Chapter 770: Asking Face-to-Face

Without explaining to the anxious and excited Zhao Jiwei, Wang Yan took him back toward the car parked at the intersection.

Just as they reached the car, they saw in a nearby shade a man about fifty years old, somewhat bald but stubbornly using the surrounding hair to cover it, with a round face, big eyes, thick eyebrows, and dense wrinkles, looking quite kind. He was slightly fat with a protruding belly, wearing a lapel short-sleeved shirt tucked into suit trousers, with car keys tied to his waist, and stepping on somewhat dirty leather shoes. This man, who looked like a boss, walked over from afar with a smile.

"Oh my, is this Officer Wang?" The old guy stretched out both hands from afar, his old face smiling with a bit of fawning closeness, directly ignoring Zhao Jiwei, who didn't quite understand the situation, and went straight for Wang Yan.

Glancing at the Longines watch on the old guy's wrist and the beeswax bracelet that had long been polished, Wang Yan smiled and shook hands with the old guy: "I'm Wang Yan, but I don't dare to call myself an officer. Look at the two 'crooks' (shoulder rank) on my shoulder; I'm still in the probation period and haven't been regularized yet."

"Hey, Officer Wang is young and promising, putting the people in his heart. Becoming an officer is just a matter of time."

The old guy said the same thing as Hou Guifen before. Seeing the inquiry in Wang Yan's eyes, he laughed, "I am the village director of our Dongning Village, Zhao Changyi. I heard that Officer Wang has been visiting households in the village, and if I, the village director, don't show up, what would that look like?"

"I hurried back from my son's house. If you want to understand any situation, just ask me. I've been the village director for twenty years; there's nothing about every household in Dongning Village that I don't know. Come, come, come, smoke, smoke. This is the 'Hua Zi' my son gave me as a filial piety. Come, two officers, don't be polite."

Zhao Changyi took out a pack of 'Hua Zi' and offered cigarettes directly.

Wang Yan didn't reject his face, took it, let the legendary village director light it, took a puff, and said: "Actually, I looked for you first, but I heard you went to your son's house, so I didn't disturb you. Now the situation in the village is basically understood; it's just to see how every household is living, and there's nothing else."

"Oh my, that's my fault. My eldest son is filial and insisted on picking me up to stay for a few days. How about this, Officer Wang, I'll treat you two officers to a meal at noon, let me express my gratitude."

"There's no fault. But forget about the meal. However, since Director Zhao has hurried back from so far away, let's go to your house and take a look. I heard you bought an apartment; are you still living in this house?"

"Living, living. My old lady isn't used to living in an apartment, so occasionally we come back to live for a while. She's at home now. Then let's go; go over to drink some water and eat some fruit. This weather is too hot."

Wang Yan nodded, took two more puffs of the cigarette, extinguished it, and threw it into the trash can at the door of the supermarket on the side of the road: "Then let's go."

Zhao Changyi responded, learned from Wang Yan's appearance, went over to throw the cigarette butt, and then led Wang Yan and the silent Zhao Jiwei toward the village.

Zhao Jiwei had already recognized the reality. Wang Yan's ability was eight highways ahead of him, so Wang Yan's leadership position was determined here. Although he was anxious to know what contribution it was, now that Wang Yan didn't make a phone call or say anything else, and turned to follow to the village director's house, he also suppressed his strong desire for knowledge and didn't say a word.

Moreover, he had followed Wang Yan to visit for two days and knew that this village director's reputation wasn't good. True or false, it might involve some case. If he spoke nonsense and the contribution turned into a punishment, that would be really uncomfortable.

Along the way, Zhao Changyi was talking, and when he met people, he laughed and called them affectionately, and also told Wang Yan about various situations.

Seeing him talking enthusiastically, Wang Yan also cooperated and asked questions, all about the situation of poor households in the village. He had actually visited these, but he was still asking Zhao Changyi. This money must have been distributed, and the legendary village director didn't care about that little money; he was just seeing if this old guy really knew the situation.

Just like this, they went all the way to Zhao Changyi's house in Dongning Village.

Their house was also in the east of the village, not too far from the Zhao Xianming and Zhao Zilong families he visited a few days ago. The house wasn't very grand. According to Zhao Changyi, it was built fifteen years ago.

The large gate was wide open. Looking in, the first thing he saw was a tabby cat sleeping in the shade to avoid the sun. There was no house built to occupy more land in the village director's house; it was just three ordinary main rooms, one wing room, and the other half of the courtyard was built into a pavilion garden, with many flowers blooming in the summer, which looked very comfortable.

The courtyard was very clean. An old woman was holding a water pot and watering the flowers.

