Wheat's father's work immediately came to a standstill.
He knew perfectly well how he had gotten Scarface into the labor camp.
However, times have changed. Back then, when his sworn brother was in power, everything was negotiable. Now, the world has changed; his sworn brother no longer keeps his word, while Scarface has transformed into a successful and wealthy man!
Wheat's father's mind raced. Enduring the sharp pain in his abdomen, he said to Wheat in a deep voice, "It's all a misunderstanding. Why don't you tell them to let your father go!"
Mai Zi's mother couldn't care less about her fake crying and rushed over to pull the group of people holding her old man down. But as an old and short woman, she was no match for the strength of these vigorous young men!
Seeing her parents' expressions, Mai Zi felt a pang of pity, but today her father had injured Zhou Hongsong. She could forgive her father on behalf of herself and Scarface, but she couldn't stand up for Zhou Hongsong.
Not knowing what to say, she simply turned around and went back inside, out of sight, out of mind!
When Mai Zi's parents saw that Mai Zi had hidden away, they were furious and started cursing at Xiao Jue. Li Xiangdong felt that his ears were being polluted.
The crowd tied Mai Zi's father and Zhang Guilan up tightly with ropes, threw them onto the oxcart, and headed straight for the township police station. Mai Zi's mother and her mentally challenged brother followed behind the oxcart, one on each side.
Yu County, Nanling Township, Police Station.
Director Pi Changling was sitting at his desk in his office looking at files.
Pi Changling is thirty-five years old this year, in the prime of his life. He is sturdy and has dark skin. Although he is not tall, he gives people a particularly reliable feeling.
He was originally a soldier, but after being wounded on the battlefield, he was demobilized and returned to his hometown to become the head of a police station.
Li Xiangdong and his group brought Mai Zi's father and Zhang Guilan to report the crime. They were received by a junior police officer on duty.
Perhaps the young policeman wasn't intimidating enough, or perhaps his round, baby-faced appearance gave Mai Zi's mother a false impression, because she actually started throwing a tantrum at the police station.
Disturbed by the crying and commotion in his office, Pi Changling could no longer concentrate on the case files in his hands, so he got up and went outside to check on the situation.
"Xiao Wu, what's wrong?"
Xiao Wu just started working this year and is a complete novice. He had just been scolded by Mai Zi's mother and was covered in sweat. When he saw the director arrive, he hurriedly stood up to report.
"Chief, someone has reported a case involving these two people..."
He pointed to Mai Zi's father and Zhang Guilan, who were tied up like two dead fish, and said, "They robbed and injured people with knives!"
Pi Changling raised an eyebrow. "This is a big case! Let me see, is this crying and making a scene the victim?"
"Uh...the defendant's family member!..."
The two exchanged questions and answers, but Li Xiangdong's heart skipped a beat.
He squinted and carefully examined the director, Pi Changling, in front of him. His appearance, his demeanor, his tone of voice, especially the scar on the right side of his forehead—if he wasn't mistaken…
"Brother Pi?"
Li Xiangdong tentatively called out.
"Um?"
Pi Changling was taken aback. Why did that voice sound so familiar?
His eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp, hawk-like light, sweeping towards the person who had spoken.
"It's you?"
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Zhou Hongsong and Scarface squatted in the lobby of the police station. Officer Wu poured them each a glass of water and then took out a case filing form for them to sign and put their fingerprints on.
"Alright! Your report was successful. We still need to verify the situation with these two people. Please wait for our notification!"
"Oh, thank you!"
"But why hasn't my brother Li Xiangdong come out yet?"
Li Xiangdong and Director Pi went into the director's office just now and haven't come out yet.
Zhou Hongsong kept craning his neck to stare at the office, but the office door was closed very tightly and the soundproofing was good, so no sound came out.
Xiao Wu, particularly curious, leaned closer and asked Zhou Hongsong, "Are you locals? Our director was just transferred here from out of town and doesn't know anyone here. How come he seems to know that person quite well?"
Zhou Hongsong shook his head; he didn't know either.
However, Li Xiangdong's extensive network of connections was beyond his ability to fully comprehend.
Actually, Li Xiangdong and Pi Changling weren't that close; they had only met a few times before.
Li Xiangdong looked Pi Changling up and down carefully. "Why aren't you in the army? Why are you a policeman here?"
Pi Changling pointed to his head, "He's got shrapnel in him, he can't go to the battlefield."
"Oh? It's out? We need to get treatment right away!"
"He's cured, and his brain can still function!"
Li Xiangdong smiled and said, "You really are very lucky!"
Pi Changling refilled his teacup with hot water. "Why didn't you stay in Huichuan? Why did you come here?"
"Hey, my friend and I run a deer farm in your township. It's almost the end of the year, so we came over to collect our wages and stuff."
"Then what's going on here? Why are they using knives and guns?"
Li Xiangdong got angry as he recounted the whole story, “Tell me, what kind of person is this? Not only did they come to my door to rob me, but they also slashed my fifth brother’s arm with a knife! The blood was gushing out; I bet they hit a major artery!”
Pi Changling's serious face revealed a barely perceptible smile. He had seen Zhou Hongsong's injury earlier. Although it was serious, it shouldn't have damaged a major artery. "That's too exaggerated!"
Li Xiangdong put down his teacup. "Anyway, I don't care, you have to give me justice for this!"
Pi Changling's gaze turned cold. "Don't worry, I will definitely find out the truth. I won't wrong an innocent person, nor will I let a bad person go unpunished."
"Alright! I'll be going now!"
Let's have lunch here!
"That works too!"
Pi Changling put the files on the table back into the filing cabinet and locked it before taking Li Xiangdong out the door. The two walked side by side straight to the canteen.
Only three people remained squatting in the hall: Zhou Hongsong, Scarface, and Officer Xiao Wu, looking at each other in bewilderment.
After a long pause, Officer Wu finally said, "These two are indeed very familiar with each other."
In another corner, Mai Zi's parents and sister-in-law immediately turned ashen-faced.
Wheat's father gave Wheat's mother a wink, and Wheat's mother rushed over to Zhou Hongsong and knelt down before him with a thud!
"Sir, we were wrong, we apologize! Please forgive us!"
After saying that, he turned to Officer Wu and said, "Officer, we were wrong, we want to settle this privately."
The last one was Scarface. "Scarface, your aunt has treated you very well all these years! We're practically your father-in-law, how can you bear to let your father-in-law go to jail?"
Zhou Hongsong: Reject moral blackmail...
Officer Wu: Why didn't you do this sooner!
Scarface: Now you're my father-in-law and mother-in-law?
Li Xiangdong and Pi Changling sat at a long table in the canteen, eating and chatting.
"Back then, we met in the black market, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye."
"Yeah, I thought you were fishing!"
The two reminisced about the past with great emotion.
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