Chapter 168: Admitting Defeat

"What were you doing just now?!"

Tang Ying's face was full of rage as she questioned him, shouting.

She had just finished talking with the shop owner and come out when she saw Fan Hao pointing his gun at Chen Che.

Beyond being shocked, she had also witnessed part of Fan Hao's law enforcement process; it was simply too absurd, too overbearing, and too unreasonable!

Setting aside the fact that Chen Che was the person she was pursuing, she absolutely would not allow her subordinates to enforce the law in this manner, because this was completely ruining the reputation and prestige of the Law Enforcement Department!

Not only would it fail to restrain Martial Artists or maintain social stability, but it would instead provoke more Martial Artists to resist the Law Enforcement Department, leading to even greater turmoil!

Fan Hao's body trembled. He glanced at Chen Che and found him watching him with a smiling expression, as if he were looking at a dog receiving a reprimand from its master.

This discovery made him incredibly annoyed, but at the same time, a strong suspicion arose: why was Tang Ying here?

Could it be that Chen Che and Tang Ying knew each other? That was impossible!

According to the intelligence, Chen Che had only arrived in Jinling a short while ago, and he had been accompanying Ma Menghan in the hospital all these days. Where would he have found the time to get to know Tang Ying?

Doubts were doubts, but Fan Hao still dared not defy Tang Ying's order, so he replied: "Captain, I was leading a team patrolling another street when I heard someone say there was a Martial Artist causing trouble here, so I brought my men over to take a look. I didn't expect this person to not only deny his crimes but also insult the Law Enforcement Department—"

"Slap!"

Before Fan Hao could finish his sentence, Tang Ying swung another slap at him. Fan Hao dared not dodge and took the blow squarely.

"Bullshit!"

Tang Ying was so angry her body trembled, and she scolded: "It was clearly this bald man who deliberately looked for trouble; I was almost hit by them too! You came here without asking for the reason, tried to arrest an innocent victim, and even dared to draw your gun on the victim. Who gave you the nerve to do that?!"

Fan Hao's body shook again. He had originally intended to twist the truth and use it as an excuse to drag Chen Che back to the Law Enforcement Department.

He hadn't expected that Tang Ying had also had a conflict with the bald man and the others. This made him dare not say anything more, while at the same time, he cursed Huang Feng in his heart for being incompetent and actually getting Tang Ying involved!

"Captain, it is my mistake! I guarantee that I will strictly abide by the rules from now on and will definitely not commit this again!"

Fan Hao stood straight and solemnly gave his guarantee.

Tang Ying was satisfied with Fan Hao's attitude in admitting his mistake. Her emotions calmed down a little, and she said: "Apologize to this gentleman!"

Fan Hao was stunned again. He hadn't expected that it would be enough for Tang Ying to teach him a lesson, but now she actually wanted him to apologize to Chen Che?!

But Tang Ying's anger clearly hadn't subsided yet, and he was unlucky today to be caught red-handed doing something bad by his direct superior. If he showed any sign of defiance now, he wouldn't have an easy life in the Law Enforcement Department in the future!

Fan Hao gritted his teeth, bowed deeply to Chen Che, and said in a sincere tone: "I'm sorry, sir. It was my negligence that nearly wronged a good person. I guarantee I will never do it again. I ask for your understanding."

Without waiting for Chen Che or the others to respond, Tang Ying spoke again: "Be more sincere!"

Her tone was beyond doubt!

Fan Hao froze for a moment, then hardened his heart, slapped himself twice, and bent his waist even lower: "I'm sorry!"

Tang Ying looked at Chen Che, her eyes asking if he was satisfied.

Chen Che nodded, then narrowed his eyes as he looked at Fan Hao, saying with a double entendre: "I hope you won't do this again in the future."

Fan Hao's body trembled; perhaps because of his guilty conscience, a flicker of panic rose in his heart.

"Alright, alright, stop making a fool of yourself! Take the bald man and the others back!"

Seeing that Chen Che was satisfied, Tang Ying impatiently shooed them away.

"Yes."

Fan Hao dared not stay any longer and immediately ordered his men to take the bald man and the others away.

"It is my failure to manage my subordinates that caused you to be wronged."

After Fan Hao and the others left, Tang Ying said to Chen Che with an apologetic face.

Chen Che shook his head. He did not mention the possibility that Fan Hao might be involved with the Ma Family, but instead smiled and teased: "Today was truly spectacular."

Tang Ying, who was usually carefree and imposing when disciplining her subordinates, blushed at Chen Che's teasing remark.

"Today was an accident; I guarantee it won't happen again. Next time, I promise to let you experience how happy it is to be with me!"

Tang Ying was very afraid that today's events would affect her grand strategy of pursuing Chen Che in the future, so she hurriedly gave her guarantee.