Seeing Wang Yan and Zhao Jiwei following Zhao Changyi in, she greeted them enthusiastically: "Officer Wang is here. Hurry up and sit inside, eat some watermelon and cool down."

"Auntie, no need for so much trouble. Just came to take a look at the house; it won't take a few minutes before leaving."

"How can that be? Eat a lunch; there's everything in the house, I'll cook it right now."

"Really no need. If you cook, I'll turn around and leave right now." Wang Yan refused righteously, not giving her a chance to speak again, and continued, "I'm quite curious about what Director Zhao's house is like. Can I take a look?"

"What are you saying? Why not? Look as you please, treat it like your own home." Zhao Changyi laughed heartily and offered another cigarette.

Wang Yan didn't want it and looked around in the house. In the wing room, it was entirely a large Buddhist hall, with a dense pile of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and incense was still burning, even a bit choking. A small speaker was set up, playing Buddhist scriptures. The main room was much simpler. The old couple slept in one room, and the other room was vacant, with some fishing gear. There were traces of cooking in the kitchen, and he even saw millet porridge. It was clear that it was cooked this morning.

An air conditioner was installed in the house, and there was a large 70-inch LCD TV. It was also very clean, and the smell in the house, with the flow of the cross-breeze and the sandalwood incense lit in the house, was also quite comfortable.

After strolling around, under the enthusiastic greeting of the village director's wife, Wang Yan and Zhao Jiwei sat in the pavilion and ate watermelon.

Wang Yan asked with a smile: "Auntie, I see so many Buddha statues in that wing room. Do you believe in Buddhism?"

"Hey, I don't believe in it either. I just burn incense and chant scriptures every day, seeking peace of mind. Besides, there's something to do. Now that I'm old, the children are one more capable than the other, and I have nothing to do. I just take care of these flowers every day and pray for blessings and safety for the children."

"So that's it." Wang Yan nodded and said, "I've been visiting in our village for several days, and they told me that the children of the village director's family are the most capable, all big bosses. When I asked for specifics, they couldn't answer. I don't know what the situation is with your children?"

Zhao Changyi looked gratified: "We have two sons and two daughters. The eldest son opened an engineering company, taking on jobs from those big real estate companies. In recent years, life has improved. In the early years, all the young and old in the village worked for my son."

"The second son opened a restaurant. There are several chain 'Changle Restaurants' in our city; that's what he opened. The two daughters are also not bad, following their husbands to help my two sons."

"Now I have nothing to do. You saw the fishing rod in the west room, right? When I have nothing to do, I go out fishing. The old lady worships Buddha at home, and life is comfortable."

"Then they are really big bosses. They must have assets of tens of millions or hundreds of millions, right? You gave birth to good children and educated them well."

"Where, it's just catching up with good times; we have to thank the country. Now that every industry is not so prosperous, they are also worried every day."

"That's true. Everything has difficulties, but it's still much better than us wage earners who earn a few thousand a month."

"Officer Wang is just low-key." Zhao Changyi was a heavy smoker; he rarely smoked, just liked to hold it in his mouth, but this time he seemed like an old farmer, taking a long puff.

Puffing out smoke slowly, he asked: "Officer Wang, do you have any tasks for this door-to-door visit? I didn't receive any notice from above."

"What tasks could there be? We are both new police officers at the Balihe Police Station, assigned to community work by the Station Chief. The veteran police officers who lead us are too busy to spare time, so they let us two come out and stroll around ourselves. To use your words, we are young people who don't know how to work. With no other way, we just visit door-to-door to understand the actual situation of the residents in the jurisdiction. Now it seems that the work hasn't been done well. Our path is shallow, and we were fooled by them."

"Look, it's still my fault. If I had come back earlier, how could the two officers have spent so much effort? Not to mention how many wrong paths were walked after visiting so many households, and I didn't hear the real situation. And since there are no task requirements, I don't think it's necessary to visit. Young people should save their energy, otherwise, you'll have regrets. Officer Wang, if you want to know anything in the future, just ask me directly. No need to visit one by one, and save them from talking nonsense."

"I think young people should do more work; they have good bodies and enough energy. Since I've already visited door-to-door, I've already visited half of Dongning Village, so no matter what, I have to continue to finish it. It's just to understand the situation roughly, and it'll be almost done in another seven or eight days. Oh, right, Director Zhao, I have something to ask you."

"You say."

Wang Yan said: "A few days ago, I visited a family named Zhao Xianming, and there was a kid who was quite pitiful, called Zhao Zilong. But Zhao Zilong wasn't at home. Zhao Xianming told me that their two families were related. You are also surnamed Zhao; are you related to them?"

