Chapter 197: Overpowering the Whole Crowd

When she heard the rude term "crazy old woman", Huang Suying realized she had fallen for Kang Shaoxiong's trick again—getting tricked once a year, each time different.

Huang Suying stood up and grabbed the knife.

Kang Shaoxiong immediately hid the knife behind his back with a backhand: "Crazy old woman, don't refuse a toast only to drink a penalty!"

"Since there's no justice in this world, living is pointless—I'm going to find my late husband!" Huang Suying, tears clouding her eyes, picked up a plate and slammed it hard.

The plate shattered on impact, leaving a shard in her hand.

At the instant Huang Suying was about to slash her neck, Li Hengbo leapt up, seized her right arm, and wrested the shard from her hand.

"Who are you? Let go of me!"

Huang Suying struggled desperately, but in the end her old age left her weak.

Li Hengbo easily took the shard from her hand: "Auntie, life is precious, love even more so! I support you in seeking your late husband, but you can't die here."

"Staff? Are they all dead? Hurry up and throw this crazy woman out!"

Kang Shaoxiong bellowed at the attendant by the door.

The two attendants no longer dared to watch; they hurriedly used a pull-and-drag technique to haul Huang Suying outside.

Huang Suying wept despairingly: "My husband died under mysterious circumstances—am I wrong to seek an explanation? You lot, who devour people without spitting out bones, will surely meet karmic retribution..."

She was right—heaven's way turns, and retribution is inevitable.

"Let her go!"

In the next second, Lin Dongfan arrived at the scene.

His angry shout rang deafeningly!

An attendant stared blankly and asked: "Who are you?"

"Look closely!"

Lin Dongfan flashed his work ID; the attendant took a close look, saw it was the Section Chief, broke out in a cold sweat on the spot, and hastily released Huang Suying.

Huang Suying eagerly grabbed Lin Dongfan's hand: "Section Chief Lin, my husband truly died unjustly—you must decide for me..."

"Auntie, don't rush—first find a seat, I'll handle the rest."

Lin Dongfan soothed Huang Suying's emotions.

He stepped into the private room.

I didn't expect Li Hengbo to be here too—what a trouble‑maker; wherever there's tragedy, he shows up.

Lin Dongfan ignored Li Hengbo and shifted his gaze to Kang Shaoxiong.

At first sight, this Deputy Director Kang was more stout than he imagined—big head, thick neck, and on the table sat a chamber pot still glazed with urine; damn disgusting.

"Your build must be at least 150 pounds—bullying a sixty‑year‑old auntie, aren't you afraid King Yama will drag you to the eighteenth level of hell to experience life?!"

Saying that, Lin Dongfan pulled out a chair and sat opposite Kang Shaoxiong.

He narrowed his eyes, expression solemn.

He coldly stared at Kang Shaoxiong opposite him.

Kang Shaoxiong also coldly stared at Lin Dongfan, not expecting this kid to be so handsome: "Today I really saw a ghost—my weight, the old auntie's age, the number of hell's layers—when these three numbers are mixed together, is there a karmic link from his mother's side or his grandfather's side? Please, this newly arrived Section Chief, explain."

"I've been wondering too."

Lin Dongfan lit a cigarette.

He slowly, smoothly asked with a smile: "The former Section Chief, after being transferred out of the Investigation Division, though promoted to Deputy Director, now oversees a functional department that does not include the Investigation Division. On what basis does he block the new Section Chief from reinvestigating the Song Wen Case? Is this authority granted by his mother or his grandfather?"

"!!!"

Kang Shaoxiong's face instantly darkened—he clearly hadn't expected Lin Dongfan to openly draw his sword.

The on‑scene standoff atmosphere instantly tightened to the extreme.

Kang Shaoxiong glanced at the crystal ashtray before him, as if hearing the devil inside him summon: "Start fighting—hit him! Hit his mother! ……"

The devil was indeed impulsive.

"I'm a bureaucrat drone!"

