“Well… alright! Do what you can, be careful!”
Squad Leader Sun grunted an affirmation, then ended the call.
He tossed the phone on the table, then tilted his head and said coldly, “Time’s up, kid. It’s time to make your choice!”
After that, he held his breath, then slammed his head onto the table a few times, causing his face to swell up. Then, he punched himself in the face a few times.
“Peh!” He spat a mouthful of blood foam. He stood up and grabbed the gun on the table. His face was savage as a hungry wolf.
“Now it’s up to you if you want to live or die, kid!”
In the office, An Zhenghua put the phone on his table and sat there with a grim look on his face.
The sudden change in events had caused him to be uneasy.
“Things should be fine. A village kid shouldn’t cause so much trouble!” He mumbled to himself, then breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, the phone on his table rang. He picked up the receiver.
“Deputy Commissioner, Sec… Secretary Lin is here!”
“What!” An Zhenghua exclaimed and abruptly shot up from his seat. He turned around and he could see through the window that a black car was driving up to the entrance of the police station.
He put the receiver down. “Why is Secretary Lin here?’ His face was flustered.
He straightened his uniform before hastily stepping out of the office.
“You… and you, all of you, come here. Let us go greet Secretary Lin,” he yelled while jogging toward the entrance.
The entire police headquarters was immediately sent into a tizzy.
Police officers emerged from their offices and followed An Zhenghua to the entrance.
Secretary Lin was one of the highest-ranking officials in the district. A true VIP.
Soon, the police officers arrived at the entrance.
The black car stopped right in front of the entrance of the police station. The driver got out of the car, then opened a door at the back. A middle-aged man in a black business suit stepped out of the car.
He had a square face, and his thick eyebrows were like swords. He bore an intimidating aura.
“Secretary Lin!” An Zhenghua was all smiles as he greeted him eagerly. “I wonder if Secretary Lin is here for some official matters?”
Secretary Lin glared at him. His brows were slightly furrowed and his gaze was cold.
He did not say anything, but turned around and walked toward the front gate.
A fleet of luxury cars drove into the police station grounds one after another and stopped behind the black car.
Next, people emerged from each of those cars.
An Zhenghua was shocked when he saw this scene.
He knew a lot of these people. They were all rich businessmen in the district, especially Liu Dajun who, as the president of Brilliant Property, was one of the most prestigious people in the district.
‘That’s strange! Why are all these people here? It looks like they followed Secretary Lin here!” An Zhenghua was puzzled.
The police officers standing behind him were wondering too.
“Secretary Lin, what’s…” An Zhenghua asked as he took a step forward.
Secretary Lin glared at him coldly and spoke in a stern voice. “You should know very well why I am here, Deputy Commissioner An!”
An Zhenghua was confused. He looked blankly at Liu Dajun and the others and shook his head. “Secretary Lin. I really don’t know why you all are here!”
Secretary Lin smiled coldly. “Did you not bring in someone named Tang Hao today?”
‘Tang Hao? The name sounds familiar…’ An Zhenghua furrowed his brows and sunk into deep thought. Suddenly, his body trembled and he stood stiffly on the spot.
His eyes slowly widened and his face displayed a look of incredulity.
‘Isn’t Tang Hao that village kid?
‘What’s going on? How could someone as high up as Secretary Lin be acquainted with this village kid?
‘That’s impossible! Boss Chen said that he was just a normal country bumpkin without money or power. How was he suddenly connected to Secretary Lin?
‘They also looked more than mere acquaintances. Secretary Lin looks like he’s here to rescue him.
‘It’s all over!’
His face turned pale as beads of cold sweat formed on his forehead.
He had thought dealing with this simple village kid would be a piece of cake. He did not expect that this ‘simple village kid’ was connected to Secretary Lin.
If he had known about this, he would not have agreed to Chen Sandao’s request!
His intestines were in knots and he was cursing Chen Sandao to hell.
“I’m asking you a question, Deputy Commissioner An!” Secretary Lin roared.
“Yes! Yes! We did arrest someone called Tang Hao, he was involved in a rape…” An Zhenghua replied fearfully while he bowed.
“Where is he?” Secretary Lin interjected and asked sternly.
“He’s… he’s in the interrogation room!” An Zhenghua’s face turned white after he remembered what Squad Leader Sun said.
“Oh no! If he put a bullet through the kid’s head as he said, it’s all over!”
His body shuddered and his face turned pale as a sheet.
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Secretary Lin furrowed his thick eyebrows and said sternly. “I will deal with you later. You had better bring me to the interrogation room now.”
“Yes, yes!”
An Zhenghua wiped away the sweat on his brow, then led Secretary Lin into the building.
Liu Dajun and the rest of the bosses, as well as the contingent of police officers, followed behind. The massive crowd reached the interrogation room.
In front of the interrogation room, Zhao Qingxue and the other police officers were waiting anxiously.
They suddenly saw a large group of people appear at the end of the corridor.
The scene caused them to be dumbfounded.
“What’s going on?” Zhao Qingxue’s eyes were wide open. Her beautiful face was full of shock.
