Chapter 274: Ex-Girlfriend... Part 1

Yang Shuji was talking when he saw Factory Director Yang frowning at the document in his hand without responding, so he stopped his voice and waited for Factory Director Yang to finish reading the document.

Factory Director Yang looked at the report letter in his hand twice, then raised his head and looked at Yang Shuji, asking, "Yang Shuji, this trend is not right. How come it has a tendency to become more and more intense?"

"How come?"

Yang Shuji was stunned when he took the letter handed over by the factory director.

A very familiar style!

Still the original recipe, still the familiar taste.

"This..."

Yang Shuji looked at the letter in his hand, his brows furrowed into a knot.

What is this trying to do?

Although there is no saying that "punishment does not extend to the scholar-official" now, where is there a report to the factory director about the deputy factory director?

The procedure is wrong. If there is really something to say, it should be said to the above.

The two were frowning at each other, each thinking about things, when the office door was knocked.

It was mentioned before what state the leader's office door is usually in; now it is fitting.

When two leaders are talking, the door must be half-open, letting the person coming know who is in the room, so as not to disturb the two if they don't know.

There is also the point of preventing others from sticking to the office door to eavesdrop.

Yang Shuji and the factory director looked toward the door and saw Xu Sinian knock twice and walk in.

"Factory Director, Secretary, sorry to disturb you."

"It's fine, come, I have something to talk to you about."

Factory Director Yang waved his hand to signal Xu Sinian to sit over.

Xu Sinian said with a bitter smile, "It's about the report letters, right? I was just about to report to you."

"Oh? How did you know?"

Factory Director Yang and the Secretary looked at the office director Xu Sinian suspiciously. This Old Xu is a good housekeeper, but it hasn't been heard that he can calculate.

"Sigh~"

Xu Sinian sighed and said, "I received them too, and it's not just me. The leaders who reviewed the budget documents basically all received them."

"What?"

Factory Director Yang frowned and looked at Yang Shuji; both felt that things were not right.

Just now they were wondering why the second-in-command was being reported to the first-in-command.

Emotionally, they were playing "making it widely known," letting everyone know.

Xu Sinian handed the report letter in his hand to Factory Director Yang and said with a bitter smile, "You should look at this."

Seeing Factory Director Yang frowning as he took the letter, Xu Sinian said, "The reply I received was seventeen letters, twelve of which were about Deputy Factory Director Li, and also..."

Xu Sinian's "and also..." didn't need to be said, because Factory Director Yang had already seen it.

"Hiss~~~"

Looking at the letter in his hand, he thought it was still Li Huai De's.

But he never expected that the content of the letter made Factory Director Yang hiss.

"This is nonsense!"

Factory Director Yang slapped the table and slapped the letter on the table.

Yang Shuji frowned and put down the letter in his hand, then picked up the letter Factory Director Yang had just slapped over.

Only to see it written on the letter: "Yang Fengshan accepts bribes, violates regulations by arranging relatives to serve as leaders..."

This was talking about the matter of Yang Fengshan's brother-in-law.

At the time, after the matter came out, Yang Fengshan drove his brother-in-law home.

But the influence of this matter still existed.

What was even more amazing was that it was written at the back of the letter: The factory director's surname is Yang, the secretary's surname is Yang, and the Inspection Li Kezhang's surname is also Yang. Is this Rolling Steel Mill also surnamed Yang?

Report letters are most afraid of being half-true and half-false. You investigate, and some things are known to be fake by those with discerning eyes.

But if you don't investigate, there are true things above.

"I say so too. Now this trend is really not good. Workers and cadres in the office and workshop, whether they are at work or not, are all discussing these things. I think we should rectify the work discipline."

Yang Shuji looked at the letter in his hand and was speechless.

The words he said to Li Xuewu at the beginning were really a slap in the face. How can he see Li Xuewu in the future, and how can he supervise Li Xuewu?

"Factory Director, I think Director Xu's words are reasonable. If this continues, it won't work. Isn't this disrupting our production order?"

Factory Director Yang nodded and said, "Just do as this means. Focus on this matter at the committee meeting next Monday and kill this evil trend."

Yang Shuji asked Xu Sinian, "Did the secretary who sent the documents say how the report letters were inserted?"

