Chapter 90: Chapter 90 Setting up and framing! This must be a set-up and framing!
The netizens in the comments section were right.
As a member of a vulnerable group, after receiving a negative review, he couldn’t just swallow his anger and let the villains get away with it!
The next time someone leaves a negative review, I’ll punish them like this, giving them a lesson they’ll never forget!
Having tasted the sweetness of revenge, Liang Shuqi thought to himself silently.
Even if this method were exposed, all he would have to do would be to compensate for the cost of the food delivery.
For him, there would be no loss, and it would also be quite satisfying.
He’d delivered food for several years and encountered many difficult customers who treated him like a mere gofer.
They’d ask him to buy cigarettes and alcohol on the side, not to mention the time a customer asked him to carry a ten-kilogram water jug from the downstairs shop to their apartment.
They even left a message saying they’d leave a negative review if he didn’t carry it up.
They showed no consideration for the hardships delivery riders faced.
Just like last night.
Because he’d accepted too many orders at once and couldn’t manage them all, he had to place the Mountain and Water Garden District order last.
But he hadn’t expected...
This customer showed absolutely no empathy.
They canceled the order right away and left a negative review.
Even when he went to their door to plead, they still refused to retract it.
To deal with people like this, you have to use unconventional methods!
Thinking about last night’s incident, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became.
Until now, he still believed he had done nothing wrong.
If he was wrong, then why, when he posted the whole story online, did all the netizens support him?
DING-DONG—
At that moment, the doorbell rang.
Liang Shuqi was taken aback. Could Xiao Fang be back already? Doesn’t she get off work at seven?
Xiao Fang was his girlfriend.
Since graduation, the two of them had been struggling to make a life in Jin City.
After a six-year relationship, they were planning to meet each other’s parents this year to discuss marriage.
He glanced at the time; it was just past six.
Puzzled, he stood up and opened the door.
Instead, he saw four police officers standing at his doorstep, looking stern.
"Who are you..." he asked, full of confusion.
The leading officer, a middle-aged man, showed his credentials.
The officer asked, "Hello, we’re from the Jin City Police Station. Are you Liang Shuqi?"
Liang Shuqi nodded blankly.
It was the first time he had ever stood so close to police officers. He couldn’t help but feel a little nervous.
But the officer’s next words frightened him to the core.
"We’ve received a report that you’re suspected of involvement in a poisoning case. Please cooperate with our investigation."
His eyes widened as he stared at the officers in disbelief.
"Poisoning?"
"Officer, could there be some mistake?"
"I’m just an ordinary delivery guy; how could I possibly poison someone?!"
"This must be a mistake! You have to investigate thoroughly. I deliver food every day and have never made enemies with anyone. How could I poison someone..."
The middle-aged officer frowned and interrupted him.
He reconfirmed, "You’re Liang Shuqi, correct?"
Liang Shuqi swallowed hard and nodded.
"This afternoon, you delivered an order of braised chicken with rice noodles to Apartment 1703, Building 10, in Mountain and Water Garden. Do you recall that?"
Liang Shuqi’s pupils constricted, and his expression changed dramatically.
His gaze suddenly became evasive.
He hadn’t made any other deliveries today, only that one.
But... how did the police know? And why come specifically to investigate him?
In an instant, he understood and quickly defended himself, "Officer, did that person report me? I admit I spat in his takeout, but I absolutely didn’t poison it!"
"If any toxins are found in his takeout, he must have put them there himself! He’s trying to frame me!"
"Officers, you must see the truth! You must!"
Connecting the dots, he instantly realized that the customer who left the bad review must be behind this!
Otherwise, the police wouldn’t have shown up at his door.
Moreover, the commotion was so loud now that all the neighbors must have heard.
He had to prove his innocence.
"You just spat?"
The middle-aged officer, Shen Dao, gave him an odd look and asked.
Liang Shuqi, fearful of being falsely accused, hastily confessed, "Yes! I’m a law-abiding citizen. How could I dare to do something like poisoning?"
"If there’s poison in the takeout, that customer must have put it there himself!"
"He’s trying to frame me! I’ll sue him for malicious prosecution!"
"You have to investigate this thoroughly!"
Listening to Liang Shuqi’s ’confession,’ Shen Dao’s mouth twitched.
Well, that simplified things... He wouldn’t even need to interrogate him. Liang Shuqi had already admitted to spitting. All that remained was to take him back to the station for a saliva DNA comparison.
Then, he gestured to the officers behind him and said, "Alright, since you’re Liang Shuqi, come with us to the station."
"Wait a moment!"
"I really only spat! I definitely didn’t poison anyone, I swear to God!"
Seeing this, Liang Shuqi became even more panicked.
Xiao Fang wasn’t off work yet. If he was taken away like this... she would probably have to visit him in jail.
"The report against you is for spitting," Shen Dao said gravely, looking at Liang Shuqi, who was stubbornly refusing to leave. "In the braised chicken with rice noodles, no other toxic substances were found, only saliva."
After hearing this, Liang Shuqi’s face was filled with disbelief, and he quickly replied, "Then it has even less to do with poisoning! I just spat. If worst comes to worst, I’ll just pay him back for the braised chicken with rice noodles!"
Shen Dao looked utterly exasperated.
But he patiently continued to explain, "This isn’t about compensation anymore; it’s about you having broken the criminal law!"
"The crime of poisoning refers to introducing radioactive, pathogenic, or infectious substances into another person’s food. Tests show your saliva... contained an infectious influenza virus!"
"You are now a suspect in a poisoning case. Please cooperate with our investigation!"
Actually, the crime of poisoning is somewhat obscure.
Many people’s understanding of the crime of poisoning is limited to substances like actual poison.
Liang Shuqi was one of them, thinking spitting was no big deal.
But he overlooked... the fact that his saliva contained an infectious influenza agent.
"What?"
After hearing the whole explanation, Liang Shuqi was completely stunned.
His face was full of shock.
He had never imagined that, in a legal sense, a mouthful of spit... could actually constitute the crime of poisoning!
"Let’s go. Take him back to the station," Shen Dao said, looking at the frozen Liang Shuqi and gesturing to the officers behind him.
They took him to the police car.
...
「That night at nine o’clock. Jin City Police Station.」
Xiao Fang, having finished work, rushed to the Jin City Police Station, her face etched with anxiety. She saw Liang Shuqi detained in a holding cell.
SLAP!
A crisp slap landed on his right cheek.