disappearing gold

Chapter 28 Stealing the Scabbard in Exchange for Money

Lao Sun looked coldly at Liu Hu who was sitting on the chair, half-smiling but not smiling.

Liu Hu was so frightened by her that he gradually became uncomfortable in his hands and feet.

"I, I have answered truthfully, can I be lenient if I confess?"

"Look at your next performance!"

The interrogation continues.

Lao Sun asked: "After all, you still haven't explained why the scabbard is on you?"

I didn't expect this old detective to be so sharp and have such poisonous eyes! I thought I could get away with it by just turning a corner, but unexpectedly the topic came back to him.

"This... this..." Liu Hu stammered, and after a long while, he couldn't squeeze out a word.

Liu Hu's face flashed with white snowflakes. He lowered his eyelids and did not dare to look at Lao Sun at all. Not only did he not dare to look at Lao Sun, he also didn't dare to look at Zhu Lan next to him. His hands even trembled slightly, and his whole body was nervous!

"You didn't steal Song Xiaofan's scabbard, did you?" Old Sun yelled loudly.

"I...how could I steal his things? He is my lover's son!" Liu Hu retorted, but his eyes briefly contacted Lao Sun and then moved away.

But he didn't know that this made him feel guilty as a thief.

"Tell me when you stole Song Xiaofan's scabbard?"

"Isn't it okay if I picked it up?"

"Hmph! How can such a valuable personal item be easily separated when the handle and scabbard are stuck so tightly?" Lao Sun said, "Do you think we police officers are all just doing it for free?"

Liu Hu rubbed his hands together repeatedly until sweat dripped down his face. Until the palms of my hands feel sticky and greasy, and I feel very uncomfortable.

"Say!" Lao Sun suddenly slapped the table, waking up Liu Hu who was wandering in his mind.

"Me!" Liu Hu was still hesitant, not knowing whether to tell the secret.

"Stop dawdling, don't wait until it's too late!"

He spoke, "Okay, I'll say it!"

It turned out that before New Year's Eve in January 2022, Liu Hu secretly took Song Xiaofan's golden scabbard to a pawn shop to mortgage it for money.

Previously, he discovered that Song Xiaofan often played with gold spring knives. The knife had complex patterns and exquisite inlay and connection techniques. More importantly, the scabbard and handle were both made of gold.

This is a luxury product! A rare collector's knife.

One day, Song Xiaofan went out to work.

Liu Hu took advantage of Ms. Wang's opportunity to go to the beauty salon alone and sneaked into Song Xiaofan's bedroom.

Liu Hu searched for a long time and finally found the golden switchblade deep in the iron box in the closet. It turned out that Song Xiaofan went out without a knife and kept the hidden knife in a dark place!
  The blade is the main accessory and the main place of use of a hidden knife. Once lost, it will definitely arouse Song Xiaofan's vigilance and persistent pursuit. He was afraid that the theft would be discovered, so after thinking about it, he could only take away the scabbard.

After getting the scabbard, he happily hurried back to his hometown of Nanhua City to pawn it in a century-old pawn shop. The entire scabbard was made of gold, and had exquisite and complicated craftsmanship. It cost 50,000 yuan in one go.

After hearing this, Lao Sun couldn't help but sigh: "They say it's hard to guard against thieves, and it's true!"

Liu Hu curled his lips and did not deny it. He also felt that he should not do this kind of stealing. Now that he has spoken out, he will not only face legal accountability, but also suffer the disgust of Ms. Wang. What's more, if he reported Song Xiaofan, it would be even more impossible for Ms. Wang to forgive him.

But he had no choice. Faced with Ms. Wang's "squeezing" day and night, he could no longer pretend.

As for what he was disguising, he deliberately concealed its contents from Lao Sun.

When he decided to speak, he had already thought it through. He has fallen in love with her, but it is a pity that the relationship cannot continue.

"Why did you steal the scabbard? Are you short of money?"

"Yes." Liu Hu smiled bitterly.

It turns out that Liu Hu, who comes from a poor family, does not like to study and has only a junior high school education. He made various attempts, but failed to learn the same skill. Studying and studying, I still rely on working in a factory to earn three meals a day.

Since pursuing Ms. Wang, his financial situation has become even worse. Ms. Wang likes to go to beauty shops to spend money. It may be a habit of her ex-husband. She likes to go to beauty shops when she has nothing to do. All the money she spends in her card is Liu Hu's savings.

Additionally, she enjoys shopping. As long as Liu Hu was free at home, she would often take her out to go shopping. When you go shopping, you can buy a bag, clothes, and a set of cosmetics. The consumption of a shopping trip will never be less than 200 yuan.

She spent money like water. Not long after they started dating, Liu Hu spent almost half of his monthly salary on her.

Later, Liu Hu didn't want to go, but Ms. Wang always said: "You don't want to go shopping when you are in love? Are you in love?"

Liu Hu reluctantly compromised.

It's okay for a woman to have some small pursuits, but she loves to pursue unrealistic things. He has no job, but he is always lavish, even a mountain of gold is not enough to spend.

