After the divorce, the CEO's ex-wife deeply regretted her actions.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I really had no other choice..."

The shop owner chuckled and removed the mop.

"Boss, what are these guys doing here? They seem to have a grudge against you."

Cheng Qingyue asked curiously.

"Well, it's a long story." The shop owner's face looked visibly weathered. He sighed and slowly began to speak, "These guys belong to a company called Jin Cai, and this Master Hong is the team leader of that company."

"Golden color?" Cheng Qingyue frowned.

"You know him?" Chen Yun asked.

"Hmm, as far as I know, it's a charity that raises funds for terminally ill patients, and they have a very good reputation in society." As she spoke, Cheng Qingyue glanced at the group of thugs on the ground. "But how could these guys belong to Jin Cai...?"

"Young lady, you have no idea!" The shop owner's eyes flashed with anger. "On the surface, Jincai is a charity, but behind the scenes, it's actually a fraudulent company that engages in illegal activities such as gambling, loan sharking, and forced nude video chats!"

"What?" Cheng Qingyue's eyes widened.

Chen Yun frowned and looked at the shop owner.

"It all started a few years ago." The shop owner gave a bitter smile and pulled out a black and white photograph from his pocket. It showed a woman with regular features. "This is my wife, but she has passed away now."

“Three years ago, she was unexpectedly diagnosed with stomach cancer. At that time, it was already in the late stage of cancer. My son and I both knew that there was no way to cure it.”

"But she is still my wife, the mother of my son, and our family... We are not willing to give up like this."

"So we decided to send him to the hospital for treatment... The treatment costs were very, very high. The daily hospital fees, various examinations, and medication costs, all added up, were an astronomical figure for an ordinary family like ours."

"Even with medical insurance reimbursement, the subsequent treatment is still a bottomless pit."

"We had no choice but to seek help from society."

At this point, the shop owner's eyes suddenly changed. "We thought it was the right decision, but in the end it only brought us endless trouble... after we sought help from society."

"The first to arrive at the hospital was this charity company called Jincai!"

"Because of their reputation in society, we naturally and easily trusted them and let them help us raise funds for charity throughout society."

"After a month, Jincai Company raised nearly 300,000 yuan for us, which was a huge sum for my son and me when we were penniless!"

"I thought this money would be given to us as we wished, to save my wife's life."

"However, when my son went to collect the money, the usually gentle and easy-going person in charge of Jincai Company suddenly changed his expression and said they didn't intend to give my son a single penny!"

“Unauthorized misappropriation of charitable funds is a serious crime. You should have called the police immediately upon encountering this matter,” Cheng Qingyue said, somewhat puzzled.

“Of course we reported it!” The shop owner’s eyes showed despair. “But it was completely useless. We had no evidence, and Jincai Company would never admit it. When the police asked Jincai Company to hand over the donations to us, they always delayed on the grounds that there were still procedures to be completed.”

"By the third time, when my son and I went to the police station, they had already refused to handle the case anymore!"

"No longer accepting applications? How is that possible?" Cheng Qingyue exclaimed in surprise.

"Did Jin Cai Company bribe the police station?" Chen Yun's eyes narrowed.

“Yes! It took my son and me a long time to figure this out…” The shop owner slammed his hand on the table, his anger evident. “But Jin Cai Company did more than that. They clearly didn’t intend to give any money, yet they still approached my son to negotiate—they said that the only way to get the donations was for my son to gamble at their company!”

"What happened next was simple. In order to save my wife, my son was forced to agree to the demands of Jincai Company. In the end, he not only lost all his money, but was also tricked by them and owed a total of 600,000 yuan in high-interest loans."

"How could they do this?!" Cheng Qingyue's chest heaved violently, feeling that these bastards were utterly despicable!

Chen Yun shook his head: "Their methods are very sophisticated... First, they use their company's social influence to approach the patient's family and gain their trust. Then, by taking advantage of the patient's real condition and the family's approval, they defraud the public of donations. By this point, they have already obtained a sufficiently high profit."

"However, they were still not satisfied with this. Knowing that the patient's family would definitely call the police, they used the excuse that the procedures for handling the donations were too complicated to delay for a long time. They also used their connections and money to bribe the police station. Without evidence, ordinary people had no way to threaten them."

"Aren't they afraid of kicking a steel plate?" Cheng Qingyue said angrily.

"Of course they're afraid!" Chen Yun nodded. "That's why they would never let such a thing happen... The moment they get close to a patient, they've already investigated the patient's family background. If the patient is rich, then it's a genuine act of kindness, while if the patient is an ordinary person who poses no threat, then they'll become their cash cow."

"Not only that, in order to gain more income and eliminate future troubles, they deliberately lured patients into gambling, causing them to lose all the donated funds. They also plundered the remaining assets of the patients' families and lent money at exorbitant interest rates, completely draining every drop of blood from the patients' families..."

At this point, Chen Yun's tone turned slightly somber, and a hint of something indescribable appeared in his eyes.

"Uncle, where is your son now?" Cheng Qingyue looked around the hole-in-the-wall restaurant and couldn't help but ask.

The shop owner looked as if he had aged more than ten years, his back slightly hunched. "My son was kidnapped by them... In order to save my wife, my son had to participate in the gambling games set up by the Golden Lottery Company, but he lost more and more and ended up being held there."

“I sold my house, part of which was used to treat my wife’s illness, and part of which was used to pay off my son’s loan… But these beasts, they only borrowed 200,000 yuan at the beginning, and even after I paid back 100,000 yuan, they still refused to let go of my son. In the following two months, the interest plus the principal had already grown to 600,000 yuan!!”