Chapter 19 A Quiet Turnaround
Late at night, the floral shirt guy, who was said to be brothers for life with Li Xing, was taken to the police station. Following this, Wang Daolin ordered his police subordinates to start arresting people in the Zhanan area, and more than 20 indirectly "involved persons" were arrested and summoned overnight. These people were all employees of Changqing Company.
Did Wang Daolin dare to order the arrest of Changqing Company's people just because the floral shirt guy had given up on the case?
Actually, that wasn't the case at all. In fact, after the floral shirt guy was taken to the police station, he realized that these people were not Li Xing's colleagues. So he chose to resist interrogation and refused to divulge any information. However, this approach had little effect.
Wang Daolin didn't even need the floral shirt guy's confession, as he had over ten co-defendants, all of whom were lackeys raised by Changqing Company. These people relied on Li Xing's protection in their daily work and were very arrogant. If the police station wanted to investigate them, they would definitely find something wrong.
Wang Daolin's goal was simple: to pressure Li Xing and Changqing Company. Using the pretext of the shooting, smashing, and arson cases, as well as the case of a seriously injured worker, he would first arrest people and then interrogate them, ensuring that they had not made any mistakes.
...
After the floral shirt guy and a group of Changqing Company's lackeys were successively arrested, Li Xing had already heard the news inside the police station. In the early morning hours, Li Xing called Wang Daolin again, but he didn't pick up and hung up the phone.
Li Xing was getting very anxious, and he even heard that the floral shirt guy had given up on the case and had confessed to Wang Daolin's people. He and a few others were about to tear their pants in anger.
This news directly caused Li Xing to have hormonal imbalances, and he couldn't sleep all night. The following day, he went to the police station around seven o'clock, hoping to meet with Wang Daolin. However, the police officers under Wang Daolin told him that Wang Daolin was out investigating cases during the day and would not come to the station.
Unable to communicate, the problem remained unresolved. In the end, Li Xing was forced to find a deputy director from the Dragon City Police Station to coordinate.
—---
Around noon, Wang Daolin's police car stopped in front of a teahouse. He got out of the car alone and walked to a private room on the third floor.
Inside, a chubby man in his fifties was sitting on a tatami mat, drinking tea and waving at Wang Daolin: "Come on, Old Wang, have a seat!"
Wang Daolin took off his shoes, bent down, and sat on the tatami mat: "Guo, why are you so free today?"
"No outsiders here, let's speak openly." The deputy director surnamed Guo, poured a cup of tea for Wang Daolin and pushed the teacup over, saying: "Li Xing was looking for me."
Wang Daolin smiled and remained silent.
"Hehe, Old Wang, are you really going to be at odds with Li Xing?" Guo, the deputy director, didn't mention the matter directly, but instead asked in a vague manner.
"If I were a little taller, those three shots at the Cantonese restaurant last night would have blown my brains out." Wang Daolin paused and said: "Director Guo, the people from Changqing Corporation are too reckless. Even if I don't pursue it, just based on this shooting incident, our police station will have to investigate it thoroughly!"
"Li Xing said there was a misunderstanding in this matter."
"What misunderstanding? Did Lu Feng not do it? Then did I do it? Or did Su Tiannan do it?" Wang Daolin asked in return.
Deputy Director Guo remained silent.
"Su Tiannan was shot in the abdomen. I saw it with my own eyes, Director Guo!" Wang Daolin continued: "He is just trying to wriggle out of it. He thought I wouldn't go after Changqing, but now that the situation has escalated, he wants me to let it go. On what basis?"
"Li Xing has the support of the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce and companies like Changqing. My personal suggestion is that you still give him face and don't make things too ugly."
"Director Guo, since we're talking about face, I also want to ask, does Lu Feng know that Elder Su and I were comrades-in-arms? Does Li Hongze know? Does Li Xing know?" Wang Daolin tapped his finger lightly on the table: "They know, but they still went after Su's family to the death. Did they give me face? Did they even give me a heads-up? I wanted to arrange a meeting between Su Tiannan's father and him, but the smuggling department rejected me. Do I have any face?"
