Chapter 214: Death (Catching Bugs) On a rainy autumn afternoon,...
Chapter 214: Death (Catch Bugs)
Yan Jiuru's tender hands were fixed on Chen Yin's beautiful temples.
Then the two of them whispered to each other until the waiter brought up a delicious side dish: "Hello, please try our homemade side dish. That... please enjoy it slowly..."
Yan Jiuru didn't understand. What he said before was all fine. Why did he have to add 'that' to hold himself back and turn good into barely passing?
The two drank a lot of tea, but only four small plates of cold dishes were served, which was not enough for Yan Jiuru to fill his stomach.
As a last resort, Chen Yin called the waiter: "Comrade, please hurry up and serve the food. We are starving."
The foreman hurried to the kitchen and came back cautiously, "It will be ready soon. Please wait a moment."
In fact, Master Dong was meticulously preparing the side dishes according to strict standards. If he didn't urge him, the chef would probably be eager to use a vernier caliper to cut the meat slices. It would be a blessing to be able to eat a hot meal in an hour.
In his opinion, too much is as bad as too little.
Fortunately, Chef Dong heard that the customer was hungry, so he gritted his teeth, gave up the standard, and started to speed up.
Ten minutes later, the boss came out personally with a tray and served the dishes.
The first dishes served were spicy stir-fried beef fillet and sweet and sour pork. The sweet and sour aroma of the wok with the aroma of charred meat was very appetizing.
"Please bring the rice too."
Yan Jiuru regretted coming to this restaurant. The food was served a little slowly and the hungry people couldn't wait.
The boss said sheepishly: "Uh, this, that rice is freshly steamed, and it still needs to be..."
Chen Yin knew Yan Jiuru would be particularly irritable when hungry, so she hurriedly said before he could change his expression, "Bring some steamed buns or other staple foods first. We're hungry now."
Eating only vegetables without staple food is always not enough for people who need to fill their stomachs.
Fortunately, the steamed buns were warm. Yan Jiuru took a bite of steamed bun and a bite of meat. He ate two or three big steamed buns and half a plate of beef in a row. Finally, his stomach felt better.
By the time the rice and squirrel mandarin fish were served, Yan Jiuru and Chen Yin were already half full.
***
"I'm going to the bathroom."
Chen Yin made half a pot of tea and drank a bowl of soup. Thinking that it would take half an hour to go back, she had to ask the waitress where the toilet was and go to relax first.
Out of woman's caution, Chen Yin observed at the door. The toilet here should be unisex. There was a slightly deformed latch on the door. She tried it and it worked.
There was still a residual smell of air freshener in the room. Looking at the squat toilet, it must have been cleaned urgently before.
Whatever the reason, it's satisfying to have access to a clean restroom.
Chen Yin held her bag in one hand and habitually pressed the flush button first.
“Hua La La…”
The water flow was still good, and she was about to go to the bathroom when she suddenly heard a slight "click" sound.
It's the sound of a camera shutter.
Chen Yin immediately became alert, reached into her bag and grabbed a pistol, then gently pressed the flush button. With a slight splashing sound, she gently moved closer to the door and looked out through the gap. There was no one outside.
She looked at the toilet again and found that the west wall was made of a wooden board with a gap of a step between it and the ground. Chen Yin pretended to squat at the front and slowly leaned over to check.
"You pervert!"
It was said to be late, but it was actually fast. Chen Yin moved as fast as lightning and smashed it down with one shot!
"Ah——" a scream rang out.
Yan Jiuru jumped up immediately and ran towards the place where the sound came from in two steps.
He knew Chen Yin was using the toilet here.
Inside the restaurant, guests who had lingered after their meal came rushing over eagerly, asking each other, "What's going on?"
"I don't know, I just heard a howl..."
A few people who arrived earlier following Yan Jiuru saw the scene.
"Ouch, this is... caught a peeping Tom?"
"Fuck, isn't this guy from the table just now? He's so rude."
"This is hooliganism!"
"I'm not! I didn't do it!" Someone was holding his feet and jumping up and down, crying out that he was wronged. However, the onlookers didn't believe him.
Even the people who were dining with him looked at him strangely, their eyes clearly saying, "I didn't expect you to be this kind of person!"
Chen Yin held the gun to the man's head with a cold face, "Squat down, put your hands on your head, and don't move!"
Yan Jiuru looked at her inquiringly, and Chen Yin shook her head slightly, indicating that she was fine.
Yan Jiuru took out a pair of gloves from his bag (in the space) and put them on, then picked up a camera from the wall.
Everyone stared at the man with deathly gazes: The evidence is all here, and you are still denying it?
The restaurant owner got the news and hurried over.
He nearly fainted when he saw the scene before him.
To be exact, he wished he could faint right now.
"What's going on?" He covered his chest with his hands. Since someone had pulled out a gun, it must be a serious matter.
All the excitement just now evaporated along with the fear.
He would rather not have the previous surprise than this shock.
Yan Jiuru glanced at him and said, "Is there a phone number? Let's call the police."
"Misunderstanding! Comrade, please listen to my explanation, this is all a misunderstanding!" The arrested man tried to protest his innocence.
