Chapter 315: A Repentant Youth

"Get up, everyone get up!" Dai Hongwei's eyes were a bit moist as he took the banner handed over by the old man. Embroidered on it were the eight characters: "Tied to the hearts of the people, grace as heavy as a mountain."

These hands of Dai Hongwei had fought against countless fierce bandits holding lethal weapons and had always been as steady as Mount Tai, but at this moment, holding the banner, they were actually trembling slightly.

"Attention, salute!"

In such an occasion, if it were any other leader, they would certainly speak impassionedly with some scene-setting words, but Dai Hongwei was a bit unqualified as a leader. He didn't want to say anything, believing that no matter how much he said, it wouldn't be as meaningful as doing his job well and being worthy of the ordinary people.

"Slap!"

Dozens of police officers stood straight, stood at attention, raised their right hands, and saluted solemnly.

Liu Feng and Er Pang didn't go home all night, just found a small inn and squeezed onto a bed for half the night.

After waking up, the two bought four steamed buns, barely filling their stomachs with two each, and then wandered around aimlessly, walking to the entrance of the police station without knowing it, and then saw the scene that was unfolding.

Liu Feng had been watching in a daze, and it wasn't until the people had left one by one that he came back to his senses. Then he took out a cigarette, lit it, squatted by the side of the road at the entrance of the police station, and smoked it puff by puff in silence.

Er Pang also squatted down, snatched the cigarette from Liu Feng's mouth, put it in his mouth without any hesitation, took a puff, and then returned it to Liu Feng.

"Thinking about what?"

Liu Feng said softly: "Many people walk around us. Do you think we are very majestic, and that everyone is so afraid of us?"

"Right!" Er Pang nodded as a matter of course.

Liu Feng's young face revealed a self-deprecating smile: "I used to think so too, but now I understand. Fear might be a little bit of it, but there should be more disgust and disdain, right?"

"If one day, I become the second Zhao Jianlong, on the day I am shot, will the fireworks of celebration from last night be set off again for my death? Will the scene that happened here today happen again?"

Speaking of this, Liu Feng's expression became very desolate: "The current me, except for my mother who still loves me, even my sister is very disgusted with me. If I really become the second Zhao Jianlong, tell me, what will be left of me in the end?"

Er Pang pondered for a long while before saying: "You will still have me."

Liu Feng was stunned, then burst into laughter, and hugged Er Pang's shoulder forcefully: "Good brother!"

Liu Feng stood up and threw the cigarette butt on the ground, crushing it fiercely: "Go back and tell my mother that I have come to surrender. No matter how serious the consequences are, I will bear them. When I come out, I will return the obedient and excellent son from a few years ago to her."

After speaking, Liu Feng walked into the main gate of the city bureau without hesitation.

"Eliminate violence and bring peace, serve the people!"

"Sword of justice, the people's backing!"

"People's guardians, serving the people wholeheartedly!"

"..."

More than twenty banners were laid out neatly and properly on the ground, and dozens of police officers were watching.

Dai Hongwei said: "See that? This is the will of the people. Did we do anything extra? No, eliminating harm for the people and cracking down on crime is our basic job."

"But now, we only did the work we were supposed to do, yet we received such gratitude from the ordinary people. What does this explain? It explains that our basic work was not done well, not done in place; this is our dereliction of duty."

Speaking of this, Dai Hongwei scanned the circle, "I am ashamed of the police uniform I wear, and even more ashamed of the elders and fellow villagers of Jiangzhou. From today on, I will strictly grasp team building, rectify the style of work and discipline, strengthen service awareness, and fiercely grasp and strike at illegal and criminal acts..."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Dai Hongwei held a meeting to rectify the style of work and discipline. Originally, everyone was very excited, but in an instant, the atmosphere became serious.

"Alright, each of your departments take two of these banners and hang them on the wall. But everyone must understand, this is not an honor, but a spur from the elders of Jiangzhou to us."

"When we feel tired, feel anxious, feel pressure, look back at the words on these banners. Loyal to duty, serving the people. Upright and uncorrupted, enforcing the law like a mountain... I think, at this time, our bodies will definitely be full of strength."

"Alright!" Dai Hongwei waved his hand, "That's all for now, let's disperse."

"Hmm?" When everyone was holding the banners and turning to leave, someone finally discovered a teenager standing at the door, and his face was still injured.

"Little comrade, what are you doing here? Is something the matter?" A female police officer stepped forward and asked.

Liu Feng said: "I am here to surrender."

Dai Hongwei was about to leave, but noticed the situation at the door and stopped his steps again, then heard Liu Feng say he was here to surrender, and turned to walk over.

"What happened?"

Liu Feng said: "I was an organizer of the fight last night. Also, half a year ago, Zhang Laobie from the garment factory was put in a sack and beaten up; I was the one who..."

Dai Hongwei listened quietly. Except for the fight last night which caused a relatively big commotion, in Dai Hongwei's view, the other things Liu Feng confessed were all trivial matters.

Dai Hongwei looked at Liu Feng. Usually, these problematic teenagers were all defiant, and even when facing the police, they were unruly and didn't know what fear was. Expecting them to recognize their mistakes and run over to surrender was like the sun rising in the west.

But unexpectedly, today the sun really did rise in the west. Dai Hongwei had no interest in the illegal acts of this teenager in front of him, but was more curious about why he would come to surrender.

"Why did you think of surrendering?"

Liu Feng said: "I have always wanted to become the second Zhao Jianlong, but yesterday he was shot, and I don't know how many people set off firecrackers and fireworks to celebrate. Just now, when I passed by here and saw so many people sending banners to you, I suddenly realized that I am just a clown..."

Many police officers gathered around, listening to the pouring out of this problematic teenager, and couldn't help but be moved.

"Those people who avoided me and walked around, it wasn't necessarily because they were afraid of me; there should be more disgust and disdain... Thinking about the rebellion of these past few years, except for my mother who still loves me, even my sister hasn't given me a good look..."

A trace of a smile appeared on Dai Hongwei's face. The propaganda of Zhao Jianlong being shot had already shown its effect, which made him very gratified; he hadn't been busy in vain.

"You said you want to return the obedient and excellent son from a few years ago to your mother, is that true?"

"Yes!" Liu Feng said affirmatively: "Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to surrender."

Dai Hongwei pondered for a moment. The things this child did didn't count as anything. Regarding last night's incident, he had also heard the report from below; most of them were skin injuries. One was injured relatively heavily, but there was no life danger.

Therefore, he wanted to plan it out and use this repentant teenager as a positive example to promote him well; it would be much more meaningful than sending him to a juvenile detention center for a few years.

Liu Feng didn't know that his decision at this moment would change his life. ===== CHAPTER 316 =====