"That must be a bit, but it can't be counted as close, and even less as far. In the village, it's all like this. There are five big surnames in our Dongning Village: Zhao, Kong, Zhang, Xu, and Liu. If these five families want to climb relatives, they can definitely climb them. Later, life improved, and many people sold the houses here to outsiders and moved into apartments, which is why there are dozens of surnames in the village with hundreds of households now."

Wang Yan nodded, chatted about this and that for a few more sentences, and proposed to leave.

Zhao Changyi tried to keep them a few times and said: "Officer Wang, listen to me, why be so tired? Isn't it good to rest? These two are membership cards for Changle Restaurant. The two officers have worked hard for the people's work. I represent our Dongning Village and thank the two officers for solving problems for us. You must accept them. They are all our own restaurants, very affordable, and serve authentic Lu cuisine. You should taste more and give some opinions."

"Hey, Director Zhao, if you do this, I'll turn on the law enforcement recorder."

Looking at Zhao Changyi's awkward appearance, Wang Yan waved his hand and said, "We two are just visiting normally; there's really no other meaning. Besides, we are two small policemen; what can we accomplish? It's just to understand the situation on the spot. You know about Dong Nianfeng in your village a few days ago, right? That was us two bumping into it; otherwise, if we waited for him to destroy the corpse and eliminate the traces, how much difficulty would it cause our work? Then there's petitioning; I don't need to tell you how serious this problem is."

"We visit once, and those who do evil don't dare to move around. You know about the child loss in our village two months ago. The method is a stupid method, but the safety of the people's lives and property, we two people's police must definitely put in the first place. Even if they might not tell us the truth, we still have to walk the path that should be walked."

"It's not just visiting our Dongning Village; we have to visit the entire jurisdiction of nearly 130,000 people, whether it's residential or commercial. This work won't be finished in a year or half a year. This is my phone number, WeChat is the same number. If there is a situation, contact me at any time. For small things, send a WeChat; for big things, call. If you can't get through, send a text message. Alright, Director Zhao, you and your wife stay; we two have to hurry to the next household, no need to see us off..."

Saying no need to see them off, but in fact, Zhao Changyi still pulled his wife and sent the two to the intersection, watching them walk away together, before going back.

Looking back, Zhao Jiwei said: "Brother Yan, I feel this Zhao Changyi definitely has a problem. Just now I saw it; his wife was playing with the bracelet all the time. You said when he was messing around, his wife's bracelet playing stopped for a moment. And he gave us membership cards. We are just small policemen; you say he can give us cards, so how could those officials be less?"

"Just these two things, I estimate that the other statements are definitely true. Breaking people's legs and driving people out of the village—this kind of thing wouldn't cause any waves twenty years ago. There must be someone covering it; otherwise, for someone like this, he would have been inside long ago. Brother Yan, let's think of a way, collect some evidence, and handle him?"

Wang Yan laughed. The silly kid's courage was really big. He laughed and said: "Handle him just by saying handle him? You know people have connections, and you also know we are just small policemen, yet you are shouting to handle people? Have you lived enough? If it's not handled well, people will really die."

"Then we can't just watch like this?"

"Otherwise? What can we do? Calculated by the apparent assets of his two sons, if we secretly investigate him, it must be the district leaders who speak, and it's possible that even municipal leaders have people. Don't treat the village director as not a cadre; his ability is really big. And currently, he shouldn't bully ordinary people anymore; otherwise, would the people in the village dare to talk nonsense?"

"He is corrupt and bribes—that's the business of the discipline inspection. He cuts corners in business, or colludes in bidding—that's the business of industry and commerce. Only when we involve his criminal clues is it the business of us police. He can reveal it himself, but you can't actively go up and touch it. Your shoulders aren't hard enough to bear the consequences of actively looking for trouble, understand?"

"The simplest thing is, after eleven o'clock here, there are many mud trucks coming and going. You say, is there one that is aimed at you? By then, the driver will be drunk driving, and he will be done after three or five years. Your parents will send the white-haired person to the black-haired person, and they will be in tears at home."

This Zhao Changyi just couldn't sit still. At first, he didn't take it seriously when he heard that the police were visiting. But three days, five days, seven or eight days, and there was no intention of leaving, which wasn't right, so he couldn't sit still either. Before coming, he must have inquired about Wang Yan's situation and personally met this small policeman to see what was going on.

A village director in a remote area can leave a legacy of harm to the village, not to mention a village like Dongning Village on the edge of the city. Controlling a village for twenty years, with manpower, material resources, and financial resources, if he puts his mind to it, he can really achieve some things. Just like what Zhao Changyi said, the eldest son opened a construction company, and the youngest son opened a chain restaurant. And a construction company, especially an early construction company, what it looks like, naturally goes without saying...