“That’s Deputy Com… Oh! The other person looks somewhat familiar. Oh my god! It’s Secretary Lin!”
“Why is Secretary Lin here?”
The other police officers exclaimed in surprise. None of them knew what was going on.
“Deputy Commissioner, you are…” One of them went forward and asked.
“Lil Zhou, I’m asking you, where’s Squad Leader Sun? Is he still inside?” An Zhenghua asked him urgently.
“Yes! He’s still inside. That kid is pretty stubborn. I don’t think he’s confessed yet,” that police officer replied.
“Open the door, quick!” An Zhenghua became more anxious. He walked ahead toward the interrogation room.
At this moment, everyone heard a dull bang in the interrogation room.
It was the sound of gunfire!
An Zhenghua’s body teetered. He could only feel the heavens and the earth spinning and he nearly tumbled to the floor.
‘It’s all over! It’s all over!’ That was the single thought left in his brain.
“Open the door!” Secretary Lin was pale in the face and was extremely nervous. He roared at the two police officers next to the door.
The two police officers panicked and urgently opened the door. The group of people rushed into the room and were stunned by what they had seen.
The scene that they were presented was the exact opposite of what they had in mind.
A boy stood at one corner of the interrogation room. His clothes were disheveled and there were bloodstains on his white button-down shirt.
His expression was as cold as ice. In his hand was a gun that was aimed at a middle-aged man sprawled on the floor and looked flustered.
Secretary Lin’s jaw dropped. He had thought that Divine Doctor Tang was shot, but he was surprised to s
ee that the opposite was true.
An Zhenghua was also dumbfounded.
How could a veteran squad leader that had been through countless fights lose to a boy?
The other policemen were also extremely shocked.
For an instant, the interrogation room was deathly silent.
Next, Squad Leader Sun screamed. “Lil Zhou, Lil Li, quick, gun him down! He snatched my gun and tried to kill me!”
The police officers reached for the guns at their waists.
“Everyone! Stop this instant!” Secretary Lin roared.
The few policemen were shocked and reflexively stopped their movement.
“What are you doing? Shoot him quick! He has a gun in his hand! Are you blind?” Squad Leader Sun roared madly.
Tang Hao laughed coldly. With a wave of his hand, he tossed the gun aside.
“Why aren’t you restraining him?” Squad Leader Sun was shocked at the motion.
“Shut up!” Secretary Lin roared.
“Who the hell are you to ask me to shut up? I’m a squad leader here, and you tell me to shut up?”
Squad Leader Sun was extremely frustrated that he was thrown to the floor by a kid. Secretary Lin’s orders had riled him, so he pounced up and cursed at Secretary Lin.
Soon, he realized something was amiss. ‘Why does this person look familiar?’
The other police officers standing at the door were twitching. They only wanted to cover their faces with their hands.
“Squad Leader, he’s…. He’s Secretary Lin!” The police officer named Lil Zhou reminded him with a low voice.
Squad Leader Sun trembled. His face turned pale as a sheet as he stood stiffly on the spot.
“Secretary Lin? Secretary Lin, why are you here?”
“Pretty impressive, Squad Leader Sun!” Secretary Lin remarked coldly, then he walked toward Tang Hao with an eager face.
“Divine Doctor Tang, I am sorry for being late! You must have been through a lot!”
He grasped Tang Hao’s hands tightly and shook them.
Squad Leader Sun trembled and his mind went blank.
‘What the hell is going on?
‘Why is Secretary Lin being so hospitable toward this village kid? And he’s calling him Divine Doctor too? Isn’t this kid just a country bumpkin?
‘Isn’t Secretary Lin one of the top-ranking people in the district? How would he be connected to someone like this kid?’
His eyes were opened round and wide, and his face displayed a look of utter confusion.
The scene that happened in front of him had struck him like lightning.
Then, he came to his senses and all blood drained from his face.
He knew this time that his life was over.
No wonder the kid had remained composed all this while. He was connected to Secretary Lin! Squad Leader Sun could only feel regret. In his heart, he cursed Deputy Commissioner An and Chen Sandao down to hell.
Zhao Qingxue and the other police officers stood stiffly at the door.
“How could this be?” Zhao Qingxue exclaimed with her hands over her mouth. Her beautiful eyes were opened round and wide.
‘Isn’t this Tang Hao a perverted lowlife? How is he connected to Secretary Lin, and why is Secretary Lin calling him a Divine Doctor?
‘Which part of him looks like a doctor? Don’t tell me he’s a con artist too?’
Her eyes were transfixed on Tang Hao, as though she wanted to find something on his face.
“Secretary Lin, Big Bro Liu…” Tang hao greeted them one by one with a smile. “Sorry to trouble you again this time.”
“Eh, what do you mean! We’re all brothers, it’s no trouble at all!” Liu Dajun stepped forward and gregariously slapped on Tang Hao’s chest.
Jin Biao and the others also squeezed into the room and stood next to Tang Hao.
“Lil Tang, you’ve been through a lot!” Jin Biao expressed deep concern when he saw the bloodstains on Tang Hao. Then, he glared at the group of police officers. “Is this how the police conduct investigations? I will lodge an official complaint about this!”
