"...Anyway, that was pretty much how it happened."
Li Wei sat on the sofa and finished telling the story, then picked up his cup and took a sip of tea. Katie sat across from him, staring at him with wide eyes.
"Ah, what happened in the end? What happened to all those people?"
"Herman and Isaac were arrested, of course. The police questioned them thoroughly and searched their properties. It turned out that Herman wasn't just running an illegal casino-he was also involved in smuggling and loan-sharking, and had driven quite a few families to ruin. I imagine the gallows will be the final destination for both of them."
At this point, Li Wei couldn't help chuckling. He hadn't told Katie that the most entertaining part afterward had actually involved Marilyn. She had discovered Herman's illegal businesses long ago, but Herman had always told her that the Empire's unreasonable system prevented an honest businessman like him from making any money, leaving him no choice but to break the law.
Marilyn had swallowed his explanation whole. As far as she was concerned, the Empire had been in the wrong first, so her husband hadn't done anything wrong at all.
It wasn't her husband who was wrong-it was the Empire! The Empire was persecuting her husband! The Empire was to blame!
Of course, what Marilyn thought was her own business. The problem was that she genuinely believed there was nothing wrong with Herman's illegal dealings. So when the police questioned her, she spilled absolutely everything.
According to the officer handling the case, Marilyn apparently wanted to make the police realize just how oppressive the Empire was. After all, Herman had been forced to commit such serious crimes!
It was like someone trying to prove how evil society was by telling the police,