novelraw Chapter 459 : One Person Bears It All
Chapter 459 : One Person Bears It All
Chapter 459: One Person Bears It All
"Can I see him?" Chen Fan asked.
Pang Longhai immediately showed a troubled expression.
But seeing Chen Fan's face, he sighed after a few seconds of silence.
"Alright, I'll try to figure something out."
"Thank you, Big Brother Pang."
"It's fine. We're family, no need for such formalities."
Pang Longhai acted quickly, calling Chen Fan that same afternoon to say that everything had been arranged.
Luo Wenjie was currently being held temporarily in a police station in the city center. Pang Longhai had to use quite a few connections to barely make it happen.
The two agreed to meet the next morning.
When the news reached the dormitory, all the brothers wanted to go see Luo Wenjie, but after a brief discussion, they decided that only Ma Xiaoshuai, Wu Di, and Chen Fan would go.
Early the next morning, Ma Xiaoshuai drove Chen Fan and Wu Di, and they also picked up Luo Wenjie's girlfriend, Li Jiao.
The three arrived at the address Pang Longhai had given them, and Pang Longhai was already there.
As soon as they met, Chen Fan quickly went over and said in a low voice,
"Big Brother Pang, I owe you one for this."
Pang Longhai didn't say anything, just patted Chen Fan's shoulder.
Then he looked at the group that had come.
"There are too many people. They won't agree to this."
"How about just you go in by yourself?"
Chen Fan nodded without hesitation.
"Alright."
He turned to Ma Xiaoshuai and the others behind him.
"You guys wait outside, I'll go in for a bit."
Then he glanced at Li Jiao, whose eyes were red from crying, and nodded.
"Don't worry. Everything will be fine."
Twenty minutes later, Chen Fan saw Luo Wenjie.
In just one day, Luo Wenjie seemed to have become a different person.
He had already changed into detention center clothes and walked cautiously. The air of being on top of the world that he usually carried was completely gone.
When the two brothers met, their eyes locked, and they were speechless.
A few seconds later, they both simultaneously showed a bitter smile.
Luo Wenjie spoke first: "I knew it would be you who came."
Chen Fan spoke quickly: "Time is limited, let's talk fast."
"Xiaoshuai, Brother Di, and Li Jiao are all outside. But they're not allowed in."
Luo Wenjie nodded, not saying anything.
Chen Fan asked directly: "What happened? Didn't I warn you before?"
Luo Wenjie shook his head with a bitter smile.
"Brother Fan, you were right."
"You warned me several times before, but unfortunately, I didn't take it to heart. Thinking about it now, I guess I got a bit carried away with making money, thought I was really something. In the end, I'm just a complete idiot."
"Let's not talk about that," Chen Fan comforted him, then asked, "How is it inside? They're not giving you a hard time, are they?"
Luo Wenjie shook his head, "It's okay."
Chen Fan continued to ask: "What exactly happened? Why were you the only one arrested?"
"Where are the others?"
"And I heard you took all the responsibility on yourself in there? Are you crazy?"
Chen Fan's emotions were a bit agitated, "Do you know the consequences of doing this?"
"You'll be sentenced to prison."
Luo Wenjie stared at Chen Fan and nodded.
"Of course I know. But... sigh, what's done is done, nothing more to say."
"I don't regret it."
"Bullshit, you don't regret it!"
Chen Fan scolded in a low voice: "Tell me the truth, what exactly happened?"
Luo Wenjie lowered his head and was silent for a few seconds before finally revealing the truth.
It turned out that when Chen Fan had warned Luo Wenjie a couple of days ago, he had actually listened.
And when he got back to the studio, he had mentioned it again to Zhou Honghai.
Zhou Honghai was an ambitious person, but he still admired Chen Fan.
So facing Chen Fan's repeated warnings and reminders, Zhou Honghai on one hand comforted Luo Wenjie saying it was nothing big, not to scare himself.
At the same time, after a brief discussion between the two, they also took some precautionary measures.
Zhou Honghai spent money to contact several familiar studios, so that if there was any news, everyone could inform each other in advance.
Luo Wenjie even thought of a method.
The studio that Zhou Honghai ran was in a two-story villa rented in a residential area for office use.
They directly used a large sum of money to bribe the security guards of the residential area.
They only asked one thing of them, which was if police cars ever entered the area, they just needed to give them a call in advance.
However, no one expected that things would happen faster than they anticipated.
That day, Zhou Honghai notified Luo Wenjie to come back to the studio for a meeting, which was actually to divide the money.
They had previously set a rule that the money earned by the studio would be withdrawn once a month, and then divided monthly.
But this time, something went wrong during the money division.
Originally, that day was supposed to be the studio's day off, with only two employees staying to keep watch.
The two of them were discussing how to divide the money in the office when they suddenly received a call from the residential security guard saying police cars had entered the area.
Something had happened.
The two immediately realized that something big had happened.
Zhou Honghai was scared stiff on the spot, and in his panic, he suddenly suggested that Luo Wenjie should immediately call Chen Fan.
Among the people they knew, only Chen Fan could be considered a big shot.
He wanted Chen Fan to think of a way to help.
But Luo Wenjie refused on the spot.
At a time like this, let alone whether Chen Fan could help or not, even if he could help, they absolutely couldn't drag Chen Fan into this.
"Are you crazy?"
Zhou Honghai cursed loudly: "At a time like this, you're still thinking about your brotherly loyalty?"
"This studio was originally set up by him, if we just make a call, how could Chen Fan not help when we're in trouble!"
Luo Wenjie retorted: "Brother Fan's original purpose for setting up this studio wasn't to run private servers, it was you who said to run private servers later, and Brother Fan has already withdrawn, this studio has nothing to do with him now."
"So what? At a time like this, of course he should help..."
As he spoke, Zhou Honghai took out his phone to call Chen Fan.
Luo Wenjie rushed over to grab it, and the two broke into a fierce argument.
In the end, Zhou Honghai got angry and shouted loudly that if Chen Fan didn't help, if he went in, Chen Fan wouldn't have it easy either, he would reveal all the secrets about Chen Fan setting up the studio, at worst they'd all go to jail together.
Luo Wenjie immediately punched him!
"Get lost!"
...
Later, when the police broke down the door and entered, there was only Luo Wenjie in the room, Zhou Honghai had already sneaked out the back door with the two employees.
At the last moment, Luo Wenjie made a deal with Zhou Honghai.
He would take all the responsibility, saying the studio was his alone.
The precondition was that Zhou Honghai could not reveal the secret of the studio's connection to Chen Fan.
After silently listening to Luo Wenjie finish telling the story, Chen Fan sighed.
"You fool."
"Even if he said it, so what?"
Chen Fan really didn't care if Zhou Honghai revealed this secret.
When he originally set up the studio, it was to sell game cheats.
The impact of game cheats was obviously not as severe as private servers.
Moreover, Chen Fan was only responsible for providing money at that time, he wasn't involved in the operation of the studio at all.
Later, when the studio started running private servers, Chen Fan had already withdrawn.
Even if it was exposed, the impact wouldn't be that big, at most he'd be fined some money and suffer some reputational damage.
But Luo Wenjie spoke with a serious face.
"Brother Fan, what was I like when I started university?"
"Less than 300 yuan for living expenses per month, and I still had to scrimp and save."
"If it weren't for you, could I have earned so much money?"
"A person should be grateful and repay kindness."
"Moreover, we're dormitory brothers!"
"To betray a brother, I, Luo Wenjie, can't do it!"