Si Qingqing thoroughly recounted the incident of her male friend threatening her.

"Open your phone and show me the text messages."

Si Qingqing obediently opened her phone and handed it over.

Looking at her SMS exchanges with her male friend these days, Song Guanchao asked, "Do you have the video from the USB drive?"

"It's in the album."

Song Guanchao opened the album and directly clicked play.

Si Qingqing blushed and didn't dare to raise her head.

Song Guanchao wasn't interested in appreciating her figure.

He dragged the progress bar, quickly finished watching, and handed the phone back to her.

"Before that day, had you taken Xu Suyi to that club?"

"No, that was the first time."

"How many times afterwards?"

"Went three more times."

"Always with her?"

"Yes."

Song Guanchao closed his eyes, the cigarette on his fingers burning slowly.

When the cigarette burned to the end, he casually tossed it into a cup of water and stood up to go to the room: "I'll make a phone call."

He entered the room and found Liang Jianfeng's number.

"Director Liang, am I disturbing you?"

"What is it?"

"I want to consult about the criteria for extortion and blackmail."

"Are you being blackmailed?"

"Not me."

"Each case must be analyzed individually; ask directly, I can't answer you."

So, Song Guanchao explained Si Qingqing's situation to him in detail.

Liang Jianfeng said, "This is a typical case of extortion; if it exceeds 300,000, it reaches the 'especially significant' amount for filing; starts at ten years."

Song Guanchao asked, "Can we arrest tonight?"

"She needs to report the case first, then we can arrest after filing."

Liang Jianfeng said, "Go to Huayuan Road Police Station to report the case. That's Mayor Liang's jurisdiction. Let him know in advance."

"Okay."

Song Guanchao then called Liang Hao.

Upon hearing about this matter, Liang Hao immediately said, "Bring her over to report the case now, I'll wait for you at the police station."

"Brother Liang, no need to come, I'll..."

"This is such a big deal, I have to be there. You come on."

Liang Hao was steady; involving the director of the Judicial Bureau, he had to follow the whole process to avoid mistakes.

Returning to the living room, Song Guanchao suddenly asked, "How much money do you have?"

"Ah?" Si Qingqing was stunned for a moment: "What?"

"How much savings do you have?"

"Over fifty thousand."

"Liquid assets?"

"Some of it is invested."

"How much cash can you take out?"

"Around ten thousand."

"Borrow some money from someone." Song Guanchao said, "Transfer fifty thousand to your male friend tonight."

"Tonight... can it be tomorrow?"

Time was tight, and she didn't know who to borrow from.

Her parents had money, but she didn't want them to know about this matter.

"I'll give it to you."

Chu Xiao'e said, "Send me your card number."

Si Qingqing suddenly felt guilty: "Thank you, senior..."

"Don't mention it, just send me the card number."

"Hmm."

Si Qingqing sent her the card number, and shortly after, the money was transferred.

Song Guanchao said, "Contact this male friend of yours and tell him this is all the money you can scrape together right now."

Si Qingqing finally realized and asked, "You want me to transfer the money to him?"

"Yes."

Si Qingqing asked, "You mean you want me to accuse him of extortion?"

"Yes."

"No!"

Si Qingqing said nervously, "No, I don't want to report..."

If she wanted to report, she would have already done it.

The reason she hadn't reported until now was because she didn't want this matter to become public.

Once it became public, her reputation would be ruined.

Song Guanchao cursed internally, what an idiot.

"Don't worry, it won't be exposed."

Chu Xiao'e said, "Listen to Secretary Song."

Si Qingqing struggled for a long time, ultimately nodding.

She dialed her male friend's number and called him.

As soon as the call connected, she heard the voice on the other end: "Qingqing, where are you now?"

"Li Fan, I can only give you fifty thousand."

Li Fan was stunned for a moment and immediately said, "That's not enough; two hundred thousand is two hundred thousand, not a cent less. But you can first give me fifty thousand, and the rest can wait."

"But you have to come over tonight and spend the night with me."

"Shameless!"

"Hehe, Qingqing, saying this is pointless. Anyway, you have feelings for me, and spending a night with me will only benefit you. Don't worry, I'm great in bed, I guarantee you'll be hooked, unable to leave."

"I'm not going! You want money, I'll give it to you now, but I will definitely not sleep with you!"

"Alright, just transfer the money first then."

Hearing Si Qingqing willing to give money, Li Fan didn't care about sleeping, he just wanted to get the money first.

"Send me your bank account number."

"Alright, I'll send it right over." Li Fan said, "Qingqing, actually, I've always liked you..."

"Shut up, I don't want to talk to you, hurry up and send it over!"

She directly hung up the phone.

After a while, he sent over the account number.

She verified that it was indeed Li Fan's personal bank account number, and directly transferred the money.

After the transfer was successful, she sent a text message to the other party as required by Song Guanchao.

Li Fan immediately replied, "Received, send the remaining 150,000 as soon as possible."

"I only have this much!"

"Spend a night with me, I can ask for a little less."

"You're shameless!"

"Feel free to curse, either spend a night with me or give me the remaining money within a week, otherwise I'll release your video."

Song Guanchao said, "Alright, stop chatting, let's go."

When the three of them arrived at the police station, Liang Hao was already there.

Si Qingqing saw Liang Hao: "Mayor Liang."

"Director Si, hello." Liang Hao smiled warmly: "Come on in."

The reporting process went smoothly, with Station Chief Yu Gang personally taking the report.

After looking at the evidence provided by Si Qingqing, they immediately filed the case.

After filing, Yu Gang asked, "Do you know the suspect's home address?"

"Yes."

"No need to bother with that." Song Guanchao said, "Just lure him out directly."

Si Qingqing worriedly said, "I just transferred money to him, will he be suspicious if I ask him out now?"

Song Guanchao was a bit surprised; this woman actually had some sense.

"Give me the phone."

He took Si Qingqing's phone and sent Li Fan a text message.

"The money's been transferred; give me the USB drive."

"Alright, you can come and get it yourself; I'm in Sheraton room 602. Remember to wear stockings."

He tossed her the phone: "Call him, tell him to prepare the USB drive, and say you won't go over if he doesn't have it. Act a bit more convincing."

Si Qingqing acknowledged and started dialing.

A few minutes later, the call ended, and Station Chief Yu Gang said, "Let's go, let's arrest him."

When they arrived at the hotel, it was already eight in the evening.

Liang Hao and Chu Xiao'e stayed downstairs without going up, while Song Guanchao accompanied Si Qingqing, along with the plainclothes officers, to the room.

Si Qingqing felt anxious, and couldn't resist asking softly as they got off the elevator, "Will the video, really not spread out?"

Song Guanchao calmly said, "His aim is the money, not ruining you. If the video doesn't spread, he can continue to threaten you; if it spreads, it loses its effect."

Standing from an outsider's perspective, it was easy to determine Li Fan's true motive.

But as the person involved, Si Qingqing found it impossible to think rationally.

When they arrived outside the room, Yu Gang whispered, "Director Si, you go knock on the door."

Si Qingqing took a deep breath, walked to the door, bowed her head, and softly knocked.

Swiftly, the door opened and an attractively tall man stood there.

"Qingqing..."

He reached out to grab Si Qingqing's arm.

Before he could touch her, a group of people suddenly burst out from both sides of the door, rushing in to pin him against the wall.

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