Looking at Gu Chen's sharp eyes, Hao Tong wanted to avoid it, but the facts were in front of him. Even if Hao Tong wanted to find a reasonable excuse, the lime in the room couldn't explain it at all.

Together with the body of the dead cat, it is enough to show that the kitten was hungry at that time, which refutes the previous statement that he had prepared enough cat food.

Seeing that the police had spotted him as soon as he arrived at the Furong Branch, Hao Tong was panicking and kept evading his eyes.

"If you burned down your own house, if I guess correctly, it was for money, right?"

Seeing that Hao Tong didn't respond for a long time, Gu Chen directly gave his judgment.

"Um..." Hao Tong glanced at Gu Chen, lowered his head and whispered: "I... I don't know what to say?"

"Then let's talk slowly." Lu Weiwei stared at Hao Tong sideways and said angrily: "Based on the results of our on-site investigation, from the time you left the villa with your two daughters to the time the villa caught fire, my junior brother Gu was the first

One rushed into the fire to search for survivors."

"During this period, no other personnel were found to have entered the villa, so only you can complete these operations. But now, it seems that you can't deny it?"

Also stunned by Lu Weiwei's loud voice, Hao Tong held his forehead and tried to keep himself awake.

She looked at Lu Weiwei and Yuan Shasha, then returned to Gu Chen, then nodded and said: "Yes, this fire was... I did it, and the methods you mentioned were indeed mine.

The default way."

Gu Chen, Lu Weiwei, and Yuan Shasha looked at each other, quickly picked up the writing pen again, and asked: "That means that our previous inference is indeed like this. You used the pet cat to complete this seemingly absent arson."

Is the incident correct?"

"Yes." Hao Tong nodded without denying it, but suddenly he became sad and couldn't help but shed tears.

Lu Weiwei took out a tissue from Officer Wang's desk and handed it to her, saying, "Although I don't know why you did this, have you ever thought about what might happen if the fire spreads and becomes uncontrollable?"

"With a place like Kaitian Villa, wouldn't innocent people be affected? And if a heavy rain tonight hadn't suppressed the fire, the fire might have spread into one fire and ignited all the surrounding yards and trees."

"If you're optimistic, at most your single-family home will be burned down, but if you're pessimistic, several surrounding houses may suffer, you know?"

"I...I know." Hao Tong lowered his head and said aggrievedly: "I just wanted to burn down my house. I didn't want to harm others. Really, is it illegal to burn down your own house?"

"Intentional arson is a crime." Gu Chen said straightforwardly.

"Okay." Hao Tong lowered his head again and said with a frustrated look: "Actually...actually, I just want to help my husband by doing this."

"Help your husband?" Gu Chen frowned and couldn't help but wonder: "What does burning your own house have to do with helping your husband?"

"Yes." Yuan Shasha also said inexplicably: "This is the first time I have seen someone setting their house on fire. I can't understand your operation."

Hao Tong shook his head, calmed down his mood again, and proposed his idea of ​​​​this operation to Gu Chen, saying: "My family is short of money now and has another 2 million debt."

"You have to know that when my family had a little money, my husband and I spent money lavishly and never had the habit of saving money."

"With the mentality of being drunk now, I basically feel that this business can continue to make money."

"But I didn't expect that the turning point was in the second half of last year. My family's business suddenly suffered a financial breakdown. The money I lent to others to raise funds ended up being taken away by others, including the principal and interest. The person who lent the money has been like this ever since.

It’s like evaporation.”

"So, you owe 2 million because of this?" Gu Chen said.

Hao Tong nodded and said: "This is just the beginning. Because I have been able to get high returns from the fund-raising circle every year, and the business has been good in the past few years, my husband has never taken the flow of capital too seriously."

"But this time, the principal and interest of the capital raising were suddenly gone, and the market took a turn for the worse. Many supply manufacturers came to ask for debts, but my family suddenly couldn't afford so much funds."

"In desperation, we could only return the squeezed clothes to the manufacturer, or sell them at a discount. In the end, we could only sell the real estate in the city and take out a loan for the villa, so that we could barely come up with part of it.

Funding fills the gap.”

"But the current situation is that even so, the debt gap of nearly 2 million has still not been closed."

"Seeing that my husband wakes up early every day and sleeps late every day, and is sometimes so tired that he vomits blood. As a wife, I really don't know how to help him."

Looking at his clothes, Hao Tong pinched the collar and said: "I used to spend money like water, but now I use one yuan as two yuan. I haven't bought new clothes for a long time. My two daughters don't even have milk powder."

broken."

"But..." Gu Chen hesitated for a moment, and then asked softly: "But, your villa can be sold to pay off the debt. I remember that the housing prices there are quite high, filling the gap of 2 million in debt.

, it should be more than enough, right?”

"Yes." Hao Tong suddenly became emotional and choked up and said: "Comrade police, you are absolutely right."

"This villa was bought by my husband and I after working together for nearly fifteen years in Jiangnan City."

"To be honest, this house is also our last foothold in Jiangnan City. If we can't even keep this house, I'm afraid my husband won't be able to bear the pressure."

After a pause, Hao Tong continued: "But every time I see my husband vomiting blood from exhaustion, I find that he has changed. He has never worked so hard before."

"I know he wants to keep this house. He wants our family not to end up without a place to live in Jiangnan City."