Secretary Lin’s face became gloomier by the moment.
According to the standard operating procedure, two police officers were required to be present in the room during interrogation and a security log was to be kept. When they came, only Squad Leader Sun was present in the interrogation room.
He raised his head to observe that the light on the security camera was off.
The situation could not have been more obvious.
The scene they saw when they came in could be interpreted as Tang Hao acting in self-defense.
“All of you performed excellently today! I am proud to have such an elite police force in my district!” Secretary Lin scolded sarcastically.
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The group of police officers lowered their heads when being scolded. Especially the squad including Zhao Qingxue, who was feeling absolutely ashamed of themselves.
Squad Leader Sun raised his head to look at Tang Hao, then turned to look at An Zhenghua.
He gritted his teeth. His face displayed an expression of hatred.
An Zhenghua had dragged him into this mess, and now he thought that his superior was going to push all the blame on him. It seemed that there was no use covering up the misdeeds since they were already exposed anyway. He decided to strike first and push away as much responsibility as possible.
With that thought in mind, he lifted his arm and pointed at An Zhenghua. “I’m just doing his bidding. He was the one who struck a deal with Chen Sandao to frame Brother Tang.
“This is all a ploy by him and Chen Sandao. It’s all fabricated evidence.”
Everyone exclaimed in surprise when they heard the statement. Especially the police officers.
“You… that’s a blatant lie!” An Zhenghua was hysterical.
“Hah! An Zhenghua, you still want to deny it at this point? Didn’t you threaten me to perform this dirty deed for you? You also ordered me to kill him off after he discovered our deal,” Squad Leader Sun spoke through gritted teeth.
The crowd roared with surprise again. All the police officers looked a little pale.
“Your bravery is commendable, An Zhenghua!” Secretary Lin was raging. He was also quietly apprehensive that Divine Doctor Tang might have been killed if not that he knew how to defend himself.
An Zhenghua trembled. His face was ghostly pale.
“Don’t listen to his nonsense, Secretary Lin! Killing the kid was his plan!”
“So, you mean that everything else was your plan?” Secretary Lin answered coldly.
“I…” An Zhenghua was at a loss for words.
“The two of you, you think you are above the law? Can I have a volunteer to cuff these two up?” Secretary Lin roared.
A few police officers stepped forward and handcuffed the two of them.
An Zhenghua’s body went limp as if all his bones had dissolved. He nearly fell sitting to the ground and his expression was blank.
Squad Leader Sun managed to keep his cool.
“This… this is a major scandal! We will have to deal with this with the utmost urgency.
“An Zhenghua, you must have a lot of dirt in your history, right? We will settle this all at once!”
Secretary Lin was pacing back and forth, his face a stern color.
“So, let me ask you again, is this all Chen Sandao’s plan? He planned to frame Little Brother Tang?”
“Yes! It’s him! He agreed to pay me seven million yuan for the deed. I have evidence for that! I’ve recorded all my conversations with him,” An Zhenghua answered.
“This Chen Sandao has been a thorn in my side all this while. He has many gangsters under his control. This time, we will bring him to justice!” Secretary Lin said resolutely. He swept his gaze across the police officers as he spoke.
A middle-aged police officer stepped to
the front. “Don’t worry, Secretary Lin, I will immediately mobilize a squad to bring Chen Sandao in!”
“Yes! You must eliminate this threat at its root!” Secretary Lin said.
“Yes, sir!”
The middle-aged police officer performed a salute, then left hurriedly with most of the police officers there.
“I am terribly sorry that this happened to you, Divine Doctor Tang! Do not worry, I will follow up this case closely and make sure that it is settled to your satisfaction.” Secretary Lin walked toward Tang Hao and said.
“Thank you for your service, Secretary Lin! Also, please don’t call me Divine Doctor. Just Lil Tang is fine!” Tang Hao said.
Secretary Lin grinned. “Alright, I will call you Lil Tang from now on then. That sounds a lot more approachable.”
“Are you alright, Lil Tang? All those blood…”
“Don’t worry, it’s not my blood. He’s not strong enough to lay a finger on me!” Tang Hao smiled. As he said so, he coldly glared at Squad Leader Sun.
Squad Leader Sun turned pale. His face displayed panic.
The scene earlier could only be described as a nightmare. The kid did not look muscular, but his strength was overwhelming and his martial arts techniques were incredible. The squad leader was toppled onto the floor in a few moves.
“That is good to hear!” Secretary Lin breathed a sigh of relief.
He noticed the handcuffs still on Tang Hao’s left wrist and beckoned to the police officers. “Someone come and take this off of him!”
A police officer immediately stepped forward and unlocked the handcuffs on Tang Hao.
“I did not expect that you are proficient in martial arts too, Lil Tang.” Secretary Lin smiled.
Tang Hao smiled humbly.
“Lil Tang, do you know, my Mingxuan has been recovering rapidly over the past few days. Even Senior Doctor Chen said that it is a miracle. I will have to properly thank you one more time. Are you free tonight? Shall we have dinner?”
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