45: The arrest of Zheng Yiren shocked the audience

Officer Gao is my friend. Whoever tells him to leave, you can get out first!

Zheng Yiren stood beside Gao Ze. The uninformed attendees, hearing these words, might actually believe that Zheng Yiren and Gao Ze were good buddies, sworn brothers.

Sun Shuai's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Gao Ze in surprise, completely not expecting this turn of events.

Among all the attendees at the appreciation banquet, Zheng Yiren and his family had the highest status and deepest background.

The Zheng family, behind Zheng Yiren, had assets exceeding ten billion yuan, far stronger than their families with hundreds of millions, one or two billion, or several billion yuan.

When the Zheng family first came to attend the appreciation banquet, he personally saw his father Sun Chaohui's expression, looking flattered.

"Brother Zheng, I didn't know."

Liu Hong, the gold-haired rich second-generation, looked at Gao Ze, then at Zheng Yiren, patted the dust off his butt, and said with a smile, "If I had known that Brother Zheng and Officer Gao were so close, how would I dare to ask Officer Gao to leave?"

"Officer Gao, I'm sorry. I apologize to you. I'll toast you with this glass of wine!"

Liu Hong raised the red wine in his hand and chugged it down directly. The young masters of lower status and their exquisitely dressed female companions around him looked uneasy, apologizing to Gao Ze one after another.

"Officer Gao, I'm sorry, I'll toast you!"

"Mr. Gao, we were blind. This glass of wine is for you!"

"......"

Watching a group of young masters and girls apologize and toast, Zheng Yiren's cold eyes looked at Sun Shuai and said, "What about you, Young Master Sun?"

"I......"

Sun Shuai looked at Gao Ze, like a lonely and helpless quail, his eyes full of pleading.

He desperately hoped that Gao Ze could speak for him, but how could Gao Ze do such a thing?

Zheng Yiren had no interest in putting on such a show, but he didn't mind teaching Sun Shuai a lesson.

"Young Master Sun, can't you even say an apology?"

Zheng Yiren sneered, "You were even found by Officer Gao. Don't you know that without Officer Gao, you would still be a laborer in a renovation shop? Is this how you treat your benefactor?"

"What's wrong with Officer Gao wearing casual clothes? Who stipulated that you can't wear casual clothes to a banquet? Moreover, Officer Gao has given you a new lease on life.

You've only enjoyed a few days of luxury and you've already forgotten yourself, not knowing how to act like a person anymore?"

"Officer Gao, I'm sorry."

Sun Shuai glanced at his father Sun Chaohui in the distance, but his father had no reaction, so he gritted his teeth and said bitterly, "I've picked up some bad habits after living a good life for a few days."

"I'll toast you with these glasses of wine, and I hope you can forgive me."

In front of countless distinguished business elites at the banquet, Sun Shuai chugged three full glasses of red wine, then his face turned crimson, and he was dizzily helped away.

Everyone knew Sun Shuai was faking it, but if he didn't fake drunkenness, he wouldn't even be able to save a shred of face.

However, from now on, Sun Shuai's reputation would also be terrible!

"Officer Gao, are you satisfied?"

After Sun Shuai and the young master's disruptive farce ended, Zheng Yiren did not leave and sat beside Gao Ze, raising his red wine glass and saying,

"If you're not satisfied, I'll keep going until you are."

It was a double entendre, with an underlying meaning. Gao Ze knew what he was referring to and said indifferently, "A clumsy act!"

"Officer Gao, why reveal it?"

Zheng Yiren took a sip of red wine, shook his head, and said, "Isn't it better to have a mutual understanding? I'm very willing to be your friend!"

"I'm not willing!"

Gao Ze understood that Zheng Yiren was stalling for time. He probably had already entered the game and sent his confidantes to Mu Yu Rou's house to snatch the phone.

"Why?"

"Didn't you see the power of my Zheng family in this act?"

"Those young masters bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes to you. Sun Shuai, even if he was unwilling, could only apologize to you. Even Sun Chaohui, the host of the banquet, couldn't say anything."

Zheng Yiren stared at Gao Ze and said, "As long as you and I become friends, our Zheng family's network and influence can be shared with you. No one in Donghai City will disrespect you, not even your superiors."

"I'm not interested!"

Gao Ze shook his head. The Zheng family's network was indeed very deep, as could be seen from those in the police force who obstructed the reopening of the Mu Yurous Case investigation.

And now, after the Zheng family attended this banquet, Sun Chaohui ignored him, not even caring that his own son, whom he had found, had lost all face.

It was imaginable that Zheng Jiasheng, Zheng Yiren's father, had put in a great effort.

Gao Ze looked at the middle-aged man in a suit opposite Sun Chaohui, with slightly graying temples and an elegant demeanor. Zheng Jiasheng's gaze met his, and he even raised his glass from afar, smiling.

"It seems these acts were directed by your father."

"Of course, I am my father's most beloved son, he won't abandon me."

Zheng Yiren glanced at his father Zheng Jiasheng in the distance and said, "So, Officer Gao, you need to understand what you're facing. It's always better for you and me to be friends than enemies."

"Then let's be enemies. Being friends would only make me nauseous!"

Zheng Yiren: "........"

Veins subtly appeared on his forehead, and the rage in his chest was almost erupting. Zheng Yiren took a deep breath, swallowed it, and said,

"Officer Gao, don't you envy someone like Sun Shuai who has gained immense wealth?"

"He's just the son of a billionaire like Sun Chaohui, and he has countless female companions and countless business elites trying to curry favor with him. You can too, and you can enjoy even more."

"As long as you nod, the money, power, and women you desire will appear by your side."

"I will never lie!"

"Of course, I like these things, but I'll get them on my own," Gao Ze said. "You can save your things to burn for yourself later!"

"Gao Ze, don't be shameless! You're refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

Zheng Yiren was furious, suddenly stood up from his seat, his face flushed, his voice intense, but the surrounding attendees dared not look in their direction.

"Don't you have anything you value, like your younger sister Gao Xiaohui?"

"You're asking for death!" Gao Ze's eyes suddenly sharpened, like a waking lion, radiating a chilling light.

"You..." Zheng Yiren was about to continue speaking when his phone suddenly vibrated, and a text message popped up. Looking at the message, his face instantly turned from worried to happy, and he laughed openly at Gao Ze.

"I'm asking for death?"

"Gao Ze, I think you're the one asking for death.

You're hoping to find evidence against me, but don't even think about it. It's impossible, forever."

"You'll only be dismissed from public office, toyed with by me, and your younger sister, I will absolutely not let her go!"

"It seems the confidantes your Zheng family sent have already snatched Mu Yu Rou's phone."

Gao Ze understood that Zheng Yiren's sudden change of attitude after reading the text message meant he must have sent someone to snatch the phone, and he had completely fallen into the trap.

"How did you know?" Zheng Yiren's face changed drastically, his voice trembling, "How could this be?"

"Why not?"

"That phone was the bait I set out for you, specifically to hook you."

Gao Ze took out his phone and showed the text message from Shen Gang to Zheng Yiren, whose face instantly turned pale, devoid of color, his legs trembling and shaking, and he directly collapsed to the ground.

The text message only had four words: "Close the net, catch the fish!"

"I told you, keep the money and beautiful women to burn for yourself!"

Gao Ze strode towards Zheng Yiren, took out the rose gold handcuffs tucked into his waist, and cuffed Zheng Yiren.