"You?" Jiang Miaoke gazed at Ye Xiao, who was handcuffed to the handle above him, and her face instantly displayed shock. It had only been a few hours since they last met; there was no way Jiang Miaoke wouldn't recognize Ye Xiao.

"How are you here?" Being handcuffed here wasn't a big deal for Ye Xiao, so upon seeing Jiang Miaoke, he immediately looked at her in surprise. However, after he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of the girl named Coco mentioned over the phone earlier.

Before Jiang Miaoke could respond, Ye Xiao looked at her somewhat astonished and said, "You wouldn't happen to be that Coco, would you?"

By then, Jiang Miaoke had realized her mistake, and to her dismay, she realized that she had misjudged her own savior.

"Yes!" Jiang Miaoke's face turned slightly red, clearly embarrassed by the situation. At this moment, the normally eloquent Jiang Miaoke fell silent.

Upon their arrival, the middle-aged man in a police uniform glanced at Ye Xiao and then immediately turned to Chen Jianguo.

Chen Jianguo quickly stood up, looking respectfully at the middle-aged man and said, "Director Li!"

Li Zhi had already learned that Ye Xiao was wrongfully accused; it was all just a misunderstanding. Normally, Li Zhi would have given a stern lecture, but since the source of the misunderstanding was Jiang Miaoke, who had connections to the prominent Jiang Family of Bird City, Li Zhi didn't dare speak too harshly. So instead, he directed his anger toward his subordinates.

"Jianguo, what's going on here?" Li Zhi's authority was palpable, even without moving. Chen Jianguo and Zhang Youchen were so frightened they nearly lost their composure.

"Director Li, it's like this..." Chen Jianguo tried to explain. After all, they had just performed a vigilante punishment on Ye Xiao, with Zhang Youchen even beating Ye Xiao half to death. If Ye Xiao hadn't been resilient, things could have gotten truly problematic.

However, before Chen Jianguo could finish his explanation, Ye Xiao's voice rang out.

"I'm guilty, officers, I'm guilty! I stole the car, I stole the phone, and the year before last, I even harassed a sow—I admit it, it's all my fault. Officers, you enforce the law impartially, I beg you!"

This outcry startled Zhang Youchen so much that he hurriedly fetched the keys to unlock Ye Xiao's handcuffs.

"Officer Zhang, I've confessed, I admit I'm utterly wicked. You've been hitting me for half an hour, isn't it just to make me confess? Oh right, I indeed have accomplices, two girls, they made me do it, you must catch them too!" Ye Xiao shouted loudly.

"Who are they?" Li Zhi looked at Ye Xiao, realizing he was putting on an act, while also understanding that Ye Xiao had just suffered from extrajudicial punishment. Feeling increasingly displeased, he thought how his subordinates were getting more lawless.

Ye Xiao quickly said, "Miss Xia and Miss Fang standing right beside you, they're the ones. They gave me the keys, please arrest them too."

"Mr. Li!" Once Ye Xiao finished speaking, Xia Mingyue was too infuriated to hold back any longer. She looked at Li Zhi and said coldly, "I always thought forced confessions were only part of those ancient drama plots, I never expected, indeed, that today the Jinling District Guard Bureau would be such an eye-opener."

Hearing Xia Mingyue's voice, Li Zhi was equally shocked and annoyed—how dare this young girl speak to him this way? But he only thought this privately. Although he wasn't afraid of Xia Mingyue, he was extremely wary of the support behind her—the Xia Group, a nationally renowned large conglomerate frequently seen in accounts of their leader shaking hands and being photographed with various high-ranking officials.

He was just a chief of the Guard Bureau in one region, whereas the boss of the Xia Group was almost like brothers with the officials in the area.

"Mr. Xia, I will definitely provide you with a satisfactory response. There absolutely cannot be such scum within the Jinling District Guard Bureau!" Li Zhi said this, but instead of addressing Chen Jianguo or Zhang Youchen right away, he strode toward Ye Xiao.

"Young man, it's my lack of discipline that caused you to suffer in the Guard Bureau. Rest assured, for every hit you took, I'll make sure he experiences ten times the pain." Li Zhi said, reaching out his hand toward the trembling Zhang Youchen.

Hearing Li Zhi, Zhang Youchen's soul nearly left his body, and he quickly handed over the handcuff keys to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi then unlocked Ye Xiao's handcuffs and continued with a smile, "Young man, how are you feeling? I can make decisions for you. If there's any discomfort, we'll follow legal procedures. The Guard Bureau doesn't just arrest criminals outside; police officers who make mistakes must be arrested too."

Ye Xiao, an absolute genius in acting, grabbed Li Zhi's hand as soon as the handcuffs were off, looking at him gratefully and said, "Director Li truly is the people's good officer. I trust you'll definitely handle this well. I'm fine, but after being hit for half an hour, wouldn't I be too much at a loss without compensation of three or five hundred? I think I must have bruises, oh, ordinary people just aren't valued."

