The Favored Heiress
Chapter 349: Completely Resolving Shang Fu

Chapter 349: Chapter 349: Completely Resolving Shang Fu

Elder Sister Shang instinctively wanted to stop him, but Liuyun stood like a wall, blocking her path.

So, when Shang Zonghai led the whole clan to the mansion’s doorstep, what they saw was this scene.

Wen Shi, battered and injured, had one hand clutched around Li Qiao’s neck, while Elder Sister Shang also seemed eager to step forward. Anyone witnessing this would subconsciously come to a conclusion.

They wanted to harm Li Qiao.

The area around the mansion was overcrowded, with many people unable to see the events unfolding in the living room, hurrying to peer through the windows after trampling the lawn in front of the door.

In the midst of the collective gasps, a gunshot suddenly shocked everyone’s nerves.

The person who fired the shot was wearing Parma’s distinctive dark green police uniform, the chief of the police precinct.

After the gunshot, Shang Yu approached with a deadly aura, his eyes as deep as ink.

He slightly turned his head, his gaze falling on the bullet wound in Wen Shi’s arm, then grabbed the injury, gradually tightening his grip.

"Ahh——"

Wen Shi screamed in agony, already weak, and the intensified pain caused him to collapse on the ground.

At this moment, fresh blood dripped down from Shang Yu’s palm, but he still didn’t let go, his thumb pressing slowly but firmly into the bullet hole.

The pain of a gunshot wound was already extreme, and this technique made Wen Shi twitch in agony.

"Shaoyan, that’s enough," Shang Zonghai said, walking over at a measured pace.

The man didn’t let go but instead pulled Li Qiao towards him, holding her in his embrace while continuing to apply force to Wen Shi’s arm.

Shang Yu showed the whole clan the consequences of provoking him.

Even as the young man kneeling and screaming on the ground had his name called out by someone: Shang Shi.

Seeing that Shang Yu wouldn’t release his grip, Shang Zonghai shook his head helplessly and glanced toward the door where the investigative officers were, "Everyone come in, please. I wonder if the person you’re looking for is her?"

As he spoke, Shang Zonghai coldly glanced at Elder Sister Shang, whose whole body shivered as if she were in the cold winter months, trembling uncontrollably.

At that moment, several men in suits and leather shoes, all with serious faces and a stern demeanor, stepped out from behind the police officers.

The middle-aged man among them nodded at Shang Zonghai, "Patriarch Shang, indeed it is her."

"Well, take her away," Shang Zonghai ordered without further inquiry, with a dismissive gesture signaling them to apprehend her.

Although Elder Sister Shang was scared, she couldn’t identify their origins.

Looking toward the outside of the mansion, she shouted out in panic, "Auntie..."

"She didn’t come, whatever you have to say, you can say it here."

Shang Qiongying’s absence tightened Elder Sister Shang’s heart, throwing her into complete disarray, "On what grounds are you arresting me?"

Patriarch Shang stood in the middle of the living room with his hands behind his back, glanced at the middle-aged man across from him who nodded, understandingly stepped forward, and said directly: "Ms. Shang Fu, I am from the financial industry regulatory authority, the two next to me are respectively from the public company oversight commission and the securities trading commission.

We now have sufficient evidence to suspect you of manipulating an ICO scam involving air coins and are implicated in fraud and unlicensed securities sales. Please come with us to assist the police precinct in their investigation."

His words landed with a thud, leaving Elder Sister Shang stunned for quite some time, her head shaking subconsciously, "No, I didn’t commit fraud."

"The ’Parma Securities White Paper’ had already published last year, announcing the suspension of ICO air coin operations within Parma’s jurisdiction. Your trading account has been frozen, and it contains a large number of air coin transaction records. Do you still wish to argue your case?"

Elder Sister Shang’s form wavered as if struck by lightning, panic-stricken and bewildered.

Why so fast?

Of course, she knew about the Securities Commission cracking down on ICO air coins, but no regulatory authority had ever truly taken action against such schemes. How had it now fallen on her head?