Deputy Director Guo fell silent again.
The room was quiet. After a moment of deadlock, Deputy Director Guo took a sip of tea and said, "So, give me a favor, Old Wang."
"How can I help, Director Guo?" Wang Daolin asked calmly with a smile.
"Let's talk it over below. If it can be settled, great. If not, I won't get involved." Deputy Director Guo spoke frankly, "Before we talk, let's go to the arrested guy, Ma Zai's place. Is that okay?"
Wang Daolin thought for a moment, picked up his teacup, and said, "Sure, you spoke, so I will definitely give you face. Let's see what Changqing can do with the rest."
"Hehe, thank you, Old Wang!"
"You will always be the leader." Wang Daolin flattered.
—---
Inside the People's Hospital of Zhanan District.
Sitting on a chair, Su Tianyu was playing with his phone.
Besides the hospital bed, Su Tianbei whispered to his elder brother, "Did you take my gun?"
"What gun?" Su Tiannan was confused.
"I hid my gun in the car, and it's gone now. Tianyu and I analyzed it, and the only possibility is that you took it." Su Tianbei said seriously, "Were you afraid that I would cause trouble with the gun, so you took it and hid it?"
"Are you crazy?"
"Did you take it or not? Tell me the truth!" Su Tianbei urgently asked, "I didn't sleep all night because of this."
"...!" Su Tiannan looked at him speechlessly, and after a long silence, he replied, "Your IQ is so low. In the future, try not to play with Little Yu, otherwise, he will sell you, and you won't even know it."
"What do you mean? What do you mean? Explain it clearly!" Su Tianbei pursued.
"Forget it, don't talk to me. My head hurts when I see you."
"...!"
As the two brothers were arguing, a real man, Bai Hongbo suddenly walked in, "Hey, Tiannan, are you feeling better?"
"Hehe, Brother Bai is here." Su Tiannan reached out to hold the bed and sat up.
"It's okay. You lie down. I have good news to tell you." Bai Hongbo grinned and said, "A friend of mine from the city management association called me and said that some leaders upstairs are very dissatisfied with Changqing's recent actions. We can use some connections to do something about it."
Su Tiannan was stunned, "What connections?"
—
"My friend said that a new leader has arrived in management, mainly responsible for the construction of the future rural environmental sanitation system in Dragon City Township. His name is Yu Jinrong. This person led the criticism of recent chaos in the Zhanan district at today's management meeting, and explicitly stated... that the monopolistic practices of the Changqing company have seriously affected the reputation of the management association, and even caused the public to label sanitation workers with a negative image." Bai Hongbo said with a smile, "My friend means that the four companies should go and meet with this Yu Jinrong, as he is in a certain position that aligns with our demands."
Upon hearing this, Su Tiannan was very happy. "That's great news. We must meet him! I'll go with you."
"You're injured, so you shouldn't go," Su Tianbei said with a smile. "I and your sixth brother will go."
"Make sure to negotiate well," Su Tiannan instructed.
"Understood!"
After chatting for a while, Su Tianyu, Su Tianbei, Bai Hongbo, and others left the hospital for Longkou District to meet Yu Jinrong with the help of someone's introduction.
—---
In the afternoon, in cell 403 of the Criminal Detention Center of the Police Bureau, a lean, bald old man was boredly reading a pure love action novel.
Across from him, a new inmate was being probed by the big brother in charge of the cell, "Why are you in here?"
"For smashing up a garbage plant," the new inmate, none other than the floral shirt man, said.
"What's there to smash at a garbage plant? Is it a brawl between beggars' factions?" the big brother joked. "In which area did you do it?"
"Su family's garbage dump in Zhanan."
The bald old man across from them froze for a moment. "What did you say? Whose garbage dump?"
"Su family's in Zhanan! What's wrong? Do you know them?" The floral shirt guy snapped back.
"Boom!"
The bald old man kicked the floral shirt man in the face without warning. "Everyone who knows martial arts in the cell, practice your skills on him!"