Xu Sinian said with a bitter smile, "I started investigating as soon as I received Deputy Factory Director Li's call, but these documents have been in the Finance Section for no less than two days."

"During this period, no one went to look at the documents that were already done; they were all done one by one and filled on top."

"Little Wang ran to many departments today and didn't notice at all. Oh, right."

Speaking of this, Xu Sinian remembered something and said, "Little Wang said he bumped into Li Ke of the Security Section at the corner of Deputy Factory Director Li's office door. It was Li Xuewu who helped tidy up the documents and put them back. At that time, he didn't notice any abnormalities."

Hearing Li Xuewu's name, Yang Shuji's eyelids jumped. Before Xu Sinian finished speaking, he asked, "Could it be..."

Xu Sinian shook his head and said, "It's impossible. Little Wang said Li Xuewu came out empty-handed, and it was an accidental bump."

"When Li Xuewu helped him tidy up, he was watching the whole time. It's impossible to have the time and ability to stuff such large letters in one by one."

"Mm."

Yang Shuji and the factory director both pondered, thinking about how to deal with this matter.

In the end, Yang Shuji spoke up, because he was the supervisor in charge of such matters.

"Let's adjust the working methods of our Discipline Inspection Commission. In the future, we will only accept real-name report letters. Other anonymous ones will be treated as auxiliary information and will not be used as the basis for filing and supervision."

Proposing this condition, Yang Shuji also made a great determination. This is equivalent to hindering a channel for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to obtain information, adding pressure to the department he is in.

But it won't work if he doesn't do it. Factory Director Yang didn't speak, just waiting for Yang Shuji to express his position. If this matter develops infinitely, it might attract the attention of the above.

"I agree with Yang Shuji's opinion. This matter will also be discussed at the meeting next Monday."

Because of the interruption of this matter, the investigation about Li Xuewu and Fu Bin just discussed was considered to have ended without a problem.

However, the influence of this matter would not disappear just because a few leaders were tight-lipped about it.

Instead, it is spreading wider and wider, becoming more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

When Xu Sinian came out of Factory Director Yang's office, he stood in the corridor and looked toward the Security Building.

At this moment, a jeep was parked at the entrance of the Security Building. Everyone in the Rolling Steel Mill recognized this car.

The latest 212 jeep, with a protective net on the whole car and a long antenna at the tail, must be the emergency command vehicle of the Security Section.

Why is it called such a fresh name? Because Li Xuewu sprayed these words on the door of the 212 jeep.

Dedicated car for dedicated use, preventing some people from paying attention to this car.

Even Xu Sinian had to say that Li Xuewu was the most cunning in the Security Section, or even the Security Department.

"Li Kezhang."

Seeing Li Xuewu come out, Yan Jiecheng wanted to learn from the drivers of the small car team and go open the car door for Li Xuewu.

However, he had just opened a gap when he was pushed back by Li Xuewu, who walked over and pressed the car door.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and go."

Yan Jiecheng had to sit back in the driver's seat. Seeing Li Xuewu, Han Yating, the Li Kezhang of the Security Section, and Ren An, the security officer, get in the car, he stepped on the gas and drove toward the entrance.

After coming out of Li Huai De's office, Li Xuewu returned to the Security Building and made a call to Shen Fang.

Shen Fang must know about this matter, because if a fight occurred, they would definitely be the ones to handle it. Don't look at these people being detained at the street station now.

Being detained at the street station involves Rolling Steel Mill workers and ordinary residents, and there is also a civil dispute here.

Shen Fang indeed knew about this matter and told Li Xuewu on the phone to come to the station first.

So when Li Xuewu gave the order to Yan Jiecheng, he also said to drive to the street station.

When the 212 jeep entered the street station compound, Li Xuewu told Yan Jiecheng not to turn off the engine and wait in the car, only taking Han Yating with him.

In Shen Fang's office, as soon as Li Xuewu entered, he took off his hat and frowned, asking, "What's going on? Didn't we agree not to alert the enemy?"

"A special situation occurred."

Shen Fang stood up to give seats to Li Xuewu and Han Yating, and then said helplessly, "The investigators were originally hiding, but I didn't expect the young men from your factory to have such a grudge, picking up sticks and fighting back. The investigators were also afraid of revealing their identities, so they fought back too. And so, they fought out of anger."

"How many were injured?"