Wang Yan instructed: "You must not act on your own. I'm not scaring you. If you get involved, people will really die. It's not you watching others die, but you dying. That's not how you make a contribution."

Zhao Jiwei shivered and shook his head repeatedly: "Brother Yan, I listen to you. Whatever you say, I'll do."

"Do you feel the benefits of doing community work now?"

"What benefits? Contribution?"

"It's connections." Wang Yan shook his head, "Think about it, this Zhao Changyi, regardless of whether he is illegal or criminal, is a person who masters energy. Of course, a person like him, placed in our jurisdiction of nearly 130,000 people, is definitely rare. But there are many people who have ability and master certain resources. There might be lawyers, doctors, teachers, people from various government departments, people from various companies, and people who open small shops."

"They might not be leaders, not even deputy section level, just office staff who listen to orders and run errands. But if you can find a way to maintain a good relationship with them and use them all, then you have your own network of relationships. If you operate well, it's not impossible to pry them and influence our public security system, promoting your progress."

"Give them gifts? Send a circle?" Zhao Jiwei asked very directly.

"Use your brain, Comrade Jiwei. For example, we visited a household, and this family does decoration. It's an ordinary family, and they want to send their child to a key primary school in our jurisdiction, but they have no way. What to do?"

"Find the teachers we know? Help think of a way?"

"This is a method, but there's a high probability it's useless and can't be done. You should understand what this teacher needs and what the urgent problem is, and then start from this problem to find someone who can solve the problem. Human relationships are a circle. Maybe you finally find someone who happens to want to renovate their house but doesn't trust the decoration company. What is this called?"

"Resource integration?"

"It's a good word. To put it plainly, it's drilling. You act as the lubricant in the middle, connecting everyone together, letting them become the rolling balls of the bearing, and finally operating stably. Of course, this kind of thing is easy to say, but very difficult to do."

"Then what if you really run into such a person? Worrying about the child's schooling. What do you do?"

"Don't handle it." Wang Yan shook his head, "It's not that the child can't go to school, but that they want the child to go to a good school. These are two things. It's like the contrast between not having food to eat and wanting to eat meat after having food. I'm just telling you; it's best if you don't drill in this direction either."

"However, if we visit all the jurisdictions, as long as we are attentive, then in the future, except for work, all aspects of your life will basically be well-guaranteed. For example, if you buy a house in Ping'an City, you don't have to worry at all about whether you will be cheated, because you will definitely know which decoration company is the most honest and won't cheat you."

"Of course, from a normal perspective, we are people in the public office, and many problems can be solved by directly finding the Station Chief or veteran police officers. But that is other people's help, which is different from the sincerity you exchange for sincerity by visiting the masses yourself."

Zhao Jiwei nodded and asked strangely: "I just don't understand, how come you know so much?"

"My parents died early, and I struggled on my own. How can I not know?"

Zhao Jiwei had nothing to say; it was very reasonable...

Returning to the car all the way, seeing Wang Yan take out his thermos to drink tea and take out his phone, Zhao Jiwei remembered the big thing: "Brother Yan, what contribution did we make?"

Ignoring him, Wang Yan still called Zhang Zhijie.

"Wang Yan, any situation?" Zhang Zhijie was already very familiar with Wang Yan's style; he didn't return to the station during the day and didn't call during the day if there was nothing.

"Brother Zhang, just now I visited Xu Dongjian's house with Jiwei, and I found that his son Xu Zining might be using drugs."

"What? Another one discovered? Is it reliable?" Although he was prepared, when Wang Yan said it, Zhang Zhijie in the police station couldn't help but exclaim.

Drug users are easy to catch but also difficult to catch, because these people have occasions for drug use. The police might be chasing some clues and find such places, or people who distribute goods, and might not catch them temporarily, but the identity information of various people has long been mastered clearly. This is easy to catch.

It is difficult to catch because, except for people with deep viruses who have external characteristics, such as drug sores, mental disorders, etc., they look like normal people at other times. If they are not smelled by police dogs right after taking drugs, it is difficult to identify them, and they can only be caught for testing.

Who is Wang Yan? He can see it directly. Careful observation ability, combined with superb medical skills, a 'look' can discover the abnormalities in other people's bodies. The harm of drugs to the body and spirit is unquestionable and cannot escape the eyes of Wang Mou.

"Like last time, I think this kid might be taking 'Ma Gu.' This kind of drug has a relatively small effect on the body, but the stimulation to the spirit is very powerful."

"Alright, I know. I'll go report to the Station Chief right away. Any other situation?"