"Next time you are investigating a case, I will wait for your news."

Chen Che did not take the bait and pulled the conversation back to the main topic.

"Okay, I will definitely notify you in advance." Tang Ying nodded.

The two did not say anything more and went their separate ways.

Huang Feng and Ma Ziai, who had been hiding in the BYD watching the whole thing, were completely dumbfounded!

Even though Chen Che had already walked far away and disappeared from sight, they still couldn't recover from their shock for a long time!

"What... is going on?"

Ma Ziai asked stutteringly, his face still wearing an expression of disbelief.

Huang Feng closed his mouth, his brows locked in deep thought, and finally shook his head: "I don't know, it's truly hellish! Why did my cousin apologize to Chen Che? That woman hit him like that, and he didn't even dare to let out a peep!"

Recalling the scene just now, Huang Feng still felt it was somewhat unreal. At the same time, the doubt in his heart made him unable to resist dialing Fan Hao's phone number; he couldn't wait to know what exactly was going on.

"Hello, cousin..."

"How the hell are you handling things?! Didn't you say it was only that bastard Chen Che?! Why was my direct superior there too?!"

As soon as the call connected, before Huang Feng could even speak, Fan Hao on the other end launched into a string of curses.

"Uh..."

Huang Feng was stunned and asked: "What direct superior?"

"That woman just now is my direct superior, the captain of the execution squad, Tang Ying!"

Fan Hao said angrily: "I was just about to deal with Chen Che when I was caught red-handed by her! I even got beaten up by her and was forced to apologize to Chen Che! You motherfucker, you handled this so thoroughly, I really want to slap you!"

Hearing this, Huang Feng and Ma Ziai were both shocked.

They had originally thought that Tang Ying was someone Chen Che had met through social media; they never imagined she was a Commander of the Law Enforcement Department, let alone Fan Hao's direct superior!

While shocked, they both felt extremely confused: Chen Che had just arrived in Jinling, how could he know Tang Ying?!

"That's not right, cousin! We saw Tang Ying and Chen Che eating breakfast together; they must have arranged to meet, but how could they possibly know each other?"

Huang Feng found it unbelievable and immediately asked.

Now it was Fan Hao's turn to be shocked!

Fan Hao's hand holding the phone trembled violently; only then did he understand why Tang Ying had insisted that he apologize to Chen Che.

So they knew each other, and were very close at that!

"You're asking me? Who the hell am I supposed to ask?!"

After his shock, Fan Hao was filled with a rage like a volcanic eruption.

Because of Huang Feng's intelligence failure, he had been set up; not only was he forced to apologize to Chen Che, but most importantly, he had likely incurred Tang Ying's disgust.

Offending one's direct superior is a major taboo in the workplace; if things go wrong, he might be stuck wearing these "tight shoes" indefinitely!

"I've been screwed over by you, damn it!"

Fan Hao unleashed another torrent of abuse, finally warning: "Listen to me, the Patrol Justice Department is different from other departments. Here, everyone must follow the rules step by step; the family behind you is completely useless."

"So if Tang Ying really has a good relationship with Chen Che, then we cannot move against Chen Che anymore! If we are caught with evidence, we don't even need the Patrol Justice Department Director; Tang Ying, as a Commander, could handle both you and me according to the rules, and even the Huang Family wouldn't dare or be able to intervene."

"Powerful families interfering with the Patrol Justice Department is the one thing the person at the very top will not tolerate, so if Tang Ying insists on using this to target the Huang Family, the Huang Family will have no choice but to cooperate obediently, understand?"

Huang Feng shivered; he had heard that the Patrol Justice Department held an irreplaceable position in Xia, but hearing Fan Hao say that a mere Commander could challenge the Huang Family still shocked him deeply!

From this, one could see how much the person at the top valued the Patrol Justice Department, and how monstrously powerful the Patrol Justice Department was!

"Understood, I understand!"

Huang Feng nodded hurriedly, agreeing.

"Good, that's it! Just accept the loss for today, and you stay quiet too; don't look for trouble with Chen Che for now!"

Fan Hao gave one final instruction and hung up the phone.

"Hoo~~"

Huang Feng let out a breath; after Fan Hao's reminder, he realized he had just taken a stroll through the gates of hell.

If he weren't certain that the bald man couldn't trace things back to him, then today, it might not have been Chen Che entering the Patrol Justice Department, but himself!

"What... what do we do now?"

Ma Ziai was also still shaken, but she was unwilling to just let it go like this.

"What else can we do? We'll talk about it when we find another chance!"

Huang Feng replied irritably, then ordered the driver to drive off.

They had arrived with such arrogant expressions, but they looked just as miserable on the way back!