Li Xuewu placed his hat on the desk, sat in his seat, and asked about the injuries on both sides.

"All four of your factory workers have injuries, because they are few in number. Fortunately, they are all minor injuries."

Shen Fang looked at Li Xuewu's expression and then said awkwardly, "One investigator was injured, and five or six others were injured."

"That really is..."

Li Xuewu couldn't find words to scold Shen Fang.

This matter couldn't blame Shen Fang either; sitting in the office, how could he know what was happening so far away.

"Fine, let's go, hurry up and handle it. If it really gets out, who knows how bad the influence will be."

Li Xuewu looked at Shen Fang, seeing his awkward expression, and didn't say anything more.

Shen Fang was awkward because this operation was divided into several units, and Shen Fang was in charge of the investigation unit.

Now that his soldiers had problems, even if Li Xuewu scolded him, he had to take it.

What's more, these investigators weren't all from the Jiaodaokou and Beixinqiao stations; there were also unfamiliar faces Li Xuewu had found from the Security and Guard teams.

"How do you plan to handle it?"

Shen Fang looked at Li Xuewu and said in a dilemma, "The street side is also dissatisfied. A group of people fighting on the street, Director Liu just called me and got angry, saying that usually we can't catch petty thieves, which is fine, but if this fighting matter is brought to the surface and the above finds out, no one's face will look good."

Li Xuewu thought for a moment and said, "Go see the situation. Temporarily suppress this matter. Don't startle the chickens we've circled."

Shen Fang and Han Yating both knew what Li Xuewu meant. This matter was hosted by Li Xuewu, so both were waiting for Li Xuewu's arrangement.

"The street side, the two of us will go explain. As for the people on both sides..."

Li Xuewu hesitated and said, "Try not to bring them back to the station. If we can solve the matter on the spot, try to handle it on the spot."

Shen Fang frowned and reminded, "The family members of those injured are there. This matter is not so easy to talk about."

Li Xuewu pointed to the clothes on Han Yating and said, "This is why I specifically asked Li Kezhang Han to wear a uniform. I don't care what grievances or conditions they have; now, stability is the priority. If there is anything, talk about it later. First, ensure the investigation unit's mission proceeds smoothly."

"Then do as you mean."

Shen Fang nodded, stood up, and changed his coat into a uniform.

He understood Li Xuewu's meaning. To suppress the conflict on both sides, he could only try to mediate. With the deterrent addition of the uniform, it was easier to solve the matter.

After Shen Fang changed his clothes, the three walked out.

Li Xuewu's jeep could seat five people. Shen Fang let three police officers ride the sidecar, while he squeezed into the back seat of the 212.

The sidecar led the way, and the 212 followed behind, driving toward the nearby street.

"It's still you enterprises that have conditions. Section Chiefs can even ride jeeps."

Li Xuewu looked at the "lemon essence" in the back seat and said with a smile, "Apply to Director Zheng! Say that even the Deputy Station Chief rides a 212, so you, the real one, must be assigned a Volga?"

"Just show off."

Although Shen Fang was saying sour words, his hand still unconsciously touched the communication radio installed between the front seats.

"This car is really awesome. Even a communication radio is installed. The heater is blowing, and once the protective net outside is installed, it's like a monster; it's scary enough."

Han Yating explained with a smile, "Our Li Kezhang says this is called deterrence."

"What deterrence?"

Shen Fang said jealously to Han Yating, "It's just that your Li Kezhang has a fear of insufficient force, wishing he could install machine guns on the car."

After teasing Li Xuewu, he said enviously, "Hey, I say, it's just that your Rolling Steel Mill has money to burn."

Han Yating said lightly, "You're really right. Our patrol vehicle is equipped with a Type 56 light machine gun."

"Whoa~ ah!"

Shen Fang poked Li Xuewu and asked, "Do you have tanks in your warehouse? Why don't you bring one out?"

"Stop talking nonsense."

Li Xuewu said helplessly, "Our factory's security mission doesn't include mechanized force strikes; we only have security and air defense. Where would we get a tank?"

"Hear that?"

Shen Fang said to Han Yating and Ren An, "This is because your factory doesn't have tanks, otherwise your Li Ke would have brought a tank out."

"Hahahaha."

