Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

Less than five minutes after the call ended, the drone camera in the city bureau's live broadcast room captured the scene.

At the busiest intersection on Huaihai Road, a dazzling white Maserati was parked arrogantly in the middle of the zebra crossing, blocking pedestrians' way and forcing a long line of vehicles to turn right behind it.

Standing by the car door was a woman in a Chanel haute couture suit. She wore sunglasses, crossed her arms, and raised her chin at a 45-degree angle. Her posture didn't look like she was illegally parking; it looked more like she was waiting to walk the red carpet.

Chen Aoxue, the eldest daughter of the Chen family, is also Lu Jingyan's so-called "family marriage partner".

The comments section was now in an uproar:

[Holy crap, who is this woman? Does she think she owns the street?]

[Chen Aoxue! A prominent socialite in Beijing's elite circles! I heard she's also Officer Lu's fiancée?]

[Fiancée? That's it, Officer Lu is definitely going to abuse his power, this is a marriage between wealthy families!]

Lu Jingyan rode his police motorcycle and came to a steady stop behind the Maserati. He took off his helmet, but before he could speak, Chen Aoxue took off her sunglasses and scrutinized him with a look that said, "I've seen through everything."

"Lu Jingyan, I must say, your methods this time were very clever."

Chen Aoxue tossed her hair, a hint of mockery and smugness on her lips. "To get my attention, you actually went so far as to become a lowly traffic cop and even kidnapped Gu Yanchen to prove your abilities to me? It's a bit childish, but I admit, you've successfully made me take another look at you."

Lu Jingyan paused for a moment as he adjusted his gloves.

He looked at the overly confident woman before him, feeling nothing, even a slight urge to laugh. Was this the original book's setting? Everyone thought the world revolved around them?

"Ms. Chen, I think you've misunderstood two things."

Lu Jingyan strode up to her, and just when Chen Aoxue thought he was about to kneel down on one knee or make a heartfelt confession, he suddenly put his heels together and raised his hand in a standard police salute.

"First, I arrested Gu Yanchen because he broke the law, not to curry favor with you."

"Secondly, it's rush hour now, and your car is parked on the pedestrian crossing, seriously obstructing traffic."

After saying that, he expressionlessly pulled out the police mobile phone that made countless experienced drivers tremble with fear from his waist. "Driver's license, vehicle registration, please show them."

Chen Aoxue's smile froze.

She stared incredulously at the white glove extended in front of her, her voice suddenly rising: "Lu Jingyan! Are you crazy? I'm Chen Aoxue! I'm your fiancée! You actually want my driver's license?!"

"A fiancée is not considered an immediate family member under the law, and therefore has no right to traffic exemption."

Lu Jingyan spoke calmly, his fingers already typing the license plate number on the screen. "Even if it were my own father parking here, I'd still issue the ticket. Please cooperate, there's a kilometer-long traffic jam behind us."

"You...you're still acting!"

Chen Aoxue's chest heaved with anger. She was convinced this was Lu Jingyan's ploy of playing hard to get. "Fine, you want the certificate, huh? Here you go! Let's see if you dare issue this ticket! If you dare put a ticket on me, I dare to break off our engagement!"

She pulled two ID cards from her limited-edition bag and slammed them into Lu Jingyan's hand.

"drop--"

Lu Jingyan didn't even glance at her. He scanned the document, and the printer buzzed, instantly generating a freshly printed penalty decision.

"Smack."

He slapped the ticket and his documents back into Chen Aoxue's hand with a smooth, decisive motion.

"Chen Aoxue, you have illegally parked your motor vehicle. 3 points will be deducted and you will be fined 200 yuan. Please pay the fine within 15 days, otherwise late payment fees will be incurred."

The live stream chat exploded instantly:

[Hahaha! It's really happening! Even his fiancée is being fined! Officer Lu is awesome!]

Chen Aoxue's face turned green! This plot is even more exciting than a TV drama!

