"Sorry, Brother Su, got a bit excited!"

"A bit nervous the first time, are you okay?"

In the room, He Wendong and Yu Mingyuan, the two rookies, were at a loss and said awkwardly. They only realized afterward that they had indeed gotten too excited earlier.

After all, the other party was just one person, and he was trying to close the door, not rush out with malicious intent. They were genuinely scaring themselves.

This was actually partly Yan Lie’s fault as the team leader. Normally, as newcomers on their first assignment, they would be protected by senior colleagues, but here they had to deal with a consultant out of nowhere.

The title of consultant sounds grand, but it’s not actually part of the police. In major cases, consultants are responsible for advising and strategizing from the back, helping with reconstructing the crime process, and such auxiliary tasks. It’s rare to need a consultant for arrests.

Additionally, before leaving, Yan Lie specifically instructed the two to protect him if necessary. This made the two young fellows nervous and focused on him from the moment they went upstairs.

Just as Yang Zhiming made a move, they were almost surrounding him as a protective measure, genuinely afraid of him getting hurt.

Of course, this was also partly because they wanted to fulfill the task assigned by their superiors; being new to the job made them eager to prove themselves.

Older, seasoned hands wouldn’t behave this way.

At this moment, Su Qing sat on the living room sofa, rubbing his knee, while Du Qiang pinned Yang Zhiming to the ground with a textbook arresting skill.

"It’s okay, just be more careful next time!" Su Qing waved it off. He couldn’t just hit these goofballs and had to accept it.

On the side, Yan Lie couldn’t help but laugh seeing this: "Alright, I told you both there’s no need to be nervous. This isn’t a major operation, relax.

Xiao Li, how are things on your end?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zijun walked out of the bedroom with a frown: "Found it."

She handed a phone over, and Yan Lie took it, directing Du Qiang to get Yang Zhiming up and start questioning him.

Seeing this, Su Qing leaned in with a chuckle and said quietly to Li Zijun, "How about it, Sister Jun? This room must be a mess. Any strange smells inside?"

When Li Zijun knocked on the door, he already deduced what Yang Zhiming was doing inside from the context, so he couldn’t help but joke about it.

Upon hearing this, Li Zijun glared at him, then spat toward Yang Zhiming and said: "You men are all the same, disgusting!"

Clearly, she had smelled something in the room, and based on her professional experience, knew what was going on just now.

It’s the occupational hazard of a detective; they subconsciously search for clues every time they enter a room on a mission.

The first time Li Zijun came to his house, she was quite surprised. A single man living alone, with a tidy room and no strange smells – it was not like a single man’s room at all. But after this visit, she realized not all men are like that.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing rolled his eyes dramatically while the two rookies stood shivering on the side, not daring to interrupt.

Meanwhile, Yan Lie handed Yang Zhiming the phone, taking out a screenshot from WeChat in his hand, asking if that was him.

"No, Officer, it’s really not me. That’s not my WeChat!" Standing against the wall, Yang Zhiming turned pale as he understood why they were here, yet he stubbornly denied it, because he had already deleted that WeChat account.

Hearing this, no one said a word, just silently watched him.

Yang Zhiming was increasingly unsettled, and when he saw a familiar face among them – his old classmate Su Qing – he hurriedly pleaded: "Qingzi, we’re classmates, you’ll believe me, right? I really didn’t impersonate you to deceive people, it’s really not me, believe me!"

Hearing this, Su Qing sighed: "Where’s your ID? Just show it, and we’ll know. We have the other party’s phone number and ID number. If they don’t match, then we’ve wronged you. You saw the video I posted yesterday, right? Honestly, as the person involved, I didn’t really care about those impersonating me, but pretending to act like me to deceive others is truly disgusting. Of course, maybe you haven’t realized the seriousness of this yet.