"He always told me that if he endured longer, maybe the market would get better again? Maybe he would still be lucky?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But I know that all this is just him trying to comfort people. The market will not get better within a few years, and businessmen don't have that much luck. Damn it."

It’s all about hard work.”

"I'm afraid that before my husband can make a comeback, he will be exhausted. I just want my family to be well and not be overwhelmed by a debt of 2 million."

"So, after persuading my husband to sell the house in Kaitian Villa to no avail, I secretly hid it from him and bought a huge insurance policy through an acquaintance, and then I started planning to sell this villa in the way you mentioned.

It burns."

"I know my husband is reluctant to part with it, but I have no choice. I can only save my husband from having to work so hard after burning this house down and getting enough insurance funds from the insurance company.

"

Looking at Gu Chen, Hao Tong said in a hoarse voice: "Comrade policeman, life is very hard. We have a family of four and four elderly people to support, and we all rely on my husband to make money alone."

"I'm really afraid that if he collapses one day, our family will live on the streets, and my children will have to live with the debts they owe from their father."

"So I've had enough of this kind of life. Since my husband Xu Youcai doesn't listen to me, I have to use my own way to help him make up his mind."

"As long as the house burns down and the insurance company can't find out why the fire was deliberately set, our family is very likely to receive a huge amount of insurance money."

"With this money, we can pay off the debt first, and there may be a small balance, or it may not be enough and we need to owe more."

"But it doesn't matter anymore. At least the pressure won't be so great. At least we can make a comeback."

Gu Chen nodded slightly and said in understanding: "So, you went to great lengths to set fire just to defraud the insurance company of the insurance money?"

"No...that's right." Hao Tong didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit it.

Gu Chen shook his head: "But you can definitely convince your husband to sell the villa. It should be more than 2 million, at least there will be a balance."

"Yes." Lu Weiwei also agreed very much: "Pay off the debt, leave some balance, and live in a rented house is pretty good, at least your life is at stake, right? Your husband works hard day and night, what if he ends up in the hospital one day?

, isn’t the medical expense spent a small amount of money?”

Hao Tong shook his head, seeming to understand what the two meant, but still explained: "2 million, or even more than 2 million, this house is definitely worth it."

"But you have to know that now there is no market price. Many houses here are looking for takeovers among wealthy people."

"But now everyone doesn't have much liquidity in their hands, and this area is far away from the urban area, so not many people come here to buy houses."

"And in the first few years, it was said that this area was going to be developed, but many projects failed midway. Therefore, many home buyers are not optimistic about this area, and there is no potential for appreciation."

"Therefore, the residents who bought this place a few years ago have fallen into a trap. This place is obviously priced but not marketable. If it can't be sold at an ultra-low price, no one will take it over."

"Many landlords are also offering promotions, and we simply cannot afford to lose money."

After Hao Tong said this, Gu Chen probably understood the reason.

It is difficult to generate cash flow from a house that is priced but not available, so Hao Tong came up with this strategy in order to help her husband pay off the debt.

Use a pet cat to cause a fire incident so that you can defraud the insurance company of a high amount of insurance money.

Gu Chen couldn't help but shook his head and said: "Aren't you afraid that if the fire fails to burn, you will end up in vain?"

"Yes, I was worried." Hao Tong wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then said: "But, I have also experimented many times when no one was around, and it can ignite every time."

"And the room where I kept the cat was covered with flammable wallpaper, plus there were flammable objects around it."

"I think that as soon as the fire ignites, the whole house will be plunged into a sea of ​​flames. I always have to take a gamble in everything. If it really succeeds, my husband will not have to work hard, but..."

Hao Tong looked at Gu Chen and tears suddenly fell from his eyes: "But I never expected that you could accurately restore all the situations at the scene in such a short period of time."

"It seems that I still underestimated your police's ability to handle cases. I thought I would succeed, but now it seems that this was just wishful thinking on my part."

"Hao Tong." Lu Weiwei narrowed her eyes and said angrily: "I said you are the mother of two children. Can you use your brain to do things? How can you do such a stupid behavior?

"

"Not only did you cheat your husband, but you also burned away the little hope and thought you had. Why are you suffering?"

After saying this, Lu Weiwei wanted to rush up and give her two ears.

Lu Weiwei had never seen this kind of operation before burning her own house down for fun.

But sometimes it's so magical realism that people simply can't be wary of it.

"Does he know?" Gu Chen also asked her after completely recording all Hao Tong's dictation.

Hao Tong shook his head: "He didn't know that my husband was kept in the dark from beginning to end. He didn't even know that I planned to burn down the house."

Saying this, Hao Tong suddenly burst into tears: "I'm so stupid, how could I come up with such a stupid way?"

"Now that the house is gone and the debts have to be repaid, how can there be such a stupid woman like me? I really deserve to die, wuwu..."

Gu Chen also stood up and showed the written information to Hao Tong: "You are sober now. If you had known this, why did you do it in the first place? You rely on breaking the law and committing crimes to achieve your goals. Don't think that your own house will be fine. You have the same responsibilities.

You can’t escape either.”

Gu Chen didn't know what to say. Fortunately, no casualties were caused, and the heavy rain at night suppressed the spread of the fire, so that the main building of the house could be saved.

But it is a pity that the decoration inside the house has been completely burned beyond recognition.

If it is revalued later, it may be significantly discounted again.

Hao Tong signed his name on the spot soaked in tears and cried again.

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The next day.
To be continued...