Police station archivist Zhou Yi is reborn back to 1997, just when he joined the police force. Dismemberment cases, arson cases, shooting cases... the cold case files he meticulously studied in his...
Chapter 231 I Know Many Friends
Zhao Min’s words made Zhou Yi stunned. Is his sister stupid?
I helped her out, but she said I ruined her good thing?
"Minmin, are you okay? Why are you talking nonsense?" Zhou Yi said as he reached out to touch Zhao Min's forehead.
Zhao Min shook his hand away: "I don't have a fever, and I'm not talking nonsense."
As he spoke, he opened his schoolbag and took out a silver Sony Walkman.
Zhou Yi immediately understood that the little girl was recording evidence.
Zhao Min turned off her Walkman and said angrily, "They were almost going to hit us."
"Let me hear it."
Zhou Yi stretched out his hand and Zhao Min handed him the Walkman.
Zhou Yi put one earphone into his ear, rewound the tape, and then played it back to hear the entire recording.
After listening, Zhou Yi said, "That's enough. You've made them admit to all the bullying they've done to you, and you've even recorded their attempts to frame you. Submit this directly to the Academic Affairs Office tomorrow, and Zhu Xiaojuan won't be able to escape punishment."
For matters of this magnitude, even if the police are called, the police station will still hand them over to the school for handling. After all, the education system itself has its own particularities.
Zhao Min curled her lips and said, "It's useless. The Dean of Studies must have accepted bribes from Zhu Xiaojuan's father. Someone reported it last time, and the Dean of Studies just gave him a few words of criticism."
The bald uncle chasing Lao Yan instantly appeared in Zhou Yi's mind.
"Is Lao Zhang so blatant now?" Zhou Yi asked.
"Zhu Xiaojuan's father is rich. He runs a food factory and has donated a lot of food to the school before. She's just relying on her dad being a big boss to act so arrogantly at school. She didn't even have high enough scores in the high school entrance exam. Her dad paid her way in."
"Food factory? Which food factory?" Zhou Yi asked casually.
"It's that famous one, the one you see everywhere. What's its name..." Zhao Min frowned. "I can't remember it right now."
Li Chunyan, who was standing by, said, "It's called Red Star Food. She said so."
"What the hell?" Zhou Yi was shocked. Red Star Food? Qian Hongxing's daughter?
That’s not right. Where did Qian Hongxing get his daughters from? And one of them has the surname Zhu and the other one has the surname Qian.
Bragging! Absolutely bragging!
"What's her father's name?"
Zhao Min and Li Chunyan both shook their heads: "I don't know."
Forget it, I’ll call Qian Hongxing and ask him later.
"Minmin, here's what you're going to do. When you get home, make another copy of the tape and give one to the Dean of Studies. If there's no response, or if Lao Zhang handles it unfairly, I'll give the other copy directly to the principal."
Zhou Yi had already made up his mind. If there really was unfair treatment, then don't blame him for going to the principal to show off his presence in the name of a criminal police officer from the Municipal Bureau.
You were the one who cheated first, so don't blame me for being unsportsmanlike!
"Okay, it's a deal then. I'm counting on you for this matter." Zhao Min said with a pout.
"If you don't count on me, who else can you count on?"
Zhao Min hugged Zhou Yi's arm and said coquettishly, "My brother is the best. Yesterday, the school organized a TV replay. I told them you were my brother, but they didn't believe me. It pissed me off."
The delicate Li Chunyan pointed at Zhou Yi in surprise: "Oh, it really is that policeman on TV. Zhao Min, is he really your brother?"
"It's the real deal, dear brother." Zhao Min reached out and pulled the flesh on Zhou Yi's face. "Look, my brother and I are cut from the same cloth."
"Then why is your last name Zhao and his last name Zhou?"
Zhou Yi smiled: "Minmin is my cousin, and her mother is my aunt."
"We are all only children, so there is no difference between us and our biological brothers." Zhao Min said stubbornly.
"Yes, yes, there is no difference. They are all from the Zhou family." Zhou Yi said with a smile.
"Brother, why are you here?"
"I was eating kebabs here with two high school classmates. I saw something was wrong, so I came over to check it out. I didn't expect to run into you."
Zhao Min's eyes suddenly lit up: "Skewers? Have you finished eating?"
"No, I'm eating."
Zhao Min grabbed Li Chunyan's hand and walked out of the alley: "Let's go and have some free food."
In the barbecue restaurant, Xu Junjie and Lao Yan looked at Zhao Min, who was eating heartily, and Li Chunyan, who was cautious, and asked Zhou Yi, "Which one is your sister?"
Before Zhou Yi could say anything, Zhao Min raised her hand and said, "I, I, I, I am his sister."
Xu Junjie and Lao Yan nodded: "Resemble, really resemble."
Zhou Yi said, "Eat slowly, no one will snatch it from you."
"My mom usually doesn't let me eat it, saying it's unhealthy, but she's just worried about the money."
Lao Yan asked, "Sister, do you want some more soda?"
"want."
"Okay, then I'll get it for you." Lao Yan stood up and walked to the corner. The sodas in the store were all in glass bottles, and baskets were placed in the corner. You could just take them yourself and settle the bill together when you were done.
Zhao Min looked up and said, "Thank you, uncle."
"Uncle?" Old Yan was stunned.
Zhou Yi and Xu Junjie burst into laughter. Xu Junjie laughed so hard that he almost fell backwards. Fortunately, Zhou Yi was quick to help him.
