Time goes back to 6pm.
In the private room 333 of Tongqing Building.
Teachers from XX High School attending tonight's banquet were arriving one after another.
This banquet was hosted by Cao Ye.
It was he who proactively proposed a meal for all the school's teachers.
Thus, he and his son arrived early.
The school showed great respect for Cao Ye's gesture, and teachers from all grades—except those who absolutely couldn't make it—came to the event.
The reason for this was simple.
Recently, Cao Ye had offered to donate a building to the school.
Cao Ye's stated reason for the donation was: "To thank the school for the education and nurturing of Cao Yu, and to give back to the school."
Naturally, no one at the school questioned this.
But in reality.
The real reason for Cao Ye's donation was that he had taken a liking to a female teacher at the school.
For Cao Ye, a three-story building was just a small project.
He could build it himself, and the cost was minimal.
But doing this would earn the school leaders' approval, making it easier for him to enter the school and giving him more opportunities to get close to the female teacher.
At 6 PM.
After inviting everyone to take their seats.
Cao Ye scanned the room and was immediately taken aback.
Despite all his efforts—donating a building, cozying up to school leaders, hosting this banquet—he didn't see Ning Wanqiu.
Feeling quite displeased, he asked on the spot, "Did Teacher Ning Wanqiu not come today?"
Ning Wanqiu was definitely an oddity at XX High School.
She seldom attended various school gatherings, except for weddings and funerals.
Anyone else might not have lasted long at the school with such behavior, but not Ning Wanqiu.
Not only was she exceptionally beautiful, she also had great relationships with her colleagues, and her teaching quality was outstanding, with her classes consistently achieving top grades, which made the school leadership more tolerant of her.
Now, Ning Wanqiu's son had become a big star and bought her a car.
This news had spread among the teachers.
So, it was normal for everyone that Ning Wanqiu didn't show up at this banquet.
If they had a celebrity child, they wouldn't want to attend such banquets either.
But since Cao Ye was donating a building to the school, they didn't want to offend him or make him unhappy.
A female teacher who was quite close to Ning Wanqiu proactively explained, "Teacher Ning isn't feeling well and took a leave today, so she couldn't come."
Hearing this, Cao Ye felt very frustrated.
He had hosted this banquet specifically for Ning Wanqiu, and she didn't even show up.
What was the point of hosting this meal?
However, as a company president, he didn't show any dissatisfaction on his face, maintaining a smile throughout.
Since Ning Wanqiu didn't come, he quickly shifted his attention to another female teacher.
This young teacher had just joined the school this year. Although not as stunning as Ning Wanqiu, she was still attractive, especially being young with skin so tender it seemed water could be squeezed out of it.
He had met her once before when he came to the school to meet with the leadership and was deeply impressed by her.
Among the female teachers present, Dai Qin was an old flame of his.
The first time he came to the school, Dai Qin had thrown herself at him, and he didn't turn her away.
After three rounds of drinks and five courses of dishes.
As the banquet was nearing its end, Cao Ye, to avoid suspicion, found an excuse and left early.
After exiting the restaurant and getting into the car, Cao Ye instructed Cao Yu to drive to the nearby street and park. He then sent a message to Dai Qin, asking her to bring Yin Xin over after the banquet.
He waited patiently.
After the banquet, since Yin Xin was drunk, Dai Qin offered to take her home.
Seeing they didn't have to handle it themselves, the colleagues naturally didn't object.
Dai Qin supported Yin Xin out of the restaurant and headed straight for Cao Ye's car.
Xu Xiuwen watched the Mercedes drive away but didn't rush to follow.
He continued to wait at the restaurant entrance and after a while, the van drove off.
He immediately followed the van.
...
Cao Yu's father, Cao Ye, was the CEO of a construction company, quite renowned and influential.
However, this CEO was arrested in Xu Xiuwen's previous life when he was a sophomore in college.
It happened during the summer vacation.
Xu Xiuwen was watching TV news at home when he saw the news about Cao Ye's sentencing.
The report revealed many of Cao Ye's misdeeds.
Two things stood out to Xu Xiuwen: one was his harassment of women.
The news mentioned that multiple women had reported being harassed by Cao Ye, including a teacher from XX High School.
Cao Ye himself also confessed to this.
At that time, Ning Wanqiu was at home. Seeing the news, she looked quite regretful.
Xu Xiuwen asked and learned about Yin Xin's ordeal.
In the previous life, Yin Xin was tormented by Cao Ye for a night. She escaped the next day and immediately called the police.
Unfortunately, Cao Ye not only denied it but also countered by accusing her of seducing him.
Cao Ye's wife, Chen Lan, used her connections to settle the matter, and it ended unresolved.
Later.
Yin Xin couldn't stay at her school, lost her job, and her boyfriend broke up with her. In the end, she couldn't take it anymore and stood on the shore of Phoenix Lake.
Even if Xu Xiuwen didn't go against Cao Yu, in two years, Cao Yu's family would still fall from grace.
But Xu Xiuwen wasn't someone who repaid grievances with kindness.
Cao Yu secretly sabotaging his relationship with Xiao Youran crossed his bottom line.
So he didn't want Cao Yu to enjoy two more years of peace!
He planned to let Cao Yu experience pain ahead of time!
He wanted to give Cao Yu a memorable lesson!
Thus, he began to take action against Cao Yu and his father.
Once Xu Xiuwen decided to go against Cao Yu, the first thing he did was hire a private investigator to investigate and follow Cao Yu and his father.
He didn't trust the local ones, so he went to Jinling to find private investigator Zhao Zong.
Zhao Zong charged a high fee, asking for 50,000 yuan, and promised to deliver satisfactory results, or he wouldn't take a penny.
