Chapter 492: Comrade, listen, he says his dad did it too

The car stopped downstairs at the Small Residential District. Chen Li and the police officer Lao Wu walked up the whole way. When they received the call from the command center, they already knew this was a report made by some handsome guy.

Walking out of the Elevator, they saw the large flat-floor apartment at a glance. Even Chen Li muttered to herself that it was nice to be rich.

Without wasting words, they went straight to the Fire Lane nearby.

Before they even got close, they could hear bursts of noise. The smoke wasn't too bad, after all, they were using charcoal.

Nowadays in the city, many people can't even find a place to buy coal.

Not to mention the children nowadays; there aren't many who know how to start a fire, because they don't need to.

"What are you doing? Who let you start a fire!"

The shout was very loud. Jiang Zifeng, who was busy grilling things, was startled, and the skewer of meat in his hand fell straight to the ground.

"Holy crap, what's wrong with you? Does our barbecue bother you? Are you sick or something? You..."

It turned out Jiang Zifeng thought it was still Zhou Yi shouting. He turned his head, just about to continue cursing, but discovered two figures in uniform.

He recognized this uniform, and he knew what this uniform represented.

Chen Li turned her head to look at Zhou Yi and said, "You're the one who called the police, right? Come over. Is this the situation?"

Zhou Yi walked over and smiled, "That's right, Officer. I'm the one who called the police. I believe they have a major safety hazard here, and they wouldn't listen when I told them."

"Alright, I understand!" Chen Li nodded, and Lao Wu beside her had already spoken:

"Do you know that open flames are not allowed here? Whose idea was it to have a barbecue here?"

This series of questions immediately made the few children a bit afraid to speak.

No one answered. Zhou Yi, who was nearby, spoke up, "That kid there, he said his home is right here."

Zhou Yi was pointing at Jiang Zifeng. He wasn't going to go easy on this little brat; he dared to curse at people just a moment ago, so it was only natural to point him out now.

Lao Wu then looked at Jiang Zifeng: "You live here? How old are you? Are your parents around?"

"I'm fifteen. My parents went out for something..."

Zhou Yi, who was watching the spectacle from the side, curled his lip. This kid was foul-mouthed as hell when talking to him, but now that the police were here, he answered every question obediently.

He didn't know what was going on nowadays, but many children were exceptionally good at cursing. One opening of their mouth made you feel it was unbelievable.

Lao Wu shook his head and said, "Forget it. You have your parents' phone number, right? I'll give them a call. You, go tell the Property Management."

Many things can be big or small. After all, they are minors, so the police just educate them a bit when they come. And as everyone knows, to educate a child, you must notify the parents.

Zhou Yi walked to the side and called the Property Management. The Property Management of Guangming Peak Residential Quarter was still quite responsible; upon hearing the news, they indicated they would send someone over soon.

Meanwhile, Lao Wu also obtained the phone number of Jiang Zifeng's parents from him.

"Hello, excuse me, is this Jiang Xiangnan? I am a police officer from the Guangming Road Police Station. There is a bit of a situation here at your place regarding your child. In short, you should come back quickly."

Lao Wu didn't go into detail on the phone. Jiang Xiangnan on the other end thought something had happened to his child and hurriedly indicated he would be back immediately.

Of course, it definitely couldn't just be him; the parents of the other four children also had to be called. Education must be done thoroughly.

Four boys and one girl—they were notified one by one. Not long after, the door to the Fire Lane was pushed open, and a middle-aged man walked in.

"Officer, Officer, what exactly happened? Did something happen to my Zifeng?"

The man was Jiang Xiangnan. He was working at the Company, and after hanging up the phone, he rushed back in a panic, arriving covered in sweat.

"You are Jiang Xiangnan?" Lao Wu said, "It's not that something happened to your child. He and several classmates were having a barbecue in this Fire Lane and lit a charcoal stove."

"Then it affected your neighbors, and when he came out to advise them, they wouldn't listen, and then your child cursed at him."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xiangnan looked at Zhou Yi beside him and then said, "Is that all? No, I was at work and you called me back just because of this?"

"My child has always been well-behaved!"

"And this neighbor, there was no need to call the police, right? It's just such a small matter. This Fire Lane is all concrete, so it's impossible for it to catch fire. It doesn't warrant calling the police."

