Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 602 Come to the door
"What?" Xiao Bin was somewhat surprised by Lü Jiandong's words.

"Someone reported Chen San? The police have opened an investigation? Isn't Chen San's brother-in-law in the police station? He should be able to handle it, right?"

"How can you possibly smooth things over? The person who reported Chen San reported him directly to Deputy Director Li of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. His brother-in-law is just the director of the political department of the Shishan branch. How can you possibly smooth things over?"

"Deputy Director Li, are you referring to that young son-in-law of the Luo family?"

"if not?"

"Wow, he's definitely going to have a hard time if he ends up in this guy's hands. But... if the old master of the Chen family intervenes, he'll have to give him some face, right?"

"I don't know if they will give us face, but what I've heard is that the Chen family is preparing to personally send Chen San to the Municipal Public Security Bureau to turn himself in."

"What?" Xiao Bin was so shocked he almost jumped up.

"real or fake?"

"It should be true, Xiao Bin. This guy surnamed Meng is deeply involved with Chen San. If my information is correct, this guy is definitely not going to escape. You better be careful, don't get yourself into trouble."

"Holy crap..." Xiao Bin's expression changed as well.

Although his involvement with the man surnamed Meng wasn't particularly deep, the steel permits he was dealing in were illegal, at the very least a violation of regulations. If the police found out, it would definitely have a significant impact on his father.

The investigation into Liu Yugui by the Municipal Supervisory Commission has also implicated him. The matter is not completely over yet, and now this has happened. He feels like his head is spinning.

If he were in the hands of the supervisory committee, he could still think of a way to deal with it, but if he were in the hands of that Deputy Director Li, he had no idea what he could do.

Li Yancheng's achievements in previous years were simply too formidable. He had killed countless people with connections to him, including some who were even more powerful than his father.

As for him, he's no match for them at all.

"I... Jiandong, Brother Luo hasn't left yet, has he?" The young man named Xiaobin's voice trembled slightly.

"No, but it seems like it will be in the next few days. If you want to find Brother Luo, go as soon as possible and don't waste time."

Lu Jiandong knew perfectly well what he meant by asking if Luo Yang had left, so he offered his suggestion.

Xiao Bin nodded with a grim expression: "I know, I won't eat either. I'll go now. I'm not talking to you anymore, Jian Dong. I'll take my bicycle there."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards his own yard.

Lu Jiandong stood there, watching his friend's somewhat heavy back, and sighed silently.

He also deals in scarce goods. The reason he isn't worried about being investigated is because he doesn't deal in notes or physical goods, but only in shipping, essentially acting as a middleman and earning a small commission.

Although he didn't earn much money, he felt secure holding it and could sleep soundly at night.

He was also summoned by the Municipal Supervisory Commission for questioning about Liu Yugui's matter, but it was just a questioning, and he was released in less than half a day. Doesn't he love money?
No, it's not that. It's mainly because of his strict family discipline. If he dared to deal with cops like Xiao Bin, his father would really beat him half to death if he found out, and his mother wouldn't even stop him.

There's an old saying that a doting mother often spoils her son, and there's some truth to that. The third son of the Chen family is a very typical example.

Watching his friend's figure disappear through the gate, Lü Jiandong shook his head, put the half-finished cigarette in his mouth, and walked towards the alley entrance.

Compared to Xiao Bin's heavy steps just now, his steps seemed very light.

Our attention shifts back to the Li family at No. 20, Meishan East Alley.

Li Yancheng received a call from the brigade's duty room near the end of the meal, saying that Chen Xiangtian, the eldest son of the Chen family, had voluntarily sent his younger brother, Chen Xiangyang, over.

This left him stunned for several seconds before he came to his senses. After he came to his senses, he realized that the Chen family was probably worried that things might get complicated if they waited too long, and they were even more afraid that the troublesome Chen Xiangyang would do something that would lead the Chen family to complete decline.

Sending them directly now would allow them to appear righteous and even betray their own family. As long as the rest of the Chen family, or rather Chen Xiangtian, didn't get involved in his brother's dirty deeds, protecting the eldest son shouldn't be a problem.

