Chapter 727

As expected of someone raised in Jingcheng, Liu Zixuan had already discerned from that conversation just now the relationship between Geng Le and them and the Public Security Bureau.

Besides being angry, he also wanted to see what sort of person Lin Zhinan really was, and even more wanted to know what explanation Lin Zhinan would give.

After a moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside, mixed with Lin Zhinan's voice: "Who's in charge here? With such a big incident, why didn't you show up promptly to stop it? If anything goes wrong today, I won't let you off!"

Accompanied by a roar like rolling thunder, Lin Zhinan led the charge into the half‑open office.

However, the instant he pushed the door open, the sight before him left him dumbstruck, causing his prepared explanation to vanish and his mind to go blank.

The other Public Security Bureau leaders behind him were the same—some stood frozen on the spot, utterly unable to figure out what had happened.

By rights, the person standing here should be Geng Le, and the woman in this office should have already disappeared.

Before they could fully recover from their shock, Su Yang said coldly, "Director Lin has arrived—really not easy."

At that moment Lin Zhinan reacted, wiping sweat from his forehead: "County Magistrate Su, I'm really sorry—it was already quitting time, I had just finished eating at home when the bureau called saying there was a major incident here, so I rushed over in a panic. How are you? Did you encounter any danger just now?"

Then, with a stern face, he said to Sun Chengjun: "Chief Sun, you and Lao Ding arrived so early—why couldn't you control the scene? Look how chaotic it is now. If anything happened to County Magistrate Su, how would I explain it to the County Party Committee?"

Su Yang had no good feelings toward such shameless, smooth‑talking people; he said coldly, "Director Lin, it's been over forty minutes since I called the police—why haven't the officers arrived yet? Is this your usual response speed?"

Lin Zhinan said, "County Magistrate Su, aren't you mistaken? Chief Sun and Lao Ding are already here. Our County Public Security Bureau may differ slightly from other places, although we have on‑duty officers standing by."

"Of course, tonight's situation differs from the norm because it involves a key enterprise in our county, so the dispatcher directly reported the matter to Chief Sun. I don't know how he arranged things, but perhaps he deemed it important and brought Lao Ding along directly."

Sure enough, opportunity favors the prepared. Though his mind had gone blank just then, Su Yang's question matched his contingency plan, so he blurted it out.

He directly passed the buck to Sun Chengjun, leaving even Sun Chengjun bewildered—he had never received the report from the 110 dispatcher.

Of course, in that instant he realized Lin Zhinan was trying to make him take the blame.

However, he wasn't in a hurry to explain, because any wrong word now could be seized by Lin Zhinan as evidence against him.

Of course, to him what Lin Zhinan and his crew say doesn't really matter; the important thing is that Su Yang knows what actually happened.

Lao Ding wanted to step forward and explain, but Sun Chengjun stopped him.

"Chief Sun, I'm asking you—what exactly is going on? Why did a serious injury occur at the scene? And why, given such a grave incident, didn't you call the hospital for help? What if someone dies?"

Saying that, he took out his phone and dialed 120; as soon as the call connected, he said, "I'm Director Lin of the County Public Security Bureau—there's been a serious injury incident at the Night Color Nightclub; please come rescue the victims immediately!"

By now he had no leisure to wonder what Su Yang was thinking or to ponder what had actually happened.

His only thought was to rush Geng Le to the hospital, absolutely preventing any mishap—otherwise, even if Su Yang were killed, he would gain nothing.

Then he said to Su Yang: "County Magistrate Su, let us handle what happens next. As the Public Security Bureau Director, I have the duty to investigate this thoroughly and give the victim an explanation."

Well, well—coming from his mouth, Geng Le has already become the victim.

Liu Zixuan, who had been fuming beside them, could no longer contain his anger and shouted: "I never imagined Lieshan County would let someone like you be Public Security Bureau Director! You shirk responsibility without asking questions, then pass the buck, and without any investigation you label these thugs as victims. Do you even deserve to be the Bureau Director?"

Those words carried real weight; if they had come from a superior, Lin Zhinan would surely worry about keeping his position as director.

But in his view, Liu Zixuan was merely a local boss wanting to get into the small‑goods wholesale market and seize Geng Miao's business—at most a family with some money, lacking any real background, perhaps relying only on Su Yang.

Thinking this, he spoke angrily: "Who are you? I haven't even asked you yet, and you dare to spout nonsense here! Besides you, the only people at the scene are County Magistrate Su, Deputy Chief Sun Chengjun, and Lao Ding."

"Therefore I seriously suspect that all the injuries on these people were caused by you with a blunt instrument; I'm going to take you to the bureau and have you handcuffed and taken away!"

Although he saw these words as a deliberate distortion of fact aimed at Liu Zixuan, he couldn't believe that a tough character like Geng Le could be beaten up like this by Liu Zixuan.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone rushed out from behind, flashed handcuffs, and moved to cuff Liu Zixuan.

At that moment Sun Chengjun said: "I've been on the scene watching the whole proceedings; I know right from wrong. This woman should go to the bureau for investigation, but since I and County Magistrate Su are here too, we ought to be suspects as well, so let's all go to the Public Security Bureau together. I think we don't need to bring the handcuffs, do we?"

After he spoke, Su Yang and Liu Zixuan were already walking out, while Sun Chengjun followed behind Liu Zixuan.

Given this situation, not even an ordinary officer, let alone Lin Zhinan, could step forward to cuff Liu Zixuan.

He watched helplessly as Su Yang's group went downstairs, then snapped angrily: "What are you all standing around like idiots for? Take these fools away! This woman definitely has a problem—I'll call Geng Zong right now; you go downstairs first!"

After he finished speaking, the others seized the green-haired gang and went downstairs; the huge office now only had him and the dying Geng Le.

He hurriedly bent down, crawled to the ground to check Geng Le's breathing, then took out his phone and dialed Geng Miao's number.