Chapter 72 - Loss

After the police rushed here, they recognized Jaquan and immediately asked, "Where's Ferne?"

Ferne used to be the captain when he was a policeman. After he quit, many of his colleagues still admired and missed him.

Jaquan pointed at Emily to the chief police officer and whispered something. The dignified police officer immediately became shocked and respectful. He walked over and gave Emily a standard salute.

As he took the lead, his inferiors all saluted. The scene was impressive.

Emily was shocked and somewhat confused. After the police saluted, they immediately became indignant, "Let's go!"

They went to the Selective Tea.

Mr. Bennet was lying in a recliner chair, listening to the tune and waving his hands. He squinted, feeling delighted. Hearing footsteps coming from the door, he chuckled, "Customers coming? Today's wonderful..."

When he opened his eyes, he saw several police standing in front of him, as well as a pack of policemen behind them on the street. He immediately trembled, "Oh my God..."

The whole Tea Market soon knew that the Selective Tea was besieged by the police. Many store owners gathered around and secretly peeked through the door.

The leading police officer looked at the business license hanging on the wall and read out his name, "Are you Max Bennet? Show me your ID card."

Max, who slowly got up from the ground, gave a frightened look at Emily and squeezed a smile. "What's going on?"

"Show your ID card! Now!" The police officer said with dignity, which made Max's legs twitch. He shouted at the door in a trembling way, "Darling! Bring me my ID card!"

His wife, who finally came out, was also shocked by the scene. They exchanged a glance to convey some message. His wife cursed at him and went inside to fetch the ID card. She never came out again.

Max kept looking down. Because he has never experienced such a situation, his legs were too weak to support him. He could only sit on the chair with his calves trembling.

Perhaps his guilty conscience, coupled with the deterrence of the police, caused his entire mind to go blank instantly. Max who had been extremely happy for the order came to grief.

Jaquan no longer acted as Emily's sidekick. Instead, he turned into a brilliant lawyer. Having worn a pair of golden spectacles that he found from somewhere, he became a well-educated and flirtatious man. "We just asked an expert to examine your tea seeds and found half of them were fake seeds."

As he spoke, a policeman cooperatively brought in the fake seeds and showed to everyone at the door.

"I also received a video that was shot when customers were buying your seeds. In this video, you were mixing the fake seeds with the real." Jaquan took out a mobile phone and played a half-hour video. "Because of the significant amount, we will seize your store. And as the owner, you need to be responsible for what you have done. You must compensate the buyer for the losses."

"What losses?" Max finally regained his sense. He looked at Emily, and said in a hoarse voice, "I can return the money to her."

Emily turned around and shouted, "Come in."

Sydnee squeezed in from the crowd, looked at Max and asked, "What about my loss?"

Max looked at Sydnee and then at Emily. He finally understood. He stood up in shock and pointed at them with trembling fingers. "Do you know each other?"

In an instant, he turned to the police and said, "Police officer, the two girls frame me!"

"Did they mix the fake tea seeds with the real and frame you?" Jaquan straightened his glasses.

Max pretended to be innocent, saying, "Fake tea seeds? I know nothing."

"Take him back. Grill him, and he'll know." Jaquan signaled to the police. "The evidence is all there. You will be in prison for a long time. Also, you have to compensate for it."

"Wait a minute! You can't arrest me!" Max panicked and stepped back, "I have to raise my wife and kid!"

The woman in the door came out again. Her eyes turned red and she shouted, "Max! You go! I will take care of the kid myself!"

"You ... you bitch! Why didn't you say that when I made money? Now that I'm going to prison, you're parting from me!" Max roared angrily. He was in his forties, and his hair was half white. His face was weathered, making him like a man in his fifties or sixties. He roared so hard that his voice became hoarse.

His wife escaped his look to wipe away her tears. She then glared at him and said, "I've told you not to do it!"

"I did it for our family!" With his husky voice, Max sounded like a dying patient. He cried out in despair, "I'm doing this for you and the kid!"

His wife no longer looked at him and turned around. "Save it. I'll go see you. Go now. Kids are still sleeping."

Max still wanted to say something, but he was handcuffed by the police. He was escorted out by two policemen. Along the way, he met many business man of tea industry, including the one who just greeted him and envied his big order.

He was too ashamed to raise his head.

However, the gaze of others seemed to pierce through his flesh and torture him. He felt a high fever all over his body, and his legs were so weak that he almost dragged them along.

Finally, he was dragged to the police car. This was not the first time he saw a police car, but it was the first time he sat in it. He panicked and quivered. He grabbed the police officer beside him and asked, "Police officer, will I go to prison?"

"No questions. Get in the car!" The police officer gave him a push.

Max was desperate, and he fainted in front of the police car.

The rest of the police took an expert to check if there were any fakes in the store. Many people were so scared that they didn't dare to look at Emily and her fellows.

After they came out satisfactorily, Sydnee covered her chest and said, "I was scared to death. While I was in the car, it scared me to see so many police! I thought you were in danger..."

Emily smiled silently as she calculated how much interest the 180,000 she had just paid would gain.

Although Jaquan hadn't spoken in the group recently, he did check the group talk. So, he also knew about the "difficulties" of the future Mrs. Scavo. He immediately told her, "I will get you the highest compensation."

Emily smiled sincerely at him, "I'm really grateful."

Jaquan, "...."

Were her smiles before all fake? He felt a little sad.

After settling this matter, Emily said goodbye to Sydnee at the Tea Market. Because they only drove one car, Jaquan drove Sydnee to the Tea Manor while Emily and Harold took the police car back.

The police were so warm-hearted. One uniformed policeman opened the car door and made a welcome gesture, "Please get in the car, Miss."

Miss? Please?

Did police were always polite like that? She thought it must be something wrong with Jaquan's introduction.