"I didn't, I didn't think..."
"If you have anything to say, tell the police when they arrive." Yan Jiuru quickly untied the man's belt, wrapped it around his wrists and tied him to the water pipe next to the toilet.
Now it’s going to be fun.
Some diners originally wanted to have something to brag about by having a meal in the same hall with minister-level officials, so they stayed and did not leave. Now they stayed to wait for the police to arrive, under the pretext of: We are witnesses too, right?
The boss sighed, told the foreman to keep an eye on the man and make sure he didn't run away, and went to call the police station himself:
"...Comrade from the Public Security Bureau, well, Minister Yan was having dinner at our restaurant and caught a gangster..."
"Yes, yes, Minister of Commerce..."
Less than a quarter of an hour after the call ended, two blue and white police Jettas squeaked to a stop in front of the restaurant.
My goodness, more than ten police officers came rushing down.
The leader put his hands on his waist and looked around with his fierce eyes as he entered the room.
The others asked everyone they met: "Who called the police? Is the boss here?"
"Hey, I'm the boss. I made the call."
. . . . . .
The leading police officer had already spotted Yan Jiuru and Chen Yin, and hurried over, stood at attention, and saluted: "Hello, Minister Yan, I am Zhang Qun, captain of the Public Security Brigade of the Xihuan Branch."
Yan Jiuru was kind and gave a brief and clear introduction of the two people's coming to have dinner.
Afterwards, Chen Yin talked about her suspicion of hearing the sound of a camera shutter while going to the toilet and the process of catching someone.
"That's the way it is. The camera is afraid of exposing the film, and I can't look at it, so I can only give it to you."
He picked up the camera and placed it on the card table, which was just the right time to hand it over to the police.
Chen Yin's service firearm was registered with the relevant authorities. She took the initiative to show her pistol to Captain Zhang. "I hit him with the butt of the gun. I was afraid he would run away in pain. I used quite a bit of force."
The police on the other side also asked everyone present what happened, and then asked those who witnessed the incident to go to the police station to take a statement. When Chen Yin was paying the bill, she heard the waiter say that a table of guests took the opportunity to run away without paying, and he helped to pay the bill.
After all, it has something to do with her arresting someone, otherwise the customer wouldn't be able to leave without paying.
***
After leaving the police station, I was already late for work in the afternoon.
On the way back, Chen Yin kept saying how unlucky she was, muttering, "Why is society like this now? A few days ago, a female colleague in our unit saw an exhibitionist on the bus. It was so disgusting."
Yan Jiuru...
Could he say that he should confiscate the other party's tools on the spot?
After returning to the ministry, several secretaries and even the deputy minister who had received the news came over to show their concern for Minister Yan.
Yan Jiuru could only briefly explain to everyone, "The situation has not been fully investigated yet, so just let everyone know."
However, good news travels far and wide, but bad news spreads a thousand miles. Although catching a suspected peeping Tom was not a bad thing, the news spread throughout the Ministry of Commerce in just one afternoon, and even the rats in the cafeteria might have known about it.
Yan Jiuru shook his head secretly, these people are really idle.
***
This involves the Minister of Commerce and the Director of the Computer Information Center, and the safety of either person cannot be ignored.
Therefore, before leaving get off work, Yan Jiuru received a call from the Public Security Bureau.
Suspect: Liu Youliang, male, 36 years old, entertainment editor of a metropolitan newspaper.
The camera was indeed his, and he secretly took two photos of Yan Jiuru and Chen Yin behaving intimately, and another one was taken in the toilet...
According to Liu Youliang's confession, his purpose was not to peep like a hooligan, but to secretly film the explosive news of "the Minister of Commerce with his beautiful mistress".
The reason why he hid in the toilet was mainly because, from his semi-professional reporter's perspective, this was the best angle for taking secret photos.
The only drawback is that the distance is far and the picture is not clear enough.
It happened that Chen Yin came to the bathroom and he was ecstatic.
He originally wanted to take a close-up photo from the front, but in order to verify the authenticity of his photo, he planned to take a full-view photo of the toilet first.
As a result, his ankle is still swollen and thick, crackle, wow -
Yan Jiuru didn't care whether he believed this explanation or not. He only cared about the actions and not the heart. In short, the law was about evidence.
***
Captain Zhang didn't know what to say.
You say you are an entertainment journalist, why did you secretly take photos of senior state officials?
He dared to make such a move even though he didn't even know the minister's wife.
It's explosive news. This is so explosive that I have been exposed. I can't keep my job. I may even have to go to the sewing machine to wake my brain.
Yan Jiuru snorted coldly and called Director Jiang of the Press and Publication Bureau directly: "Why, are your newspapers now relying on digging up private information and publishing candid photos to survive?"
Director Jiang was confused by the question, and after understanding what happened, he was speechless.
The person belongs to their news department. Even if he is just the editor of the entertainment section of a newspaper, he is under the control of their news department. Moreover, the entertainment section now relies entirely on following celebrities and digging into their privacy to sell well.
This is indeed impossible to shirk.
This time we hit a wall, and all leaders, big and small, can do is review and make corrections. . . . .
