Zhang Panpan was about to na the mastermind behind it all, but suddenly thought of sothing and closed her mouth again.
Fear flickered in Zhang Panpan’s eyes, as if she’d encountered sothing terribly frightening.
Zhang Yang squinted slightly; this woman still wants to cover for that male celebrity? Is she out of her mind?
Zhang Yang then asked a few of the Maozi officers, "Comrades, I’d like to know, based on the amount each of them received, how many years will they spend in prison?"
One of the leaders courteously said to Zhang Yang, "Exceeding five hundred thousand is already considered a large amount."
"However, the total amount involved in this case is as high as ten million, so the figures are surely going to change."
"I can’t give you an exact answer here, just a reference based on previous cases."
"If among the four of them, the least each received was a million, then they’d be facing roughly ten years in prison."
"Two million ought to an twenty years, and if it’s over two million, it could lead to a life sentence."
"Of course, if they can gain forgiveness from the victims here, the punishnt will be lighter."
Upon hearing the ntion of a life sentence, Zhang Panpan’s face fell instantly, and she collapsed weakly onto the ground.
The other won weren’t much better off; they’d all face at least ten years. What would they do?
How many ten-year periods do we have in life, let alone ten years in prison?
Ma Minghui also turned pale. Originally, she would face only ten years at most, but now, it seems there’s an additional ten years.
Ma Minghui was filled with regret; she shouldn’t have been greedy and taken that extra million. Now she’s looking at escaping twenty years in prison.
But suddenly, Ma Minghui thought of sothing, and said urgently to Zhang Yang and Shen Mange, "I was wrong, I’m willing to make restitution and apologize."
"If you can forgive , I can tell you more about other things."
Seeing soone finally relent, Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good, as long as you tell us the truth now. Who was backing you in this kidnapping? I will sign a letter of understanding to help you leave prison sooner."
Seeing this, Zhang Panpan imdiately grabbed Ma Minghui by the neck.
"If you dare say a word, you’re dead, and you’ll drag us down with you."
The other two female fans exchanged glances, bewildered. What was this situation? Was there sothing more going on here?
In truth, Zhang Panpan and Ma Minghui were coworkers among the four.
The two often shared resources, as Zhang Panpan was an influencer and Ma Minghui was a notorious paparazzi.
So their cooperation this ti was seamless.
And that’s why Zhang Panpan dared to wink at Ma Minghui earlier, giving her that extra million.
But now, the won are all in it together; if Ma Minghui speaks out and gets retaliation from those behind the scenes, Zhang Panpan won’t escape either.
So Zhang Panpan was strongly discouraging Ma Minghui from speaking.
Zhang Yang suddenly beca curious, does that male celebrity wield such influence?
Even knowing they’re facing life or decades in prison, yet still refusing to talk.
Even Maozi could see what was up and asked Zhang Panpan, "Who exactly instigated you to co and kidnap Miss Shen Mange, if you speak now, it could count as a contribution from you."
Zhang Panpan shook her head and glared fiercely at Ma Minghui.
Then, in utter despair, she said, "We just wanted to get back at the female star who was against our brother."
"We haven’t done anything else. We won’t admit to any robbery or coercion."
"Our goal was just to scare this female star."
"We will hire lawyers to defend us."
"That’s all we have to say; nothing more to declare."
Ma Minghui paused and glanced at Zhang Panpan, the montary wavering in her heart subsiding once again.
Maozi frowned, seeing the two won’s deanor, and prepared to take them away for further investigation later.
Zhang Yang also frowned slightly; if they leave just like that, it’d be even harder to capture the mastermind.
Zhang Yang asked Zhang Panpan, "Where is that male celebrity now? Surely you know his whereabouts. If you tell , I’ll let this go and sign an understanding letter, reducing your sentence by many years."
Among the four won, apart from Zhang Panpan, the other three were tempted.
However, besides Zhang Panpan and Ma Minghui, the other two fans were truly those hardcore fans.
Even though they wanted to contribute, they genuinely didn’t know anything.
Their only participation was to vex Zhang Yang.
"Sister Zhang, Sister Ma, if you know anything, just say it."
"I don’t want to do ten years in prison; I’m still very young, only in my twenties."
Zhang Panpan still shook her head, insisting on her opinion.
But Ma Minghui was really struggling, "I know where GAIRE is."
"I can take you there, but you ntioned, just by telling you GAIRE’s location, you’ll sign an understanding letter and besides this, you can’t ask anything else, even if you ask, I won’t know."
Ma Minghui grabbed onto the loophole in Zhang Yang’s words, which Zhang Yang had intentionally left for her.
Since this was related to GAIRE, finding that celebrity would make things much easier.
Zhang Panpan then realized, "I also can tell you where GAIRE is and I want an understanding letter too."
"Too late, unless you tell us who’s the mastermind, otherwise, this matter is irrelevant to you, and what awaits you is life imprisonnt."
Despair washed over Zhang Panpan like falling into an icy abyss, as she stared at Zhang Yang.
"You set us up, deliberately lured us with the ten million, and enticed us to seize the money."
Of course, Zhang Yang wouldn’t admit this with Maozi present, instead he told Maozi, "You heard her, she just admitted to stealing our money."
Maozi nodded, clearly hearing the words, sensing nothing strange.
The strangest part was, this group of won ca to a man to coerce Shen Mange, the female celebrity.
It turned out the man they found was Shen Mange’s boyfriend.
One could only say these won were really brainless, victims of their own stupidity.
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