Defrauding more than 3,000 yuan can lead to a criminal investigation. Smaller amounts could result in detention and fines, but larger amounts constitute fraud, punishable by up to three years in prison, detention, or control, plus a fine. I suggest you confess the truth. As classmates, I can forgive your impersonation and fraud. Otherwise, I really can’t do anything else."

With more involvement in police work, he has become increasingly familiar with the penalties for various crimes. This is the truth derived from practice. If forced to memorize these, he might forget in a while, but remembering them via casework leaves a strong impression.

Hearing this, Yang Zhiming turned pale. If Su Qing had said this alone, he might have scoffed, but now, in front of several uniformed police officers, he couldn’t help but feel afraid.

"It’s not me, it’s really not me, Su Qing, I didn’t. You must be setting me up, yes, you must. You’re doing this because of what I said about you at Zhang Chao’s wedding last month, as a deliberate retaliation." Yang Zhiming protested in a near breakdown.

Seeing this, Su Qing let out a cold sneer. Now he could remain unperturbed by former classmates’ provocations and slanders.

Because they can’t affect him, especially since they already have evidence. With solid evidence, there’s no room for argument.

Sure enough, seeing Yang Zhiming still trying to argue, Yan Lie, as the team leader for this operation, glared and said sternly: "Stop shouting, show your ID card!"

"I... I lost it!"

"Then tell us your ID number!"

"I forgot!"

Yan Lie: (•́へ•́╬)

"Take him back first; we’ll call his family later!"

"Alright, just waiting for you to say that!" Upon hearing this, Du Qiang took out handcuffs and cuffed the classmate Xiaoming right away.

With a click, Yang Zhiming shuddered all over.

"Officer, I..."

"No talking. We gave you a chance to speak, but you refused. Now, please come with us, and we’ll talk at the station where we’ll have plenty of time." Du Qiang said, scaring Yang Zhiming into silence.

Then they packed up some items, took Yang Zhiming downstairs, and put him into the police car.

Upon arrival at the police station, in less than half an hour, under the interrogation of several officers, Yang Zhiming confessed fully, admitting to impersonating Su Qing online and scamming money from female netizens.

Soon, Yang Zhiming’s parents rushed over. Upon hearing that their son had been caught for defrauding girls online, they broke down in tears.

By then, they had already moved on to another location. Jiang City is only so big, and with police technical support and his contextual assistance, within half a day, all three targets in Jiangcheng City were brought back to the station.

Among the other two, one was 25, a graduate living at home with no job, simply wanting to scam some money, following the same pattern as Yang Zhiming, but he scammed less as he didn’t have private photos of Su Qing. The last one was an investor who lost a significant amount in stocks and was also a fan of his.

After losing money in stocks, he tried to stop the loss by impersonating Su Qing to teach others how to trade stocks and charged fees.

The two of them confessed as soon as the police arrived, making the interrogation effortless.

For them, these cases were rudimentary, only depending on whether someone reported them.

Among them, the one teaching stock trading made the most money, amassing a case involving a hundred thousand yuan in just a few days. Yang Zhiming was next with over thirty thousand, and the other had only five thousand.

"Are you Su Qing, Zhiming’s classmate? Madam, I’m begging you, please give him a chance for the sake of your classmate relationship!"

Just as Su Qing returned to the station with the last person, he was stopped by a plainly dressed middle-aged woman.

"Uh... Are you Yang Zhiming’s mom?" Su Qing asked.

Upon hearing this, the woman repeatedly nodded: "Yes, yes, yes. This is Zhiming’s foolish mistake. Ma’am, please, you were classmates, give him a chance! I’ll kneel for you."

Saying that, the woman was about to kneel. Seeing this, Su Qing quickly helped her up: "Ma’am, that’s really not necessary, mainly because we have other victims. My words don’t count here!

Also, I’m just a consultant. I honestly can’t help much here!"

"No, it really won’t do. They said he’ll have a record!" the woman cried out loudly.

Su Qing: ...