Zhuang Tunan worked overtime during the New Year and injured his leg. He accompanied his parents back to the alley. Although Li Jia wanted to walk with him, his family always opposed it. Lin Dongzh...
Seeing that the other party didn't have a book, Zhuang Tunan nodded and said, "The Return of the Condor Heroes will be available next time. Welcome to visit again."
The young man smiled and said, "Okay, I'll come back in a couple of days, thank you!"
As soon as the young man left the newsstand, he quickly went to a nearby place with a telephone and dialed 110 to report the incident.
Unaware of the situation, Zhuang Tunan continued to serve customers.
Just then, a car pulled up nearby. Xiang Pengfei, who had injured his arm, got out of the car, walked to the newsstand, and asked Zhuang Tunan, "Brother Tunan, how's business? Is it good?"
As soon as Zhuang Tunan saw Xiang Pengfei, he was about to speak when he noticed the gauze on Xiang Pengfei's arm and hurriedly asked with concern, "What happened? Are you injured?"
Seeing Zhuang Tunan's concern for him, Xiang Pengfei quickly said, "It's nothing, just a minor injury!"
"What happened? How could you be so careless!"
"It wasn't an accident, I was ambushed!"
"Ambush? Who? Who ambushed you?"
"Who else could it be but Zhuang Zhennan! He's the one who hired us. Last night, Yuxiang and I went to see a movie, and on our way back, we were surrounded by four thugs. I took a knife while protecting Yuxiang!"
"Zhuang Zhennan again? What is he trying to do? What exactly is he trying to do? It's either targeting you or me. Doesn't he care about family ties at all?"
Just as Zhuang Tunan was speaking, a police car screeched to a halt nearby, and two police officers got out and quickly approached Zhuang Tunan's newsstand. They showed their badges and said, "Hello, we are police officers. We received a report that you have pornographic books here, so we came to check. We hope you will cooperate!"
Zhuang Tunan, naturally having nothing to hide, said, "Go ahead and investigate! You police investigated yesterday, and you're investigating again today. If you don't mind the trouble, then investigate."
Just as Xiang Pengfei, who was standing next to the wire bed, was about to speak, he inadvertently noticed that there was a book on the wire bed that was different from the other books. The cover of the book featured a naked white woman, while martial arts novels were all about ancient costumes and swordplay, so it was naturally different.
The two policemen first browsed through the newsstand, and Xiang Pengfei took the opportunity to quickly throw the pornographic book under the wire bed.
The police searched the newsstand but found nothing unusual, so they turned their attention to the wire bed.
The two policemen glanced at the martial arts books on the wire bed but found nothing suspicious. Just as they were about to leave, they exchanged a look.
On the way, a child on his way to school said to Zhuang Tunan, "Uncle, your book fell on the ground!"
The two policemen quickly crouched down and saw a pornographic book with a naked woman on it under the wire bed.
A policeman stood up, pointed at the pornographic book, and asked Zhuang Tunan, "What's going on here?"
Sitting in his wheelchair, Zhuang Tunan tried to turn sideways to look under the wire bed, but despite his efforts, he couldn't see anything. Looking at the police with a bewildered expression, he said, "I...I don't know!"
"Now that we've found the physical evidence, you'll have to come with us!"
At this moment, Huang Ling came out of the alley. He saw a crowd gathered around the newsstand and quickly squeezed through. When he saw the police were about to take Zhuang Tunan away, he hurriedly said, "Officer, what's going on?"
The police officer explained, "We received a call reporting that you were selling pornographic books and magazines here, so we came to investigate. We found physical evidence under the wire bed, so we had to take him to the police station for further investigation!"
Huang Ling quickly squatted down to look at the book, then stood up and said, "Officer, that's not our book. Someone must have left it here to frame us!"
"Then that's none of our business. Someone called the police, and we found physical evidence, which proves it's true. We have to take him away, right? Please don't obstruct our law enforcement!"
"Officer, will you listen to me?"
"What are you talking about? Why don't you come with us to the police station?"
Just as things were getting tense, Li Yong suddenly squeezed through the crowd, flashed his badge, and said, "I'm from the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Department!"
The two policemen probably knew Li Yong. One of them smiled and said, "Oh, it's Captain Li! What can I do for you?"
Li Yong said, "We're also investigating a smuggling case and have been monitoring this newsstand. This newsstand is no ordinary place! It's been having problems one after another, all because it's been framed. I think it's been framed again today!"
The policeman said, "Captain Li, you need to understand that once we accept a case, we have to close it. We also have physical evidence, so we have to investigate, right?"
"Yes, yes, that's the investigation, but he's disabled and it's inconvenient for him to come and go. Here's what we'll do: take the physical evidence and examine the fingerprints on it, then we'll know who took the book, right?"
Upon hearing this, the policeman thought Li Yong's words made sense, so he said, "We can leave the person behind, but you have to keep a close eye on him and not let him escape!"
Li Yong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, if he runs away, I'll take full responsibility. Besides, where can a man in a wheelchair go?"
"Okay, we'll head out now. We'll come back when the fingerprint results are in!"
"Okay, I'll wait for your results!"
The two policemen then left the newsstand.
Then, Li Yong scanned the crowd of onlookers and spotted a young man with shifty eyes. Although he seemed to be enjoying the commotion, his behavior was strange. So, Li Yong lunged forward, intending to grab the guy.
To his surprise, the guy was quite agile, and with a quick sidestep, he ran out of the crowd and ran forward.
But Li Yong was a policeman after all, and he was naturally faster than the young man. So before the young man could run twenty meters, Li Yong tackled him to the ground, handcuffed him, and took him back to Zhuang Tunan's stall, asking Zhuang Tunan, "Do you know him?"
Upon seeing that it was the young man who had just been looking for "The Return of the Condor Heroes," Zhuang Tunan quickly said, "He... he just asked me about books. He's been looking through this place for a while, trying to find a copy of Jin Yong's 'The Return of the Condor Heroes'!"
Li Yong then asked the young man, "Tell me honestly, did you put that pornographic book inside? Did you?"
The young man first struggled against the handcuffs, then shouted, "It wasn't me, it wasn't me! I just came to buy books. Is buying books illegal?"
"Oh!"
Li Yong gripped the handcuffs in one hand and pointed at the young man with the other, saying, "Still not behaving yourself, huh? Come on, come back to the station with me. I'm going to interrogate you properly today and see how stubborn you really are!"
After finishing his sentence, Li Yong noticed that Zhuang Tunan looked somewhat dejected, so he quickly encouraged him, saying, "Young man, cheer up! Don't let the people who framed you be happy!"
Zhuang Tunan knew, of course, that Li Yong was trying to encourage him, and quickly said, "Officer Li, I'm fine!"
Li Yong then felt relieved and was about to leave with the young man when he turned around and saw Xiang Pengfei. He smiled at Xiang Pengfei, but his eyes were drawn to Xiang Pengfei's injured arm.
Li Yong didn't ask Xiang Pengfei what happened, but left the newsstand directly.
Through the window, Wu Shanshan could see everything clearly outside. In particular, when she saw the police take the young man away, her expression changed instantly. She knew the young man; he was her husband Liu Jian's friend and best friend. If this guy was arrested, he would definitely implicate her husband.
Thinking about this, Wu Shanshan began to feel scared and regretful for telling Liu Jian. But it was too late for regrets. Now that things had happened, she had to find a way to deal with it. So she picked up the phone and dialed Liu Jian's number again. As soon as he answered, Wu Shanshan said impatiently, "Honey, something bad has happened! The person you arranged has been arrested!"