Chapter 1874

"You slut, stop playing dumb here. You beat someone up and now you want to deny it?" Wuzi was speaking while clutching his nose, and the sound he made was quite comical.

"Haha…" Li Fang burst into laughter, then suddenly stopped, turned around, and pointed at the people she had brought with her, asking with a frown, "You tell me, did anyone hit him?"

"No… didn't see it…" The group of migrant workers were quite sharp and answered almost in unison.

"Damn it! I thought I was a first-class rascal, but today I've really learned something. Damn it, you bunch are absolute bastards! I'll fight you to the death!" As he spoke, Wuzi grabbed the pen holder from the office desk and was about to smash it at the tall man…

Zhao Desan saw that the situation was turning bad and immediately lunged forward, blocking with his hand. The pen holder hit his arm instead. At this moment, Xu Min also grabbed Wuzi and shouted, "What are you adding to the chaos for?!"

Wuzi withdrew his hand and stood to the side, panting as he said, "Adding to the chaos? If they don't give me an explanation today, I'm not finished!" This was great; now there was another mess to deal with.

Xu Min looked at the situation on the scene, then put on a stern face and said, "How about this: you two follow me to the station first, and the rest of you can go back for now!" As he spoke, he pointed at Zhao Desan and Wuzi, then, without waiting for Li Fang to speak, he turned to her and said, "I won't hold it against you today; you can go back first!"

"Oh, then thank you, Officer!" Before Li Fang could speak, the tall man interjected.

"Thank your head!" Li Fang cursed at the tall man, then turned her face to Xu Min and said, "Do you think it's that easy to brush us off?"

"Then what else do you want?" Xu Min asked tentatively.

"I don't want anything else; I just want an explanation today. How is this matter going to be resolved? Our workers are all waiting for their wages; that is the hard-earned money they sweated for!" Li Fang was indeed unflappable.

Xu Min knew he had met a tough opponent today, so he said to the two police officers who had come with him, "Since that's the case, take them all to the station. Let's resolve this matter of disturbing the normal office order of the Construction Committee first, and then we'll talk!"

"On what grounds are you taking us away?" Li Fang was still just as tough.

"On the grounds that you are causing trouble here. Are those people outside the ones you brought?" Xu Min asked with a dark face.

"So what if they are our people?" Li Fang tilted her head, looking completely indifferent.

"If they are your people, then that's it. They just beat up the Construction Committee's security guards, and you are the ringleader, so you must come with us!" Xu Min had immediately grasped Li Fang's fatal weakness. He also blamed himself; upon entering, he had seen Zhao Desan in a difficult and critical situation, so he had lost his composure for a moment.

"This…" Li Fang lost some of her confidence because, after all, she wasn't clear about what had actually happened outside. To tell the truth, these people were all just cobbled together by her, and it cost money. Even though Hu Tao had given her money, she still wanted to skim some off the top for herself. Therefore, she had no idea what kind of trouble they might cause; she had just brought them along to make a show of force.

"Let's go!" Xu Min said, raising his eyebrows.

"Oh, it's like this, Officer. Listen to my explanation: we originally came to find this Deputy Division Chief Liu to ask for an explanation regarding our migrant workers' wages. He promised to give us an explanation today. Let's not trouble you officers with this; we can just discuss it properly ourselves!" Li Fang was worthy of being Hu Tao's capable subordinate; she could be flexible when needed.

"We can't manage the matters between you and the Construction Committee, but now you have violated public order and affected the normal office operations of the Construction Committee. This falls within our scope of duty, and we must be responsible for the security of the Construction Committee." The station chief spoke with a set of principles that left Li Fang staring blankly.

At this moment, the two police officers had already brought in the two security guards from outside. Zhao Desan took one look and saw how miserable they were—their hats were gone, their clothes were barely covering them, and their faces were covered in terrifying bloodstains. Li Fang was also shocked when she saw this and couldn't help but glare at the tall man, meaning: look at the kind of people you brought; aren't they just trouble?

Xu Min had caught Li Fang's handle this time. Without further ado, he ordered, "Go, take them all away. Not a single one is to leave."

At this moment, there was a commotion in the hallway. While the few people in the room were wondering what was happening, a man squeezed in from among the people at the door and shouted at Li Fang, "Sister Fang, they, they all fucking ran away!"

Li Fang was stunned, and her face turned pale instantly. She knew that with the two security guards beaten into this state, it wouldn't be a simple matter to resolve. Wasn't this a case of trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice? Li Fang felt extremely depressed.

