Chapter 232

After listening to Zhang Kaishan, Ji Tao slammed his teacup heavily on the table and said: "This is outrageous! The Public Security Bureau is simply unreasonable!"

The situation Zhang Kaishan reflected was indeed too shocking. If the matter were true, the Public Security Bureau was simply rotten to the core.

For the sake of a little tribute, they dared to let go of thieves that the anti-pickpocketing team had worked hard to catch. This kind of thing hadn't happened just once or twice.

In order to extort some so-called "medical expenses" from Su Xinghui, they dared to fabricate charges against Su Xinghui and handcuff him. This was completely disregarding the law of the country and acting recklessly!

Ji Tao could imagine that if Su Xinghui didn't have the status of a national public official, Gong Jianjun and the others would probably have dared to directly slander him for provoking trouble and intentional injury.

Ji Tao stood up and paced the room. Suddenly, his footsteps stopped and he said: "Who gave them the courage? What is the leadership team of the Public Security Bureau doing? These things are happening right under their noses, and they don't know?"

Zhang Kaishan had a mocking smile on his face and said: "How could they not know? It's just that some people don't want to manage it, and some people can't manage it."

Ji Tao sat back in his seat and asked with interest: "Who are you talking about that can't manage it?"

Ji Tao naturally knew who the people who didn't want to manage it were, but he wanted to know about the people who couldn't manage it. "Can't manage it" meant they still wanted to manage it, but they were powerless.

Zhang Kaishan said: "It's Xu Shixie. He came from a criminal investigation background and has a few tricks in criminal investigation, but he was squeezed out and assigned to be in charge of the bureau headquarters, the labor union, and women's work. Today, only he, a bureau leader, was at home in the Public Security Bureau, so he was the one who inquired about this matter."

Ji Tao nodded silently. He kept this name in his heart. He looked up again and asked: "Comrade Kaishan, in your opinion, how should this matter be handled?"

Zhang Kaishan said: "I think we can wait and see. Let their Public Security Bureau handle it internally first. At the very least, this case has solid evidence, and it wouldn't be justifiable if they didn't deal with a few people."

Ji Tao understood Zhang Kaishan's meaning. He laughed and said: "Then let's wait and see?"

Zhang Kaishan nodded with a smile.

Over at the People's Restaurant, the dishes Su Xinghui and the others ordered were served. Su Xinghui opened a bottle of liquor, poured it for Liu Changlin, and said: "Come, Comrade Liu Changlin, let's have a few drinks."

Liu Changlin nodded and said: "Okay!"

Su Xinghui first toasted Liu Changlin and said: "Come, a toast to you. This toast is for your sense of justice!"

Liu Changlin raised his glass and said: "Let's drink together. I think your sense of justice is stronger than mine!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and drank a glass together.

Xu Xiaoguang sighed: "In this society now, there aren't many people with a sense of justice like you. I didn't expect to see two at once today. Come, let's have a drink together!"

The group raised their glasses together and drank the liquor. Xue Qin also sighed: "Yes, there were so many people at the scene at the time, but only Comrade Liu Changlin was willing to go to the Public Security Bureau to testify. It shows that people's hearts are not what they used to be!"

Su Xinghui said: "You can't say that either. In the current situation, it's also forced by some things. Social reality forces many people to only be able to protect themselves. Just take today's matter, if it weren't for Zhang Cheng's father, I don't know what the outcome would have been. If those people had testified, what if they were retaliated against?"

Xu Xiaoguang said: "In the end, it's because the cost of doing good deeds now is too high and the benefits are too small, but the cost of doing bad deeds is very low and the benefits are very high, forcing good people not to dare to do good deeds, while inducing other bad people to do bad deeds."

Zhang Cheng laughed: "Xiaoguang, you are worthy of being in business. You can explain this kind of thing with costs and benefits. But what you said is quite reasonable. Thinking about it, it really is the case."

Xu Xiaoguang asked Liu Changlin again: "This Comrade Liu, why weren't you afraid when you went to testify at the time?"

Liu Changlin laughed: "I'm just a fool who's bold, not afraid of anything. People in our unit all say I'm a simpleton."

Su Xinghui couldn't help but laugh. He remembered that when he was a colleague with Liu Changlin in his previous life, Liu Changlin did indeed have such a nickname.

Xue Qin became interested: "Why do people in your unit say that about you?"

Liu Changlin said: "Isn't it just because I'm stupid? For example, last year when our bureau held a meeting, our director asked employees to give him suggestions. Some people gave some suggestions, saying the director only had one shortcoming: working too hard and not knowing how to pay attention to rest, and also saying his body didn't belong to himself, but to the country and the people, and his not paying attention to rest was being irresponsible to the country and the people."

Xue Qin giggled and said: "What kind of suggestion is this? This is completely flattering in a roundabout way. Then what about you? How did you suggest it?"

Liu Changlin said: "Of course, I just listed all the director's faults. You didn't see it, but the director's face turned green at the time. Not two months later, that colleague who said he worked too hard became a deputy section chief. I have more seniority than him, but I'm still standing still. The statistical reports I provide are always being picked apart by him."

Liu Changlin shook his head while speaking. Xue Qin laughed loudly: "Then you really are enough of a simpleton."

Su Xinghui and the others also couldn't help but laugh. Zhang Cheng raised his glass to Liu Changlin and said: "There are too few simpletons like you in society now. If there were a few more like you, the atmosphere of our society wouldn't be like this. Come, I'll toast you again!"

Liu Changlin also drank a glass with Zhang Cheng and said self-deprecatingly: "Sigh, it's only you who can say that. I'm not liked by colleagues in the unit, and I'm not liked by family members at home. Everyone says I'm too stupid."

Xue Qin said: "Your family members don't like you either? That's too much, isn't it?"

Liu Changlin shook his head: "I graduated from a junior college and have been working for more than three years. Up to now, I'm still an ordinary employee, and I'm still in such a 'clear water' office as the Statistics Bureau. My family members all say I have no future and only know how to offend people, and I won't have any future in this life."

Xue Qin said: "How can your family members say that about you? That's too much."

Liu Changlin said: "It's nothing. They are my parents and siblings. Saying that to me is also because they hope I have a future. I can only say I disappointed them."

Su Xinghui laughed: "As long as you maintain this mentality, they will be proud of you one day!"

Liu Changlin thought Su Xinghui was comforting him. He smiled and raised his glass: "Okay, thank you for your kind words! But rest assured, no matter what happens, this mentality of mine will not change. This is also my principle of life. Come, a toast to you, for mutual encouragement!"