She's lying
Chen Heng dragged the middle-aged man into the police station.
As soon as he stepped through the door, he noticed that the girl next to him suddenly became agitated because she met someone familiar.
Looking up, I saw a boy with neatly combed hair and meticulous attire from head to toe. He looked very proper and seemed to be a person who did not belong to the same world as him.
He looked at the girl who was very excited after seeing Lin Nanyan, and thought that it was really hard to believe that these two people with completely different styles could get together.
Chen Heng listened to the overly familiar conversation between the two and was somewhat surprised by their tacit understanding and the boy's sudden change in style.
It's like a bit of chirping life suddenly appears in a still painting, strange and harmonious.
He lowered his head nonchalantly, holding the man with one hand and casually brushing the wrinkles on his chest with the other, and inadvertently heard the girl's excited and smug voice.
"He is so shameless that he dares to touch my thigh. I must catch him and give him a good beating."
His fingers paused at his collar.
It turns out that it was not a theft, but a crime of molestation.
He increased the strength of his hands, and the middle-aged man's face suddenly distorted. Before he could shout, a shadow suddenly flashed by and he felt a heavy blow on his face. Under the accelerated impact of flesh and fists, he only felt his face quickly swelled with pain and burning, and a bloody smell came from his mouth.
He was trapped between two boys. One of them held his arm and controlled its twisting, while the other punched him in the face again and again, as if he wanted to beat him to death. He couldn't help but scream. He really didn't expect that there would be people who dared to use naked violence in the police station.
Chen Heng maintained the strength of his hands and did not move, looking at the boy who was very lively just now, now with a calm expression on his face, punching without any expression, as if he was not beating a person but an inanimate object, fiercely and cruelly.
You can clearly feel the boy's inner anger, like a bottle of soda being violently shaken. Through the lid, the calmer the outside, the more boiling it is inside.
Jiang Qing:!!!
She reacted quickly and rushed forward to stop Lin Nanyue.
Oh my God, if you want to fight, you shouldn’t do it here. Although she really wants to beat that man, he doesn’t even look at where he is. How can Lin Nanyan be so bold?
"Stop fighting, there are police here."
She kept winking at Lin Nanyan, wondering why he was like a fool and his brain was offline.
In the hall, when the middle-aged man screamed, some policemen had already reacted, but because they were a little far away, they lagged behind Jiang Qing and the others, so they hurriedly arrived at this time.
"Stop it. If you have something to say, talk it over nicely and don't use violence." Police Officer Zhang scolded.
Lin Nanyue was stopped. He stood up as if nothing had happened, shook the hand that had been used in the fight, and immediately returned to normal, looking well-behaved again.
"Okay, thank you for the reminder, officer."
The police who arrived were stunned by his drastic change.
It turns out that Sichuan Opera face-changing really exists in reality.
But as a police officer, she is very well-educated and knowledgeable. At this time, she used her professional ethics to question the people in this group.
"What's wrong with you?"
Faced with the police officer's serious questioning, Jiang Qing was not afraid at all and she actively asked to answer.
"This is the criminal we caught."
The police's eyes fell on the middle-aged man who was covering his cheek, speaking incoherently, and looking miserable. His expression was indescribable, and he quickly came to his senses.
"What crime did he commit?"
Jiang Qing: "Morality. He sexually harassed me on the bus."
Police Officer Zhang was about to turn on the recorder to record, but was startled when she heard the words. She looked around at the people standing together.
Jiang Qing, who made the accusation in a very calm and nonchalant manner; Song Yao, who stood aside with a pale face; Chen Heng, who was in a casual posture but still had a firm grip on the middle-aged man; and Lin Nanyan, who stood between the middle-aged man and the two girls with an expressionless face.
Four people, four different painting styles.
She pressed the recorder, turned around, and shouted to the police officer who was sorting documents on the other side, who had returned to normal after she came to deal with the chaos: "Xiao Li, is there any room in our meeting room?"
When Officer Li heard Captain Zhang's call, he frantically flipped through the notes in his hand and quickly looked up and responded, "Captain, rooms 204 and 305 are empty right now."