Li Zhi immediately turned to Zhang Youchen and said coldly, "Zhang Youchen, this young man wants to settle with you privately. What do you say?"

"It's my fault, I'll compensate, one thousand—I'll give one thousand." Zhang Youchen hurriedly responded.

Ye Xiao promptly chuckled and stretched out his hand, clearly wanting the payment right then!

Zhang Youchen sighed inwardly, relieved that he had a good amount of money in his pocket that day. He immediately took out his wallet and pulled out a thousand yuan, but just then, Ye Xiao swiftly snatched a photo from Zhang Youchen's wallet.

"Hey, isn't this Officer Feng?" Ye Xiao looked at the girl in the photo and grinned at Zhang Youchen.

Zhang Youchen's face turned red with embarrassment, and at that moment, Feng Jiao, who was standing in the interrogation room, also heard this and her face flushed, her eyebrows furrowing.

"I... I..." This photo was one Zhang Youchen had secretly snapped and developed. He liked to fantasize about it when he was idle.

"Officer Zhang, if you like her, just admit it. Sneaking around like this is really shameless. I'm someone who speaks the truth, don't mind me," Ye Xiao chuckled.

Li Zhi took a deep breath of anger, clearly very dissatisfied with Zhang Youchen.

First of all, Ye Xiao was definitely not a gentleman. In fact, he often enjoyed playing the villain, and he was very good at it.

Ye Xiao took the thousand yuan, counted it carefully, and said, "Not bad, no counterfeit bills. Mr. Li, let's just let this go, shall we? Although when you guys came over just now, Officer Zhang wanted to electrocute me to death, but who am I? Just a common citizen, I wouldn't dare hold a grudge against Officer Zhang, so, you see..."

Regardless of whether Li Zhi had thought of letting Zhang Youchen off, he now had no thoughts of doing so, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't.

Now that Ye Xiao had put it in such terms, if Li Zhi really let Zhang Youchen off, it would make a big problem small and a small problem smaller, which would be like creating trouble for himself.

Xia Mingyue, Jiang Miaoke, and Feng Jiao were all watching.

Li Zhi looked at Zhang Youchen and said, "You're fired."

Chen Jianguo was shocked to hear this. After all, Zhang Youchen had passed the police academy and had a promising future in the Guard Bureau, but now Li Zhi was saying he would fire him. Zhang Youchen used to make offerings to Li Zhi.

Upon hearing Li Zhi's words, Zhang Youchen was taken aback, but then he became furious.

Not even during holidays was he the first to run to Li Zhi's house with gifts and money, solely for Li Zhi's protection when needed.

Now, Li Zhi was actually going to fire him? Wasn't this killing him?

"Li Zhi, what do you mean? How much money have I given you? You dare to fire me?" Zhang Youchen shouted at Li Zhi.

At this moment, Zhang Youchen was heated, and he immediately regretted his words after saying them.

Chen Jianguo, hearing Zhang Youchen's words, was terrified. Zhang Youchen was really too impulsive. Regardless of whether Li Zhi was really going to fire him or not, this was about saving face, and Zhang Youchen had outright exposed Li Zhi's corruption.

Chen Jianguo quickly looked at Li Zhi, who now had an extremely ugly expression, even murderous. If conditions had allowed, Li Zhi would have probably killed Ye Xiao without hesitation.

"Hahahaha!" A loud laugh came from Ye Xiao's mouth.

Ye Xiao waved the thousand yuan, then looked at Zhang Youchen and said, "You big fool? If I were you, I'd take out a stun baton and knock myself out right now."

Zhang Youchen was truly foolish to the extreme. If Li Zhi had previously said he'd fire Zhang Youchen just to show Ye Xiao, Xia Mingyue, and others, he would absolutely not tolerate Zhang Youchen from now on, as the guy was like a ticking time bomb, possibly dragging Li Zhi down with him at any moment.

"Mr. Xia, seems there's nothing else here, shall we go?" Ye Xiao looked at Xia Mingyue and smiled.

"Let's go then!" Xia Mingyue was originally very angry, as the Guard Bureau had actually used vigilante justice on Ye Xiao. Although Xia Mingyue did not admit to being concerned about Ye Xiao, the anger in her heart was undeniable.

But Zhang Youchen's action had just made Xia Mingyue want to laugh; how could there be such a clueless person in the world?

"Director Li, the rest is internal business for your bureau, we won't interfere anymore, goodbye!" Mr. Xia said with a smile to Li Zhi.

Li Zhi smiled awkwardly; his heart was filled with rage. He hated everyone involved; if it weren't for these annoyances, Zhang Youchen wouldn't have exposed his own bribery.

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