Ace of the Dragon Division - Chapter 326
Chapter 326: Released
Xu Cheng just looked as the guy that spat licked it clean. That guy then took his clothes, smiled ingratiatingly, and said, “Big Brother Cheng, I will go and dry it for you.”
“Wait.”
Xu Cheng halted the guy. That guy immediately shivered, and he turned around, not knowing whether he should cry right now or squeeze out a smile. All in all, he was very scared of Xu Cheng.
Seeing the tattoo on them, Xu Cheng realized that these guys used to work for North Gate. Now it was not strange anymore that they were so scared of him.
“What are you guys here for?’
The four of them didn’t know how to reply.
“Speak!” Xu Cheng raised his voice a bit, and he scared those guys into immediately confessing, “We robbed a store and got caught. Big Brother Cheng, give us another chance, we will be good citizens in the future for sure!”
“Yeah, yeah, if it wasn’t because we got fired and my family got sick, we wouldn’t have picked up our old profession.”
“Big Brother Cheng, you have to believe me… After North Gate went down, all of us lived like mice, and if it wasn’t because we had no choice, we wouldn’t have picked up our old job…”
Xu Cheng: “Does that count as a reason?”
The four of them immediately shook their heads. “No, no, no, no, no…”
Xu Cheng gestured with his finger at them to tell them to come over. After being dumbfounded for a brief second, they immediately came closer timidly.
Xu Cheng smacked one of them on the head and said, “You guys aren’t even afraid of beating people up? You have the muscles and strong limbs, and you are afraid you can’t find a job to feed yourselves?”
The four of them all had their heads lowered and remained silent.
Xu Cheng sighed. “My cig is done, who has some more?”
One of them immediately came closer, passed one to him, and then pulled out a lighter to light it for him.
The officer outside was still quite puzzled as to why he wasn’t hearing anything. When he quietly came closer, he was dumbfounded by what he saw.
Those four muscular thugs were right now kneeling around Xu Cheng like good students listening to the lecture of a saint.
Xu Cheng was leaning against the wall, his saliva flying as he smoked and lectured them at the same time. Those four didn’t even dare to lift up their head. The officer was completely lost, wondering if he got the wrong script or walked into the wrong scene or something.
Just then, out came a thirty-year-old man in glasses walking in anxiously. Behind him followed a captain who was saying, “Secretary Wang, Xu Cheng’s case still hasn’t been investigated. We can’t release him like this…”
Secretary Wang walked in as he said, “Do you know who you guys arrested? He’s the former Team 2 Captain in the Criminal Investigation Department. If you got half a brain cell, you will know he’s the pride of the police force! Right now, for Shangcheng to have this kind of harmonious vibe in the society, most of the credit goes to him. Where were your brains when you arrested him?”
Captain: “But Secretary Wang, my higherup told me that it was because he was a member of the police force, that’s why we should treat this case even more seriously. You have to know that if a member of royalty breaks the law, he should be subjected to the same punishment as ordinary people.”
Secretary Wang: “What law did he break? Who did he hit? The guys at the Criminal Investigation Department already wrote a detailed report and handed it in. You can release him now.”
Captain: “Sorry, I only recognize the documents from my higher ups.”
Secretary Wang: “Document? What document? I came here representing the mayor, do you want him to call you and ask for your permission as well?”
The captain was directly shocked.
When the two came to the jail cell, they were just on time to see Xu Cheng disciplining the four recidivists. “If I see you guys coming in again this time, don’t even think about being released so easily, got it?”
Those four nodded like chicken pecking rice.
Secretary Wang said to the captain that was responsible for detaining Xu Cheng, “Do you see? He didn’t even forget to discipline criminals with records to be good men in the future when he got arrested. Such a good citizen with good discipline, you think he would walk the wrong path and break the law? Are you seeing this? Those four repeat offenders are being brainwashed by him into not breaking the law in the future just like that, you guys must be stupid to be in such a hurry to arrest him right after receiving a report. Facking release him already, and if you dare to block my way, I will go straight to your director!”
“Ye-ye-ye-yes, Sir! Release him!” The captain was out of options. In fact, he had been trying to drag this on, hoping that the thugs inside could teach Xu Cheng a lesson. But who knew things would turn out like this.
This captain went directly into the cell after his guy opened the gate, and he helped Xu Cheng up from the bench, smiling ingratiatingly.
Xu Cheng stood up, patted the dust off his pants, and asked him, “I’m not guilty anymore?”
The captain shook his head. “No, you are free to go.”
Xu Cheng nodded. He looked around, and then he suddenly threw a kick at the captain!
The captain kneeled on the ground in pain and kept coughing.
Xu Cheng crouched down and said to him, “If you are going to be a police officer, don’t be a weed that falls in whatever direction the wind blows! Otherwise, you are insulting the policeman profession.”
The other officers all got their batons out and were ready to threaten Xu Cheng, and Xu Cheng just took out a military officer badge and said, “Come on! Who wants to fight? I kicked him because of his inability to properly enforce the law. In the morning, you guys came to me, and as a citizen, I can cooperate. But, since you guys couldn’t find me guilty in anything and still wasted 24 hours of my time, then I want to ask, did you feed your ability to enforce the law to dogs or something? Now, as a colonel of the 5th Military Region, I am pressing charges against you for forgetting professional conduct as a police officer and enforcing law for personal interest. I think you guys don’t need to wear this uniform anymore.”
That captain’s face immediately changed upon hearing this, and he hurriedly went up to hug Xu Cheng’s leg, begging, “It’s not really our fault, we are just following orders, or else where would we get the authority… Please let us go!”
The others all kept on nodding. “We don’t know anything, it’s the higher ups that gave us the orders and we could only follow.”
Xu Cheng looked at that captain and said, looking down, “You are saying you don’t know anything?”
That captain’s face became a bit unnatural.
Xu Cheng kicked him away. “I followed your protocols, so now you can accept the investigation and go through the protocols as well. If you are innocent, the audit team will give you a fair result.”
Then, Xu Cheng walked out of the cell.
One of the thugs back in there immediately came after him and said, “Big Brother Cheng, your coat is dried and ready.”
Xu Cheng grabbed it and put it on and then left.
Secretary Wang followed after him and said, “The mayor knew you were wronged for sure so he sent me here to bail you out. Are you okay?”
Xu Cheng said, “I’m fine, it’s just that some people’s means are a bit disgusting.”
He thought to himself, Li Family, don’t say I didn’t warn you guys. Since you want to play, then I will play with you!
After bidding farewell with Secretary Wang, Hu Bing just arrived in his car. “Big Brother Cheng, what happened? I didn’t even know you got arrested.”
“Nothing.” Xu Cheng shook his head and got into the car.
After driving off, Hu Bing asked, “Need me to do something?”
Xu Cheng: “Is it going to be difficult for your family to trip over the Li Family?”
Hu Bing sighed for a bit and said, “A bit. My dad just got transferred here. Although he’s the boss, you know we wouldn’t want to get into a conflict with the star companies here. Shangcheng prioritizes economic development so it’s going to be tough. At least we have to wait until my dad gets some political achievements first to stabilize his position. If we provoke one of the big four families with no justifiable reason, then all four of them would most likely team up. By then, my dad will be in a difficult situation.”
Xu Cheng nodded and understood. This was also why Li Wei and those other 3 Young Masters didn’t give Hu Bing any face earlier.
It looked like he would have to take care of the Li Family himself.
