Chapter 200: The Clueless Idiot

Li Hengbo possesses dual personalities.

Normally the first persona (the transmigrator) is in control; when emotions are in a state of hatred and anger, the second persona (the original owner) easily emerges and takes over.

Especially when the person standing opposite is the enemy Lin Dongfan, the probability of personality switching is extremely high.

At this very moment, the second persona awakens!

The true Li Hengbo, filled with hatred, makes his entrance!

As an outstanding graduate of a law major, he naturally knows just how foolish the act just committed by that idiot—the transmigrator persona—was.

These icy handcuffs on his hands are the consequence of his stupidity.

He's practically a legal illiterate!

He inherited part of the original owner's memories and, damn it, is still a legal illiterate! Damn, without even checking who Lin Dongfan is, he dared to commit perjury in his presence.

Fortunately...

The matter hasn't yet become unbearably serious.

The prerequisite for perjury to hold is that the case must already have been filed, entering the investigation, review and prosecution, or trial stage.

Currently at the police dispatch scene, the case has not yet been officially filed.

In other words, perjury cannot be established; it can only be handled under public security regulations—providing false testimony, falsely reporting the case, obstructing law enforcement! Detention for five to ten days would suffice for release.

To prevent the situation from escalating and causing irreversible serious consequences.

No matter what Lin Dongfan says, Li Hengbo now keeps his eyes shut; even though his anger wells up, he grits his teeth and holds it in, for he does not want Lin Dongfan to send him to prison.

By contrast, Kang Shaoxiong is not so calm.

As the police escorted him away from the scene, Kang Shaoxiong kept bellowing nonstop: "Lin Dongfan, I'll curse your mother! If you've got the guts, overturn the Song Wen case completely—I'll be waiting for you inside!"

The implication: whoever helps overturn the Song Wen case will end up unable to walk away.

Lin Dongfan shook his head and sighed.

He helped Song Wen's widow, Huang Suying, up from her chair: "Aunt Huang, let's go give a statement and see Deputy Chief Kang off on his final journey."

"Mm."

For three years, Huang Suying, who has been tirelessly seeking redress, has never felt as relieved as she does now.

She was so moved her eyes grew a little wet.

Although she knew nothing of Lin Dongfan's background, the fact that he could easily take down Kang Shaoxiong led her to believe that this Section Chief Lin was no ordinary person and could give her justice.

The party arrived at the police station and finished recording their statements.

Regarding Kang Shaoxiong's false accusation that Lin Dongfan injured someone, although it is true that he made the accusation, the attempt failed, resulting in no criminal liability for Lin Dongfan and no serious social impact.

The circumstances are not considered serious.

If the handling officers show a little leniency and Lin Dongfan also grants understanding, the matter could be resolved minorly and Kang Shaoxiong could avoid criminal punishment.

But Lao Jin dares not mediate.

He doesn't even dare to think about it.

Not to mention that Lin Dongfan has already said he'll give Kang Shaoxiong a "double regulation" package! The attitude of the superiors is also clear, demanding strict handling of Kang Shaoxiong's issue!

This time Kang Shaoxiong is truly a piece of meat on the chopping board; even the heavenly king and old father couldn't save him.

Evening.

Lao Jin personally escorted Kang Shaoxiong to the detention center.

On the way, Lao Jin kept Kang Shaoxiong company in the back seat, feeling sentimental: "Brother, this time it's truly not that I don't want to help you—it's that you provoked someone you shouldn't have."

"!!!"

The next stop is the detention center; Kang Shaoxiong's heart is already as dead as ashes, head bowed, unwilling to say another word, and he still can't figure out what background Lin Dongfan comes from.

Lao Jin added: "Lin Dongfan was transferred from Jianglan Province to your bureau, promoted two ranks at once, and upon arrival he reopened the Song Wen case—could there be no story behind that? You dare to provoke someone like him; let me say what I think of you."

"According to you, I've become cannon fodder in the upper‑level power struggle?" Kang Shaoxiong turned his head to glance at Lao Jin.