"Okay, then register. I'll requisition it."
She turned around to look at the five people who were still entangled in a group and motioned them to go upstairs to talk.
Room 305.
The middle-aged man was finally released. He rubbed his cheeks and hissed, while mumbling angrily: "I'm going to sue him and him."
He pointed at two nonchalant boys and said, "They beat people up in broad daylight at the police station. You must arrest them."
Jiang Qing couldn't stand it anymore and immediately jumped up and down: "If you hadn't been so nasty first, would you have been beaten?"
"How dare you, the villain, complain first."
The middle-aged man said arrogantly, "Do you have evidence? You're just showing off here. I'm telling you, he hit me..." He pointed at Lin Nanyan, watching the boy's expressionless, dark eyes staring at him, and immediately withdrew his hand, "...but everyone saw it."
This violent person must be locked up.
"If you are shameless, I should arrest you first." Jiang Qing cursed passionately.
Lin Nanyue calmly grabbed her and protected her behind him. He looked at the middle-aged man, his voice as flat as ever, as if he was not the one who had gone crazy and hit someone just now.
"First of all, you committed the crime first. I was emotionally agitated and only stopped when I was stopped."
"Secondly, according to medical judgment, I did not cause you any serious injuries, minor injuries, or life-threatening consequences."
"Finally, according to the principle of the proviso in the criminal law, cases where the circumstances are significantly minor and the harm is minor are not considered crimes."
A series of well-reasoned rebuttals echoed throughout the room.
The middle-aged man only saw the boy's lips slightly raised, and he made the final decision: "So, I only need to compensate for the medical expenses."
The boy raised his eyes and said, "When you go to jail, I will compensate you."
Jiang Qing: What a venomous little mouth he has. It’s so satisfying to watch him scold others.
The man was stunned by these words, his anger stuck in his chest, unable to go out. He held his breath, and when he heard Lin Nanyan's conclusion, his face suddenly turned red.
What does this kid mean? Is he saying that the beating he received was in vain?
Chen Heng also intervened, stroking his chin in a deep voice, "If that's the case, then I don't even have to pay for the medical expenses. After all, anything could happen during the arrest."
"You, you guys—"
The man was so angry that he was shaking and couldn't utter a complete sentence.
Officer Zhang happened to come out and interrupt them at this time, "Okay, let's sort out the case from the beginning."
The man was holding back an increasingly visibly angry expression, and upon hearing this, he flatly denied it, "I didn't do anything."
Officer Zhang said perfunctorily, "Oh, I see."
"Name."
"Jiang Qing."
"Pan Xinfa."
After learning the basic information of the two people, Officer Zhang asked Jiang Qing, "Our headquarters received a report of sexual harassment half an hour ago. Was it you who called the police?"
Jiang Qing nodded. "It was me, but the police didn't show up. We were afraid they'd run away, so we went to their house ourselves."
Officer Zhang explained, "The area received a call and was assigned to officers on another street. It's possible that you two were going in different directions and didn't meet."
After saying that, she raised her hand and pressed the public phone above the table.
"Notify the neighboring police station that we're taking over the sexual harassment case."
After hanging up the phone, she continued, "Let's talk about the case."
Jiang Qing's face was filled with righteous indignation, and she swore: "Today I got on the bus. There were a lot of people, so I kept looking out the window. As I was standing there, I suddenly felt something was wrong. I looked down, and lo and behold, someone was touching me."
She said this with an expression of emphasizing her conviction, "It wasn't an accidental touch, because his hand clearly stayed on my leg for more than a second."
"A normal person would subconsciously dodge and not stay for long even if they accidentally touched it."
"And he pinched me on purpose. He was sexually harassing me."
She glanced at the middle-aged man with disdain, her eyes full of contempt for him.
After hearing this, Lin Nanyan looked at the man expressionlessly over and over again, with veins bulging on the back of his hand despite his seemingly calm appearance.
Pan Xinfa angrily retorted: "Nonsense, I didn't even touch her."
