51: Chapter 51 My Ex-Girlfriend's Simp

Received a call from Chen Zhi.

He gestured for them to continue eating, then took his phone to the balcony to answer.

Chen Zhi gave the conclusion first, "We caught the person who was following you."

Then, with a slightly strange tone, he added, "It's a graduate student at the university."

Lin Ning was stunned, "Is it related to Senior Engineer Gao Yayin's case?"

Research, after all—other than Senior Engineer Gao Yayin, he hadn't been exposed to such high-end fields.

Chen Zhi: "No."

Lin Ning couldn't guess it and also felt Chen Zhi was acting a bit strange, "Go on, why are you being so mysterious? Is it related to a case that you can't talk about?"

Chen Zhi's voice held an imperceptible smile, "Your ex-girlfriend's simp wanted to find dirt on you to take you down."

Lin Ning: "???"

Chen Zhi stopped teasing him and briefly explained the situation.

"Liu Qingbei told Liu Xiaozheng, who was following you, that after breaking up with you, you used private videos you secretly filmed while you were dating to extort money from her. Liu Xiaozheng gave Liu Qingbei some money, but felt that this extortion was a bottomless pit. Plus, to vent her anger, he wanted to find dirt on you, which is why he followed you. Today was the first time he followed you, and you keenly discovered him."

"This is a public security case, so I transferred it directly to the Police Station. If the police contact you, just cooperate properly; how you handle it is up to you."

Chen Zhi couldn't help but laugh. If he didn't know Lin Ning's character, and that this money-grubber—though in debt—wasn't short of cash, he would have been suspicious.

After all, who doesn't love this kind of racy gossip? If it were fake, it wouldn't be interesting.

Lin Ning: "..."

Lin Ning was starting to hate his own keenness; he could feel Chen Zhi's schadenfreude and desire to watch a joke from across the phone line.

At the same time, he was speechless. Really, he had a premonition that dating Liu Qingbei would become a stain on his life, comparable to Wang Qiao.

Chen Zhi finally said something serious, "Your vigilance is very good, keep it up!"

Lin Ning went back to finish his meal. Once full, he could go see the weirdo and find some amusement.

Just after finishing his meal, the police's call arrived right on schedule.

Lin Ning said goodbye and ran over to the Sub-bureau.

In the mediation room, Liu Qingbei and Liu Xiaozheng's friend were sitting on one side. Lin Ning walked in and sat directly across from them.

At the head of the long table sat two criminal police officers, one old and one young.

The reason this public security case had such a setup was because it had been transferred over from the Ministry of State Security.

The older criminal police officer, named Li Guojun, kindly explained the situation to Lin Ning. It was more detailed than what Chen Zhi had said, but the general situation was the same.

Liu Qingbei sat there crying the whole time.

This was the first time in over a month that Lin Ning had personally seen this ex-girlfriend of the original host.

Must say, she was quite pretty, and her figure was a standard "two-bedroom, one-living-room" figure, no wonder she had a simp.

Lin Ning also needed to make a statement, at least to clarify Liu Qingbei's slander.

Lin Ning talked about the grievances and entanglements with Liu Qingbei, including the financial dispute currently scheduled at the court.

"I don't have any private videos, nor did I extort any money. Officer, can I sue her for spreading rumors?"

Liu Qingbei's crying stopped, and she looked at Lin Ning in disbelief. That innocent and indignant look was truly worlds apart from the sharp and mean appearance she had on the phone before.

Liu Qingbei's voice trembled, "Lin Ning, are you even human? You threatened me for money, but now you..."

Lin Ning didn't expect her to be a green tea bitch; that statement was ambiguous.

"After I hired a lawyer, I recorded the phone calls you made to me." He turned to the police, "I'll hand them over to you in a moment."

The emotions Liu Qingbei had been brewing were suddenly interrupted, and her voice couldn't help but turn shrill, "You are shameless!"

Lin Ning: "???"

Just because things didn't go according to your script, or didn't go your way, I'm shameless?