Chapter 19 A Quiet Turnaround
Late at night, the floral shirt guy, who was said to be brothers for life with Li Xing, was taken to the police station. Following this, Wang Daolin ordered his police subordinates to start arresting people in the Zhanan area, and more than 20 indirectly "involved persons" were arrested and summoned overnight. These people were all employees of Changqing Company.
Did Wang Daolin dare to order the arrest of Changqing Company's people just because the floral shirt guy had given up on the case?
Actually, that wasn't the case at all. In fact, after the floral shirt guy was taken to the police station, he realized that these people were not Li Xing's colleagues. So he chose to resist interrogation and refused to divulge any information. However, this approach had little effect.
Wang Daolin didn't even need the floral shirt guy's confession, as he had over ten co-defendants, all of whom were lackeys raised by Changqing Company. These people relied on Li Xing's protection in their daily work and were very arrogant. If the police station wanted to investigate them, they would definitely find something wrong.
Wang Daolin's goal was simple: to pressure Li Xing and Changqing Company. Using the pretext of the shooting, smashing, and arson cases, as well as the case of a seriously injured worker, he would first arrest people and then interrogate them, ensuring that they had not made any mistakes.
...
After the floral shirt guy and a group of Changqing Company's lackeys were successively arrested, Li Xing had already heard the news inside the police station. In the early morning hours, Li Xing called Wang Daolin again, but he didn't pick up and hung up the phone.
Li Xing was getting very anxious, and he even heard that the floral shirt guy had given up on the case and had confessed to Wang Daolin's people. He and a few others were about to tear their pants in anger.
This news directly caused Li Xing to have hormonal imbalances, and he couldn't sleep all night. The following day, he went to the police station around seven o'clock, hoping to meet with Wang Daolin. However, the police officers under Wang Daolin told him that Wang Daolin was out investigating cases during the day and would not come to the station.
Unable to communicate, the problem remained unresolved. In the end, Li Xing was forced to find a deputy director from the Dragon City Police Station to coordinate.
—---
Around noon, Wang Daolin's police car stopped in front of a teahouse. He got out of the car alone and walked to a private room on the third floor.
Inside, a chubby man in his fifties was sitting on a tatami mat, drinking tea and waving at Wang Daolin: "Come on, Old Wang, have a seat!"
Wang Daolin took off his shoes, bent down, and sat on the tatami mat: "Guo, why are you so free today?"
"No outsiders here, let's speak openly." The deputy director surnamed Guo, poured a cup of tea for Wang Daolin and pushed the teacup over, saying: "Li Xing was looking for me."
Wang Daolin smiled and remained silent.
"Hehe, Old Wang, are you really going to be at odds with Li Xing?" Guo, the deputy director, didn't mention the matter directly, but instead asked in a vague manner.
"If I were a little taller, those three shots at the Cantonese restaurant last night would have blown my brains out." Wang Daolin paused and said: "Director Guo, the people from Changqing Corporation are too reckless. Even if I don't pursue it, just based on this shooting incident, our police station will have to investigate it thoroughly!"
"Li Xing said there was a misunderstanding in this matter."
"What misunderstanding? Did Lu Feng not do it? Then did I do it? Or did Su Tiannan do it?" Wang Daolin asked in return.
Deputy Director Guo remained silent.
"Su Tiannan was shot in the abdomen. I saw it with my own eyes, Director Guo!" Wang Daolin continued: "He is just trying to wriggle out of it. He thought I wouldn't go after Changqing, but now that the situation has escalated, he wants me to let it go. On what basis?"
"Li Xing has the support of the Fuzhou Chamber of Commerce and companies like Changqing. My personal suggestion is that you still give him face and don't make things too ugly."
"Director Guo, since we're talking about face, I also want to ask, does Lu Feng know that Elder Su and I were comrades-in-arms? Does Li Hongze know? Does Li Xing know?" Wang Daolin tapped his finger lightly on the table: "They know, but they still went after Su's family to the death. Did they give me face? Did they even give me a heads-up? I wanted to arrange a meeting between Su Tiannan's father and him, but the smuggling department rejected me. Do I have any face?"