It seems that Mr. Chen is already mentally prepared to retire.

Just as he was about to say something, the duty officer's next words made him raise his eyebrows even higher.

"Director Li, Comrade Zeng Jianming, the director of the Political Department of Shishan Branch, has also come over. He said he has something very important to report to you in person."

Reporting something very important in person?
What are you reporting?
If I'm not mistaken, he should also have turned himself in.

Li Yancheng sneered.

This old man from the Chen family has quite the scheme. He's sending his youngest son and son-in-law into his hands at the same time, wanting to see if Li Yancheng will give him face or if he intends to completely destroy them both.

He believed that if he really didn't give Zeng Jianming, the son-in-law of the Chen family, any chance, the old man of the Chen family would definitely fight him to the death.

However, the old man of the Chen family clearly underestimated Li Yancheng. Back then, he dared to go head-to-head with the bigwigs of that committee all by himself, let alone now.

Once the investigation into what Zeng Jianming, the son-in-law of the Chen family, did is thorough, he will definitely be sentenced if he is deemed worthy of criminal punishment. If it is merely a violation of discipline, then he should be resolutely removed from the police force. There is no question of making an exception for him.

He certainly wouldn't deliberately escalate a small problem into a big one; he always maintains a pragmatic attitude.

"Leave Chen Xiangyang here, just like the one sent over last night, in solitary confinement, strictly prohibiting anyone from contacting him, to prevent him from committing suicide."

"Yes"

"As for Zeng Jianming, tell him to come to the bureau to see me on Monday."

Tomorrow is Sunday, and he finally has a day off. He doesn't want to call all the frontline officers who aren't supposed to be on duty back to the station to work overtime.

Another point is that he needs to wait for news from Jin Zhihai, who is investigating in Mengou.

They had too little information about Chen Xiangyang's crimes, only a few clues and evidence provided by Qin Yunling. They had to be as careful as possible not to use any underhanded tactics against him, and then interrogate him in a targeted manner.

We can't just accept whatever he says after he turns himself in. That guy will definitely say whatever is in his favor and will do everything he can to clear his name and shirk responsibility until the very last moment.

This is human nature. Even the most heinous murderers can't calmly face the prospect of being sentenced to death, and they will try every means to defend themselves.

What's more, Chen Xiangyang, who had never suffered any hardship since childhood and only bullied others when he grew up.

It's impossible for him not to struggle.

This can be seen from the fact that the Chen family sent him there in advance. They must have discovered that this kid had other ideas, and in order to maintain the overall situation and avoid any unforeseen complications, they had no choice but to do so.

After making the arrangements, Li Yancheng called Comrade Gao again to give a brief report and confirm that the leader had no other arrangements. Only then did he hang up the phone, leave the study, and stop thinking about the matter. He also ignored the outside noise and focused on spending the weekend with his wife and children.

He was carefree and didn't care about anything. After hanging up the phone, Director Gao rubbed his forehead with a headache. He sat there pondering for a long time before picking up the phone again and calling the headquarters leader.

……

Monday, October 13
Before eight o'clock in the morning, after dropping his wife off at school, Li Yancheng took a car to the Municipal Bureau.

As is customary, unless there are special circumstances, a team meeting is held every Monday morning at nine o'clock.

As soon as the car stopped outside the gate behind the office building, Xiao Yang, who had been waiting there, quickly stepped forward and opened the back door.

Good morning, Director Li.

"Good morning, Xiao Yang, did you wait for me here on purpose?" Li Yancheng asked after getting out of the car.

"Director Li, Director Zeng Jianming of the Political Department of Shishan Branch arrived at 7:30. He said he had consulted with you in advance and that you asked him to come this morning."

As he spoke, Xiao Yang reached out and took the bag from Li Yancheng's hand.

"Hmm, where are they now?"

"I've already arranged for you to stay in the meeting room." Xiao Yang silently breathed a sigh of relief.

Judging from the leader's reaction, Director Zeng was not just making things up.

