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When the two arrived at the police station, Wang Hong was sitting in the mediation room, opposite a row of ruffian-looking young men.
Jiang Qing pushed the door open and walked in. Everyone in the room looked over at the noise. She walked straight up to Wang Hong and said, "Mom, the invoice."
Wang Hong pulled out a few invoices from the invoice book and handed them to the person next to her. "Officer Li, these are the invoices for the damaged items in our store. I didn't ask for a penny more."
As she spoke, she glanced at the person opposite her and raised her chin.
The people in the Wang family speak and act according to their conscience. She didn't ask for a penny more and didn't ask for a dime less.
Zhou Qiang looked at the middle-aged woman opposite him who was glancing at people out of the corner of her eyes, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.
Didn’t he just drink too much and break a few plates in the store?
Didn't you apologize yesterday? Why are you still causing trouble today? He glared at the skinny guy angrily and said, "Look at what you've done!"
The thin man shrank back and dared not say a word, completely different from his previous arrogant attitude in the store.
Officer Li carefully reviewed the invoice Wang Hong handed over. He stated the case, "The surveillance footage fully recorded the entire incident."
"Last night, you guys were having dinner and drinking at Wang's Restaurant. Because you were drunk and making noise that disturbed other people's dining, you got into an argument with the owner. During the shoving, you broke the tableware, chairs, and glass cabinets in the restaurant."
Zhou Qiang rubbed his brows and leaned back in his chair. "Just tell me, you just want money. How much is the compensation? We have urgent matters."
Wang Hong sneered: "Oh, now you know there's something to worry about? If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place?"
Unable to bear the sneers and ridicule he had received since entering, the skinny guy slammed the table and stood up: "Are you done yet?"
Officer Li stood up and scolded him: "Stop banging your head on the table and yelling. Sit down!"
Zhou Qiang winked at his men, and his companions received the signal and started to pull the man away. The thin man looked at Zhou Qiang and sat down reluctantly.
Zhou Qiang: "We apologized last night and said today we would compensate according to the price..."
Wang Hong sneered, "How much are your apologies worth? If you weren't afraid of getting reported to the police, you'd all run away faster than the other."
Last night she was busy trying to appease the guests. The tableware had been bought a while ago and they had planned to replace them, so they didn't feel bad if they broke. In addition, it was getting late and Lao Jiang kept trying to persuade her. If it weren't for these factors, this matter would definitely have been doomed to fail.
But her daughter was right. Why? Whoever broke it should pay for it.
"I didn't see anyone reaching into their pockets last night. Why would they do that? Do I have to call the police before they realize it?"
Zhou Qiang ignored her. He just wanted to resolve the matter as soon as possible. Brother Li was still waiting for them outside.
"We can leave after paying the money and registering. Just calculate the amount and we'll pay it now."
Hearing his familiarity with the case handling process in his words, Officer Li looked up in surprise. It seemed that this was a repeat offender who was very familiar with the style of their police station.
"According to the relevant provisions of the Civil Code and the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, those who cause trouble while drunk or intentionally damage other people's property, although not meeting the standards for criminal prosecution, are disrupting public order and are subject to 5-10 days of detention and a fine of up to 500 yuan."
"Detention?!" The thin man turned around in surprise. "You're getting detention for such a small matter?"
Although he has been detained before, he still has to work with his brother Zhou to accomplish great things, and he cannot afford to be detained because of a trivial matter.
Jiang Qing, who was standing aside, was about to open her mouth to say something when she was pulled back by someone. She was startled.
Turning to meet her mother's disapproving gaze, she pursed her lips and put her thoughts to rest.
Zhou Qiang patted the thin man's shoulder and signaled him to calm down and not to believe everything the police said.
"As far as I know, Skinny and his gang didn't disrupt public order, nor did they intentionally damage the tableware. This case should be considered a civil dispute," he said with a forced smile. "Officer Li, did you misread the regulations?"
Upon hearing this, Police Officer Li looked at him and confirmed that this was indeed a veteran.