Li Xuewu said to Shen Fang with a smile, "Don't laugh at me for being timid. Hey, I'll tell you, at any time, those who are timid are the ones who live the longest."

After chatting and laughing for a while, they arrived at the street compound.

Seeing the sidecar from the station enter the compound, Yan Jiecheng drove the car into the compound as well.

"Bang, bang, bang."

Following the sound of car doors closing, Li Xuewu and the others jumped out of the car, tidied their attire, and walked toward the middle courtyard.

This street compound was actually a large quadrangle courtyard that had been renovated. The walls of the outer and front courtyards were demolished, and a large gate was rebuilt in the middle, so the courtyard looked very large.

The houses on both sides of the front courtyard weren't demolished and were still used as office rooms.

Li Xuewu was extremely familiar with this place. Don't ask why; it's because youth is great.

The back courtyard was the dormitory, warehouse, and kitchen of the street.

Li Xuewu was extremely familiar with this place. Don't ask why; it's because youth is great.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Li Xuewu saw those squatting with their heads in their hands, those arguing, and those crying in the middle courtyard, with the scolding of the patrol team from time to time, just like singing a big play.

With the two cars entering the courtyard, the sound in the middle courtyard gradually became smaller. Everyone stood in place and looked at the strange-looking jeep that had entered the courtyard, as well as the police officers who had gotten off the car.

Li Xuewu placed his hat on his head, straightened it, and led the way forward.

Because Li Xuewu wasn't wearing a uniform but a leather jacket, the people in the courtyard looked at Li Xuewu, who was leading a few people in uniforms, and all focused their eyes on Li Xuewu.

It wasn't that Li Xuewu wanted to show off his clothes, nor was it to be special.

It was that Li Xuewu deliberately reduced the number of times he wore a uniform and tried not to wear it at the Rolling Steel Mill or certain occasions.

This was to dilute his identity as an action personnel and participate in tasks and work more as a management personnel.

Just as Li Xuewu and the others entered the courtyard, they saw Director Liu, who was standing in the courtyard, beckoning to them.

"Alright, the comrades from the station have arrived. If you have any demands, talk to the public security."

Li Xuewu was about to walk over to shake hands and greet Director Liu when he saw one person stand up from the group of young people squatting in the middle courtyard.

"Brother Wu!"

"Squat down!"

Li Xuewu was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the girl who had just stood up and shouted his name before being scolded by Wu Zi behind her.

Seeing the uniformed Wu Zi scolding her, the excited expression on the girl's face stiffened, and then she squatted back down with her head in her hands under the gaze of Shen Fang and the others.

Li Xuewu had already recognized who this girl was; she was Wang Yajuan, the older sister of the girl who had greeted Li Xuewu in the middle courtyard just now, whom Lao Biaozi had mentioned a few days ago, the one who looked down on Lao Biaozi's down-and-out appearance. The girl was called Wang Yamei.

Li Xuewu had a deep memory of the pair of sisters; after all, he was a man.

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to Wang Yajuan, who was still secretly looking at him, but reached out to shake hands with Director Liu.

"Sorry, Director Liu, I've caused you trouble."

Seeing Li Xuewu seemed to have met an acquaintance, Director Liu didn't pay too much attention.

Because he knew Li Xuewu was from this street, and now he was working at the station, the probability of meeting an acquaintance was not too high.

"Where are you talking about? It's our street that has troubled you again."

Saying this, Director Liu shook Li Xuewu's hand, then moved closer and whispered, "I've been waiting for you. My head is buzzing, almost exploding."

"Hehehe."

Li Xuewu laughed twice and then said, "We will definitely cooperate fully with your work."

Although Director Liu helped Li Xuewu arrange work, Li Xuewu was now the Security Li Kezhang of the Rolling Steel Mill and the Deputy Station Chief of the street station, so he couldn't treat Li Xuewu with the eyes and attitude of that time.

He must have enough respect and politeness toward Li Xuewu.

This respect was not only for Li Xuewu personally, but also for Li Xuewu's profession and the identity he represented.

"Hey, it's our cooperation. Let's solve this matter."

Li Xuewu nodded with a smile and said, "Then I'll listen to you."

While Li Xuewu and Director Liu were talking, Shen Fang and Han Yating had already started to conduct on-site inquiries with the people they were responsible for.