"Just now, the village director of Dongning Village, Zhao Changyi, came back, and we went to his house to sit for a while. He tried to make us leave in his words. The rumors I learned in these two days might be a bit exaggerated, but even if it's only one percent true, it's enough for this old guy to sit in prison until he dies. And I directly asked him face-to-face to test him, and his reaction proved that it was all true. Regarding his situation, does our station, branch bureau, or municipal bureau have any mastery?"

After being silent for a while, Zhang Zhijie said: "This kind of thing is the business of the above; don't worry about it. Visit as you should, but don't provoke him. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understand, don't worry, Brother Zhang. Our shoulders are small, so we definitely won't look for death. Then there's nothing else, hanging up."

Zhang Zhijie, who had already been startled to stand up, let out a long breath, put his phone into his pocket, and pulled Station Chief Wang, who was with the service comrades, upstairs to the station chief's office.

"What's the matter? So serious?" Wang Shouyi was confused.

"Wang Yan discovered another drug user, a kid named Xu Zining in Dongning Village."

"This is a good thing. Is it confirmed?"

"Wang Yan said he has the same certainty as last time, and also judged that it might be taking 'Ma Gu'."

"This brat is really amazing. How many days has it been, and he has made so many contributions." Wang Shouyi laughed heartily. His subordinates are capable, so his contributions are not lacking at all. "Anything else?"

"He said he met the village director of Dongning Village, Zhao Changyi, today, and went to Zhao Changyi's house to sit with Zhao Jiwei. That's not all; he also took some rumors he learned and asked him face-to-face, and told me that looking at Zhao Changyi's reaction, he confirmed it was true, and asked me if we have any mastery of their situation."

Wang Shouyi's smiling face sank and became serious: "No other situation, right?"

"No, I told him to continue visiting and not to provoke Zhao Changyi."

After being silent for a while, Wang Shouyi suddenly laughed again: "It seems that Wang Yan's mass visiting work is done very well, scaring even the guilty ones back. Alright, no need to be so serious; the problem is not big."

"He has a sense of proportion, no need to worry. After observing for these few days, he is different from the 'newborn calves not afraid of tigers' like Li Dawei and Zhao Jiwei. He dares to say it face-to-face, which shows he is not afraid. When he comes back, I'll chat with him. Alright, no big deal. I'll call the anti-drug side now and tell them about Xu Zining."

Zhang Zhijie nodded and turned to leave to continue working.

Wang Shouyi shook his head and laughed, took out his phone, and started making calls...

Watching Wang Yan put down the phone and drink tea with his thermos, Zhao Jiwei remembered: "Brother Yan, I look at that kid and he looks quite normal. How did you see it?"

"My family's medical skills. Looking at his complexion, his eyes are empty, his spirit is unstable, and his hands have habitual tremors. His psychology and spirit must have some problems, and he looks like a little thug."

"And I don't know if you noticed, although Hou Guifen said her son is not promising, she didn't say her son wasted the family's money. He must be involved in some petty theft. Such a person, even if he doesn't take drugs, it's no problem to catch him and lock him up for half a month, and it's not impossible to be sentenced."

"Awesome!"

Zhao Jiwei didn't know what to say; 'awesome' was enough. Anyway, he discovered it together, and even if the contribution wasn't fifty percent, it had to be ten percent. The report should be written like this: 'Balihe Police Station police officers Wang Yan and Zhao Jiwei, in the process of visiting the masses, with super observation ability and decisive judgment, determined that Dongning Village resident Xu Zining had drug-taking behavior...'

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"Comrade Jiwei has a bright future." Wang Yan noticed Zhao Jiwei's change in mentality and patted the little brother's shoulder with satisfaction.

There are many ways to make progress. Lying down and firmly following Wang Yan's footsteps is undoubtedly the most stable and comfortable one. Comrade Jiwei is on the right path.

Just at this time, Wang Yan's newly configured phone for work rang. He answered the phone: "Hello, I'm Wang Yan."

"Little Wang, I'm Liu Fuzhen, remember me, right?"

Wang Yan matched an old lady who talked a lot but whose brain wasn't muddled in his mind: "Remember, Auntie, what's wrong?"

"You're in our village, right?"

"Yes, I'll be here for another week."

"Then come to my house. Someone is selling things in my house, saying it's good for the body, but I'm not sure. I thought you were a college student and knew a lot, so come and take a look for me."

Wang Yan laughed again and responded with a smile: "Alright, Auntie, I'll be there in five minutes. Don't let them leave."

"Don't worry. If it's good, I'll buy twenty thousand. Hurry up and come; I'm hanging up."

