Chapter 763: If You

In Songhai, no police officer would dare speak to the Chief of the General Team in that tone.

Yu Dazhang wasn’t asking for a reason—he was directly challenging him.

This seemingly slick fat man was, at his core, extremely stubborn; on matters of principle, he allowed no compromise.

“You’ve misunderstood.”

The Chief naturally heard his anger, but didn’t get angry—instead, he explained:

“I’m not stopping you from moving against Zhou Dong—I’m saying you can’t move against him at all. You don’t know his identity.”

Identity? Hearing that word, Yu Dazhang grew even angrier.

Playing the privilege card?

What identity could a businessman possibly have? In other words, his so-called identity was bought with money.

At this point, Yu Dazhang was fully fired up, his voice growing colder:

“What’s his identity?”

The Chief had originally not wanted to discuss this over the phone, but now he had no choice—if he didn’t speak, the fat man on the other end might do something reckless.

He was familiar with Yu Dazhang’s record—he knew this was a man who dared break conventions and challenge rules.

The system’s usual tactics of intimidation through power simply didn’t work on this fat man.

“A delegate to the Songhai Municipal People’s Congress.”

The Chief spoke calmly, his tone tinged with resignation, but mostly with helplessness.

“This…”

Yu Dazhang hadn’t expected Zhou Dong to have such a status.

He also realized he had misjudged the Chief.

Because of this status, Zhou Dong could not be arrested directly.

In China, anyone—including police—arresting a People’s Congress delegate is a very serious crime.

Even if you accidentally arrested one, a judge couldn’t try him—you couldn’t arrest him, and you couldn’t prosecute him.

What if he was caught committing murder or arson?

In such cases, police could intervene to stop him, but still could not arrest him—only temporarily request his cooperation in the investigation; direct detention was absolutely forbidden.

Why was this so?

Because the position of People’s Congress delegate is extremely dangerous.

Every year, they propose legislation to the state, but these proposals inevitably offend many individuals or groups.

So sometimes, people use all kinds of methods to frame them and block their proposals.

Therefore, to prevent retaliation, no one may take action against them—no matter what crime they commit—without the approval of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress.

In short, People’s Congress delegates are the foundation of the state—simple as that.

“Enough, stop with all this ‘this’ and ‘that.’”

The Chief urged,

“Focus on the case. Leave the rest to me—if Zhou Dong truly broke the law, I’ll initiate special procedures to get approval from the local People’s Congress Standing Committee.”

Everything must be done according to law—the police are no exception.

“I understand.” Yu Dazhang replied immediately:

“I’ll gather evidence as soon as possible.”

The situation was now clear: arresting Lu Kongxin meant the mission was accomplished; staying here was pointless.

Moreover, Yu Dazhang still hadn’t found any evidence linking Zhou Dong to the crime.

After ending the call, he raised his hand and waved at the officers watching him expectantly:

“Stand down.”

“Wait!” Commander Xu blocked his path immediately, then lowered his voice:

“What’s going on? Why call off the operation? Clearly Lu Kongxin isn’t the mastermind—he doesn’t have the financial means. Is it because of that phone call?”

He glared at Yu Dazhang, as if struggling to suppress his emotions.

What kind of look is that? Yu Dazhang felt uneasy under his stare.

Could he think I’m corrupt?

“Let’s go back.” Yu Dazhang clearly didn’t want to explain here, so he soothed:

“We’ll talk about it when we get back.”

Staying longer would invite gossip, and more importantly, he feared Zhou Dong might use his connections to obstruct the arrest.

The longer it drags, the more complications arise.