The commission’s representatives didn’t give her much time to ponder, several of them stepped forward, shackling her on either side, ready to take her away.

Shang Fu struggled for a moment before suddenly thinking of Li Qiao’s text message. She hoarsely shouted, "Li Qiao, is it you? Did you frame me?"

Li Qiao was being held in Shang Yu’s embrace and lightly moved twice. The man’s arm loosened its grip, and she poked her head out to glance at Shang Fu, waving her hand, "Elder Sister Shang, goodbye." Never to see you again.

Shang Fu’s ICO fraudulent tokens were suspected of involving an amount exceeding a hundred million yuan.

According to the local laws in Parma, she’d be facing at least twenty to thirty years in prison without a chance of release.

You see, although I’ve taken her means of livelihood, I’ve also paved the way for the rest of her life.

Li Qiao thought herself quite kind-hearted.

Shang Fu was forcibly taken away by the officers from the Commission and the police station, while Shang Qiongying never showed her face from beginning to end.

It was said she wasn’t feeling well, but everyone present knew she was just protecting herself wisely. Shang Fu had become the scapegoat.

At that moment, another middle-aged man in a police uniform walked straight towards Wen Shi.

Without a word, he tried to put handcuffs on him but, hindered by Shang Yu still holding his hand, could only chuckle awkwardly, "Young Master Shang, if you see fit..." could you let go of his hand?

Shang Yu’s deep eyes were ominously dark and unfathomable as he lowered his eyelids once more and pressed his thumb against Wen Shi’s wound.

Others might not have seen, but Li Qiao was very clear that given the pressure he applied, Wen Shi’s arm would likely be crippled afterwards.

She averted her eyes without any sympathy, her fingers climbing up Shang Yu’s arm and giving it a tug.

The man instantly let go of the hand.

Police Officer: "..."

Li Qiao silently picked up a tissue and, holding Shang Yu’s wrist, began wiping the blood from his hand.

At this time, Shang Zonghai swept a look over Wen Shi before turning to the police officer, "Chief of Police Mo, what’s the matter with him?"

Chief of Police Mo returned his gun to its holster and politely explained, "We were notified that he’s suspected of transnational kidnapping and forging documents. We were originally going to take him back for an inquiry.

However... as you also witnessed, had we arrived a moment later, this lady might have fallen victim to his wrongdoings. The charges are quite serious and warrant multiple sentences."

Shang Zonghai silently sighed, gesturing with his hand, "Hm, thank you for your efforts."

"Patriarch Shang, we’ll be taking that man away then. Regarding the final verdict..."

If the Parma Shang clan wanted to intervene in the case, it would likely be difficult to handle.

Faced with Chief of Police Mo’s probing, Shang Zonghai adjusted his glasses, "Just follow the law."

Wen Shi was in so much pain he was nearly unconscious. Hearing this sentence, his eyes filled with sorrow as he closed them.

In the end, he gained nothing and lost everything.

As Wen Shi was being handcuffed by the police officer, preparing to be taken away, Li Qiao, who was still wiping Shang Yu’s hand with the tissue, suddenly called out to him.

She stuffed the tissue into the man’s hand and stepped forward to stand firmly.

The once fleeting acquaintanceship between the two now dissolved into nothing but calculated scheming.

Li Qiao looked at him uneventfully, rubbing the blood stain on her fingertip, leaned in closer, and spoke in a voice only the two of them could hear, coldly saying, "In light of our past acquaintance, I’ll give you some clarity.

The one who killed your parents was actually the Collateral Branch Eleven Families.

Don’t disbelieve it, once you’re convicted, I will have someone send you all the detailed information from back then.

Do you know why I’m telling you this now? It’s because you kidnapped Tang Yiting.

So, Wen Shi, the return gift I’m giving you is... I’m letting you clearly understand that you hated the wrong person, yet for the rest of your life, you can only regret it in prison."