Hanging up the phone, Wang Yan shifted gears and drove away directly. The old lady lived on the other side, and it would take a while to walk there.

"You're quite lucky."

Zhao Jiwei was confused: "What's wrong?"

"There's a door-to-door health product seller who was kept by the auntie who just called me. Is there any need to think about this kind of thing? It's definitely a scam. They get some messy things that won't kill people, and they dare to ask for tens of thousands. If we catch them all, isn't that another contribution?"

"Really good." Zhao Jiwei laughed foolishly, "I feel it's better to do community work now. The contributions are all rushing toward us. Handle them, must handle them. But Brother Yan, do we need to call the station?"

"No need. After catching people in a while, take them back directly for interrogation. At most, there are two people; it's easy to handle."

Saying so, he brought Zhao Jiwei, who was excited because he could put handcuffs on people, and quickly drove to the intersection not far from Liu Fuzhen's house, got out of the car and walked into the alley. After a few steps, he arrived at the old lady's house.

Giving Zhao Jiwei an instruction, Wang Yan turned on the law enforcement recorder on his chest, knocked on the large iron gate loudly as usual, and then walked straight toward the house.

Coming into the house, the scene was very awkward.

Liu Fuzhen, the old lady, was in control, shaking a cattail fan to fan the grandson who was eating candy. This was an ordinary family. The old lady had three sons and three daughters, and her husband had died. She was living with her second son. The second son was seen by Wang Yan—a worker in the factory, simple and filial. The old lady had a good mentality and was happy all day.

The awkward ones were, of course, not the old lady, but the two people in the house who almost jumped up from the plastic stools. One was an older man, wearing a long-sleeved white shirt in the hot summer, wearing a tie, suit trousers and leather shoes, with his hair combed back, looking very spirited. The other was a younger woman, wearing a tight skirt and black silk stockings, with her long hair coiled behind her head, and her face had been 'decorated'—Wang Yan estimated that if he touched it, it would fall off.

"You're here, Little Wang. It's them. They want to sell me this 'pill' or something, saying it can lower blood pressure, blood lipids, and blood sugar, and can also repair the body's cells—that is, it can let me live a few more years. You see if it's true?"

The older man's forehead already had a layer of fine sweat, and the younger woman's face started to turn red; that was the anxiety of nervousness.

The man hurriedly said: "That, Auntie, two police officers, this is an experience pack, free of charge. Now that the things have been delivered, we won't disturb you anymore."

After speaking, before the woman reacted, he lowered his head and wanted to walk out.

But in the man's despair, Wang Yan stretched out his palm and pressed on his shoulder, pushing him back: "Don't rush, let me see first."

After speaking, leaving Zhao Jiwei to guard the door, he walked over and smiled at the child who was sitting there honestly, then

Wang Yan was amused again, and he responded with a chuckle: "Alright, ma'am, I'll be there in five minutes. Don't let them leave."

"Don't worry, if it's good, I'll buy twenty thousand worth. You hurry over, I'm hanging up now."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Yan shifted gears and drove away directly. This old lady lived on the other side, and it would take a while to walk there.

"You kid have good luck."

Zhao Jiwei was confused: "What's wrong?"

"There's someone selling health supplements door-to-door who has been held back by the old lady who just called me. Does this kind of thing even need thinking about? It's definitely a money scam. They get some messy stuff that won't kill anyone and dare to ask for tens of thousands. If we catch them all, wouldn't that be another merit?"

"That's great." Zhao Jiwei giggled foolishly, "I feel like doing community work is better now; the merits are throwing themselves at us. Bust them, we must bust them. But Brother Yan, should we call the station?"

"No need, we'll catch them in a bit and take them back for interrogation directly. At most, it's just two people, we can handle it easily."

Saying this, he took Zhao Jiwei, who was excited about being able to handcuff someone, and soon drove to an intersection not far from Liu Fuzhen's house. They got out of the car and walked into the alley. After just a few steps, they arrived at the old lady's home.

After giving Zhao Jiwei an instruction, Wang Yan turned on the body camera on his chest. As usual, he knocked on the big iron gate with a loud clatter before walking straight into the house.

Arriving inside the house, the scene was extremely awkward.

Old Lady Liu Fuzhen was in control of the situation, waving a cattail fan to fan her little grandson who was eating candy. This was just an ordinary family; the old lady had three sons and three daughters and had lost her husband. She was living with her second son, and the little grandson was born to her third son. He was only two years old, and since there was no one to watch him, he had been sent over. Wang Yan had met the second son; he was a factory worker, simple and filial. The old lady had a good mindset and was happy every day.

