Chapter 93: I Want to Call the Police! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

To be fair, Zhou Yi didn't have much of an opinion regarding the security guard blocking the way; a security guard is just a wage earner, perhaps he was stupid, or perhaps he was brainless.

But if you were to say he deliberately wanted to block the Fire Engine from entering, you couldn't say that!

After having worked at a previous Company, Zhou Yi even knew that there were two reasons for the security guard to act this way.

One was that he had previously let a vehicle in without authorization and suffered the consequences, and the other was that he had seen a colleague let a vehicle in and run into trouble.

And no matter which reason it was, it proved one thing: if this security guard just let the vehicle in like that, he might very well get chewed out by his superiors...

To put it simply, if Property Management had a rule that security guards couldn't just let vehicles in, and they were docked pay for every one they let in, then the security guard would be helpless.

Does it feel very surreal? Do you feel like some people really have holes in their brains? But reality tells you that some people, they really do have holes in their brains...

Heaven knows how their brain circuits are wired!

The security guard didn't say anything more; he was likely contacting his superiors. Zhou Yi was actually quite curious to see what that Manager Xue would say, though under normal circumstances, the direct superior should be that Manager Xu who was in charge of the Small Residential District's security!

Come to think of it, the last time the other party rented out parking spaces without authorization, Property Management ended up paying for it in the end, which was also a bit surreal, so could this Manager Xu have someone backing him?

However, the security guard not speaking didn't mean it was over; that shrill voice over there didn't care about any of that.

"Who did this? Who on earth did this? Someone did it but no one is owning up, right? Ah, my car, perfectly fine, bought it only a few days ago, and you all turned it into this?"

"No one admitting it? Fine, I'm telling you, there is a Camera here. Once I check the Monitoring and find out who it is, you all just wait for me!"

Xia Shuqin was already so angry that her face had turned red.

An elderly man nearby couldn't listen anymore and said, "You were in the wrong for parking your car here; you blocked the Fire Engine's path."

"And the car was only slightly bumped, it can just be repaired..."

As it turned out, this sentence was like adding fuel to the fire, causing Xia Shuqin, who had calmed down slightly, to start spraying again: "I'm in the wrong for parking here? So many cars park here every day, so it's only me who's in the wrong?"

"What's wrong with me parking here? If I don't park here, where do you want me to park? You find me a place to park then! Can you find one? If you can't, then shut up!"

"You all know how to talk, but you don't mention how people in the basement garage take up two spots with one car. I had nowhere to park so I had to park here, and you turned my car into this, yet you still say I'm in the wrong?"

"Do you know how much I paid for this car? 'Just repair it,' this is a new car! How is the depreciation calculated? I can't use the car while it's being repaired, so how is the commuting fee calculated? 'Just repair it,' you say it lightly, it's not your car that got flipped over!"

"Still no one admitting it? Fine, I'm calling the police right now, I'm going to Property Management to check the Monitoring..."

The elderly man looked like a good-natured person; hearing this, his beard was trembling with anger, but he pointed at the other party and couldn't say a word.

That's how it is when people get old; sometimes they want to scold someone, but they can't even muster up the energy.

Unless it's that kind of incorrigible person, the so-called "bad people who have grown old."

It was only because the elderly man was reasonable; otherwise, he would have just laid down right then and there...

No one else around spoke. Xia Shuqin was right about one thing: her car did look quite high-end, and her own attire and grooming were also out of the ordinary.

The main thing was that everyone felt this woman looked quite good and seemed to have a lot of class, so why was her speech so nasty? By now, all sorts of abusive language had already come out.

Someone who didn't know better would think it was some shrew cursing in the street...

After Xia Shuqin finished her rant and saw that really no one was speaking, she took out her phone, intending to call the police!

This matter wasn't over today; in any case, she had to find that person!

However, just at this moment, a voice sounded from the side: "Don't be in such a hurry to curse. Your car was moved by me. What do you want?"

The crowd parted, and Zhou Yi walked over unhurriedly. Of course, the Camera and Recording Pen he always carried when going out were already turned on.

He didn't know if there was a Camera here at Property Management, but he knew one thing: a Camera is actually just like a "Schrödinger's Manager"—you only know if it's good or bad when you're about to check the Monitoring.

As everyone knows, there are a few indeterminate variables in a Small Residential District, one of which is the already-appeared "Schrödinger's Manager," and now there is a second indeterminate variable: the "Schrödinger's Camera."

This indeterminate variable exists in every corner of Property Management; you can see them in reality, but you cannot know if they are functional.

The only thing that can determine whether they are functional is when you go to check the Monitoring.

Thus, in many situations, you will find: "Eh, this matter is very simple, you just need to check the Monitoring to know the truth."