Officer Zhang knocked on the table with his hand, "Speak only after I ask you."
Pan Xinfa shut up unwillingly.
Officer Zhang: "Any evidence?"
"You can check the surveillance footage. I've already talked to the driver and he can provide the footage."
Based on the route and license plate number provided by Jiang Qing, Officer Zhang quickly applied to the other company to retrieve the surveillance video.
Watching the CCTV uploaded on the computer, she looked at the man, whose face was filled with anger and a hint of guilt.
She looked up and said, "Until the evidence is irrefutable, if you can truthfully explain the situation, we can consider you remorseful and seek leniency."
Pan Xinfa clenched his fists unconsciously, his palms sweating. He didn't know whether the surveillance camera had captured him, but it was likely that he hadn't, because he subconsciously avoided the surveillance camera.
He was making a choice in his heart whether to admit it or not.
During this long ordeal, he caught a glimpse of Song Yao, who had been silent since entering the police station, and suddenly his heart was made up.
"She's lying."
He refuted it with confidence.
Jiang Qing looked straight ahead and said, "Ugh."
Officer Zhang pretended not to hear and asked again, "Are you sure?"
"If the evidence is conclusive and you are stubbornly resisting and refusing to cooperate, you will most likely face administrative penalties and even detention."
Looking at the latest file, she added, "It will also leave traces in your personal file and affect your work."
"I hope you can consider it carefully and take responsibility for your life and your family."
Pan Xinfa was so angry that sweat dripped from his forehead, but he still had a lucky mentality, thinking, what if?
And even if he admitted it, there would be no good result. No matter how lenient he was, he would still be detained.
What's more, the real person involved has not said anything, so why should he feel guilty and fall into the trap?
He held his head high and chest out, looking as if he had a clear conscience.
"I don't."
Seeing that he was determined not to repent, Officer Zhang sighed helplessly.
"Think about it carefully. I hope you can make a sober decision."
After saying that, she stood up and walked to a corner with Jiang Qing. Jiang Qing followed without knowing why.
"There was a huge flow of people and vehicles that day, the crowd was crowded, the surveillance camera had a limited angle of view, and the crime occurred in the middle and lower part of the vehicle."
Jiang Qing was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Looking at the bewildered girl in front of him, Officer Zhang whispered, "You should be prepared. There's a very high probability that he won't be convicted, as the surveillance footage didn't capture any concrete evidence."
She picked up a glass of water from the closet and handed it to Jiang Qing, saying helplessly, "Many times, we think things are too simple, and we think that crimes will definitely be punished."
“But sometimes it’s not.”
People are always too naive to believe that there is justice in the world and that the law will punish all crimes. In a sense, this statement is actually correct.
Of course the law will give people justice, but the prerequisite is evidence.
"I've worked in the police department for eight years and have seen countless cases and countless people involved, including many cases of sexual harassment."
She looked at Jiang Qing, and through the girl in front of her, she vaguely saw countless oppressed women in the past.
"Countless cases of sexual harassment occur across the country every year, and the vast majority of cases are kept secret for various reasons," she said quickly. "A very small number of women are brave enough to report the crime, and even fewer of them receive fair treatment."
"Do you know why?"
There are many reasons, but the most important one is that collecting evidence is difficult.
"Of course we need solid evidence to convict someone, and this is also to protect the right of every one of us not to be illegally punished."
When we are falsely accused, evidence is crucial to prove our innocence.
Similarly, when we are persecuted, evidence is still essential to help us catch the real criminals.
These are the two sides of the law, A and B, which lead to the same destination through different paths.
It seeks an objective standard in the complex and chaotic social affairs, protecting rights from above and punishing criminals from below.
"The search for evidence requires the joint efforts of the parties involved and our police force."
Officer Zhang patted Jiang Qing on the shoulder and said, "I'm very pleased that you have the courage to face the crime today and come forward to report the case despite the rumors. This will give the air under this sky a chance to be purified. But -"
"If not, I hope you won't be disappointed."
“It’s not your fault.”
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