Liu Xiaozheng's friend spoke up at this moment, "Hello, Liu Xiaozheng was deceived by her, and he hasn't caused you any loss yet. See what kind of compensation you need; could you issue a letter of forgiveness for him? He is a very good student, just too naive. If he gets a criminal record like this, he'll be ruined."

The man's expression was very sincere, and his words were very polite.

He didn't even glance at Liu Qingbei when mentioning her.

Lin Ning wasn't the type to be unforgiving when he had the upper hand. Since the other party was polite to him, he softened up too.

Simply put, he responds to soft tactics, not hard ones.

Lin Ning: "Can you guarantee that Liu Xiaozheng can realize his mistake? Don't let her stir up some grievance, and then have him come find trouble for me again."

Seriousness is about attitude, but for such public security cases, they are indeed primarily about mediation. Seeing Lin Ning's loosening, Li Guojun said, "Let's have Liu Xiaozheng come and communicate with you face-to-face."

Liu Xiaozheng came in wearing handcuffs, a gentle-looking young man. Lin Ning subconsciously compared them; yeah, he could beat five of him.

Once moved out of the danger zone, Lin Ning could calmly look at this simp's character and see if he was worth forgiving.

It wasn't that Lin Ning was a saint.

It was understanding and sympathy.

Being a man himself, how could he not understand standing up for a woman? After all, he's a guy, just treated like an idiot by someone.

Liu Xiaozheng's spirit was extremely low. First, he was caught and interrogated by men in black; then caught and interrogated by the police.

Especially the aura of those men in black...

He didn't quite dare to look up at Lin Ning, but when he saw Liu Qingbei and his friend, his eyes turned red.

He still wanted to talk to Liu Qingbei, but his friend grabbed him and pulled him to the other side, starting to whisper the current situation in his ear.

This friend was a real friend, and smart enough too.

"...spreading rumors... lawsuit... marriage fund..."

Liu Xiaozheng looked at Liu Qingbei in disbelief.

Liu Qingbei saw that he understood the situation and stopped pretending. She sat there with her head held high, looking like it had nothing to do with her.

That friend poked him, and he lowered his head and bowed to Lin Ning, "I'm sorry."

His voice wasn't loud and even had a tremor.

"I would like to compensate you with 10,000 yuan for emotional distress. Can you forgive me?"

Lin Ning had thought he might be an arrogant, domineering, and brainless person, but this was it?

He suddenly felt it was a bit boring.

Lin Ning, "Fine!"

Hearing him agree, everyone in the room except Liu Qingbei breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Liu Qingbei got up and prepared to leave.

Lin Ning raised an eyebrow, "Officer, she can't leave, right? She spread rumors about me."

Liu Qingbei exploded instantly, "You %￥%#@... Are you even a man? What loss did you suffer? You even got 10,000 yuan for nothing; you're just retaliating! I must have been blind back then! ￥%##￥#..."

Liu Xiaozheng was dumbfounded.

Lin Ning didn't engage in a shouting match with her; if such a person were afraid of being scolded, they wouldn't have done something like this in the first place.

He asked Liu Xiaozheng, "How much money did she scam out of you using that excuse?"

Liu Xiaozheng, "Huh? Oh! 80,000."

As soon as the words left his mouth, his friend slapped him on the head.

Lin Ning chuckled, "This is the Police Station; you should ask for it back."

Then he turned to the furious Liu Qingbei, "Isn't that fat guy you found a rich second generation? You're scamming money all over the place, what's wrong? Did you get scammed yourself?"

Liu Xiaozheng still didn't really want the money back and was being scolded by his friend, but upon hearing this, he quickly turned to look at Liu Qingbei, "You have a new boyfriend?"

Liu Qingbei was so angry her face turned bright red, and she wanted to rush at Lin Ning.

The two police officers quickly stopped her, and Li Guojun looked helplessly at the culprit of the chaotic scene.

Lin Ning shrugged.

Just collecting some interest first, and besides, everything he said was true, so what?!