xiaoai in disbelief.

He truly hadn't expected Yuan Xiaoai to say such things, even going so far as to distort the truth and use the Zhanghe Police Station as a shield. In reality, Lü Wei's arrest and detention had no substantial connection to Yuan Xiaoai's affair. Although Yuan Xiaoai's affair was the cause of Lü Wei's detention for fighting, conflating the two and even using the credibility of the police to prove her innocence was utterly shameless.

In the eyes of the police, Yuan Xiaoai was never innocent! They only let her go because what she did didn't warrant punishment.

But after Yuan Xiaoai said it so publicly, she inexplicably became an innocent and weak woman.

People in the coffee shop were curiously discussing it, and public opinion quickly sided with Yuan Xiaoai, and they began to be hostile towards Lü Wei's father and the group of people he brought.

Some people started secretly filming from a distance, while others quickly called the police or called for help to come and see what was going on. The atmosphere in the coffee shop soon became noisy.

"You filthy bitch..."

Lu Wei's father was furious. Having already learned the whole story from Zhang Ke, he knew perfectly well that Yuan Xiaoai was just making excuses.
However, asking him to patiently explain to Yuan Xiaoai, or even to tell these uninformed people about his son's stupidity, felt too shameful for Lu Wei's father.

Even if they win the argument, they'll lose face!

Moreover, Lu Wei's father didn't want his subordinates to know about his shameful deeds.

So he didn't say much, but with a fierce wave of his hand, he gave the order: "Take this bitch and the other two away! Let's find a quiet place to talk things over and see who did wrong!"

"you dare!"

Yuan Xiaoai's expression changed drastically. She quickly took out her phone and gestured to Lü Wei's father: "If you dare come any closer, I'll call the police! You, surnamed Lü, do you know what kidnapping is? If you dare touch me, do you want to reunite with your son in jail?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said that last sentence. As soon as he did, Lü Wei's father exploded.

You know that my son was imprisoned because of you?

Without further hesitation, he personally took action against Yuan Xiaoai.

The two contractors and six migrant workers were already working for Lü Wei's father, so how could they dare to disobey their boss's orders?
Despite knowing it was illegal, the consequences of disobeying the boss's orders were job loss and even starvation for the whole family. So, at the signal of the two foremen, the six migrant workers disregarded everything else and fiercely pounced on Yuan Xiaoai and the other two, grabbing them all.

"Help! Help!"

Yuan Xiaoai and her two companions were utterly terrified, never expecting anyone to dare kidnap them in public. Although they had considered the possibility of retaliation beforehand, even smugly believing it wouldn't matter—they'd just be extorted again before agreeing to forgive, and that they could earn even more by simply enduring it—the sight of six burly men grabbing them without hesitation still left them utterly horrified and pale. Their previous composure and strategic thinking vanished completely.

They looked around for help from the other guests, only to find that none of these bastards were any good, and not a single one dared to come and offer their support.

Seeing that struggling was futile and only caused them pain, the three women panicked.

Yuan Xiaoai wept bitterly, struggling and begging for mercy. She quickly offered to return every penny of the bride price, pleading only for a few more days of leniency. She even loudly begged for forgiveness, saying she was willing to marry someone else, promising to marry Lü Wei as soon as he was released. This only fueled Lü Wei's father's rage. How could he allow such a despicable woman to continue bullying his son? A whore who was worse than a prostitute dared to dream of becoming Lü's daughter-in-law? Wasn't that just a pipe dream?

You like seeing men, huh? You think the Lu family is stupid? You'd rather be a prostitute than a proper young mistress, wouldn't you?

Great! There are plenty of men on the construction site, let's see how much fun you get to have!

The thought of Yuan Xiaoai having an affair with another man in front of his son enraged Lü Wei's father. He no longer cared whether his actions were criminal; all he wanted was for these bitches to pay the price!

Seeing his men dragging three women who no longer dared to struggle away, Lü Wei's father turned and left the coffee shop aggressively.

But just then, Lin Ge suddenly appeared.

"Oh! If you step out that door, you idiot, you'll be permanently convicted of kidnapping!"

He squeezed in from outside, blocked the coffee shop entrance, roared, and stared seriously at the man who was too angry.

While the incident could be dismissed as a fight if it happened in a coffee shop, taking someone away against their will constitutes outright kidnapping! Is it worth ruining your family and these innocent migrant workers because of a woman like this?
"What is that? Get out of my way!"

Lu Wei's father didn't recognize Lin Ge, and in his anger, he impatiently kicked him.

However, Yuan Xiaoai, in her struggle, instantly recognized Lin Ge. After all, no one who witnessed what this domineering cat had done at the photo studio could forget it.

As if seeing a savior, Yuan Xiaoai struggled and screamed wildly.

"Police cat! Police cat! Help! These people are trying to kidnap me! Help me! Arrest them all!"

"Help! I'm innocent!"

The other two women also quickly sought help from Lin Ge.

The three people's words stunned everyone in the coffee shop, as well as Lü Wei's father and his men. This cat... is a policeman?

The bitch's excited expression didn't seem fake, and this cat certainly gave off a strange vibe. Plus, its vest did have the word 'police' written on it—could it really be a police cat?
Lu Wei's father hesitated for a moment.

His men behind him quickly released Yuan Xiaoai and the other two women. When faced with a conflict between obeying their boss's orders and confronting the police, anyone with a modicum of sense would know what the best course of action would be.

"You are dead!"

Once Yuan Xiaoai was freed, she rubbed her wrist and ran out from the group of people surrounding her. She quickly came up behind Lin Ge and threatened them fiercely.

Seeing her disheveled state, her bruised wrists, and her messy hair, Yuan Xiaoai gritted her teeth and said, "You son is a piece of trash, and you father are no better! This isn't over yet, you just wait! You dare to cause trouble for your old mother? Don't you know who you are? Humph! You're going to jail, you old bastard. Even if you come up with millions, don't expect me to forgive you!"

"Things that rely on human power!"

Lin Ge glanced back at Yuan Xiaoai speechlessly. She was still thinking about money.

I should have shown up later, let those three struggle a little longer, let them suffer a bit more. Otherwise, if they don't learn a lesson, wouldn't it just be another successful extortion attempt, just as they wanted?
"A crime!"

Lin Ge sighed, looking up at Lü Wei's father's ashen face, unsure whether to pity him or criticize him. "You could have waited until later to take your revenge. Why did you have to do something so stupid in front of me?"
Hey!
Lin Ge decided to take these people back to the police station first, and then discuss whether they could settle the matter there, so as not to actually turn it into a kidnapping case.

"Come on!"

Suddenly, Lin Ge heard running sounds behind him.

Looking back, Lin Ge was shocked to see one of Yuan Xiaoai's best friends grab her, and the three of them abandoned Lin Ge and ran away.

"what's the situation?"

Lin Ge watched speechlessly as Yuan Xiaoai and the other two ran further and further away without looking back, then turned to look at Lü Wei's father, who looked completely astonished.

"Do you think I can't protect you? Or do you not even trust the police and only plan to ask you to come to the police station after we've arrested all these people?"

The man and the cat stared at each other, and then Lin Ge moved aside.

(End of this chapter)