Special forces soldier demobilization: Starting from the county government compound, a meteoric rise

Qingyun County Public Security Bureau, interrogation room.

This is a cramped space that feels oppressive and suffocating. The walls are a cold, dark gray, and the air is filled with the smell of rust and mildew.

"Snapped!"

A high-powered spotlight was suddenly turned on, and the blinding beam of light instantly pierced the darkness, like a red-hot iron, stabbing fiercely into Liu Ming's eyes.

Physiological tears welled up instantly.

Liu Ming was handcuffed to a specially made iron chair, his hands and feet firmly fixed in place. But he still sat upright, his back straight like a javelin, letting the bright light scorch his retinas without even blinking.

At the other end of the interrogation table sat two people.

One was a burly, menacing detective captain named Li Biao. The other was a young policeman who had recently graduated from police academy, nervously gripping a pen, his palms sweaty.

"Name?" Li Biao asked, a gruff voice emanating from his mouth, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

"Liu Ming".

"age?"

"Twenty-six."

"Profession?"

"County Party Committee Office, Staff Member."

Li Biao sneered, slammed the folder he was holding onto the table with a "bang," leaned forward, and almost shouted at Liu Ming, his face practically touching hers:

"Clerk? I think you're the thug!"

"In broad daylight, in the government canteen, you brazenly committed a violent act, injuring the son of County Party Secretary Li, and even violently resisted law enforcement, knocking out seven security guards! Liu Ming, do you know that these crimes combined would be enough to put you in jail for several years?"

The young policeman was so startled that he dropped his pen on the ground with a "thud".

Liu Ming's face remained as calm as still water.

He wasn't intimidated by Li Biao's imposing manner. Instead, he slightly tilted his head to avoid the glaring light and said in an almost indifferent tone:

"Officer, let me correct a few mistakes you made."

"First, I did not commit any violence. It was Li Shaojie who provoked trouble and attempted to harm the cafeteria staff with hot soup first. I was merely acting in self-defense and stopped the crime from happening."

"Secondly, I did not violently resist law enforcement. Those security guards, without law enforcement authority, abused violence and attempted to harm me. My actions were to stop an unlawful infringement."

"Third..." Liu Ming paused, her gaze sweeping over the crooked police badge number on Li Biao's uniform, "Before the interrogation began, you did not read out my rights and obligations to me. At the same time, using a strong light to shine on me for a long time constitutes a form of torture to extract a confession, which violates the 'Regulations on Procedures for Handling Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs'."

"Therefore, I have the right not to answer any of the questions you just asked. Furthermore, I have the right to request a change of interrogators and to file a complaint against you for abusing your power."

Liu Ming's voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a precise scalpel, accurately cutting to the crux of the interrogation process.

The entire interrogation room fell into a deathly silence.

The fat on Li Biao's face twitched uncontrollably a few times. His originally fierce eyes were now filled with disbelief, as if he had seen a ghost.

He had been a policeman for over a decade, and had interrogated at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, criminals—hooligans, thugs, notorious bandits—what kind of tough guys hadn't he seen? But he had never met anyone like Liu Ming.

This kid wasn't afraid at all; he even gave him a lesson in the law!

That clear and logical thinking, that effortless recitation of legal provisions—this is a demobilized soldier? He's more professional than a law professor!

The young policeman standing nearby broke out in a cold sweat, and a hint of fear crept into his eyes as he looked at Liu Ming.

"You...you shut the hell up with this nonsense!" Li Biao, enraged and embarrassed, slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "Do I need you to teach me how to solve cases?"

He walked up to Liu Ming, grabbed his collar, and said viciously, "Kid, I don't care what you did before, when you're with me, even a dragon has to coil up before me! I have a hundred ways to make you talk!"

As he spoke, he winked at the young policeman.

The young policeman understood and shakily picked up an electric baton from the corner of the wall.

"Sizzle... sizzle..."

Blue arcs of electricity leaped through the air, producing a teeth-grinding sound.

"Now, have you decided what to say?" Li Biao grinned maliciously, as if he could already see Liu Ming kneeling and begging for mercy.

As Liu Ming watched the flickering arc of electricity, a change finally appeared in her eyes.

That wasn't fear, but rather... pity.

"Do you know what I hate the most?" he suddenly asked.

Li Biao was taken aback: "What?"

"What I hate most is someone pointing a finger at me." Liu Ming's gaze fell on Li Biao's hand that was gripping his collar.

Li Biao instinctively wanted to let go, but then felt he would lose face, so he gripped even tighter.

"I'm not only counting on you, I'm also going to..."

Before he could finish speaking, he felt a piercing pain in his wrist.

Liu Ming's hands, which were handcuffed to the iron chair, were twisted at an unbelievable angle, and the edge of the handcuff rings was tightly stuck on the nerves in Li Biao's wrist.

Liu Ming simply pressed down lightly!

"ah--!"

Li Biao let out a piercing scream, his whole body jolted back as if electrocuted, clutching his wrist and rolling on the ground in pain.

The young policeman was so frightened that his hand trembled, and the stun baton fell to the ground.

What the hell is this monster?

How can someone fight back and injure others while their hands are cuffed?

Liu Ming moved her wrists, which were red from being squeezed by the iron rings, and turned her gaze to the young policeman who was already terrified.

"Young man, you just graduated, right?" His tone was very gentle, as if he were chatting with a neighbor's younger brother.

"I...I..." The young policeman was so nervous that he couldn't speak.

"What's your name?"

"Wang... Wang Hao..."

"Wang Hao, right?" Liu Ming smiled, a smile that looked somewhat eerie under the bright light. "You have a picture of your girlfriend in your left pocket, just taken, you haven't had time to put it in your wallet yet. You're wearing mismatched socks today because you overslept this morning and put them on the wrong ones. Your pen grip is wrong, and you have a thick callus on your index finger, which means you worked very hard in school, but you might have been a bit unbalanced in your studies."

Wang Hao's mouth was agape to its limit. He felt as if he had been stripped naked and seen through from head to toe.

"These are all things I've observed since I came in," Liu Ming said calmly. "I also know that after Captain Li received the report, he didn't go to the scene immediately, but instead went to see Li Shaojie's mother and received an envelope. I also know that you're very scared right now, and your heart rate is 128 beats per minute, twice that of a normal person."

"How...how did you know?" Wang Hao's voice trembled.

"I not only know these things, but I also know that if you dare touch me with that stun gun today, you'll be stripped of your police uniform in less than three days because of an 'accident.' And he," Liu Ming pointed to Li Biao, who was still rolling on the ground, "will push all the blame onto you and make you take the fall."

"Because you've messed with someone you can't afford to mess with."

Wang Hao completely broke down. Looking at Liu Ming, he felt as if he was facing not a suspect, but a devil who could see into people's hearts!

Liu Ming looked at him and finally revealed her trump card. Her voice was not loud, but it carried an undeniable authority.

"Go back and tell the person who sent you that you can't handle this case."

"Want to interrogate me? Go call your bureau chief Lei Tie, or send someone from the armed forces department."