Over time, Liu Hu's meager savings were all spent. But Liu Hu was speechless. He couldn't tell Ms. Wang that he had no money. After all, love will continue, otherwise how would you know what Song Xiaofan and Zhang Zhen are looking for!
  Ms. Wang was unaware of Liu Hu's plight and imagined that Liu Hu could give her a world of flowers. In fact, it became increasingly difficult for Liu Hu to support himself, and his relationship entered an unprecedented period of tension.

In desperation, Liu Hu thought of stealing the scabbard!

Zhu Lan next to her raised her forehead as she heard this, unable to find the right words to describe Liu Hu!
  "Who redeemed the scabbard?" Lao Sun asked.

"it's me."

"why?"

"Originally I didn't need to redeem the scabbard, but Huang Min was killed. I had to go all out and redeem the thing."

"The question is where do you get the money?" Liu Hu said before that he was in financial difficulty.

Liu Hu said: "Yes! I also thought about this problem at the beginning. If it didn't work out, I would still steal it. But I didn't want to continue to be a thief, so I had to borrow money from my buddy to redeem the scabbard again."

Lao Sun asked Zhu Lan to go out and Tong Ge to come in. After the latter entered the interrogation room, Lao Sun quietly said to him: "Go to the Century-old Pawn Shop in Nanhua City to find out whether Liu Hu pawned a gold scabbard?"

After Tong Ge went out, Lao Sun said, "Okay, I will ask someone to verify all of this."

Liu Hu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

etc! Ms. Wang mentioned an important thing before. She turned around and continued to ask: "Ms. Wang mentioned that you often disappear every three days and can't be found. Where have you been?"

"Me? I'm looking for part-time jobs everywhere to earn pocket money for her!"

Lao Sun was choked for a moment, but he changed the subject, "What kind of part-time job only takes a few days?"

"Carrying, running takeout, cleaning sewers, etc."

"Would someone like Ms. Wang take a fancy to a young man working as a coolie?" Lao Sun's mind suddenly broadened.

Liu Hu's eyes widened and he was speechless.

Lao Sun stared at him and said nothing.

Silent eye waves competed in the air, and the only sound left in the interrogation room was Zhu Lan's rustling writing.

"What else have you not explained clearly?" Lao Sun's eyebrows stood up.

The searchlight shined directly into Liu Hu's eyes, and a dazed feeling of dizziness immediately swept over his mind. But he held on and even closed his eyes in front of the lamp.

The atmosphere in the interrogation was tense.

"Did you get to know Ms. Wang first or Song Xiaofan first?" Lao Sun thought of the process of how Ms. Wang met Liu Hu and temporarily changed the subject.

"Haha, actually I met Song Xiaofan before I met her, so I don't count her acquaintance."

"Where have you seen Song Xiaofan?" In fact, Lao Sun suspected that Liu Hu might have approached Ms. Wang because of the legend of gold.

To talk about this matter, we have to start with Liu Hu's curiosity.

January 2022, 1, New Year’s Day.

It was a dusk with the sunset all over the sky, and Liu Hu was following Zhang Zhen, the current husband of his ex-wife Huang Min. Zhang Zhen walked out of Zhuyu Village and walked along the mountain road to Xilang Mountain.

He was curious about what kind of man would marry a woman like Huang Min as his wife. You must know that a woman like Huang Min is very snobbish. Not only does she have a bad temper, she will also get beaten by her if she angers her even slightly!
  Don't ask why, why would a man like Liu Hu, who is not short, be beaten by a woman?

In addition to the fact that he still loves Huang Min and her beauty, his family is too poor to afford the commercial building where she wants to live. As a man, Liu Hu is not willing to give in easily.

It can be said that Huang Min's beatings and cruelty were cultivated by himself with one hand and condoned by the other. But he didn't regret it at that time. He just hoped that after Huang Min vented his frustration, he would think about his situation and take pity on his body.

But he didn't expect Huang Min to get worse and beat himself day after day. She scolded him: "What a loser! He's so poor and yet he doesn't find a high-paying job!"

Liu Hu really ate Coptis chinensis - he was speechless but couldn't speak. Even his parents began to dislike him.

As the days passed, he slowly hated Huang Min!
  He didn't like studying and dropped out of school early to work. How can a person like him with no education, no background, and no skills find a high-paying job?
  Huang Min just didn't understand this level.

Liu Hu was very sad until Huang Min said he wanted a divorce. He was so sad that he just wanted to cry! He doesn't want to, and he obstructs it in every possible way!

However, such obstruction was replaced by Huang Min's high-intensity violent beatings, which also triggered a family war.

Liu Hu's parents were also whipped by Huang Min during the process of dissuading him. His elderly father was so angry that his high blood pressure soared, and he suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and could not be saved. As a result, my mother was depressed day and night, and soon followed her father.

How can such a person be retained?

Liu Hu immediately agreed to Huang Min's divorce request. He had never given birth to a child for him, and they had nothing to do with each other since then.

Unexpectedly, later, he heard that Huang Min got married again, and he was curious to see who his current husband was.

(End of this chapter)