But it just so happens—very coincidentally, so coincidentally it's like it was written—that the extremely critical Camera that could almost determine the truth of the matter will coincidentally be broken...

Heh, wouldn't you say that's a coincidence!

So, the experience Zhou Yi gained from Lawyer Fang is: keep evidence, especially for critical matters, you must, must remember to keep evidence!

And it must be extremely precise evidence that can intuitively reflect the truth of the event!

Otherwise, you will learn what it means to haggle and what it means to play tai chi...

Looking at the crowd around him, Zhou Yi smiled and said to the elderly man: "Didn't you just see it, sir? Just say it was me who did it. I just said it too, I'll take responsibility for this!"

The owners around looked at Zhou Yi with different eyes. In modern society, there really are very few people who can stand up and say this sentence when something happens.

"I'll take responsibility for this, you just say it was me who did it!"

Especially when this woman had just been spewing all sorts of abuse, clearly making it a huge trouble.

The elderly man's lips trembled, but he still said: "Young man, it was clearly her fault. You were saving people just now; how could I, an old man, sell you out?"

"I may be old, but I can tell right from wrong."

Zhou Yi quickly said: "Please don't overthink it, sir. It's fine. If I did it, I did it. I am actually a very reasonable person, and I believe that people in this world are all reasonable."

Turning his head, Zhou Yi looked at Xia Shuqin and said: "I said it, I did it. What do you want to do?"

Behind Zhou Yi, the young lady Xiao Xu started to have stars in her eyes. Big Brother is indeed Big Brother; look at this aura!

The elderly man wanted to say that you can't reason with this kind of person, but he didn't say it out loud.

Xia Shuqin was startled by Zhou Yi suddenly standing out, but she quickly shouted: "You broke my car and you're asking me what I want to do?"

"What to do? Pay money, that's what!"

Zhou Yi shook his head and pointed to the window where the fire had been basically brought under control: "Let's not talk about paying money for a moment. Look up there first, then look over there. Did you notice that thing is called a Fire Engine?"

"Look here again. Yes, look up. Did you notice those words written there? 'Fire Lane, No Parking.' I didn't misread that, did I?"

"There was a fire up there, a matter of extreme urgency. Your car was parked here, occupying the Fire Lane and blocking the path for the Fire Engine to enter. Are you telling me you're not in the wrong?"

"What's wrong? Are you going to tell me again that I'm in the wrong for parking here? So many cars are parked here, so it's only me who's in the wrong? There are no other spots in the Small Residential District, where am I supposed to park?" Xia Shuqin pointed at Zhou Yi and shouted.

"Wait, this lady, how should I address you?" Zhou Yi suddenly asked.

"Xia Shuqin. What's wrong? Don't think that saying nice things will get you out of paying. I'm telling you, you must pay today!"

Zhou Yi frowned; this name seemed a bit familiar. Wait, it seemed that the person in the group who was clamoring about how people who park randomly and occupy spaces are lacking in character, that person seemed to have this name.

It was just that she was retorted by Song Xiaofei, and after she spoke her piece later, there was no more news from her.

I didn't expect to run into her here.

It seems that since there was no more space to park in the basement, she came up here to park in the Fire Lane.

Thinking of how that person would constantly say things like "How are people nowadays so lacking in character," Zhou Yi couldn't help but shake his head. She said others park randomly, yet she seems to be the same.

Therefore, Zhou Yi said directly: "Ms. Xia, right? Then I will also tell you, cars parked in the Fire Lane—I mean all cars—are all in the wrong, not just you. As for there being no space in the Small Residential District, that is your problem."

"Or rather, you can go ask Property Management why there isn't a parking space for me, but that is not a reason for you to park your car in the Fire Lane!"

"It is common knowledge that the Fire Lane is forbidden to be occupied. Ms. Xia wouldn't even be unaware of this, would she? Surely not?"

The surrounding owners didn't say anything; it is indeed common knowledge that the Fire Lane is forbidden to be occupied, but it is obvious that people often occupy it in daily life.

The reason is also very simple: they all think, "Eh, how could it be such a coincidence? How could a fire happen just when I'm parked here?"

People all have a mentality of taking chances, so they have actually deliberately forgotten that fires and the like have a name: accidents!

The meaning of an accident is that you don't know when it will happen; it could be today, or it could be tomorrow.

So, regarding accidents, all people can do is prevent them, not predict them...

There were quite a few cars occupying the Fire Lane on this road. At this moment, some car owners had also rushed over. There were actually only three cars that were truly overturned, and Xia Shuqin's car belonged to the most miserable one.

Because overturning alone could not clear the path—after all, the Fire Engine is large in size—it was forced through from behind, pushing them aside.