Because he was suddenly called back by the police while at work and it was hot from rushing back in the middle of summer, although he was apologizing, his tone was a bit aggressive.

Zhou Yi didn't actually feel anything about the first sentence, including that the child was still young; after all, as long as he apologized, it would be fine.

But he wasn't happy about the latter part.

"Are you his parent? How does this not warrant it? Look over there, our window and door are open. The Mars from here could drift in at any time."

"If it really catches fire, it will be too late."

"And I only said one sentence, but your child cursed the moment he opened his mouth."

When people have fire in their hearts, they are least likely to listen to such "alarmist" talk. Jiang Xiangnan's voice suddenly grew louder: "What are you thinking? It's so far away, how could it possibly drift in? What, does your family not cook?"

"And my child cursing you? I know my child, don't I? You must have said something, otherwise how could he possibly curse!"

Zhou Yi: "???"

Seeing that the two seemed about to argue, the door to the Fire Lane was pushed open again. The Property Management staff had arrived, followed by the parents of the other children.

Among them, the girl's parent walked over in a panic and began to inquire.

Seeing so many people arrive, with police and Property Management all there, Jiang Xiangnan felt even more irritated.

Lao Wu spoke up, "Alright, you two, both of you say less. Since everyone is here, I must say this: there must absolutely be no open flames in this Fire Lane. It is particularly dangerous..."

He was just popularizing the law, letting these parents educate their children well, and then the matter would pass.

However, Jiang Xiangnan was not happy and said there, "Officer, the way you say it, it's as if my child took the lead. How could he have thought of this? I don't know whose idea it was!"

Originally, the parents of the other children were already prepared to take their children and leave quickly, but upon hearing this, they were all unhappy.

What does that mean? Your child is well-behaved, so the bad ideas were all thought up by our children?

The parent of that girl spoke directly, "Officer, I just asked my daughter. It was Jiang Zifeng who brought them here to barbecue."

"Jiang Zifeng said they could barbecue here, so he brought them here."

The parents of the other children also said, "They all said it was brought about by Jiang Zifeng. They said they wanted to barbecue but had nowhere to go, and Jiang Zifeng said they could do it here at his place."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiangnan became even angrier. He stepped forward, looked at his son, and said, "Come, Zifeng, you tell me, whose idea was it? Don't be afraid, Dad is here!"

Jiang Zifeng in front of him said, "It... it was my idea..."

Pfft... Zhou Yi couldn't help but laugh. This kid was quite fierce when cursing just now, but he didn't expect him to tell the truth directly at this moment.

Jiang Xiangnan immediately roared: "What are you saying? How could it possibly be your idea? How could you have thought that one could barbecue here!"

Jiang Zifeng also shouted: "Then didn't you all barbecue here last month? Why is it that we can't!"

Oh? Zhou Yi was suddenly even happier, his gaze turned toward Lao Wu, and the meaning was very clear.

Comrade, listen, he said his dad did it too.

Lao Wu hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Are you telling the truth? Did your dad and the others really barbecue here last month? When exactly was it?"

Jiang Xiangnan was stunned, desperately signaling with his eyes, but his son didn't understand.

He just said there: "It hasn't been many days..."

Lao Wu looked at Jiang Xiangnan, then turned to look at the Property Management staff and said: "How long does your Monitoring here cover?"

The Property Management staff said: "Ours here covers one month at a time."

Then there's no problem, Lao Wu stepped forward and said: "Jiang Xiangnan, then you'll have to wait a moment, until we go check the Monitoring."

"If you all really barbecued here before, then according to the relevant regulations, Administrative Detention is required."

Jiang Xiangnan didn't speak, looked at his son, and remained expressionless.

The Property Management staff contacted the monitoring room to start checking the Monitoring, and it didn't take long to get a result.

"Comrade, it was probably at the end of last month; you can see six people barbecuing here."

Lao Wu looked at the monitoring video the staff member had filmed with a mobile phone, then nodded and said: "Alright, Jiang Xiangnan, you have to come with us."

Several parents didn't speak, looking at Jiang Xiangnan; this was probably what they called reaping what one sows.

It was Jiang Zifeng who finally realized the problem when he saw his old man being taken away, or rather, he really didn't know that barbecuing was prohibited here.

In fact, let alone inside this apartment building, even many barbecue restaurants now strictly prohibit the use of open flames; many places must use electric stoves, this is a mandatory regulation!