"Never fall into demonhood!"

Kang Shaoxiong lit a Zhonghua cigarette, took two puffs, and finally suppressed his impulsive urges.

"I heard you dig up ancestors' graves and tear down houses in Nanzhou, wherever you go you act like a crab. No matter how powerful you are in Nanzhou, once you're in Jingcheng I advise you to fix your bad habit of walking sideways. Your father‑in‑law may climb fast, but he can't control Jingcheng affairs—here nobody will indulge you."

"So, you're warning me?"

"You've been transferred to the General Bureau for over half a month; not coming to tea with me I can understand, and you yourself just said I'm not your supervising leader. But you opened my case without greeting me, kid—you've overstepped, got it? I scold Peng Tianhua but not you; that's to save you some face."

"What if I insist on overturning the case?"

"I don't think you'd be that stupid—look, this is a teapot once used by the Qianlong Emperor. If you insist it's a chamber pot, you're clueless; you'd only be allowed to sit at the children's table when eating."

"The patriarch who called a deer a horse seems to have been a dead eunuch, ending badly."

"Considering we serve the same dynasty, I've patiently tried to teach you how to be a person, yet you insult me as a eunuch and curse me to a bad end—this really makes it hard for me not to get angry."

Kang Shaoxiong rose and rolled up his sleeve.

With his right hand he seized the crystal ashtray in front, left hand gesturing like summoning spirits, he waved twice at Lin Dongfan: "Come on, come on, stick your head out—let's see if I smack you or not."

Lin Dongfan calmly stayed seated: "I've trained for this, and I have bodyguards—don't believe me? Ask Xiao Li Zi, who's known pain. I advise you to return to the reserved seat for the old, weak, sick, and disabled; don't rashly stand up pretending to be the tough guy of Copper Luo Bay."

Hearing that, Li Hengbo, who had been watching from the side, turned black‑faced, feeling he'd been slighted.

Damn it!

I haven't even farted, just sitting here watching, and I could still get shot?

You're the little Li!

Your whole family are little Lis!

Li Hengbo seethed, gave a sideways glance, and muttered inwardly: "Lin Dongfan you bastard, I'll eventually snap you with a rubber band into a real eunuch..."

His anger had not yet subsided.

Lin Dongfan suddenly shot another piercing gaze: "Little Li, I know you're cursing me, but it's fine—I'm in a good mood today, I won't stoop to your level. Hurry up, use your fully honed three‑inch silver tongue to urge the person opposite to calm down and quickly return to the seat reserved for the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled."

「！！！」

Li Hengbo's forehead bulged with a black line of anger, his facial muscles trembling slightly.

Licking skill top‑notch!

Isn't this just mocking me for having licked Gaolu?

Li Hengbo swallowed a mouthful of anger, then provoked Kang Shaoxiong: "Chief Kang, that ashtray probably weighs two or three catties; holding it still must tire your hand. If you don't dare smash it, just hand it to me."

"Sure, you come."

Kang Shaoxiong placed the ashtray on the turntable and gently turned it.

The crystal ashtray came to a stop in front of Li Hengbo.

In an instant, Li Hengbo's spirit seemed to petrify on the spot, a black line flashing on his forehead as he muttered: "How can a bureau chief be so shameless! You're tearing each other apart—what gives you the right to make me cannon fodder……"

He seethed in thought for a moment.

Li Hengbo turned the crystal ashtray to face Lin Dongfan.

He confidently threw a line at Lin Dongfan: "I like winning without fighting. You've practiced that, haven't you? If you've got the guts, show us an Iron Head Technique. If you can smash this ashtray, from now on I'll take my Yangguan Road and you'll cross your Naihe Bridge—I'll never block your way."

"Sigh, I overestimated your courage again."

Lin Dongfan shook his head regretfully.

He turned his gaze to the sullen Kang Shaoxiong, giving a faint smile: "Chief? Heh, since you don't dare smash it, remember this: you have no authority to interfere in the Song Wen suicide case."