The car paint on that side and everything else was scraped away.

The lethality of Zhou Yi's words was a bit high, and Xia Shuqin couldn't hold back anymore.

"What do you mean? Why are you bringing up all that irrelevant stuff? I'm just asking you how you are going to handle this matter. I bought my car less than a month ago, and it cost over five hundred thousand!"

"As a result, it was turned into this by you. How is the Depreciation Fee calculated?"

"If I go to repair the car now, I won't be able to use it. How is my commuting fee calculated!"

"I'm telling you, if you don't compensate me for the money today, I will report it right now..."

"Report it to the police!" Zhou Yi interrupted directly: "Hurry up and report it to the police, Ms. Xia. This is my suggestion. I really suggest you report it to the police quickly. After all, look at your car, it's become like this, and I'm not paying. What are you waiting for if you don't report it to the police?"

Huh? Xia Shuqin was caught off guard and didn't react for a moment.

My car was turned into this, and you aren't paying money but are telling me to hurry up and report it to the police?

"Report it then, as if I'm afraid! You aren't paying, right? You just wait!"

Xia Shuqin took out her phone and was about to report it to the police, but before she could even speak, a police car had already entered from over there.

Immediately, the car doors opened, and the local police officer Lao Li and another police officer brought an apprentice out of the car.

"Ah, you don't need to report it to the police anymore. I remember someone already reported it before," Zhou Yi suddenly laughed.

Lao Li walked over with a dark face. He had received a report that the security guards of the Small Residential District were blocking the Fire Engine from entering, so they rushed to the scene. As a result, after arriving, they found that the access control barrier had been broken by someone.

Looking again, the Fire Engine had already driven to the very inside, and firefighters were constantly putting out the fire.

Therefore, he felt relieved; as long as the fire was under control, everything else would be easy to handle.

Fines should be fined, and detention should be carried out; there are fixed procedures for everything.

Therefore, at this moment, Lao Li and the other police officer beside him, Lao Zhou, looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief, and then they saw a group of people gathered here.

There were also three cars overturned, lying on the side of the road.

"What's going on? Who reported the police? What are you... Zhou Yi?"

Lao Li's dark face suddenly became even darker.

Lao Zhou, who was next to Lao Li, also looked at Zhou Yi, speechless. Why was it him!

Lao Zhou clearly remembered what this guy looked like when he came to report a case back then, saying that his account had been recovered and that he had topped up one million in that account...

This case was almost treated as a classic example.

"What is going on here?" Lao Li said as he looked at Zhou Yi.

This feeling was very strange, just like a mischievous kid in class when they were young; once something happened, if the teacher found them at the scene, the first sentence would definitely be asking them.

And Zhou Yi was exactly that kind of person...

"Comrade, look, my car was parked right here, and it was turned into this by them for no reason. This is a new car of mine. I want him to pay, but he just says he won't pay," Xia Shuqin shouted there.

Lao Li looked to the side and said: "This is your car? It was parked here before?"

Lao Li looked to the side and said, "Is this your car? Was it parked here before?"

"Do you know that this is a Fire Lane? Do you know that parking is forbidden in the Fire Lane?"

Xia Shuqin hurriedly said: "Comrade, there are no parking spaces in this Small Residential District, so I can only park here. And today, when I received the call to move the car, I hurried over to move it, and when I arrived, I found it like this."

As soon as these words were spoken, the old man next to her could no longer hold back: "Move what? You didn't even have a phone number on your car. So many people wanted to contact you but couldn't reach you!"

"What's wrong? I said I would come to move the car, couldn't you wait? Did you have to turn my car into this? Comrade, one has to be reasonable, right? My car is newly bought; someone has to be responsible for this, right?"

Lao Li waved his hand and said: "I know about your matter. Zhou Yi, you explain."

Zhou Yi said: "It's like this: the Fire Engine needed to come in, but their cars were blocking the way and couldn't get in. The people didn't come to move the cars for a while, and I don't know if there was anyone in the house upstairs, but it was a matter of extreme urgency!"

"So there was no other way. I worked with everyone to overturn her car. The Fire Engine barely managed to pass. Look over there, the paint on the Fire Engine was scraped like that."

Upon hearing this, Lao Zhou glanced at Xia Shuqin and still said: "Let's go, let's go to Property Management to check the Monitoring first!"

Old rules: a four-thousand-character long chapter to moisten the throat first; the rest will be released around six or seven in the afternoon to quench the thirst. Thanks to the brothers for the monthly tickets and tips, thank you very much.

Same old rules, a four-thousand-character long chapter to wet your throat first, the rest will be released around six or seven in the evening to quench your thirst. Thanks to the brothers for the monthly tickets and tips, thank you very much.

(End of chapter)