Violating the regulations, according to the Fire Department law, can result in Administrative Detention of ten to fifteen days...

Not only was Jiang Xiangnan going to be in Detention, but the few who played together before were also going to be in Detention...

Well, another case of a son making a mistake and ending up sending his father in; the people were taken away, everyone else left, and Zhou Yi shook his head and went home.

If he ever had such a filial son in the future, he would break his legs...

After returning home, Zhou Yi prepared to tidy up and head to the Company; for him, this matter was just a small interlude.

Of course, he didn't know that after he went to the Company, Jiang Zifeng's mother finally returned.

She received a call from the Police Station; after all, you certainly have to notify the family members for Detention.

After arriving home, Jiang Zifeng was scolded again; for a middle school student, what happened today almost meant losing all face.

He had taken the initiative to find such a good place for a barbecue, and everyone was happy together, but now, it was all his problem alone!

Right, it was mainly that man living across the way who actually called the police directly!

If it weren't for him, how could there be such trouble.

Thinking this, Jiang Zifeng left home, came all the way to Zhou Yi's door, and then saw the floor mat at the entrance.

Whether this floor mat is placed inside or outside the door varies; some put it inside, some put it outside, and Zhou Yi placed it at the entrance.

After thinking about it, he took out a lighter; anyway, it was just a floor mat, he just wanted to scare the other party.

The floor mat was lit, and Jiang Zifeng then left; in his simple thinking, after this thing burned out, it would be fine, though there would be a pile of ash.

Anyway, it was just to scare the other party.

As for the consequences? Jiang Zifeng didn't think there would be any consequences; information that "minors can do anything without consequences" can be seen everywhere on the internet.

One can find news everywhere saying that minors won't face any consequences for doing this or that, plus Jiang Zifeng didn't think there was any problem with lighting a floor mat.

So after lighting it, he went home to play games with peace of mind.

At the Tengda Company office, Zhou Yi had just finished processing some documents.

The last time he was serious had a great impact on the Company, the voices of boycott on the internet were gone, and the internet business was developing particularly fast.

Of course, when the Company started making games, it naturally encountered the problem of account trading.

Regarding this, Zhou Yi let the Legal Department ensure that relevant regulations were well-established, and must let game users have the best experience.

Making money and such were all secondary...

It's just that recently, the business department reported that there were always people who, after topping up, claimed it was their child at home and requested a refund.

This is indeed a problem, but according to the regulations, it has to be refunded.

The key lies in the fact that this evidence is hard to obtain; who knows if the person who topped up was the child or the parent, there are too many disputes.

After finishing these tasks, he casually took out his mobile phone; his phone was connected to the home Monitoring, and there was also Monitoring at the entrance, and there were two of them.

One was installed by the Property Management, after all, it is the Guangming Peak Residential Quarter.

The other was installed by Zhou Yi himself, which had been reported to the Property Management.

To prevent disputes when any problems occur, so one must take precautions.

He opened his phone to check the Monitoring; everything else was fine, but when he switched to the Monitoring at the entrance, he suddenly discovered that something seemed to be on fire below!

What's the situation, was the door on fire?

After looking carefully, he realized it wasn't; it was the floor mat that was on fire!

Without hesitation, Zhou Yi hurried downstairs and drove home; although it was just a floor mat, it should be impossible to start a big fire, but he still had to be careful!

Most importantly, how did this thing catch fire for no reason?

He flipped through the previous Monitoring and soon found the reason.

"This kid... is very brave; his dad was put in Detention because I called the police, so now he came to light my floor mat?"

Just as he was thinking, he saw in the monitoring video that after the floor mat finished burning, the fire had already gone out.

But Zhou Yi thought about it and still dialed the police.

"Hello, yes, it's me again..."

So, had he encountered a minor who didn't believe in evil?

He still remembered the time the cleaning lady's daughter encountered school bullying; it is really difficult to deal with minors nowadays.

Even for Fang Dazhuang, this aspect was not easy to handle, and in the end, he still had to send the father in.

But this time the situation is different; Zhou Yi vaguely remembered Fang Dazhuang mentioning there was a crime called Arson.

Ahem, it is late today, but it doesn't matter, there are still two chapters left; it will definitely be past midnight, but no matter how late it is, I must finish writing them, so everyone rest assured. The case is also a real case, slightly adapted.

(End of this chapter)