Chapter 977: She Was Questioned at the Police Station
Han Xue was brought to the police station and two experienced police officers sat across her. One of the police officers was tasked with questioning her while the other was in charge of taking minutes.
Han Xue kept telling herself over and over again not to be nervous or afraid as she tried her best to tamp down her fear but she couldn’t stop her fingers from shaking and a layer of cold sweat had formed on her palms.
“Madam Ye, we’d like to ask you some questions and we hope that you’ll be able to cooperate fully with us,” the police officer said politely and even brewed a cup of tea for her.
Han Xue took a deep breath.
“Feel free to ask me anything,” she said.
“What kind of person did w.a.n.g Lan seem to you?” The police officer started off calmly. Then, he looked at Han Xue and watched for any changes in her expression.
Han Xue bit her lips and turned away. She thought for a moment before she finally said, “She has been with the Ye family for a while so she works fast and is a hard worker. She has never made any major mistakes. I hardly had any problems with her and besides, it hasn’t been long since I married into the Ye family, so I’m not too familiar with her. I can’t comment much about her character.”
Han Xue said gravely. She was extremely careful with her words because she knew that the more she said, she more likely she was to slip up. She tried her best not to badmouth w.a.n.g Lan as well.
“Oh…” the police officer’s eyes suddenly widened in surprise.
“Do you know anything about her financial status?” the police officer asked.
Han Xue froze. Her face turned even whiter under the lamplight and her hands balled subconsciously into fists.
She blinked and finally said after a lengthy pause, “I’m not sure because I’m not in charge of managing the maids. I only occasionally ask them to perform certain ch.o.r.es.”
The two police officers looked at each other and it was clear that they didn’t fully believe her words.
“Madam Ye, your statement makes this seem even more unusual,” the police officer said as he showed Han Xue a bank transfer record. “We investigated all of w.a.n.g Lan’s bank cards and credit cards and noticed that you had made three transfers to one of w.a.n.g Lan’s bank account. The first time you transferred $500,000, the second time you made a transfer of $700,000 and two weeks ago, you wired $1 million to her bank account. Could you explain why you transfered such huge amounts to a maid?” he asked.
The policeman looked at Han Xue with a frown and noticed that Han Xue’s complexion seemed even paler than before.
Han Xue struggled to control her feelings but her trembling fingers gave way her innermost thoughts and her guilt.
She looked at the record that the police had handed over to her and saw the three transfers that were clearly reflected on the slip of paper.
Oh my G.o.d…
Her breath quickened and she regretted not being more discreet about these transfers. Then, the police would never be able to trace these amounts to her.
“I…” she said awkwardly and her nervousness was written all over her face as she thought for a moment before she said, “The first two transfers were because I asked her to head to the mall to buy something for me while the final transfer two weeks ago was because she wanted to buy a house but didn’t have enough for the deposit. I saw that she was very poor so I lent her some money. In any case, $1 million dollars is a small amount to me.”
Han Xue’s face was completely flushed after she answered but she didn’t realize how red she was at the moment.
The two police officers noted her response in their books.
“Madam Ye, we will investigate your response. Many thanks for your cooperation,” one of the police officers said with a slight nod.