Deputy Director Guo fell silent again.
The room was quiet. After a moment of deadlock, Deputy Director Guo took a sip of tea and said, "So, give me a favor, Old Wang."
"How can I help, Director Guo?" Wang Daolin asked calmly with a smile.
"Let's talk it over below. If it can be settled, great. If not, I won't get involved." Deputy Director Guo spoke frankly, "Before we talk, let's go to the arrested guy, Ma Zai's place. Is that okay?"
Wang Daolin thought for a moment, picked up his teacup, and said, "Sure, you spoke, so I will definitely give you face. Let's see what Changqing can do with the rest."
"Hehe, thank you, Old Wang!"
"You will always be the leader." Wang Daolin flattered.
—---
Inside the People's Hospital of Zhanan District.
Sitting on a chair, Su Tianyu was playing with his phone.
Besides the hospital bed, Su Tianbei whispered to his elder brother, "Did you take my gun?"
"What gun?" Su Tiannan was confused.
"I hid my gun in the car, and it's gone now. Tianyu and I analyzed it, and the only possibility is that you took it." Su Tianbei said seriously, "Were you afraid that I would cause trouble with the gun, so you took it and hid it?"
"Are you crazy?"
"Did you take it or not? Tell me the truth!" Su Tianbei urgently asked, "I didn't sleep all night because of this."
"...!" Su Tiannan looked at him speechlessly, and after a long silence, he replied, "Your IQ is so low. In the future, try not to play with Little Yu, otherwise, he will sell you, and you won't even know it."
"What do you mean? What do you mean? Explain it clearly!" Su Tianbei pursued.
"Forget it, don't talk to me. My head hurts when I see you."
"...!"
As the two brothers were arguing, a real man, Bai Hongbo suddenly walked in, "Hey, Tiannan, are you feeling better?"
"Hehe, Brother Bai is here." Su Tiannan reached out to hold the bed and sat up.
"It's okay. You lie down. I have good news to tell you." Bai Hongbo grinned and said, "A friend of mine from the city management association called me and said that some leaders upstairs are very dissatisfied with Changqing's recent actions. We can use some connections to do something about it."
Su Tiannan was stunned, "What connections?"
—
"My friend said that a new leader has arrived in management, mainly responsible for the construction of the future rural environmental sanitation system in Dragon City Township. His name is Yu Jinrong. This person led the criticism of recent chaos in the Zhanan district at today's management meeting, and explicitly stated... that the monopolistic practices of the Changqing company have seriously affected the reputation of the management association, and even caused the public to label sanitation workers with a negative image." Bai Hongbo said with a smile, "My friend means that the four companies should go and meet with this Yu Jinrong, as he is in a certain position that aligns with our demands."
Upon hearing this, Su Tiannan was very happy. "That's great news. We must meet him! I'll go with you."
"You're injured, so you shouldn't go," Su Tianbei said with a smile. "I and your sixth brother will go."
"Make sure to negotiate well," Su Tiannan instructed.
"Understood!"
After chatting for a while, Su Tianyu, Su Tianbei, Bai Hongbo, and others left the hospital for Longkou District to meet Yu Jinrong with the help of someone's introduction.
—---
In the afternoon, in cell 403 of the Criminal Detention Center of the Police Bureau, a lean, bald old man was boredly reading a pure love action novel.
Across from him, a new inmate was being probed by the big brother in charge of the cell, "Why are you in here?"
"For smashing up a garbage plant," the new inmate, none other than the floral shirt man, said.
"What's there to smash at a garbage plant? Is it a brawl between beggars' factions?" the big brother joked. "In which area did you do it?"
"Su family's garbage dump in Zhanan."
The bald old man across from them froze for a moment. "What did you say? Whose garbage dump?"
"Su family's in Zhanan! What's wrong? Do you know them?" The floral shirt guy snapped back.
"Boom!"
The bald old man kicked the floral shirt man in the face without warning. "Everyone who knows martial arts in the cell, practice your skills on him!"
