Chapter 498: Chapter 498

But she still retorted with extreme defiance, "Bullshit! Complete nonsense! We just didn't like potatoes much, so we only took a few bites. It wasn't at all like you imagined, where we intentionally saved it for last."

"However, if you don't like potatoes, why did you order a potato dish?" Xu Hao immediately pressed on.

"We have money, what about it?" the middle-aged woman simply sat down on the ground and started playing the rogue.

"You have money? That's laughable!"

Xu Hao sneered and grabbed the laptop that Anna had been holding and playing games with. He opened a file on the desktop and read aloud, "Guo Lanxiang, female, thirty-five years old, from Xiao Lizhuang Village, Dushu Town, Linjiang City, an unemployed drifter.

Together with her husband, Li Feng, older brother, Guo Changjiang, and son, Li Fan, she has been involved in human trafficking, serving five years in prison for it. She has been in pyramid schemes, worked as a violent debt collector for usurious loans, only has a thatched hut at home, living day by day with booze when available, and no clean water to drink the next day, no fixed abode, and multiple criminal records registered with the public security organs..."

As Xu Hao read out their identities and past deeds, the middle-aged woman, Guo Lanxiang's, face grew increasingly unsightly. She couldn't believe that in such a short time, Xu Hao had managed to dig out their deepest secrets!

The two public security officers immediately started to seek data support from headquarters, using the names mentioned by Xu Hao. Soon they stated, "What this gentleman said is completely consistent with the actual information. These four individuals have criminal records, and not just one offense."

Guo Lanxiang's expression turned even more ferocious as she shouted, "You're all in on it! Yes, we did some things that were destabilizing to society, but we've reformed. You can't just slander us and pin the crime on us willy-nilly!"

Some people nodded in agreement. Xu Hao had indeed revealed a lot of shocking information, but that wasn't enough to prove conclusively that these people were here intentionally causing trouble. Find this chapter's source on *.

After all, those were just past criminal records, but there was no evidence to show that today's incident was deliberate on their part, so some people were not convinced.

At this point, one of the public security officers said, "Now we only need to get Xiao Wu here for a confrontation. If they know each other, it's definitely a case of conspiracy. But he has run away, and it might take some time to catch him."

Xu Hao glanced at his phone and then looked up with a smile, "Xiao Wu is already here."

Everyone was taken aback and quickly turned their heads, only to see two men in black suits and sunglasses escorting a young man toward them. The young man had a crestfallen face and looked utterly devastated.

The chef immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't that Xiao Wu? Young Master Xu, you managed to find him in such a short time!"

Hearing the chef identify the young man as Xiao Wu, everyone took a closer look and realized that he indeed matched the appearance of the man shown on the security camera footage from the morning's delivery, even wearing the same clothes!

They were all stunned by the speed with which Xu Hao gathered information and tracked down the suspects—it was incredibly fast, almost unbelievable!

How immense must be the power and influence behind the scenes to achieve such a feat!

Xu Hao looked at Guo Lanxiang and saw that her expression hadn't changed in the slightest, she even seemed a bit arrogant. Xu Hao instantly understood that this matter probably wouldn't be resolved right now.

When Xiao Wu heard the chef's voice, he looked up at him but said nothing.

The chef scoffed, "Xiao Wu, I was so wrong about you! At first, I thought you were honest and hardworking, so I pulled you off the streets, let you help with the delivery at the restaurant. But in less than two months, you've caused such a mess... you're going to be the death of me! You've not only squandered my goodwill, but you've also let down Manager Wang, let down the Third Young Master, let down the whole Wei family!"

The chef was livid; he felt betrayed by Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu glanced at him and said, "I didn't want to do it either, but they offered me a high price, and I couldn't resist such a big temptation—one hundred thousand yuan, enough for me to live frugally and work here for two or three years."

At this point, with public security officers present, he knew he couldn't escape and decided to confess, hoping confession might lead to a lighter punishment.

One of the public security personnel pointed at Guo Lanxiang and asked, "Do you recognize them?"

Xiao Wu looked at Guo Lanxiang and shook his head, "I don't know them, I've never seen them before."

Since Xiao Wu had already confessed, he likely had no reason to protect the accomplices he had worked with, so he probably really didn't know Guo Lanxiang and her group.

Indeed, that was the case!

Xu Hao felt a chill in his heart. It seemed that the other party was extremely cautious and had anticipated that after the exposure of their plot, public security officers might confront Guo Lanxiang with Xiao Wu, so they had made sure to hire people who didn't know each other.