Is this the charm of a straight, unyielding man? I'm in love!

Chen Aoxue clutched the parking ticket, her hands trembling. In all her life, when had she ever suffered such humiliation?

"Lu Jingyan! You're amazing! You're really amazing!"

She gritted her teeth, her eyes reddening. "For this ridiculous sense of pride, you're even disregarding the marriage alliance between our two families? Do you believe I'll call Uncle right now and call off the engagement? Then the Lu family's stock will plummet, and even if you kneel down and beg me, it won't do you any good!"

"break off an engagement?"

Lu Jingyan pushed up his sunglasses, a glint of shrewdness flashing behind the lenses.

That's exactly what he was waiting for.

"There's no need to go through the trouble of making phone calls, nor to both sets of parents."

Lu Jingyan pulled a neatly folded document from his shirt pocket; it was a "surprise" he had prepared on the first day of his rebirth.

"This is the 'Agreement to Terminate the Engagement,' which I have already signed."

Under Chen Aoxue's horrified gaze, he gently placed the agreement on the hood of the Maserati, his tone as casual as if he were tossing away a bag of trash, "Ms. Chen, since we're going to talk about the law, let's get to the bottom of it. Our marriage was a feudal arranged marriage, which doesn't conform to the spirit of freedom of marriage in the Civil Code. Now, you're free, and I'm free too."

"Are you...are you serious?"

Chen Aoxue panicked completely. She had always thought that breaking off the engagement was her bargaining chip to control Lu Jingyan, but she never expected that he had wanted to dump her all along!

The feeling of falling from the clouds instantly broke her defenses.

"Lu Jingyan! You're a bastard! You'll regret this! What are you without the Chen family?!"

What I am is not important, what matters is—

Lu Jingyan pointed to the rolling traffic behind him and the countless cell phones held up by the onlookers, "If you don't move your car, you'll soon be suspected of disturbing public order. At that point, it might not just be a fine; you'll probably have to come to the station for a chat."

"Get out! All of you, get out!"

Chen Aoxue screamed, grabbed the ticket and agreement, and scrambled into the car in a disheveled state.

With a piercing roar, the Maserati sped out of the intersection as if fleeing for its life, leaving behind only exhaust fumes and onlookers eager for a good show.

Lu Jingyan waved at the fleeing luxury car, then turned to look at Su Xiaoxiao, who had been holding up her phone and live-streaming the scene, completely dumbfounded.

"Officer Su, that's a wrap."

He straightened his police cap, a standard professional smile spreading across his face. "Today's legal education mission is a complete success. Remember to edit this clip together and title it—'Even Exes Get Fined for Parking Violations.'"

Meanwhile, in the Lu family mansion halfway up a mountain in Jinghai City.

Lu Zhenhua sat in that priceless rosewood armchair, holding a tablet computer, watching the replay of the live broadcast he had just watched.

His hands were shaking like someone with late-stage Parkinson's disease, and he almost dropped the tablet.

The older brother, Lu Mingze, standing next to him was even more pale, his hands trembling as he untied his tie, and his forehead covered in cold sweat.

"He's gone mad... that second son has completely lost his mind..."

Lu Zhenhua pointed tremblingly at his unyielding son on the screen, feeling as if even nitroglycerin pills couldn't control his pounding heart. "First he arrested Gu Yanchen, then Lin Wan, and now he's even publicly announcing the engagement of the Chen family's eldest daughter and issuing her a parking ticket! He's going to tear a hole in the roof of Jinghai!"

Lu Mingze swallowed hard, looking at Lu Jingyan's eyes on the screen that seemed to see through all evil, and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

"Dad... do you think the second son might not have had enough killing yet?"

Lu Mingze's voice trembled, tinged with an unprecedented fear, "Yesterday, in order to get that land, I had someone slip some laxatives to our competitor's construction site... If he finds out, will I also have to go to jail and play cards with Gu Yanchen?"