What was awkward was certainly not the old lady, but the two people in the room who had almost jumped off their plastic stools. An older man was wearing a long-sleeved white shirt in the hot weather, with a tie, dress pants, and leather shoes, his hair slicked back, looking quite spirited. A younger woman was wearing a tight skirt and black silk stockings, her long hair coiled at the back of her head. Her face had undergone a lot of "renovation"; Wang Yan estimated that if you touched it, it would crumble.

"You're here, Little Wang. It's them. They want to sell me this pill thing, saying that if I eat it, it will lower blood pressure, blood lipids, and blood sugar, and can also repair some kind of cells in the body, meaning it can let me live several years longer. You see if it's true?"

The older man's forehead already had a layer of fine sweat beads, and the younger woman's face had started to turn red; that was the nervousness of being uneasy.

The man hurriedly said: "Well, ma'am, two police officers, this is a trial pack, a free gift. Now that the items have been delivered, we won't disturb you any further."

After speaking, before the woman could react, he buried his head and tried to walk out.

But in the man's despair, Wang Yan reached out his palm and pressed it on his shoulder, pushing him back: "Don't be in such a hurry, let me take a look first."

After speaking, he left Zhao Jiwei to guard the door. He walked over and smiled at the child sitting honestly there, then picked up a large packaging box on the table, which had "Nutritional Health Pill" written on it. This crappy name really didn't sound as good as his "Power Pill."

"Ma'am, tell me, how did they find you, and how did they sell this to you?"

Li Guizhen laughed: "Two days ago, I went to my youngest son's house. When I passed by RT-Mart, I wanted to buy something, and they were handing out flyers there. They said as long as you participate in the activity, they would give you two cartons of eggs. Look, it's that carton of free-range eggs on the table."

Pointing to the eggs wrapped in a red net on the table, she continued, "Didn't I go the next morning? It was inside that Galaxy Hotel. They rented a large auditorium and listened to some bird expert they found give a lecture, saying it was about human health... After the lecture, they made us line up to register our home addresses, saying they would give us a carton of eggs on the spot, and then they would arrange for people to visit our homes later and give us another carton of eggs.

Didn't they come today? They said this pill thing is a good thing. They are having an activity recently, buy five boxes and get one free, and there are other pills, that one there, also having an activity, buy three boxes and get one free. Anyway, in the end, they calculated that I should pay 28,800, and they would give me twelve boxes of this medicine. When you came a while ago, you mentioned something to me, and I also watch the news, which often says there are such scams, so I was a bit cautious and asked you to come over and take a look.

Little Wang, am I troubling you?"

"How could this be a trouble? On the contrary, if you had paid that 28,800, that would be the trouble. Look at this ingredient list, it's messy, making it impossible for people to understand. Let me look at the items..."

Wang Yan dismantled the luxurious packaging, tearing open the inner packaging layer by layer, took out a pill to look at, smelled it, crushed it, and tasted it.

He threw it into the old lady's trash can. While pulling out his thermos from his waist to drink water, he said: "It's just flour mixed with some saccharin and rolled into balls. Ma'am, your awareness of prevention is very good, you must keep it up in the future. If there are such people again, just call me, catch one for every one we find."

"Then I've also performed a merit, right?"

Zhao Jiwei was amused: "Definitely, ma'am, you must have performed a merit. We'll send you a silk banner later."

"No need, no need, reporting scammers is what I should do, these people are committing sins." The old lady was grinning from ear to ear, looking at the man and woman who looked like they were dying and wanted to argue but didn't dare to open their mouths. "Little Wang, how will they be sentenced?"

It wasn't that these two hadn't thought about speaking, but they had been scared back by Wang Yan. Glancing at them, Wang Yan shook his head and said: "Ma'am, this is hard to say. It depends on how many people are in their gang, how many people they scammed, and how much money they scammed; only then can they be convicted. And if the two of them cooperate actively and perform well, they can also be given lighter sentences; it's all uncertain. But don't worry, ma'am, when this case is over, I will come to tell you immediately and bring the silk banner to you."

"What silk banner, it's all what I should do, what I should do."

Although the old lady said so, that bright, scary look in her eyes couldn't deceive anyone; it was full of expectation.

Wang Yan didn't respond. He put the water cup back, took out his handcuffs, and handcuffed the man. Zhao Jiwei followed suit and handcuffed the woman. Wang Yan said: "Ma'am, then we'll be leaving, we'll go back and investigate properly, I have to take these things away."

"Those things weren't mine to begin with, it's just these eggs..."

"They are definitely yours, they delivered them to you, these are the eggs of victory."