"We, the police, are still evaluating the severity of the situation, but based on the market value and the negative impact you've caused, you can initially compensate the other party 1,246 yuan."
"Okay," Zhou Qiang understood his implication and turned to pat the thin man on the head. "What are you standing there for? Pay up."
The thin man pouted, took out the money from his trouser pocket and counted it. He only had 500 yuan. He turned around and reached into other people's pockets. The group of young people dared not say anything and gathered more than 1,000 yuan in a frustrated manner.
Officer Li watched as both parties exchanged the money face to face. He stood up and said, "Come on, come with me to sign the compensation agreement."
Jiang Qing wanted to follow, but Wang Hong chased her away, "Go away, what do you want? Go wait for me outside."
She walked out of the mediation room with her head down, walked towards Lin Nanyan who was sitting on a chair outside waiting for her, and kicked him, signaling him to move.
Lin Nanyan: "What happened?"
Jiang Qing: "They paid a thousand yuan in compensation and went to sign the compensation agreement. My mom wouldn't let me go..."
As she spoke, she suddenly noticed a pair of eyes on her face that did not leave her face for a long time, so she turned her head to look.
At the end of the connected benches, two empty seats away from Lin Nanyan, sat a strange man in black.
He has a crew cut, deep eye sockets, sharp eyebrows, thin cheeks, and some dry flakes can be vaguely seen on his exposed bronze skin. At his feet lies a black knitted handbag.
At this moment, when Jiang Qing looked at him, the man looked at her without flinching.
His gaze was fixed on Jiang Qing's face, as if it were real.
Jiang Qing frowned. Her vision suddenly went dark and her sight was blocked. Lin Nanyan's tall figure blocked her completely behind him.
The man's gaze shifted from Jiang Qing to the person blocking his way. After a few seconds, he lowered his eyes and withdrew his gaze indifferently.
Lin Nanyan took Jiang Qing's hand and asked him to sit on his left, using his body to distance him from the strange man.
"We should be able to leave soon."
Jiang Qing nodded absentmindedly.
Lin Nanyan didn't disturb the girl's trance. He looked straight ahead and observed the man on the right who was obviously abnormal out of the corner of his eye.
The man was wearing a pair of black cloth shoes that few young people would wear these days. Looking up, he could see his knuckles were thick, and he looked like someone who was used to doing manual labor.
His back was straight all the time, with an abnormal stiffness that was different from that of ordinary people.
Lin Nanyan's gaze was very subtle, but the man suddenly glanced over with a cold and sharp look.
He calmly withdrew his gaze. It seemed that this man was very alert.
When Wang Hong came out after finishing her work, Lin Nanyan pulled Jiang Qing over to greet her, "Auntie Wang."
"Xiao Nan is here too. It's okay, I've finished everything. Let's go home." Wang Hong glanced at Jiang Qing, who was distracted, and waved her hand in front of her eyes. "What are you thinking about? Let's go home."
Jiang Qing suddenly came back to her senses, "Why isn't Dad with you?"
"The store is short of staff, and our family can't be delayed because of such a trivial matter. Your father is a bit of a jerk and is just getting in the way here, so I'll let him go back first."
Wang Hong put all the documents and receipts back into her bag and said, "Come on, I'll take you to eat something delicious."
"Mom, can I have dinner alone with Lin Nanyan?" Jiang Qing suddenly asked, blinking her big eyes.
The smile on Wang Hong's face froze.
She glanced at Lin Nanyan, who was carrying his daughter's bag and following behind Jiang Qing without saying a word but also looking at her silently. It was obvious that he was also looking forward to it.
Well, she's an eyesore here.
"Then you guys eat by yourselves. I have something to do in the store, so I'll be leaving first." Wang Hong turned around and reminded him, "Play with Xiaonan outside for a while, don't stay at home all the time."
"I understand." Jiang Qing responded.
Looking at Aunt Wang's back as she walked away, Lin Nanyan turned his head and asked Jiang Qing, "Where do you want to eat?"
"No, I'm not hungry." Jiang Qing suddenly withdrew her cute expression towards her mother. "You're hungry so soon after just finishing breakfast?"