When he arrived, Zeng Jianming was already standing at the door of the deputy director's office. When he heard Director Zeng say that he had made an appointment with the leader in advance, he had some doubts.

His superiors hadn't given him any instructions regarding appointments, and he wasn't sure whether he should arrange for Director Zeng to wait in the reception room. What if this guy was falsely claiming to be acting on orders? He'd be the one in trouble later.

After hesitating for a while, considering that the other party was from a branch office, he gritted his teeth and arranged for Director Zeng to wait in the reception room. Then he quickly cleaned the leader's office and rushed downstairs to wait.

“Bring him to my office in five minutes.”

"Yes"

Five minutes is five minutes. When he heard the knock on the door, Li Yancheng knew that it was Xiao Yang leading Zeng Jianming over.

"Come in"

"Director Li, Director Zeng is here."

"Hmm," Li Yancheng said without looking up from his documents, "Xiao Yang, you can go now. The meeting this morning is canceled. Don't call me later. If anyone comes to see me, schedule it for the afternoon."

The reason he asked Xiao Yang to bring the person over in five minutes was so he could make a phone call with Director Gao.

Knowing that Zeng Jianming had come to surrender himself and that he had a lot to say, Comrade Gao agreed without hesitation to postpone the meeting.

"Yes, Director Li."

After Xiao Yang left, Li Yancheng pointed to the chair in front of the desk: "Comrade Jianming, please sit down and wait for me."

"Director Li, please go ahead with your work."

After saying that, Li Yancheng didn't say anything more and carefully looked at the document that Xiao Yang had left on his desk that morning, which required his signature.

tick... tick...

Time marched on, and more than ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Knowing why he had come today, Zeng Jianming, who hadn't dared to sit down at all, stood there straight and motionless like a new recruit.

"Why didn't you sit down when I told you to? Did you come here to be punished?"

Half an hour later, Li Yancheng finished reading the important documents prepared by Xiao Yang, signed them, put down his pen, and looked up to see Zeng Jianming still standing there straight.

"I...I really have no face to sit here," Zeng Jianming said, his face full of shame.

"There's no such thing as shame or disgrace. Sit down, and don't make me ask you to sit down a third time."

"Yes"

Upon hearing Li Yancheng's words, Zeng Jianming, whose legs had been numb from standing for so long, moved his legs slightly, then hurriedly walked to the desk, pulled out a chair, and sat down properly, not daring to sit all the way down, only sitting on half of his buttocks.

After he sat down, Li Yancheng picked up a cigarette from the table, tossed one to him, and then lit one for himself.

"You said you wanted me to turn myself in, so tell me. Tell me in detail all the illegal and disorderly things you've ever done, one by one, without hiding anything."

"I will, Director Li. I will make sure I explain everything clearly." With that, Zeng Jianming took out several sheets of paper from his bag, stood up, bent down, and placed them in front of Li Yancheng with both hands.

"Director Li, I've compiled a list of all the illegal and disorderly conduct I've committed over the years, arranged chronologically. I'll explain it to you so you can compare it."

Li Yancheng glanced at the letter placed in front of him, but didn't touch it. Instead, he looked at Zeng Jianming, who had sat down again, and said, "Since you've prepared everything, let's not talk about this for now. I'll read it myself later."

Comrade Jianming, there's something I don't quite understand, which is... what are you thinking? I've seen your file. When you were still at the police station, you bravely fought two criminals to save ordinary people. You were stabbed three times but still managed to subdue them. In the end, you lost too much blood and passed out. You almost lost your life that time.

You were awarded a first-class merit that time. You were a true hero then, fulfilling the duties of a police officer and always keeping the safety of the people in mind. You were worthy of the uniform you wore.

But when did you change? After becoming a grassroots leader? Did you forget your original aspirations when you joined the police force? Did you forget the oath you took when you joined the organization?

As Li Yancheng spoke, Zeng Jianming's face grew increasingly ashamed.