Han Yating's side was very simple, just four workers.

These four people all had some injuries on their faces. Han Yating first asked if anyone had suffered serious injuries, that is, the kind that was particularly painful, or if they felt they needed to go to the hospital.

Clearly, these four people had taken advantage of the wooden sticks in this fight, so even if they had injuries, they were all minor injuries.

Although there were no major injuries, the four people's resentment was not small, and they answered Han Yating's inquiries with anger.

The process of the matter was also very simple. These four workers were walking home after the night shift. When they were almost home, they met a group of young people running out of the alleyway while playing.

Young people nowadays had no entertainment. Young people in the alleyways mostly gathered together to go crazy on the street.

This was like the "non-mainstream" trend that had been popular for a while in later generations; they all had souls with nowhere to place, and even in the cold winter, they had to stand on the street to play.

Those with conditions went to Haizi to skate and pick up girls; those without conditions just wandering on the street could also be considered a kind of vent for youth.

These four workers met a group of young people who had nowhere to vent their youth and had no conditions.

Just because they bumped into each other, just because they stepped on their feet, just because there were a few big girls in this group.

Hey, it had to be said that if these girls weren't there, these four young workers and young men would just have choked each other a few times and that would be it.

But these few big girls didn't need to say anything; they just stood on the side of the road, hey, these beautiful big eyes looked at the young men on both sides.

Alright, they were bound to fight.

Because they had frequently encountered such things when getting off work at the Rolling Steel Mill recently, these four young men also guarded against it. Each of them had a short wooden stick hidden in their sleeves.

These were all pieces of wood they had found and turned on the lathe in the workshop.

Today, it finally came in handy. Seeing the other side had many people and was rushing over to start a fight.

They weren't dressed well, but they were leading so many beautiful big girls. If they didn't beat them, were they going to keep them for the New Year?

Just think about those ghost-fire teenagers in later generations; they couldn't even afford gas, but they could lead one beautiful big girl after another from the village. Are you angry?

Originally, they had a chance of winning, but who knew there were experts among these people? They could even fight these four holding sticks with their bare hands.

So the result now was that the four workers had used heavy hands; one young man's arm was broken, and several were bleeding from broken heads.

Because those who were injured had already been sent to the hospital by the street, they hadn't seen the bloody scene here yet.

But even though they had beaten people up, these four were still unconvinced, saying that they had frequently encountered bad people recently, and who knew if these people were bad people, so they used heavy hands.

Furthermore, these four also complained that the Security Section didn't do anything, and the robbery case they encountered last time hadn't been solved yet.

These four had won the fight, but the logic they spoke was their own thoughts, which the street and the patrol team didn't recognize.

The parents of these children didn't recognize it either. People had been beaten up, and they dared to provoke them without mentioning compensation. That was why they made a scene at the street station.

Han Yating was taking notes, and Shen Fang's side also encountered problems.

It wasn't that the half-grown boys who were asked to squat with their heads in their hands were restless; it was that the parents of those injured wouldn't let it go.

Fighting was just like that; the winner loses money, and the loser loses face.

At this moment, the parents who felt they had lost face started to demand compensation and were making a scene with Shen Fang.

Seeing the comrades from the station had arrived, and these people were still making a scene, Director Liu smiled bitterly at Li Xuewu and said, "You think of a way."

Li Xuewu nodded, walked to the Rolling Steel Mill workers' side, looked at the injuries on the four people's faces with a stern face, and looked at the wooden sticks that had been searched out from in front of them.

"No injuries on your bodies?"

These four all knew Li Xuewu and knew that this smiling tiger was not easy to provoke, so they didn't dare to speak to Li Xuewu with the same attitude they had toward Han Yating.

"No, just kicked a few times, it doesn't matter."

Li Xuewu stepped on the wooden stick at his feet and asked with a frown, "Did you make these?"

Seeing Li Xuewu staring at him, the person who had just replied opened his mouth again, "Yes, isn't it because the street surface hasn't been peaceful recently, so we made this for self-defense."

Li Xuewu nodded and then asked, "You said it was for self-defense. Can self-defense defend people into the hospital?"

"Li Ke, this can't blame us. They were the ones who said they were going to move their hands first. We had no choice."

"Exactly, it's your Security Section that doesn't do anything. If we don't guard against it, we'll be beaten and have nowhere to reason."