Old Yan placed the opened soda in front of Zhao Min and said gloomily, "I'm only two years older than your brother. Am I really that old?"
Zhao Min, who was chewing on a chicken wing, looked up at him carefully and said, "Well... I can only say that you look a little anxious."
Zhao Min turned around and asked Zhou Yi, "Brother, who's paying for this meal?"
Xu Junjie laughed heartily and said, "It's your brother's treat, so you don't have to save face for Old Yan. Just eat whatever you want, hahahaha."
"Old Yan, eat less chicken legs in the company cafeteria in the future." Zhou Yi joked.
Zhao Min took a sip of soda and said casually, "By the way, brother, my mom bought some clothes for my sister-in-law. Should I have her take them to your house, or should my sister-in-law come back to my house to get them?"
Zhou Yi was just about to say, why did your mother buy clothes for Lu Xiaoshuang for no reason?
But when he looked up, he found Xu Junjie and Yan Lang looking at him in shock.
"Old Yan, did I hear it wrong just now?"
"It seems not. She said sister-in-law."
"What the hell, Zhou Yi, what's wrong with you?" the two shouted.
Zhou Yi suddenly felt a headache. How could he explain this?
As a result, Zhao Min came up with another great assist: "Don't you know? My sister-in-law is not only beautiful, but also an excellent student at Hongda University." Zhao Min said proudly.
Zhou Yi slapped his forehead and thought to himself that it was enough to explain it, but it was even more difficult to explain.
"No wonder you refused Jiaojiao's introduction to you as a girlfriend. It turns out you already have one and you kept it hidden well," said Xu Junjie.
Old Yan was stunned again: "Who is Jiaojiao?"
Zhou Yi discovered the blind spot and immediately changed the subject: "Cheng Jiaojiao, she's from the class next to ours, and she's Da Xu's girlfriend now."
Old Yan's expression was as uncomfortable as if he was constipated: "No...you two are going too far. Why did you both secretly find someone and leave me alone as a bachelor?"
"No, Da Xu, you have to ask Cheng Jiaojiao to introduce me to someone too. Zhou Yi doesn't want one, so introduce one to me. I want one."
Xu Junjie patted his belly in disdain and said, "I like police officers, not real uncles like you."
Everyone burst into laughter and stopped asking Zhou Yi about his "sister-in-law".
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Yi paid the bill and said he would take Zhao Min home. Of course, he didn't say the next sentence, but just took the opportunity to see what clothes his aunt had bought for Lu Xiaoshuang.
A few people had just come out of the barbecue restaurant when suddenly a white Jetta stopped in front of them.
As soon as the car door opened, Zhu Xiaojuan, who had just escaped, got out of the car and pointed at Zhou Yi and said, "Dad, it was them who stole my pen! After I caught them, they even broke my pen."
In her hand, she held a smashed pen.
Two men got out of the car. The middle-aged fat man who was driving raised his chin higher than his neck. Although he was short, he still looked up at the few people.
The middle-aged fat man had a handbag tucked under his arm. He pointed the handbag at the few people and said arrogantly, "Who are you? My daughter's pen is a Parker brand, worth hundreds of dollars. If you don't pay me back today, this matter will not end!"
Zhao Min immediately understood what was going on: "Zhu Xiaojuan, how can you be so shameless? Who stole your pen? Don't break it yourself and then frame us."
It is obvious that Zhu Xiaojuan's plan failed and she came up with another one.
The middle-aged fat man reached out to grab Zhao Min, still muttering, "Did you steal it?"
But before his hand could touch Zhao Min, Zhou Yi grabbed his wrist.
"You!" the middle-aged fat man was furious.
The next second he wailed, "It hurts, it hurts."
Zhou Yi released his hand and said, "You are a grown man, why are you touching female students? Are you an old pervert?"
"You... who are you?" The middle-aged fat man spoke loudly, but did not dare to reach out his hand again.
Before Zhou Yi's group could speak, Zhu Xiaojuan spoke up: "Dad, this is her brother. She was the one who beat me!"
Hey, some people really seem to be useless and can tell lies without hesitation.
"You're talking nonsense! Who hit you? Why are you blaming them instead?" Zhao Min shouted anxiously.
"Dad, look, my hand is still red and it hurts so much. It must be broken." Zhu Xiaojuan said coquettishly.
The middle-aged fat man suddenly seemed to be standing on the moral high ground, started to use foul language, and demanded that they pay compensation and go to jail.
Zhou Yi thought to himself that he had not originally intended to use force, but he did not expect the father and daughter to be so arrogant and insist on confronting him.
So he smiled calmly and asked, "Mr. Zhu, right? I heard you're the owner of the famous Red Star Foods?"
When Fatty Zhu heard this, his eyes immediately dodged, and Zhou Yi immediately understood what was going on.
"No... That's right, I'm telling you, I have a lot of friends I know. If you don't pay me back and apologize, don't blame me for being rude!"
Old Yan glanced at the Jetta and said, "The big boss drives this crappy car? Hahahaha, it's not even as good as the car my second uncle drives."
Zhu Xiaojuan yelled anxiously, "We have several cars at home, it's just... I just didn't drive well today."
Zhou Yi was too lazy to talk nonsense with them and decided to get straight to the point: "Mr. Zhu, you know a lot of friends, right? I don't have many friends, but there happens to be one, maybe he knows you."
Zhou Yi pulled out his cell phone and said, "Wait a minute, I'll give him a call and have him talk to you."