The investigation proceeded smoothly.
Through surveillance, Zhao Zong found out that Cao Ye often took different women to a house in the suburbs to cheat.
Combining this with the content from the previous life's reports and what he learned about Yin Xin from his mother, Xu Xiuwen knew Cao Ye would make a move this time.
So Xu Xiuwen devised a plan to catch Cao Ye red-handed when he targeted Yin Xin.
The private investigator Zhao Zong was in the van ahead at that moment.
Xu Xiuwen followed Zhao Zong to Cao Ye's house in the eastern suburbs.
They parked their cars a short distance from the house in the darkness.
Zhao Zong, a man in his thirties with a disheveled look and a scruffy beard, resembling a character from his past life, but with sharp, eagle-like eyes, approached Xu Xiuwen's window after the car stopped.
Xu Xiuwen said to Zhao Zong, "Thank you for your hard work. I'll transfer the payment to your account later."
Zhao Zong nodded without saying a word.
Just then, a police car arrived and parked in front of the house.
Xu Xiuwen reminded, "The show isn't over yet; the rest is up to you."
Zhao Zong nodded and quickly ran towards the police car.
When the police car stopped, two officers in uniform, a man and a woman, got out.
Zhao Zong ran up to the police car just in time.
The male officer asked, "Did you call the police?"
Zhao Zong nodded, "Yes, I called."
He pointed to the yard behind him, "I saw a man dragging a woman into the house. The woman was resisting, and I just heard cries for help."
At that moment, various sounds, including a woman's cries, came from the house.
The two officers' expressions tightened, and they immediately rushed into the house.
...
The sudden arrival of the police stunned Cao Yu and Dai Qin.
Seeing Dai Qin's condition, especially the finger marks on her face, the officers instinctively thought she was the victim.
The male officer immediately subdued the dazed Cao Yu and handcuffed him.
The female officer went to comfort Dai Qin.
At this moment, Zhao Zong, who called the police, also entered the house. Seeing this scene, he immediately shouted, "Officers, it's not her, it's another woman."
The two officers were momentarily stunned but then heard noises from the bedroom.
They turned and rushed into the bedroom.
Entering the bedroom, they saw Yin Xin, disheveled, and Cao Ye and Chen Lan in a scuffle.
It was more Chen Lan hitting Cao Ye, with Cao Ye mostly covering his face, dodging.
A disheveled woman and a naked man.
Seeing this, was there any need for an explanation? This was catching someone red-handed, wasn't it?
The two officers worked in sync.
The male officer quickly stopped Chen Lan and subdued Cao Ye!
Seeing the officers burst into the room, Cao Ye realized the gravity of the situation.
But before he could explain, he was already restrained!
The policewoman Cha quickly rushed to the bedside, wrapping Yin Xin's body with a quilt and comforting her, "It's okay, it's okay."
At this moment, Dai Qin, who was only wearing a top in the living room, also entered the bedroom.
As soon as she entered the bedroom, she immediately cried, "You have to stand up for me, that person outside bullied me!"
The female teacher was barely covered, only wearing a top.
There were clear handprints on her face, and with her crying.
Policewoman Cha didn't doubt her and immediately comforted her, "It's okay, don't be afraid, we will protect you."
The sudden intrusion of the policewoman shocked Cao Ye.
Seeing Dai Qin in this state made his eyes widen.
However, Dai Qin's sudden false accusation left Cao Ye in shock and dismay!
Policewoman Cha asked Dai Qin to go to the living room and get dressed, then turned to ask Yin Xin, "Can you walk by yourself?"
Yin Xin's crying gradually subsided after seeing the policewoman.
Hearing the policewoman's question, she nodded and then struggled to get up from the bed.
Seeing her difficulty in moving and her body covered in bruises, the policewoman took the initiative to help her put on a coat, then assisted her to the living room.
In the living room, Cao Yu was handcuffed, lying face down in the gap between the sofa and the coffee table.
He had been struggling, but the space was so small that even turning around was very difficult.
The policewoman glared at him with disgust, then immediately took out her phone and started calling the station.
Ten minutes later.
Two more cars arrived.
Four more police officers got out of the cars.
They rushed into the house and took everyone back to the station.
The middle-aged man Zhao Zong, who reported the incident and was a witness, also went to the station with them.
So far, everything was going according to plan.
From the beginning, when Zhao Zong saw Dai Qin bringing Yin Xin into Cao Ye's car, he sent a text message to Cao Ye's wife, Chen Lan.
Getting Chen Lan's phone number was also easy.
Afraid of alerting them, Zhao Zong used a clumsy method.
He deliberately parked the van in Chen Lan's parking spot and left a number on the front windshield.
Chen Lan notified him to move the car, and Zhao Zong took the opportunity to get her number.
The phone number Zhao Zong used to text Chen Lan was from a SIM card he bought by the roadside, which didn't require ID registration.
So there was no worry about Chen Lan tracing it back to him later.
The timing of the call to Chen Lan and the police report were all calculated by Xu Xiuwen and Zhao Zong.
The arrival times of Chen Lan and the police were perfect.
Everything went according to plan.
The only unexpected event for Xu Xiuwen was that Cao Yu would bully Dai Qin.
This was something he hadn't anticipated, a pleasant surprise.
The second piece of news that left a deep impression on Xu Xiuwen in his previous life was about the land and house issues.
Xu Xiuwen wrote down everything he saw in the news in his previous life on paper and sent it out.
By now, it should have reached the disciplinary personnel.
Cao Ye and his son were caught red-handed with both witnesses and physical evidence.
Along with this fact-based letter.
Xu Xiuwen had no worries that Cao Ye would escape like he did in the previous life.
It could be said that Cao Ye and his son had no chance of turning things around.