Linda was taken aback, feeling puzzled, but then she thought: That makes sense, this way things can be resolved peacefully, and everyone is afraid of trouble.
He also wanted the police station to finish its business quickly, clear his name, and let him go home.
At this moment, An Zhenming's full attention was focused on interrogating the bald man, and Lin Da was also happy about it.
"Hello, police officer, my name is Li Zhicai, and I'm 30 years old!"
An Zhenming interrupted him: "You're only 30 years old this year, you don't look like it. Show me your ID! Also, you're in your thirties, do you think you're still a child? Why are you calling me 'Uncle Policeman'?"
Li Zhicai: "..."
Even if Li Zhicai was arrogant, he wouldn't dare to be arrogant in the police station, so he shut up and obediently handed over his ID card.
An Zhenming took the ID card. Unlike Lin Da, who had scrutinized him more than compared him, An Zhenming stood under the light and compared the ID card with the person for a long time before frowning and saying, "Is this you? You don't look like yourself at all!"
Li Zhicai: "...Officer, I've gained some weight and lost some hair in the last two years."
As he spoke the last few words, Li Zhicai's head was practically bowed to his waistband, his bald head gleaming under the light.
"Alright, keep your ID card safe. Tell me everything that happened tonight."
"Okay! Tonight I'm going on a blind date with An Wenjing, the location is... We were chatting when An Wenjing suddenly started hitting me!"
The bald man grew angrier as he spoke, and finally pointed at Linda and accused her, "It's all his fault! That pretty boy must have been having an affair with An Wenjing for a long time, otherwise An Wenjing would have hit me as soon as I mentioned him!"
"Sir, this is slander. Please apologize to me immediately, or I have the right to pursue legal action against you."
Linda's face suddenly darkened, and she warned the bald man.
"Wow—the pretty boys these days are so arrogant!"
The bald man scoffed, clearly ignoring Linda's warning, and immediately turned to An Zhenming to complain: "Officer, did you see that? He dared to threaten me right in front of you. You can imagine how I was bullied!"
Linda felt that An Wenjing hadn't hit him hard enough; she should have hit him harder.
Linda stared intently at the bald man: "Article 246 of the Criminal Law: Whoever publicly insults another person by violence or other means or fabricates facts to defame another person, if the circumstances are serious, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance or deprivation of political rights."
Sir, I now have conclusive evidence that you are spreading rumors and slander, causing irreparable harm and damage to my physical and mental well-being and reputation.
After Lin Da finished speaking, she held up the recorder in her hand and handed it to An Zhenming: "Officer, I want to report a crime. This is the evidence that Li Zhicai just defamed me."
Upon seeing all this, Li Zhicai, the bald man who had been incredibly arrogant just moments before, was completely dumbfounded and it took him a long time to react.
"You, you, you—when did you record this?"
An Zhenming was also very surprised, but he only hesitated for a moment before taking the recording pen that Lin Da handed him.
"Li Zhicai, what else do you have to say? Do you have any evidence to prove that everything you just said is true!"
"You—me—"
Li Zhicai held back for a long time, his face turning red, and finally he could only sigh and say, "I have no evidence, but I apologize to you, okay? I'm sorry."
Since things had come to this point, An Zhenming tried to smooth things over: "Mr. Lin, Li Zhicai has apologized to you. Look over here—?"
This kind of bully who picks on the weak and fears the strong is best taught a lesson; if things get too complicated, Linda is afraid the bald man will stick to her like a leech.
So, Lin Dashun relented and took back the recording pen: "Alright, since you've apologized, I'll let it go for now. I hope Mr. Li will watch his mouth in the future; not everyone is as magnanimous as me!"
Li Zhicai dared not retort this time. Under An Zhenming's ever-present gaze, he forced a smile and gritted his teeth, saying, "Heh—you're right!"
After saying these words, Li Zhicai's cheeks puffed up like a toad's in anger, but because of the recording pen in Lin Da's hand, he only glared at Lin Da a few times when An Zhenming wasn't paying attention, and didn't dare to say anything more unpleasant.
Linda naturally received the extremely unfriendly look, but he didn't care at all. He just waved the recorder in his hand again, and the bald man immediately became obedient, no longer daring to glance around.
"Li Zhicai, regarding An Wenjing's assault, do you want to mediate? If so, I'll have her pay your medical expenses," An Zhenming added.
Li Zhicai was somewhat unwilling, but when An Zhenming's fierce eyes swept over him, Li Zhicai immediately cowered: "Medical expenses are a small matter, I've lost all face!"
"Fine, you don't want to settle, right? Then I'll check the surveillance footage. If it's found that you made false statements, that would be obstructing justice and constitutes the crime of false accusation. Attorney Lin, don't you agree?"
Linda, who was inexplicably harassed, was speechless.
An Zhenming's words were clearly just to intimidate the bald man, not to seek confirmation from Linda.
When Li Zhicai heard An Zhenming say this, his eyes became somewhat evasive. Of his testimonies, only one sentence was true: An Wenjing had hit someone. The rest was all fabricated and exaggerated by him.
What if he checks the surveillance footage and that poor bastard and that stinky old hag An Wenjing sue him for defamation?
Thinking of this, Li Zhicai shook his head frantically: "No, no, there's no need to check the surveillance footage. I agree to a settlement, and I don't need to pay for the medical expenses. It's just a minor injury, a minor injury. There's no need for you to go to such lengths to check the surveillance footage!"
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