He didn't know how he had changed. Was it after marrying the Chen family's daughter? Was it after being transferred back to the city? Or was it after experiencing power?
He didn't know what to say; it seemed that whatever he said would be pale and powerless.

How can he explain why he gradually fell into the abyss, transforming from a hero into what he is today?

There's no need to explain it; a mistake is a mistake.

But faced with his superior's questions, he still had to say something.

"I... how should I put it? I've done some self-analysis. I admit the mistakes I made, but sometimes I really couldn't help doing those things."

At this point, Zeng Jianming looked up at Li Yancheng and continued, "Director Li, you also married a woman from that kind of family background. I believe you should deeply understand what I mean by being unable to control your own destiny, and..."

“You’re really wrong about that. I’ve never had that kind of experience before.” Before Zeng Jianming could finish speaking, Li Yancheng waved his hand to interrupt him.

"I won't do anything I don't want to do, even if someone points a gun at my head."

"That's because the Luo family doesn't have someone like my brother-in-law. If... Director Li, I mean if, Luo Yang were like my brother-in-law, always loafing around and not doing anything productive, causing trouble here one day and beating someone up over there the next, ask yourself honestly, could you really not care?"

"We definitely need to take action."

"Then it's over."

"But you have to be careful about how you manage him. What you call managing him is just cleaning up his messes. Is that really managing him? Your approach will only embolden him."

"I can't do anything, Director Li. I don't want to do anything either. To be honest, I've wanted to kick that kid to death more than once. If that guy were my son, I would have killed him long ago, so he wouldn't cause me trouble every day."

Every time he got into trouble before, I was the one who had to clean it up. I not only had to put in the effort, but also the money.

Zeng Jianming seemed to have a lot of grievances to express.

In fact, Li Yancheng could understand him. Did the old man of the Chen family really know nothing about what Chen Xiangyang was doing outside?

To say you know nothing about it is utter nonsense.

If he had disciplined his youngest son earlier, Chen Xiangyang wouldn't have ended up like this.

Zeng Jianming was following Chen Xiangyang around cleaning up his messes because he must have been instructed by the Chen family patriarch.

Over time, Chen Xiangyang came to believe that no matter what he did, his family could always smooth things over for him, which fostered his lawless personality.

Zeng Jianming couldn't do anything about his brother-in-law's current situation. He was just a brother-in-law, and one who only got ahead because of his wife's family.

He dared not disobey his wife's orders, nor did he dare disobey his father-in-law's orders. In this way, he gradually walked towards the abyss.

The marriage between Zeng Jianming and the Chen family's daughter was inherently dramatic.

The reason they got together was simple: a hero saving a damsel in distress.

His family was from Shanfang County in Beijing. His father was an ordinary worker in a state-owned factory in the county, and his mother was a housewife. He was able to get into the Public Security Bureau because he happened to be there when the police were recruiting. He was considered educated after graduating from junior high school, so he was recruited and assigned to a rural police station in Shanfang County.

Because he had no connections and couldn't be transferred back to the county town, he worked there for several years. If it weren't for the fact that Chen's daughter, who is now his wife, went there to work in the countryside, he might still be working at that police station as an ordinary frontline police officer.

Li Yancheng just mentioned that he bravely fought off the thugs and saved Chen's daughter and another educated youth who was also sent to the countryside there.

After that incident, Chen's daughter fell deeply in love with the young policeman who saved her.

The Chen family patriarch and matriarch naturally disagreed, but they couldn't resist their daughter's repeated pleas, so they could only ignore it and tacitly agree.

After working in the countryside for more than a year, Chen's daughter returned to the city to work and begged her father to transfer Zeng Jianming to the city as well, and then the two got married.

After they got married, the Zeng family, who lived far away in the mountains, also benefited. Not only was his mother, who had been a housewife for most of her life, given a job, but his younger brother and sister also got jobs in very good units in the county town.

And he rose through the ranks step by step, one step at a time, every few years.

Everything he has depends on his wife's family. He can only obediently do whatever they ask him to do; he has no right to refuse.

This is the biggest difference between him and Li Yancheng.

(End of this chapter)