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"Officer Zhang, don't listen to these despicable scoundrels twisting the truth!"

Before Lin Fan could even speak, Old Liu, standing nearby, strode forward, carrying a large wrench, his face flushed with anger.

"I've been repairing bicycles on Jin Street for forty years; the whole neighborhood has been watching!"

"This group of people were blocking Boss Lin's door early this morning, shouting and cursing, and shining headlights into the old lady's eyes!"

Old Liu pointed at the young man in his down jacket, who was sprawled in the snow, and began to curse:

"And this bastard was carrying a bag of rotten eggs. First, he threw them all over Old Lady Wang. When the little girl came out to protect the old woman, he threw rotten eggs at her collar!"

"Later, the girl got angry and punched him twice. The boy got up, grabbed a red brick, and secretly smashed it against the back of the girl's head!"

"If Boss Lin hadn't come out from inside and stopped him, someone would have died here today!"

Supported by Su Xiaoxiao, Aunt Wang was also trembling with tears, pointing shakily to her trousers and cotton shoes covered in yellow and black egg yolk:

"Officer... I'm 72 years old this year, and I already have heart disease. I just went out early this morning to empty the water from washing vegetables, and they shone a light on me and threw rotten eggs at me... If it weren't for Xiaoxiao coming out to protect me, I would have died here today!"

Upon hearing this, Officer Zhang walked to the base of the wall and looked down at the thick, solid red brick that was covered in frozen mud and broken in half.

The brick weighs four or five pounds and has sharp edges.

Having worked at the grassroots level in public security and criminal investigation for twenty years, Officer Zhang knew all too well the destructive power of such a brick.

An adult male, using the force of the downward thrust, swings the object in a wide arc and smashes it into the back of the head. If the blow lands squarely, it can cause anything from a fractured skull and massive bleeding to death on the spot.

Then he looked up at the dent that had been smashed into the opposite earthen wall, where brick fragments were scattered all over the ground.

Officer Zhang turned to Lin Fan on the steps: "Boss Lin, the young lady hit someone, and you threw the brick against the wall?"

Lin Fan stood calmly on the stone steps and nodded:

"The girl acted in self-defense because the other party verbally abused an elderly person in the street and smashed eggs as a provocation."

"When I came out of the house, this man was attacking the little girl in the face from behind with a red brick. I caught the brick, but just threw it away. He was so scared that he collapsed to the ground."

Lin Fan raised his hand and pointed to the two spherical probes that were flashing a faint red light under the lintel of the shop:

"My store has surveillance cameras, and the original surveillance footage can be retrieved at any time."

After hearing this, Officer Zhang immediately felt reassured.

There is panoramic high-definition video footage, the murder weapon was present, and there are witnesses from neighbors; the facts leave no room for denial.

Officer Zhang's face was ashen. He turned to the two young police officers behind him and gave them a stern order:

"Xiao Li, Xiao Zhou! Bring the evidence bag! Take photos and samples of the broken red brick, the broken eggshells, and the black plastic bag containing the rotten eggs on the ground, and bring them back to the station!"

"Yes, sir!" The two young police officers immediately stepped forward to examine and take photos, and sealed the red bricks and plastic bags into the evidence bag.

Officer Zhang strode over to the young man in his windbreaker, who was still groaning in the snow and mud, wanting to check his injuries. But as soon as he bent down, his expression instantly darkened:

"Zhao San'er?!"

Officer Zhang's brows furrowed into a knot:

"What?! It's you again?! You were just released last month, and you haven't even had a chance to settle in before you're causing trouble in Jin Street again?!"

Upon hearing Officer Zhang call his name, the young man in the windbreaker stiffened instantly, even swallowing back the groan he was about to make.

He didn't bother wiping the blood from his nose, but looked up at Officer Zhang with his swollen eyes, stammering and swallowing hard, "Officer Zhang... why are you the one responding to this call...?"

"If I hadn't responded to the call, who else would you have expected to pick you up?!"

Officer Zhang sneered, "You've really gotten to work, Zhao San'er! You used to steal batteries at the long-distance bus station and stage accidents for private cars, now you've switched to being a thug?"

Seeing that his secret had been exposed on the spot, Zhao San'er knew he couldn't keep up the act in front of his old acquaintances any longer.

His eyes darted around, and he covered his nose, feigning accusation: "Captain Zhang! You can't be biased!"

"At most, throwing rotten eggs is a violation of public order and a nuisance; the worst that can happen is a two-hundred-yuan fine!"

"But look at my face! That woman was ruthless; my nose is definitely broken! This was intentional assault! Causing serious injury!"

"I need a forensic medical examination; I need to go to the hospital for a medical checkup! She must be sentenced and forced to pay compensation!!"

Hearing this, Officer Zhang chuckled: "You've been locked up for months, and while you haven't learned anything good, you've certainly mastered the art of exploiting legal loopholes and staging accidents to extort money!"

Officer Zhang's cold smile vanished, and his eyes turned completely serious:

"A forensic medical examination is necessary; it's an essential legal procedure in official investigations!"

"But you think taking a couple of punches and getting a little blood in your nose can erase the crime of smashing someone's head with a solid brick in the street?!"

Officer Zhang pointed to the broken red brick on the ground, his voice as cold as ice:

"If what the neighbors are saying is true, then you just publicly insulted a 70-year-old man with filth in the street, and even attacked him from behind with a brick, striking him deadly on the back of the head! If these things are confirmed, do you know what your fate will be?"

"What... will happen?"

Zhao San'er's throat bobbed up and down, his neck, which had been stiff, gradually shrank back, his eyes filled with guilt and panic.

"You're a repeat offender who's been to detention so many times, do I really need to read the laws to you line by line?"

"The weapon was aimed at the back of another person's head, a vital area, and the subjective malice was obvious. As long as the surveillance footage and witness testimonies match, even if the weapon did not hit the person, it is still a standard case of attempted intentional injury causing serious bodily harm, plus malicious disorderly conduct."

Officer Zhang pointed to the flashing police lights at the alley entrance: "With multiple offenses and your repeat offender status, the minimum sentence is three years or more in prison!"

"You think you can just get out of jail for a few days and go back to hanging around on the streets like you used to? Dream on!"

When Zhao San'er heard the words "intentional injury" and "committing a crime with a weapon," his mind went blank, and a chill ran through every bone in his body.

He frequents police stations and knows all too well the difference between administrative detention and criminal prosecution.

He originally thought that because he had broken his nose and was bleeding, he could drag the girl who hit him into the fight by claiming that they were "fighting each other" or that he was "excessive in self-defense" and extort money from her for medical expenses.

But despite all his calculations, he never expected that the police officer in charge of the call was Officer Zhang, the veteran detective who had arrested him twice before. He also never imagined that the brick he had thrown in a fit of rage would land him in the iron cage of a serious criminal case!

"Captain Zhang! Brother Zhang! I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!!"

Zhao San'er was so frightened that his face was covered in snot, tears, and blood. He kicked wildly in the snow and mud, repeatedly bowing and begging for mercy.

"I'm fine, I don't want medical bills! I broke my nose myself!"