These four saw that Li Xuewu seemed to be favoring the other side, and plus the fact that someone had greeted Li Xuewu just now, these four started to become unconvinced.

"You wouldn't be favoring the other side, would you? Calling brothers and sisters..."

They also had resentment in their hearts, and the matter they encountered this time was not small.

This fear of Li Xuewu when they first saw him was covered by this resentment, and they all dared to use their big moves to mock Li Xuewu.

Ever since Li Xuewu talked to Gu Ning about the fact that he might be sick, he had been paying attention to controlling his emotions and observing whether he had symptoms in this regard.

Fortunately, there was basically no problem in this regard now. Li Xuewu was now an excellent security personnel and law enforcement personnel who could restrain his emotions.

For the words of this worker mocking him, Li Xuewu also gave a reply very quickly.

"Pa!"

Han Yating had already been frowning at the attitude of these four people.

These were not the people who robbed the Rolling Steel Mill workers; these were residents of the street.

They were the same identity as these four people, so how could they be brought into the category of those criminals?

Not only that, but they also chased after the Security Section's inaction to talk. This was stealing concepts and having no reason to argue for three points.

Because she was a female comrade, although she would also have a straight face when handling cases, she didn't have the habit of moving her hands with people, and if she did, she would let Ren An and the others do it.

But because of her understanding of Li Xuewu, Han Yating knew he was going to be beaten when this young worker said this sentence. 【274-224

Because she was a female comrade, although she would keep a straight face when handling cases, she did not have the habit of getting physical with people; if she did, she would let Ren An and the others do it.

But based on her understanding of Li Xuewu, Han Yating knew that this young worker was going to get beaten the moment he said that sentence.

Sure enough, just as this kid finished mocking him, Li Xuewu's big slap landed on his face.

With this slap, not only did these four people behave, but the parents opposite, who had been crying and making a scene just a moment ago, also shut their mouths.

Li Xuewu slapped the kid, then stepped forward, grabbed the man by the collar, and said: "Keep your mouth clean. I am the Steel Mill Security, but I'm not here to protect you while you go out fighting and brawling. I am also the law enforcer here, so if you have something to say, say it. Stop spouting useless crap, damn it. Do you understand?"

The worker, being held by the collar and being a bit short, was almost lifted off the ground by Li Xuewu.

"I... I understand."

Seeing that these four were no longer arrogant, Li Xuewu let go of his hand, then pointed to the ground and said: "Hold your heads, squat down, and whoever I ask, stand up to answer."

The four looked at each other and, under the pressure of Li Xuewu's gaze, all squatted down holding their heads.

Originally, these four had been standing in the courtyard the whole time, and because the neighborhood office knew they were workers from the Steel Mill, they hadn't forced them to squat down.

They had only made those young kids squat down.

When Li Xuewu arrived, he saw through the intentions of these four people; it was nothing more than having acted on impulse and caused trouble, and being afraid of taking responsibility, so they tried to link the problem to the issue currently being hotly debated at the Steel Mill to shirk responsibility.

If they had spoken properly, Li Xuewu wouldn't have resorted to force; this was just forcing an excellent worker to lose his temper.

He had wanted to talk to these people properly and make them realize their mistakes through words, but they didn't give Li Xuewu that opportunity.

They wouldn't let him speak properly and forced Li Xuewu to take action.

Now it was fine; they were all like quails, and when Han Yating called one up to question him, his attitude was immediately different.

He reported the order of the fight and how many people he had hit truthfully.

After dealing with these few, Li Xuewu turned to look at the young kids and parents who were squatting and peeking at him.

These people didn't know what Li Xuewu's status was; he didn't look like he was wearing a uniform, yet he was so impolite when taking action, hitting people as he pleased—it was too overbearing.

The four who had been clamoring just a moment ago were now squatting obediently on the ground, which made these people from the neighborhood office cautious of Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu frowned with a stern face, scanned the area, and then walked up to the family members who had been making a scene just a moment ago.

"Crying and making a scene won't solve the problem. It's not that you're in the right just because you make a scene, and it's not that you're in the right just because you're loud."

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, these women felt somewhat sheepish; although they were embarrassed on the surface, they all revealed their unwillingness to accept it.