"Let's go, don't cause trouble here. The Construction Committee still needs to work. If you have anything to say, we'll talk about it at the station!" Xu Min's tone was a bit smug, as if to say, 'I let you go earlier and you didn't give me face; now that you want to leave, there's no way!'

Li Fang was completely out of options now. Just then, Zhao Desan suddenly spoke. He smiled at Xu Min and said, "Officer, do you think this would work? Let me have a few words with Li Fang first, and then I'll go with you. How about that?"

Although Zhao Desan was speaking to Xu Min in a tone of negotiation, Xu Min knew clearly that he still had to give Zhao Desan this face. He was afraid Zhao Desan had other plans in mind.

In fact, Xu Min was also eager to settle this matter as quickly as possible. He had just received a report from Lan Mei that someone was causing trouble at the Construction Committee, so Xu Min immediately called two officers and rushed over. What he was most concerned about was what might happen to Zhao Desan here; after all, he had already told Du Xiaochan to find Zhao Desan today. If Liu Hairu encountered any trouble, he shouldn't let it delay his main business.

Unexpectedly, upon arriving at the scene, it really was Zhao Desan who was in trouble. How could he not be anxious? The first thing he had to protect was Zhao Desan; protecting Zhao Desan was equivalent to protecting his own Du Xiaochan.

Xu Min glanced at Zhao Desan, then shifted his gaze to Li Fang, his attitude softening slightly as he asked, "What do you think, Madam?"

By this time, Li Fang was at her wit's end. The rabble of people the tall man had found to pose as migrant workers hadn't just beaten the security guards; the most unloyal thing was that after causing trouble, they had run away first. Didn't that just mean they were sabotaging her?

After thinking for a moment, Li Fang nodded at Xu Min and said with a smile, "Fine, then we'll listen to Deputy Division Chief Liu."

Seeing that Li Fang had lost her temper, Xu Min turned to Zhao Desan and said, "Deputy Division Chief Liu, then I'll leave these people to you. If anything else happens, I'll have to come to you for them." In reality, he was saying this for Li Fang to hear, meaning that he was recording this favor on Zhao Desan's account.

Zhao Desan understood perfectly.

He smiled and said to Xu Min, "Alright, Station Chief Xu, thank you for your trouble today. I, Zhao Desan, will definitely repay you generously." After speaking, he reached out and shook hands with Xu Min.

Was Zhao Desan afraid that Li Fang would hear him getting so close to Xu Min and bite back, accusing them of official corruption? Actually, no. Zhao Desan knew in his heart that Li Fang was a woman who understood the times and was very sharp. By getting close to Xu Min like this, he was actually telling her: don't provoke me again; provoking me is equivalent to provoking Station Chief Xu.

As Zhao Desan had guessed, after Xu Min took the others out of the office, Li Fang seemed like a different person. She stepped forward, took Zhao Desan's hand, and said, "Deputy Division Chief Liu, look at the mess today. It's all my fault for not considering things thoroughly. Actually, I didn't intend to cause trouble; I just wanted to use the crowd to put pressure on you so we could get back our migrant workers' wages."

Zhao Desan had already gained the upper hand by this time, but the matter hadn't been resolved yet. If Li Fang insisted on not letting go, then no matter how capable he, Zhao Desan, was, if the party involved wouldn't cooperate, he couldn't solve the problem. This was something He Liping had repeatedly warned him about: he must talk this matter through with the party involved, agree on the wage amount, and draw up a written statement so that this matter wouldn't be pursued in the future!

Zhao Desan politely asked Li Fang to sit down, then poured her a glass of water, and said with a grave expression, "Sister Li, it's not that I, Zhao Desan, don't keep my word. Actually, I had already made arrangements and intended to discuss the wage amount with you properly. I didn't expect your subordinates to be so impatient; they almost ruined the big picture!" Zhao Desan deliberately attributed this farce to the people Li Fang had brought, giving her some face.

Don't look down on Li Fang just because she's a woman; when it came to loyalty, she was absolutely no less than a man. Seeing that Zhao Desan's words were sincere, she understood that he was intentionally trying to excuse her, so she said quite readily, "Deputy Division Chief Liu, just for those words of yours, I, Li Fang, am willing to listen. These are the IOUs for the wages the boss owes our migrant workers. You add up the amount, and you can be the one to call the shots. If you think it's okay, just sign it!" As she spoke, Li Fang handed over a stack of slips. ===== CHAPTER 1875 =====