I’ve Gone Viral Because of a Money-Saving Variety Show

Chapter 66: Chapter 63: Jump into a Different Pit Every Day! Chapter 66: Chapter 63: Jump into a Different Pit Every Day! Zheng He, who was in a state of extreme excitement and immersed in the joy of winning money, immediately turned his head to look towards the source of the voice upon hearing it.
It was the police!
Damn! He hadn’t even had the chance to warm up with the over four hundred yuan in his hands!
Police station.
Half an hour ago, he was still thinking that tonight he would beat Chen Xixi and become the new King of Saving Money, feeling proud and elated.
But half an hour later, he found himself inside the police station, having painfully paid the price for gambling for the fourth time!
The dramatic shift in his situation was enough to break Zheng He, who was particularly vulnerable emotionally.
[LOL, I really can’t with Zheng He, what a rough day he’s had!]
[Is this his fourth time at the police station? Oh my god, that’s more than some people go in their entire lifetime.]
[Which good citizen frequents the police station like that!]
[I suggest the police uncle keeps an eye on Zheng He, I really think he needs a pair of silver bracelets.]
[Zheng He always plays hopscotch across the legal line…]
Once Zheng He was in the police station, the chief director shut off the live stream.
The four hundred yuan that Zheng He won was confiscated by the police, and his dream of surpassing Chen Xixi shattered.
At this moment, the pain in his heart was so intense he could hardly breathe, feeling utterly miserable.
His inner self roared in frustration: Why is it always me who gets hurt!
A passing male police officer looked at the familiar face and couldn’t help but laugh bitterly, “You again? You really have a destiny with our police station! So what’s it this time? Who swindled you again?”
Zheng He hung his head low and honestly admitted, “Gambling with a crowd.”
The male police officer found it unbelievable, “You still dare to gamble?” Judging by the three past experiences of being swindled, he felt that given Zheng He’s intelligence, he was likely to lose miserably.
An officer in charge of dealing with Zheng He’s case joined in the conversation: “Why wouldn’t he dare, he even won a few hundred!”
The male officer was slightly surprised and frowned, then solemnly lectured, “You little scamp, rather than setting your heart on the right path, you’re opting for crooked ways, aren’t you?”
Facing the stern criticism from the police uncle, Zheng He’s guilty conscience made him tremble, and he responded with a bitter smile and a very cooperative explanation: “Not at all, I had just started playing for a bit, just got lucky…”
Locked in the police station’s holding cell, Zheng He confessed everything and then asked with resignation, “May I know who reported me? Was it a girl named Chen Xixi?”
The more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed. Gambling busts usually meant catching someone in the act, so why was it that nothing happened when Chen Xixi was playing, but as soon as he started, he got into trouble?
Chen Xixi had been disagreeable with him, so now he had a reasonable suspicion that Chen Xixi had reported him after she stopped playing.
Normally, the identity of the reporter is confidential, but this time, it was not a report by someone else.
Police spoke in a firm and righteous tone, “What Chen Xixi reported you? Don’t blame others, we, the Jiang City police force, have been monitoring you for a long time!”
Zheng He was stunned and stammered, “Wh-why monitor me? I haven’t broken the law…”
“We noticed online that you have repeatedly tested the legal limits in your live stream shows, and every day people mention our official police force accounts online, asking us to keep an eye on you.”
In the eyes of the police, Zheng He was now like an about-to-turn rogue social element, a walking merit badge.
Zheng He hasn’t had a phone recently, so he was cut off from the internet, but he still remembered what Qian Yue said last time when he was bailed out from the village committee – that he was now under special police attention.
At the time, he didn’t take it seriously, thinking it was Qian Yue trying to scare him, joking with him.
Turns out, it was real; he really was under special attention from the police!
That is to say, the police discovered the mahjong incident when they entered his live broadcast room, which had nothing to do with Chen Xixi.
“Officer, you have to believe me, I really am a good citizen! Ever since kindergarten, I’ve been the one who gets bullied without ever fighting back. How could I have the guts to break the law, and I’m very patriotic to boot! I never even watched Ultraman as a child just because it was from Japan. I’m truly a red-hearted good guy!”
Zheng He frantically explained, his shirt back drenched in cold sweat, wishing he could tell the police everything he had done since the month he was born.
After all, being targeted by the police is not a good thing. He didn’t want to go to jail or be detained; he still had an inheritance from a demolition fund to receive, and he had never been in a relationship – he couldn’t afford to have a tainted record!
He believed that as long as he admitted his mistakes with a good attitude, the police would certainly deal with him leniently!
But while everyone played mahjong, only his money was confiscated. How could he accept that!
“I think gambling is an absolutely incorrect thing to do, and I’ve deeply realized my mistake. I will never touch it again!” Zheng He admitted his mistake with a very good attitude, and then, looking all righteous but in fact gloating, said:
“Then I should also contribute by turning in other wrongdoers. Just now there was another person who gambled as well. The money she won should also be confiscated. I know gambling has to be caught in the act, but you can talk to the show crew, check the live playback and catch her in the act!”
“Okay.”
When Vice Director Li from the show crew came to deal with Zheng He’s matter, the officer mentioned to him about reviewing the playback footage to investigate the person reported by Zheng He — Chen Xixi.
After the officer watched the playback, Zheng He eagerly asked, “Are you going to send someone to bring her back, too? And confiscate her money?”
The officer spoke impartially: “What she did can only be considered leisure entertainment, not gambling.”
Zheng He was visibly disappointed, “Why? She also gambled!”
“The amount of money she played with was small, and it didn’t exceed one hundred yuan per person, so it’s only considered leisure entertainment. You just happened to meet the standard for gambling.”
Zheng He: “…”
Chen Xixi is leisure entertainment, but he just happened to hit the legal threshold!
He really was at his wit’s end!
Had he known, he would not have played for ten yuan! He should have just played for one yuan!
Every day he falls into a different pit.
Zheng He was almost speechless with himself.
Considering Zheng He’s good attitude in admitting his mistake, the officer did not detain him. However, a fine was still necessary.
When Zheng He found out that he was going to be fined 300 yuan, he had the heart to die in the police station.
Zheng He looked at the officer and negotiated: “Can I… can I owe the fine for now, until after I finish recording the show, then I can repay double if needed…”
“No, it’s not a matter of double. If you don’t want to pay the fine, then we have to detain you for educational purposes and notify your family to pay the fine.”
“It’s not that I don’t want to pay, it’s just that while I’m on this show, I have to fend for myself for the next month and can’t rely on others. But I’ve already run out of living expenses. If my family pays the fine, then I’ll be eliminated by the show crew.”
“What happens with your show crew has nothing to do with us, we operate according to the law.”
As Zheng He saw no room for negotiation, he turned his head to Vice Director Li and said: “You have to figure something out for me.”
Vice Director Li looked down on Zheng He with disdain, thinking he was a fool, and coldly said: “You can only wait to be eliminated.”
Zheng He’s heart sank. If he were eliminated, he would lose the five million!
And to be the first Guest eliminated by the show crew would be too embarrassing!
Zheng He was desperate, not wanting to be eliminated, and finally, he had no choice but to focus his attention on Vice Director Li: “You help me pay the fine!”
Vice Director Li: “The show crew will not help anyone pay a fine.”
Zheng He became somewhat aggressive and, leaning close to Vice Director Li, whispered threateningly: “I paid a registration fee of one hundred thousand yuan to you! If you don’t help me pay, once I’m eliminated, I’ll expose you first!”