Li Xuewu glared and said: "Your children are injured and you want compensation. This is a civil dispute, and it's something that can only be discussed after we have determined whether there is any criminal liability."

Fearing that this group of women wouldn't understand, Shen Fang explained: "Although your children are injured,

"we have to investigate whether they actively provoked others, whether they intentionally caused trouble, and whether they struck first."

"If there is any such responsibility, we will hold them accountable for these things first, and there will be no need to mention compensation; getting beaten is what they deserve."

"Then what if it wasn't us who struck first?"

This was clearly someone who felt that their own children were good children and believed that it was the other party who struck first.

Shen Fang explained: "If the responsibility lies with the other party, then we will hold them accountable, and then you can propose civil compensation. Do you understand?"

These women all frowned and nodded, but they kept emphasizing that their own children wouldn't make mistakes.

Li Xuewu said impatiently: "It's not up to you to decide whether there was a mistake. We'll talk after we've investigated clearly. If you have any clues or evidence, you can tell our case officers properly."

"But there is one thing," Li Xuewu said, pointing his finger in front of him to emphasize: "Don't cry and scream anymore. If you do this again, we won't ask for your opinions and will resolve it directly as a public security issue."

Resolving it as a public security issue meant arresting everyone, punishing both sides equally, and then having each pay their own medical expenses.

This was used more often in later generations, but later it had some hidden dangers, so it was basically no longer used.

With Li Xuewu playing the "bad cop," it was easier for Shen Fang, the "good cop," to do his work.

Li Xuewu walked to Wu Zi's side and watched him question the young kids here.

Because of Li Xuewu's actions, the young kids here were all behaving themselves.

They were already afraid of these uniforms, and now that they saw the "chicken" being beaten, the little monkeys were all obediently cooperating with the recording of statements.

Li Xuewu looked at the people squatting on the ground; most were sixteen or seventeen, and even the investigators mixed in were young-faced.

Just as he was looking, he saw one person's head hanging extremely low, almost tucked into his crotch.

The more he acted like this, the more he attracted Li Xuewu's attention.

"Yan Jiefang, stand up."

It turned out that the one squatting there, hiding and concealing himself, was Yan Jiefang, who lived across from Li Xuewu's house.

As soon as Li Xuewu called him, Yan Jiefang knew he couldn't hide anymore and could only stand up with a groan.

"What are you doing here? You're eighteen, aren't you? You'll be nineteen after the New Year. Why are you mixing with this bunch of people?"

Seeing Li Xuewu scolding him in front of so many people, Yan Jiefang didn't dare to speak and stood there with a red face and his head down.

Li Xuewu turned to look at the four workers squatting over there and saw that the person who had answered him just a moment ago was currently giving a statement to Han Yating.

"That one, you."

Li Xuewu pointed at the worker who was giving the statement, and seeing that the man looked over, he pointed at Yan Jiefang and asked: "This one, look at this person, did he strike you?"

Yan Jiefang looked a bit precocious, with heavy hair on his face and head, so he looked like he was in his twenties.

Plus, he wasn't short, so his physical characteristics were very obvious; the few workers looked at Yan Jiefang and shook their heads.

Seeing that these workers all said he hadn't raised a hand, Li Xuewu waved his hand to let them continue.

Then he turned to Yan Jiefang and said: "Not bad, you know your limits. If you had joined these half-grown kids in the fight, I would have dealt with you first."

Seeing Li Xuewu make a threat, the other young kids lowered their eyes that had been peeking at Li Xuewu.

But there was one pair of eyes still peeking at Li Xuewu, and Li Xuewu knew who it was, but he just ignored them.

"You, come out."

Li Xuewu pointed at the big guy Yan Jiefang, who was standing in the crowd, and told him to follow him to the front courtyard.

Yan Jiefang was also very helpless; he had originally thought about following the crowd, and that today, since the law doesn't punish the masses, they definitely wouldn't deal with them too harshly.

But he never expected Li Xuewu to come and handle this matter.

He was truly afraid of Li Xuewu; he had been afraid since he was a child. It wasn't that Li Xuewu had hit him, but that he had hit his brother.

Li Xuewu was two years younger than Yan Jiecheng and one year older than Yan Jiefang, so Li Xuewu called Yu Li, who was younger than him, sister-in-law.

