Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1104 Let's take it slow

The old woman said, "My goodness, I was almost scared to death just now. What kind of person is this? He came up and started smashing and kicking things. I bought the goods for three yuan, but he wanted five yuan. When we refused to buy them, he said he would smash up the shop and make us all close down. In the end, even the police couldn't do anything about it."

Huang Jianfa glanced at Wang Zhili, who looked uncomfortable, and said, "There are many restrictions on how the police handle cases. It's okay, we'll take care of it."

The sound of a car approached, and Director Qin got out: "What's going on?"

Wang Zhili saluted Officer Qin: "Captain Qin, these three guys came to cause trouble, forcing us to buy and sell. They wanted my sister-in-law to buy some cigarettes from them, and when she didn't, they threatened to smash the shop. They kicked them a few times and overturned the shelves."

"I'm coming over now. Tell me, what's our police station supposed to do about this? Given the situation, taking him back won't solve anything. At most, we'll get a 200 yuan fine and that's it. My wife's angry with me. Battalion Commander Huang is coming to help."

Director Qin approached, glanced at the three men, and asked Huang Jianfa, "What are you going to do?"

Huang Jianfa said, "He said he was running errands for some fourth brother. I went to see for myself, invited him over, and then took him back. We don't have many restrictions or special requirements. If we don't get to the bottom of this, it will always be a problem."

Shan Hongjuan said, "Uncle Qin, they were really fierce just now. They were cursing and kicking, which scared the old lady. They said they would smash up the shop and shut it down if we couldn't keep it open."

Director Qin asked, "Who kicked it?"

Shan Hongjuan pointed at the man with the parted hair: "He's going to hit me too."

Director Qin slapped him hard across the face, the sound muffled. Fen Tou staggered from the blow, and would have fallen if the soldier hadn't grabbed him. Half of his face swelled up, and his nose started bleeding.

Director Qin looked at the crew-cut man: "I'm the captain of the Criminal Investigation Department, my surname is Qin, got it? Tell me honestly what you've done and who's behind you, and I'll guarantee you two years. Otherwise, you can stay in there and we'll slowly wear you down."

Wang Zhili said to the two auxiliary police officers outside the door, "This is fucking awesome, especially since they're criminal police officers. I'm going to sign up to be a criminal police officer too."

Yang Zhi asked, "Where is your fourth brother? Where is he?"

The man with the buzz cut was a little scared. He looked at Yang Zhi and then at Director Qin, swallowed hard, and said, "I... I just said it offhand. Brothers, we were really wrong, we know we were wrong. You can say whatever you want, okay? I'll avoid this sign from now on."

These days, a captain of the criminal investigation team said that sending someone to jail for two years is really not that easy; he can just sign it himself.

Re-education through labor doesn't require a court ruling; it's an administrative penalty. Even if you don't get re-education through labor, you can just be put in a detention center for a year or six months—that's all you need to say.

Director Qin glanced at the crew-cut man, then turned to Huang Jianfa and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, Battalion Commander Huang. I'll take over tomorrow."

Huang Jianfa smiled and said, "It's nothing, you go ahead and do your work."

Director Qin said to the stepmother standing behind the cashier, "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, we're here. I have something to do today, I'll give you an answer tomorrow."

He glanced at the man with the buzz cut, picked up his bag, and went upstairs. He really had something to do today; he had to attend a parent-teacher conference for his child, otherwise he wouldn't have come back so early.

Huang Jianfa brought the crew-cut man and the two men with parted hair to the duty room.

Huang Jianfa pulled up a stool and sat down, saying, "Tell me, where is your fourth brother?"

The man with the buzz cut forced a smile and said, "Brother, we really know we were wrong, we'll never come again. It's not worth it, is it?"

Huang Jianfa said, "I'm a lieutenant colonel in the **** army, my name is Huang Jianfa. If you have connections, you can call them out and give me a piece of your mind. We're tough guys, what are you?"

The man with the buzz cut said, "Brother, it's really nothing. We just saw that there were a lot of their shops, so we thought we could make some money selling cigarettes and alcohol. It doesn't matter whose stock they buy, right? We really didn't mean to cause trouble, and we certainly didn't mean to provoke you guys."

