The police's intention was that Xie Qining had committed a serious crime this time, and it was uncertain whether he could even be bailed out.
She felt very troubled and went to see Xie Zhendong's two friends there.
Under their introduction, she hired a famous lawyer to negotiate with the police.
With the lawyer's help, she finally got to see Xie Qining at the police station.
When she saw Xie Qining, she was a little unsure. Was this still the Xie family's young master who thought himself so dashing?
Xie Qining had only been detained here for a day, but his eyes were already deeply sunken, his skin had lost its luster, and the stubble on his chin was very noticeable.
"Why are you here?" Xie Qining said with a look of disappointment upon seeing her, "Where is Sasha? Where is Old Zhou? Isn't my dad coming?"
Zhan Jiayi replied in her usual indifferent tone, "It's inconvenient for them to appear. As you know, the negotiations for the project here have entered a critical stage, and Mr. Xie doesn't want your affairs to affect the interests of Xie Group."
"What group interests! Are they more important than his own son?" Xie Qining said, both angry and scared, "Does he know how serious the charges they've pinned on me are? I don't want to go to jail here, I don't!"
Zhan Jiayi said in a businesslike manner, "I will report to Mr. Xie."
"Wait, what do you mean by the charges the police have pinned on you?" the lawyer asked, focusing on the key point.
"I clearly didn't ask anyone to kidnap and extort, but they insist I'm the mastermind of the kidnapping and extortion," Xie Qining knew that the brown-haired, blue-eyed man accompanying Zhan Jiayi was a lawyer and hoped the lawyer could save him.
The lawyer took out the materials from his briefcase and said, "But the police have proof of your transfer to Wen Wei, as well as your chat records with Wen Wei. In them, you clearly told him to deal with the woman named Gu Susu..."
"What, called what?" Zhan Jiayi was very surprised to hear this name.
The lawyer repeated the name Gu Susu.
Xie Qining did not deny it and asked Zhan Jiayi, "Do you know this woman too?"
"No," Zhan Jiayi said, trying not to reveal anything, "I've only heard of her. This woman is Qin Tianyi's wife, and she's quite capable."
The lawyer reminded them that it was not the time to chat, and the police had limited time for their meeting.
"When you told Wen Wei to deal with her, didn't you mean to have him kidnap and extort?"
Xie Qining immediately said agitatedly, "My family is rich, we have plenty of money! Why would I extort?"
"So you admit to kidnapping but deny extortion?"
Xie Qining continued to deny, "I didn't ask him to kidnap either!"
"Then why did you give him five hundred thousand?" the lawyer asked, confused.
Xie Qining explained, "When I said 'deal with her,' I just meant to fix that woman, to scare her."
The lawyer didn't understand what "scare" meant and asked, "Did you mean to have someone beat her, or hold her captive? That's kidnapping."
Xie Qining could no longer explain clearly and couldn't help but hit his head. In fact, he himself didn't know what "scare" specifically entailed.
In the past, when he paid people to deal with someone, he would give instructions like this, and he wouldn't care how the person he instructed would act.
As long as it made the person he had a grudge against afraid and allowed him to vent his anger, that was enough.
The lawyer said helplessly, "Mr. Xie, your situation is not easy to defend. No matter how you defend it, the kidnapping charge will stand. As for whether you can be acquitted of extortion, I can't guarantee..."
"Zhan Jiayi, you're deliberately trying to harm me! What kind of lawyer did you hire for me, you just want me to go to jail!" Xie Qining said, then stood up abruptly, glaring at Zhan Jiayi.
"This is the best lawyer!" Zhan Jiayi felt she was being dragged down by him, and he didn't even appreciate it. She said angrily, "Not every time you cause trouble you'll be so lucky and not have to take responsibility for your actions. You deserve it!"
Xie Qining became even more convinced that Zhan Jiayi was deliberately harming him, and shouted, "I want to see my father! Let him come here to help me, I don't want to go to jail!"
"I will relay everything you say to Mr. Xie without omission, and whether he will come here to help you is not something I can decide," Zhan Jiayi said, already getting up, preparing to leave.
No matter what she did, Xie Qining wouldn't appreciate it. It was better to let Xie Zhendong find someone else to handle this matter.
The lawyer understood that Xie Qining was questioning his professional ability.
Seeing Zhan Jiayi leave, he immediately packed his documents and followed her out of the police station.
At the entrance of the police station, the lawyer chased after Zhan Jiayi and asked, "Do I still need to defend Mr. Xie?"
Zhan Jiayi finally calmed down a bit and asked, "Is Mr. Xie's case not very winnable? How likely is it that he will go to jail?"
"Ninety percent chance of being found guilty," the lawyer shrugged.
"So there's no possibility of acquittal?"
The lawyer pondered for a moment and said, "I suggest Mr. Xie plead guilty voluntarily to see if he can apply for a reduced sentence, which would result in a lighter sentence. After serving time, we can then try to arrange for medical parole, which can still be managed afterward."
"Is this the only way? He has to go to jail first?" Zhan Jiayi guessed that Xie Zhendong wouldn't want his son to go to jail.
"This is the only way I can think of right now," the lawyer said candidly.
Zhan Jiayi said, "Thank you. He is the boss's son, and I also need to report to the boss. Wait for my news."
"Okay, understood." The lawyer understood completely and drove away first.
Zhan Jiayi returned to the hotel, thinking about how to report this to Xie Zhendong. It seemed Xie Qining would most likely go to jail.
As she was worrying about how to tell Xie Zhendong, someone rang the doorbell outside.
She got up to open the door and saw Sasha standing at the door, tearfully holding a plane ticket.
"Assistant Zhan, what does this mean?" Sasha handed the plane ticket back to Zhan Jiayi directly.
Zhan Jiayi handed the ticket back to her and said, "This is Mr. Xie's intention. He wants you to return to Lancheng first and not show yourself here anymore. He's afraid that if the media discovers that Xie Qining is in trouble, it will affect the project that is currently being negotiated."
"How can I just leave at a time like this? Qining needs me," Sasha refused to take the ticket.
Zhan Jiayi invited her in to sit and poured her a glass of water, saying, "Staying here won't help him. It's hard to even see him now, and what he's done is not a minor matter."
"How could he go and kidnap and extort out of the blue?" Sasha pretended to know nothing.
Zhan Jiayi was about to ask her, "Do you know what grudges Qining has against Gu Susu?"
"Gu Susu? I haven't heard of this person. Who is she?"
"Qin Tianyi's wife. The person he ordered to kidnap and extort this time is Gu Susu. Moreover, the person he instructed also kidnapped the wrong person, kidnapping Lan Yu and injuring her. Besides kidnapping and extortion, the police can also charge him with assault."
Sasha looked stunned and murmured, "This serious? I heard him say that Gu Susu is Qin Tianyi's wife. He must still resent Qin Tianyi for what happened before and wants to get revenge on Qin Tianyi."
In her heart, she thought that the people Xie Qining hired were indeed useless.