Lao Jin patiently analyzed: "The Gao family of Jianglan Province used Li Hengbo's desire for revenge, guiding him to find you, just so they could use your hands to suppress Lin Dongfan. In short, Li Hengbo is also a pawn. But that kid Li Hengbo is more composed than you, knows how to preserve himself; even when Lin Dongfan humiliates and provokes him, he can endure."

"So I'm just a huge idiot?"

Kang Shaoxiong gave a sideways glance, his eyes full of contempt.

Lao Jin frowned: "You smacked your own ashtray, ended up losing the chicken and gaining nothing but the rice, and landed yourself in jail. Only a top‑grade idiot could pull off something like this; an ordinary idiot couldn't."

"!!!"

Kang Shaoxiong endured the heart‑piercing pain of countless arrows; this grudge, impossible to repay, has become a mere memory—he only hates that back then he was "fucking awesome"! So bewildered… but it's pointless, in this lifetime he probably has no chance to turn things around.

In the five‑thousand‑year sweep of history, no cannon fodder has ever managed to turn the tables.

Kang Shaoxiong weakly asked: "For the sake of our brotherhood, could you arrange something? I'd like to meet Jia Yuzhang of the Sea Mining Group."

"Jia Yuzhang is one of the persons involved in the Song Wen case, and Lin Dongfan is staring at him with wide eyes." Lao Jin said: "If you really treat me as a brother, you shouldn't make this request."

"!!!"

Kang Shaoxiong's emotions plummeted into an abyss.

He forced himself to explain: "I want to see Jia Yuzhang, not to collude on testimony……"

"I know you're just unwilling to accept it, hoping to shave a few years off your sentence, but this is likely another case of losing the chicken and gaining nothing but the rice." In Lao Jin's view, Kang Shaoxiong now has only one path: obediently cooperate with Lin Dongfan, lay out all the details of how the Song Wen case was handled back then, and perhaps earn a merit award.

Thus Lao Jin reminded Kang Shaoxiong: "Lin Dongfan can take you down with a single phone call—what are you still resisting for? He who knows the times is a true hero."

"Lao Jin, are you not a clown sent by Lin Dongfan?" Kang Shaoxiong doubted: "How do you constantly boost others' morale while crushing my brother's prestige?"

"Indeed, honest words grate on the ears." Lao Jin furrowed his brow: "Damn it, I'm just bored as hell—knowing that good advice won't work on a dead man, what more can I say?"

"Can't you speak like a human?" Kang Shaoxiong, holding back the urge to hit someone, said: "After decades of brotherhood, you call me a dead man—if I say a couple nice things, will I die?"

"Sorry, I only speak human language, not ghost talk." Lao Jin lowered the car window, lit a cigarette, and added: "Now you can only resign yourself to fate."

"What gives me the right to resign myself to fate? Damn it!"

Kang Shaoxiong steeled himself and made the decision to resist to the end.

The current framing charge is not serious; even if handled strictly, it would be a prison term of less than three years. But if the Song Wen case admits guilt, who knows how many years they'd get.

He firmly believes one point—Jia Yuzhang of the Sea Mining Group definitely won't admit guilt either.

All his little thoughts couldn't escape Lao Jin's eyes; after decades of friendship, seeing him so improper, Lao Jin also felt utterly helpless.

Lao Jin sighed meaningfully: "He's surnamed Lin! Surnamed Lin!!!"

"What's with the Lin surname? Is it more noble than my Kang? Damn his mother!" Kang Shaoxiong not only failed to get Lao Jin's meaning, but his body shuddered and he shot a contemptuous glance.

This left Lao Jin feeling depressed and unable to complain.

Damn it, indeed fools bring their own disasters—let you destroy yourself!

There are certainly many people surnamed Lin in Jingcheng.

You idiot, don't you think? How many Lin-surnamed bigshots in the whole city could take you down with just one phone call?

I could figure this out, yet you still don't get it—you're truly ridiculous!

They brought out the tiger-head axe, and you actually stuck your neck out voluntarily.

If you don't die, that would truly be a miracle!