Lin Nanyan: ...
"Neither do I..."
"Brother Li, have you been waiting here for a long time? Look, it's all my fault, this little brother who can't read other people's expressions," Zhou Qiang said as he slapped the skinny guy on the back. "Come on, I'll apologize to you. I won't be back until I'm drunk."
The thin guy had a bitter face. He was always the one who got beaten the most and took the most blame.
However, as soon as he thought that since Brother Zhou was treating him to a meal, he must have ordered all the delicious dishes, and his pockets were empty and he could only ask for the meal reluctantly, he immediately became happy again.
"Yeah, Brother Li, don't be polite with my Brother Zhou," the thin man patted his chest proudly and gave a thumbs up, "This is my Brother Zhou!"
"Brother Li, you just came out of there and you're in this bad luck again..."
"What are you talking about!" Zhou Qiang glared at the thin man, swallowing his words back into his stomach. He squeezed out the words through his teeth, "Don't you even look at where you are?"
He looked around. Fortunately, the hall was bustling with people coming and going, people breaking up or trying to stop a fight, people crying because of being scammed, people scolding their children. The noise was so loud that the police were all busy and had no time to notice this place.
"Let's go, let's eat and get rid of the bad luck." Zhou Qiang waved his hand, and a group of people followed him impatiently.
The man, who remained silent from beginning to end, picked up the black handbag and followed behind.
A group of hooligans dressed in colorful clothes passed by. Passersby were afraid of getting into trouble, so they all made way for them.
The thugs left, revealing a man and a woman who had been standing there behind them for who knows how long.
"Did you hear that?" Jiang Qing grabbed the arm of the person next to her, "He just came out from here."
He just got out of jail!
He must be a prisoner!
"No wonder I always thought he looked familiar, but couldn't remember where I'd seen him before." Jiang Qing excitedly clenched her fingers, her grip tightening. "It must be him!"
Lin Nanyan's eyes darkened: "That debt collector?"
“Even though I only saw it once, I’ll never forget that face.”
After many years, the boy's facial condition has changed a lot, and his aura is completely different. They look like two completely unrelated people.
But Jiang Qing retrieved the young face she had seen by chance from her memory and compared it with the stranger's face many times, and the two portraits surprisingly overlapped!
Senior, she found the murderer.
Zhou Qiang and his group walked out of the police station in a mighty manner, but the man suddenly stopped. Zhou Qiang, who was looking forward to the future and making a large group of people excited, looked back in confusion.
The man's frosted voice suddenly rang out: "Tell Li Liang to wait for me at the usual place tonight."
Without waiting for a response, he turned and stalked away.
The group of young people who were left there in amazement looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
After a long moment, the thin man hesitantly looked up at Zhou Qiang, who was resting his hand on his shoulder and not moving. "Brother...are we still eating?"
"Eat shit! I'll eat!"
Zhou Qiang extinguished the cigarette in his hand and threw it to the ground. He turned around, got on the Ghost Fire motorcycle, and drove away at a rumble.
"Pah!" The thin man, with his mouth full of exhaust fumes, was in tears.
What is going on?
The man on the other end walked further and further away from the downtown area, turning left and right and arriving at a deserted alley.
The shoes made a crunching sound as they stepped on the gravel.
Suddenly, he stopped and let go.
The black knitted bag fell to the ground with a dull sound.
"Come out."
The words swirled in the alley, the tail end echoing.
At the corner of the wall, Jiang Qing quickly retracted her protruding little head.
She tugged at Lin Nanyan's sleeve and asked him with her eyes what to do if they were discovered.
But Lin Nanyan seemed to have misunderstood her meaning, and actually walked out straight in front of her. Jiang Qing was so fast that she couldn't catch him in time, and her hands missed.
That's a murderer!
It will really kill people!
The alley was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Lin Nanyan and the man's eyes met, but neither of them spoke first.
From the first moment their eyes met at the police station, Lin Nanyan knew that their whereabouts would definitely be discovered by the man.
This is a very alert person.
But he had no way to stop Jiang Qing from following the other party.
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