Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 579 - 580 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 97_1

Chapter 579: Chapter 580 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 97_1

Gao Jian had thought it would take at least several days to get any relevant information and planned to inquire about the situation in a couple of days.

However, just as he finished making his records and was preparing to leave, the other party called out to him.

"The results are in," said the police officer with a very serious expression.

Seeing that face, Gao Jian’s expression couldn’t help but fall, fearing it might be bad news.

Otherwise, the ID must be fake—fake IDs are already prevalent these days.

"The identity information is correct, but the person is a wanted criminal," the police officer said, truly at a loss for words.

What? "A wanted criminal?" Gao Jian panicked. Even though he had gone through reeducation, he had never been on a wanted list.

What defines a wanted criminal, if not committing a serious crime? Otherwise, there would be no need to issue a warrant.

Swallowing hard, he ventured, "Well, I want to know, what crime did she commit, exactly?"

"Theft, fraud, and the amount involved is huge—around five to six hundred thousand," said the police officer. "With your money included, it’s about seven hundred thousand."

The police officer thought to himself that he didn’t know if Gao Jian would ever make that much money in his lifetime.

What? "Seven hundred thousand?" Gao Jian was even more astonished. "Impossible. When I saw her, she looked like a poor little thing, with very shabby clothes."

"She’s always deceived people like that, claiming her husband beat her, that her in-laws mistreated her for having a girl, or that her husband died," the officer continued.

"In any case, this case has already been combined with others. You’ll have to wait for further updates."

Such a cunning woman, who knows when she will be caught—and even if she is, it remains to be seen whether she will still have any money.

No matter how unwilling Gao Jian was to accept this, what could he do? He understood that if the person was a habitual offender, even if they found her, it was unlikely there would be any money left.

Moreover, it’s not even certain she could be caught. The more Gao Jian thought about it, the more heartbroken he became, not understanding why he kept encountering such people.

Shen Jie had some business here today and didn’t expect to run into Gao Jian again.

Even more unexpected was that, after more than a year, he had made a comeback and had over fifty thousand on him again.

Yet the problem was he had been foolish again, and his money was swindled once more. Hearing this, Shen Jie genuinely didn’t know what to say.

While others learn from their mistakes to avoid repeating them, this fellow managed to make the same mistake again. Is his intelligence really in the negatives when it comes to women?

Gao Jian, feeling dejected, prepared to leave the police station. He still had people to lead for an exploration, even though the hope was faint; he still wished they could catch the person.

Even if he didn’t recover the money, he wanted her to go to reeducation, to serve a long sentence, as long as the earth and sky endured.

Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he ran into Shen Jie, who greeted him with a smile, "Do you think I feel sorry for you?"

"Sorry for you?" Shen Jie waved her finger at him, "If you count as someone to feel sorry for, there are plenty of such people these days."

"At the very least, you went from having no money to earning over fifty thousand in just over a year. That’s quite impressive."

Was the Gao Jian of her previous life this capable? Shen Jie started to doubt. If he really was that successful, shouldn’t his business have grown quite large by now?

But somehow it didn’t feel that substantial. Could the information be wrong? Whatever, she thought, it would be very challenging for this guy to achieve great things in this lifetime.

"You... you..." Gao Jian pointed at Shen Jie, too angry to speak.

Shen Jie, annoyed, pushed his finger down, "I hate when people point at me."

"And you, with your brain turned to absolute waste, you even said it yourself before: Lust can lead you to the edge of a knife, yet you’ve still been foolish again."

"You’re supposedly in business, right? And yet..." Shen Jie figured Gao Jian must have encountered a good opportunity to earn money.

In an era where even pigs could make money doing business, it couldn’t be Gao Jian’s silly brain that made him successful, but rather the times themselves.

"What if you met someone more cunning who used a little trickery, do you think you’d fall for it again?"

Forget it, Shen Jie knew Gao Jian wasn’t very clever and was relieved to see him struggling.

Even if he went back to doing business, he would still end up making money for others, not knowing when he might get cheated out of his money again.

When leaving, she casually inquired, "By the way, do you know anything about Shen Yuan’s situation?"

"I know she’s gone to Harbor City. Last time I went back to stock up, I heard people mentioning her, saying she bought a property there and became a landlord."

As soon as her name was mentioned, Gao Jian remembered that those funds had been his—all his.

If he had followed her to Harbor City in the first place and invested his money in property to become a landlord himself, his current life would undoubtedly be far more comfortable.

Gao Jian truly regretted it. If he’d immediately followed her to Harbor City, he likely would have found Shen Yuan and forced her to give up the money.

But now, finding Shen Yuan in the vast expanse of Harbor City wouldn’t be easy.

It didn’t matter, though. Once he had some money, he would go to Harbor City, or perhaps find a wealthy woman right away.

Over the years, there had been frequent visitors from Harbor City, some looking for young women, others for men—Gao Jian had heard countless such stories.

He’d never paid much attention to them before, as he dreamt of becoming a big boss himself.

Now, with not much capital and business not as good as it used to be, and everyone knowing where to source goods, the advantages for him, as people headed south with cash in hand, were few.

After much thought, Gao Jian quickly made his choice: he would find a wealthy woman to go to, and once he had some money, he would settle down in Harbor City.

Determined, Gao Jian bade farewell to the police officers who had surveyed the scene and then went to a place that was his last secret base. From there, he retrieved five or six thousand in cash.

Ha ha ha, no one would expect that he had kept a safety net, "Let’s go, buy a train ticket."

Of course, before leaving, he still went to Pan Garden to buy what he thought might be antiquities.

Gao Jian never told anyone that during his childhood, a neighbor knew a bit about such things. Because of poverty, no children wanted to play with him, so he’d go over to the old man’s house to listen to him ramble, and gradually, he picked up some knowledge.

But he knew his own expertise was limited, that of a mere novice, and he had never thought of entering the field. One wrong judgment could lead to substantial losses.

The old man had told him that despite a lifetime of hard work, he had been deceived in his old age, had bought several fake antiques, and lost all his savings.

Gao Jian didn’t care that much now. He wasn’t asking for much—just one authentic item would do. Once he arrived in Harbor City, he could sell it and then buy property.

Then he, too, would become a landlord, purchasing real estate or saving the money in the bank, but never keeping it on hand. Gao Jian resolved not to make the same mistake a third time.