"Hey, go, hurry up and interrogate, hurry up and sentence. You two perform well, don't add trouble to Little Wang. Such big people, why not do something good, instead of scamming ordinary people's money, committing sins. Go, Little Wang, you can't take so many things, right? I'll help you carry them."

"No need, ma'am, we can carry them. The child is so small, you can't leave him."

Wang Yan was quick and nimble. He hung several of the big pile of boxes on the hands of the man and woman who were handcuffed behind their backs, and he took a few himself. With Zhao Jiwei watching the two people, under the eager gaze of the old lady holding the child, they walked out just like that.

Wang Yan could be certain that this old lady would start visiting other people's homes immediately.

He pressed the two into the car. Because there was a woman, he didn't let Zhao Jiwei sit in the middle of the back seat to restrain the two, but instead sat in the passenger seat.

Wang Yan didn't dawdle either. He kept the body camera on the whole time, said nothing the whole way, and drove straight back to the backyard of the Balihe Police Station.

Li Dawei was smoking and chatting with an old police officer in the backyard. Seeing Wang Yan return in broad daylight, he curiously took two steps forward and asked the Wang Yan who was getting out of the car: "I say Brother Yan, what's the situation?"

"Go find Xia Jie or Sister Zou to come over. We caught two people selling health supplements, and there's a woman inside."

"Got it." Seeing Wang Yan pointing at the body camera, Li Dawei nimbly threw away his cigarette butt and ran inside. Not long after, Xia Jie, who also hadn't gone out on duty, ran out. Together with Zhao Jiwei, they escorted these two people into the underground detention room.

The Balihe Police Station was not small. It used to be a rural area, and later when the city expanded, it became part of the city. In line with the reform of the public security system, the configuration of this room and that room was quite complete.

Watching the people being escorted away, Wang Yan finally turned off the body camera. Regardless of whether he had law enforcement qualifications, turning on the camera whenever there was action was definitely not wrong.

Wang Shouyi also walked out at this time and asked: "What's the situation?"

"Selling health supplements. Look at these things in my car trunk, 28,800. I tasted it, it's just flour mixed with saccharin. Even with this, there aren't many pills in such a big box. Their minds are too dirty; it's already flour, why not give a little more."

"You're wrong about that, Wang Yan." The old police officer on the side laughed, "It's precisely because there's little that it seems precious."

"That's the logic."

Wang Yan looked at this old police officer. If it weren't for the fact that you kid have no official career, this line was meant for the station chief. You kid are competing to say it, look at Wang Shouyi's uncomfortable look of wanting to speak but stopping...

"Station Chief, arrange for someone to take over this case, I won't get involved. By the way, ask Jiwei again, if he wants to do it, let him follow up too."

"Are you arranging work for me? Why don't I let you be the station chief." Wang Shouyi glared and said unhappily, "You brat, come up with me."

Li Dawei's small eyes widened again. That was unbelievable schadenfreude. What did he see? Wang Yan was also going to be lectured? Just caught a health supplement scam, and was lectured?

It feels so good...

Wang Yan naturally knew what it was about. He followed Wang Shouyi upstairs. Sure enough, he heard this old brat say: "You have quite a lot of nerve, huh? Directly asking Zhao Zhangyi if he committed a crime?"

"Just bluffing to see the reaction, Station Chief. Don't worry, I won't cause trouble. We handle cases based on evidence. Here, if we can't catch their tail, we can't handle them; I know this. It's just to have a count in my heart. In case there's any case in the future that can match up, wouldn't that be handled directly? I estimate that they must have a few lives on their hands. As for rape and adultery, I think there should be no shortage either. These crimes are all on the same line."

"Aren't you afraid they'll deal with you? Your nerve is too big, too reckless."

"I've performed a merit, I have a commendation on me, and I haven't made any mistakes, so I'm not that easy to move. If they use underhanded means, that would be great. By following the people, we can handle them."

"Look at how capable you are. You, you must not act recklessly, and don't think about how we police are or aren't. As far as I know, there is an operation targeting him, it's just that I'm not qualified to know the details. Just keep this in mind, don't spread it, don't tell anyone, and especially don't act privately. Do you hear me?"

"Don't worry, Station Chief, I've also warned Zhao Jiwei, we both know the severity." Wang Yan stood at attention, his face serious.

"Your visiting work is indeed done well. I have already reported the Xu Zining you mentioned to the Anti-Drug Brigade, you don't need to worry about the rest, and keep an eye on Zhao Jiwei for me too. Our brothers in anti-drug are much more dangerous than us. If you just flap your lips here, our brothers and comrades over there might sacrifice themselves because of it."

"Yes, Station Chief, I guarantee not a single detail will be missed."

"You brat, get out..."