***
More than a week later, some members of the joint investigation team returned to Yancheng first, while people from the Ministry of Public Security and the Discipline Inspection Department remained in the local area to investigate and deal with illegal and disciplinary violations that occurred in the local investment promotion process.
Yan Jiuru listened to the work report led by Deputy Minister Ling.
First, the injuries of overseas Chinese businessman Liang Xianzong: "...two minor injuries to the head, a minor fracture in the right forearm, and several bruises on the body.
The public security authorities assessed the injuries as minor. Mr. Liang's assistant and secretary also suffered minor injuries.
Furthermore, Pingba villagers obstructed two trucks from transporting the mushrooms, resulting in direct economic losses exceeding 40,000 yuan. An investigation revealed that over the past three years, Pingba villagers have directly and indirectly caused economic losses exceeding 1 million yuan to the Xiangqing Wood Ear Mushroom Farm, a significant sum with a devastating social impact.
The local township government knew about it but did not actively coordinate and concealed the matter from higher authorities.
The county government and local foreign trade and economic departments failed to perform their duties effectively and adopted an attitude of "less trouble is more" which led to the escalation of the situation.
The city government and foreign trade and economic departments adopted a laissez-faire attitude because they did not take any investment commission, which was also an important reason for the adverse consequences.
The provincial government blindly uses attracting investment as a performance evaluation indicator, and has adopted a tacit and acquiescent attitude towards whoever attracts the investment and whoever takes the commission. . . . .
"After research and decision by the joint investigation team, the principal leaders of government departments at the township, county, city, and provincial levels will be given corresponding disciplinary sanctions. Those who violate laws and regulations will be severely punished in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
The Pingba villagers who caused the disturbance are suspected of provoking trouble and gang fighting. Every one of them will be caught and brought back. Those who escape will be punished severely and resolutely to put an end to this evil trend."
Originally, the villagers in Pingba area still believed that the law does not punish the masses. Hundreds of people joined together to cause trouble. Who can be held accountable in the end?
I never expected that I would fail this time.
From village cadres to the hooligans who ran away overnight, no one could escape the law and they were all brought to justice.
No matter how much you cry, because you have an eighty-year-old mother at home and a three-year-old baby, you will be sent to jail to work the sewing machine for three years. The most serious conspirators were sentenced to five years.
However, despite the efforts of the Ministry of Commerce and other departments to save the situation, overseas Chinese businessman Mr. Liang decided to end his Xiangqing Wood Ear Mushroom Farm business early and left Pingba, Qi County with hurt feelings for his hometown.
The township government and the county jointly collected the liquidated damages to compensate Mr. Liang, but he refused to accept it.
Yan Jiuru shook his head upon hearing this and sighed, "If I accepted it, it would be fine. But if I didn't accept the compensation, I'm afraid that in the future..."
Everyone understands that there is no future.
This matter itself is not perfect.
The investors were driven away by the villagers, and the villagers also lost an important source of income. Moreover, the bad reputation has spread, and it will be difficult for foreign investment to come here in the future. If they want to get rich, they can only rely on the local villagers themselves.
If they rely on themselves, the township and county will punish them, and it will be difficult for people in Pingba to get things done.
Beyond laws and regulations, there are also human relationships. The villagers have blocked the road themselves, so they can't blame others.
Regarding the problems in attracting investment exposed by this incident, Yan Jiuru instructed Deputy Minister Wang of the Foreign Investment Department to investigate the so-called commission and who is responsible for the investment.
***
This busy period ended when the autumn wind started to blow.
On a rainy autumn afternoon, Yan Jiuru received the news that Mr. Qiao had passed away.
The Qiao family and the Organization Department jointly issued an obituary. The mourning place was set up in the main hall behind Babaoshan. The body was cremated and buried three days later.
Yan Jiuru and Chen Yin went to pay their respects in plain clothes, and comforted Mrs. Qiao with tears in their eyes.
Unexpectedly, the next day I received news that the old lady had passed away. . . . .
It's really sad.
"Alas, these things happened one after another. It's really a turbulent time." These things did have a certain impact on Chen Yin, and she was in a low mood for several days.
Of course, it may also be related to the constant autumn rain.
Yan Jiuru secretly called the three "prodigals" who were far away overseas and asked them to think of a solution.
Jingjing snorted when he heard that. "I told you this family can't do without me. Watch me!"
Because of the time difference, Jingjing skipped a class the next morning and called her mother: "Hey, Mom!"
When Chen Yin answered the phone, she was still mumbling, "Hmm, Hmm," and "Oh," but after a few words, she suddenly raised her voice, "I'm telling you, Yan Yujing, you're absolutely not allowed to date me before you graduate from university!
And you are not allowed to find me a foreign son-in-law!"
After yelling at her eldest daughter, Chen Yin turned around a few times. "No, I have to call Zhuangzhuang. How can he be a brother? He can't do anything about someone writing a love letter to his sister?!"
Yan Jiuru was also confused now.
He couldn't tell whether this was Jingjing's way of coaxing his mother or if he really was having a relationship outside, and he was worried for a moment.
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