Longhair is just used to his gangster ways; that's how he talks. He's foul-mouthed but quick to resort to violence. But honestly, you can't. How can you hit someone when you're doing business, right? We were wrong about this. Will you apologize or pay us money? Okay, bro?

Huang Jianfa shook his head and said, "It's too late. Now you bring your fourth brother over and dig out all your past affairs. That's your only way out, understand?"

"To be honest with you, you guys are in deep trouble this time. Unless you expose your backers, the three of you will be stuck with it for ten years. Think about it yourself."

The man with the buzz cut paled slightly and asked, "Brother, can I ask who they've recruited? What's going on? Why are all the military police officers here?"

Huang Jianfa laughed and said, "Aren't you guys supposed to be cunning and shrewd? You see this store is all over the province and you still dare to come here? Aren't you courting death? Don't you have brains?"

Did you see the sign when you came in? It says "Joint construction by the military and local authorities, joint construction by the police and civilians." Do you think that's a joke?

Half of the employees at that convenience store are family members of police officers. You think you can just smash it up like that? Don't you even know what's going on?

The man with the buzz cut said, "To be honest, we're just doing this to scare people. We wouldn't dare do anything if you asked us to."

We learned this from the second brother in Heping. He sells cigarettes at small shops and I heard he made hundreds of thousands a year. We're just following along for the ride.

"I promise this will only happen once. Afterwards, I'll go out and talk to my buddies in the underworld, and I guarantee no one will cause trouble at this shop again, okay?"

Huang Jianfa said, "You should tell me where your fourth brother is. Talking about anything else is useless. To be honest, if you had smashed up other shops today, it might have been easier to deal with. At most, you would have been detained for a few days and fined a little money."

You guys came all smug and showed off here, aren't you just asking for trouble? The headquarters is right here, can't you see this big building? Don't you have any self-awareness?

Do you even know who that guy you were just yelling at? Even our commander has to smile and talk to him when he sees him. This year, on New Year's Eve, the provincial party secretary came over to make dumplings together. You just yell at him and threaten him like that, and then you think it's all over after saying you were wrong?

Yang Zhi said, "I still don't understand, how did you guys find your way here?"

The man with the crew cut said, "We inquired and found out that this is the main store, and they have the final say on all the supplies. We figured that with so many stores, even if we only did this once, it would still cost hundreds of thousands. We just came here to sell some cigarettes and didn't intend to do anything else."

Huang Jianfa turned to look at the door: "Xiao Wei, he's here. You don't need to go anymore, it's alright."

Xiao Wei walked in: "What happened? They said they scared my aunt half to death, and these are the only ones?"

Huang Jianfa said, "It was just these three. They came to sell cigarettes and saw there were so many convenience stores, so they thought they'd try their luck. Nothing serious happened. They just kicked the cash register a few times, but they didn't hit anyone. I guess the woman was just startled at the time. Captain Qin just came over; he'll come to pick them up tomorrow."

Xiao Wei glanced at the three men with buzz cuts and asked, "Who's behind them? How many are there?"

Huang Jianfa said, "I was just asking, and they said his name is something like Fourth Brother. You don't need to worry about it. I'll bring them back to you today, and I guarantee none of them will escape."

Xiao Wei nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for your help. Take the person to your compound first, and I'll have the criminal investigation team come and take over tomorrow. We'll round up all their associates to avoid further trouble. There are two other police stations that haven't finished their quotas, so this will fill in."

Huang Jianfa asked, "What task? Yan Da's quota?"

Xiao Wei said, "Well, each institute has its own tasks. It seems like Jixian and Wanliu are a bit short, so let's just do our part."

The man with the buzz cut immediately knelt down: "Brother, I was wrong, I admit my mistake, I'll pay you back, okay? Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me."

Ban Cun is really scared. If he gets involved with Yan Da, then he's finished.

Xiao Wei glanced at him, nodded to Huang Jianfa, turned and went out to the convenience store to check on Aunt Ji; he was probably really frightened.

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