Li Xuewu had bullied Yan Jiecheng when he was a child, but he hadn't bullied Yan Jiefang; firstly, because of the age difference.

Secondly, Yan Jiefang was timid when he was a child and didn't dare to provoke the neighborhood's little devil.

The psychological shadow from childhood had become a real dragon now, and Yan Jiefang followed Li Xuewu out of the middle courtyard with a trembling heart.

Seeing Li Xuewu standing by the flower bed waiting for him, Yan Jiefang felt weak in the heart and legs, very afraid that Li Xuewu would hit him like he did just a moment ago.

"Hurry up."

Seeing Li Xuewu's bad expression, Yan Jiefang said with a bitter face: "My legs are numb from squatting."

Looking at Yan Jiefang's timid appearance, Li Xuewu frowned and asked: "How did you get mixed up with them? Are you getting worse as you get older?"

Yan Jiefang stood in front of Li Xuewu with a red face, his hands fidgeting with his cuffs.

"I'm asking you a question, can't you hear me?"

Li Xuewu's stern scolding startled Yan Jiefang, who then looked at Li Xuewu hesitantly, not knowing whether he should speak.

But looking at Li Xuewu's eyes, Yan Jiefang could only mumble: "I just wanted to... to get to know those girls. They said they were going out to play, so I followed them."

"Are you stupid?"

Li Xuewu didn't expect Yan Jiefang to be aiming for those little girls.

"Are there any girls from good families playing on the street? Even if there are, can you handle such a wild temperament?"

"No..."

Yan Jiefang defended himself: "I just wanted to get to know them."

Li Xuewu frowned and said: "Stop spouting nonsense with me. If it weren't for your brother being here, and if it weren't for us being in the same courtyard, I wouldn't even bother with you."

As he spoke, Li Xuewu pointed at Yan Jiefang's chest and lectured: "Master Yang Er at how old you are, and you're still spouting nonsense here. Are you planning to find someone like that one over there, and then have the couple hang out on the street?"

Yan Jiefang saw that Li Xuewu's words were meant to protect him, and he also knew that Li Xuewu was considering their neighborly relationship; otherwise, he would have really called his father over to pick him up, and he would definitely be scolded when he got home.

"Thank you, Brother Li. I know I was wrong; I won't hang out with them anymore."

"Can you even hang out with them?"

Li Xuewu looked at Yan Jiefang with disdain, then waved to Yan Jiecheng, who had already gotten off the jeep, and said: "Take your brother to find Wu Zi to write a statement, then sign your name to take him out, and tell him to go home immediately."

"Yes."

Yan Jiecheng had gotten out of the car when he saw his brother come out with Li Xuewu. Now, seeing Li Xuewu's instruction, he agreed and pulled Yan Jiefang toward the inner courtyard.

Although they had separated the household, and although the brothers had made a scene on the day they separated, and although there was still conflict between them, Yan Jiecheng was still thinking about Yan Jiefang at this moment.

Watching the two enter the middle courtyard, Li Xuewu leaned against the jeep in the courtyard and took out a Da Qianmen cigarette to light one for himself.

Han Yating, Shen Fang, Wu Zi, and the others were in the courtyard, and Li Xuewu had just scared them a moment ago, so it was simple to handle now; he would just let the parents take them back later.

Just as he was smoking, he saw a figure riding a bicycle enter in a hurry from the main gate.

The gatekeeper held his gun and stopped the person; the person got off the bike and explained a few words to the old man before pushing the bike in.

Li Xuewu hadn't paid much attention at first, but the courtyard was only so big, so he had to take a few looks when someone came in.

But the more he looked, the more familiar the person seemed; Li Xuewu's hand holding the cigarette even paused.

The person who came was a tall, full-figured, and graceful young woman.

Why could Li Xuewu tell the girl's figure in this era where everyone wore loose cotton-padded jackets?

It wasn't because he had measured it himself, but because the clothes the girl was wearing were clearly specially tailored, decorating her figure very obviously.

"Why are you here?"

Seeing the girl ask, Li Xuewu knew his guess was correct.

"Here to pick up your sister?"

The person who came was none other than Li Xuewu's ex-girlfriend... one of them, Wang Yajuan, who was the sister of the girl who had greeted Li Xuewu in the middle courtyard just a moment ago; that girl's name was Wang Yamei.