The Farming Livestreamer: I Don't Want to Inherit Billions!-Chapter 348: Digging a Pit for You to Fall Into
"We received a report that there’s a disturbance here!"
A man in a police uniform walked over. The village isn’t particularly far from the town center; it takes 15 minutes to drive there.
Everyone was stunned when they saw the police.
"Who called the police?"
"I don’t know? Was it Gou Dan? Is he still trying to extort Old Li?"
"What do we do now?"
...
The crowd started chattering. They never thought Old Li would call the police.
Liao Lei frowned too. He hated dealing with the police the most.
He dared to act so brazenly here because he was certain that these ignorant villagers had no legal awareness and didn’t know to seek help from the police.
Gou Dan looked bewildered too; who the hell called the police!
But even if someone did call the police, it doesn’t matter. As long as he has evidence, he is the victim!
He learned this from TV shows.
"Hello, officer, it was me who called the police."
Chi Youyou raised her hand, ignoring the indication from the lady, and walked through the crowd.
"Officer, I called the police. Sorry to trouble you to come all the way here. I’m charging him with defamation and theft!"
She pointed at Gou Dan, throwing out two accusations right away.
Defamation?
Theft?
The villagers couldn’t write those words, but they have heard of them! Even Gou Dan.
"Officer! They are flipping the situation! It’s clearly that old man’s fault for seizing my family’s land, and now she’s suing me! They’re in cahoots, arrest them!"
"Quiet down."
The completely different tones of Chi Youyou and Gou Dan, along with Gou Dan’s loud voice, gave the police a headache.
"You, tell me what’s going on."
He naturally chose Chi Youyou. It’s not that he was biased, but any reasonable person would lean towards the well-behaved Chi Youyou when they see someone with a floral shirt, blonde hair, and rat-like face.
"Here’s what happened: Grandpa Li clearly bought the land from Gou Dan, and the whole village can testify to that. But today, inexplicably, the land deed appeared back in Gou Dan’s hands, and he’s insisting that Grandpa Li took his family’s land. Honestly, with such a large age and strength gap, if this had happened years ago, wouldn’t there be any response?"
Chi Youyou briefly recapped the situation.
The police frowned. Emotionally, he naturally leaned towards believing the old man’s side, but the problem is the evidence is in Gou Dan’s hands now.
What do you call this?
Having a point but unable to explain it.
"Is there any other evidence that can prove it was sold to Uncle Li at that time? Like a written document or something?"
"Officer, it was never sold! Where would any document come from? They’re just teaming up to defame me, and the deed has always been in my possession! What do you mean it’s inexplicably back with me!"
Gou Dan, hearing the officer’s words, realized the advantage was still on his side. His eyes darted quickly, stubbornly insisting it never happened!
"They just can’t stand me doing well! Ever since my parents died, they’ve wanted to chase me out of the village!"
The crowd: ...
That’s probably the only truthful thing he’s said.
The villagers haven’t liked him for quite a few years now!
But as they listened to what he said and recalled the officer’s words, they summed it up and realized Old Li might indeed have to swallow this bitter pill!
"Are you saying Grandpa Li never held this land deed?"
"No kidding!"
Gou Dan sneered triumphantly, while Liao Lei, standing next to him, felt a jolt in his heart—what an idiot!
"Officer, you heard him. He said Grandpa Li never touched this land deed, so there wouldn’t be Grandpa Li’s fingerprints on it. But if there are Grandpa Li’s fingerprints on it, then Gou Dan is lying!"
What?
Fingerprints?
The older folks didn’t understand, but Gou Dan certainly did!
Damn it!
On TV shows, they indeed show that examining fingerprints can reveal if someone has handled something!
He... could he erase them now in time?
"What are you trying to do!"
Jiang An grabbed his hand and took the land deed from him, handing it to the police.
"I think that’s a very good idea, officer. I’m willing to cover the cost!"
The police weren’t blind either, and instantly understood from Gou Dan’s actions.
"Well, if fingerprints are found, then he’s lying, and both theft and defamation charges could stand."
"No, Officer, even if there are fingerprints, they might have been from just a moment ago! Yes! Just now during the argument!"
Gou Dan stubbornly refused to admit it.
Liao Lei was frustrated, wanting to hit someone; this idiot!
But now there was no choice; he still needed the lackey to handle things for him!
"Old Dog, that’s unfair. How can you joke like that with the officer? Hurry and apologize!"
He spoke with a smile, trying to calm things down.
Gou Dan wanted to say something, but the threatening coldness in Liao Lei’s eyes forced him to shrink back, biting his lip, "Misunderstanding! It’s all a misunderstanding! I just wanted to see if Old Li could take care of my family’s land properly, so I played a joke, look what you’ve made of it!"
He knew that if fingerprints were indeed checked, the police would not tolerate his nonsense.
His tricks only worked on the villagers.
"Officer, look, it’s just a misunderstanding between close neighbors that got out of hand, sorry to trouble you."
"No, you said it was a misunderstanding? Didn’t you just insist we’re all ganging up to bully you?"
Chi Youyou snorted, "Officer, I seriously suspect they’re in cahoots. How could Gou Dan come up with such a plan on his own? Maybe someone else advised him."
"Exactly, with his smarts, how could he think of that!"
"Always up to no good, just a scoundrel everyone detests!"
Once Chi Youyou spoke, the villagers chimed in, realizing they had the upper hand now!
"Chi Youyou, you little girl, what do you know! This land is my parents’ lifeline, of course, I have to watch over it!"
"You watched over it until it was sold to Uncle Li then?"
Chi Youyou covered her mouth, laughing.
"You!"
"What are you doing! Trying to hit in front of the officer?"
"No... Officer, I..."
"Old Li, what’s your take on this?"
If they’re willing to settle it internally and Old Li doesn’t wish to file a report, it could all end here. But if Old Li insists on filing a report, they wouldn’t just stand idly by and would handle it justly!
"Old Li, we’re all neighbors after all, it’s better to get along peacefully. Let me apologize on behalf of Old Dog, he will certainly compensate you!"
Liao Lei wanted to resolve it quickly with money, but it backfired!
"Grandpa Li, what do you think? Don’t worry, we’re all on your side!"
Chi Youyou ignored Liao Lei, approached Old Li, and asked with concern.
Old Li, dark and skinny, was an honest man, not knowing what to do. But upon thinking of recent events, he clenched his teeth and hoarsely said, "Officer, I’d like to file a report. He stole my family’s land deed!"
