Chapter 557: Retreat
"Stop"
Everyone turned their heads, only to see Lin Chuan rushing over.
"Brother Chuan!" Zhou Kai exclaimed with joy.
Song Hao sneered, "Lin Chuan, you've arrived just in time. You're the legal representative of Feixiang Company. Tell them to get lost immediately. We're now enforcing the law strictly, shutting down this sand mining operation. You're suspected of illegal sand mining, Lin Chuan, you'll have to come with us for an investigation."
"Sorry, this sand field isn't mine alone; it belongs to our Feixiang Company," Lin Chuan sneered back.
This statement instantly warmed everyone's hearts. Members of the Jvyi Gang felt as if they were suddenly entrusted with a responsibility, and a unanimous thought seemed to arise in their hearts: to protect the sand field, the transport company, and everything here!
"Since you put it that way, take them all away," Song Hao ordered with a wave of his hand.
"You can take us away, but do you have an arrest warrant?" Lin Chuan challenged Song Hao.
Song Hao was taken aback and claimed somewhat illogically, "You've violated national laws, we have the right to take you back to the police station first."
Some journalists in the back squeezed forward to take pictures, but Lu Dapao, the rascal, somehow got his hands on a hose and turned on the tap when no one was paying attention.
The kid was intentionally causing trouble, using high-pressure water. As soon as the tap was opened, a strong jet of water blasted out of the hose.
This jet hit a female television host holding a microphone just right.
The hostess was already dressed lightly; once hit by the high-pressure water, her curves were immediately revealed, no need to go into detail.
A group of people burst into laughter.
"Look, look," a crowd excitedly shouted.
"Tsk tsk, look what happened to the pretty reporter."
Song Hao hurriedly yelled, "Stop the water... stop the water NOW!"
Leaders from the Bureau of Industry and Commerce quickly started making phone calls, only to discover after stopping the water that Zhou Kai and his men hadn't used the city water supply at all, but directly drew water from East River with their own pipes; it wasn't processed by the water company.
The high-pressure water, together with the flexible hose, started spraying everywhere, causing Song Hao and the others who had come to enforce the regulations to dodge in disarray.
"Retreat, let's retreat!" the leader from the Bureau of Industry and Commerce said helplessly, "Continuing like this is useless."
Song Hao was extremely annoyed. After a series of failures, he could only choose to retreat in disgrace. After the group left, the scene looked like a giant pond. Zhou Kai touched the droplets on his face and then said, "Damn, to kill the enemy by a thousand, only to suffer a self-loss of eight hundred. We got ourselves drenched. The field is all water now, and there's no place to even walk."
"Go drain the water," Lin Chuan said.
"Sure thing," Zhou Kai nodded.
In the meantime, Lu Dapao, accompanied by some brothers from the Jvyi Gang, came down, whispering to each other with a sly smile on their faces.
"Brother Pao, that female reporter was really something, with such big breasts," a man said, gesturing with a smile.
"Isn't that obvious?" Lu Dapao grinned, "Damn, her underwear was so tempting, I wanted to rush over and **** a few shots right then and there."
"I wish I could too," another brother fantasized excitedly.
A crowd of onlookers was especially enjoying themselves at the scene as if they had not had enough of the recent fight and seemed eager for another round. Of course, Lin Chuan understood what they meant; these guys were all fixated on that beautiful female reporter.
"Brother Chuan," Zhou Kai approached, frowning as he spoke, "Damn, this is most likely that bastard Song Hao acting behind the scenes. Do you think he'll just let this go?"
Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Of course he won't just let this go."
"What do we do?" Zhou Kai asked anxiously.
"What can we do?" Lin Chuan sneered, "We meet soldiers with strategy, and water with earth; don't you understand this principle?"
"I'm just afraid that if the other side doesn't come openly, they'll come in secret." Zhou Kai frowned and said, "If they come in secret, I'm afraid we might not be able to handle it."
"Don't worry." Lin Chuan smiled and said, "In this world, there is no shield that is entirely unbreakable, nor is there a spear that is always the sharpest."
"What do you mean?" Zhou Kai looked at Lin Chuan with a face full of curiosity.
"What I mean is, it's not certain that they can beat us, nor can we be sure that we can beat them," Lin Chuan said with a smile.
"Then..." Zhou Kai was still confused.
"No matter what, peaceful coexistence is the best way," Lin Chuan said with a smile. "If they want to beat us, they're definitely going to pay a heavy price. And we can't beat them either. Because they represent the state institutions, the highest authority. We should avoid fighting them as much as we can."
"Yes!" Everyone nodded in agreement.
After all, they are the police, and unless our interests are truly crossed, it's best to avoid confrontation. Only if they infringe upon our interests should we be compelled to fight back.
The battlefield was a mess after such a battle, looking as desolate as a temple by the flooded East River.
After some cleaning up, the water on the ground had been covered and absorbed by the sand. Finally, the ground was back to normal for walking.
Zhou Rui came back from outside and, seeing the mess, stood astonished.
"My goodness, what... what have you guys done?" Zhou Rui exclaimed in surprise at the scene.
"Heh heh..." Zhou Kai chuckled, then said, "Hot Pepper, you really dodged a bullet this time. A bunch of big shots came just now, and we gave them a good thrashing before sending them packing. Haha, not only did no one get hurt in the fight, but it was also exhilarating. Too bad you missed it."
"Really?" Zhou Rui was shocked.
"Of course, it's true," Zhou Kai immediately nodded and said, "It's just a pity you weren't here to see it."
"No wonder when I was coming back just now, I saw several police cars driving away from this direction." Zhou Rui hurriedly walked over to Lin Chuan, looked him up and down, and then said, "Lin Chuan, are you alright?"
Zhou Rui was visibly nervous, as she reached out to touch Lin Chuan's face and body.
At this moment, Zhou Kai hurried over, looking elated, and then went up to Zhou Rui and said with a smile, "Hot Pepper, why don't you show some concern for me? I was the one who fought most fiercely with the other side; Brother Chuan didn't get a scratch."
"Hmph, why should I care about you," Zhou Rui pursed her lips and said, "You're not anyone to me!"
Zhou Kai got anxious: "Hot Pepper, you can't do this to me. After all, we grew up together. When you were wearing split pants, I even saw you pee!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Rui was immediately speechless, her eyes almost popping out in shock.
Zhou Kai immediately had a bad premonition; having grown up with Zhou Rui, how could he not know her temperament and personality? Sensing something was off, Zhou Kai immediately made a run for it. At this point, Zhou Rui got furious, grabbed a brick and roared, "Zhou Kai, you bastard, scoundrel, stop right there, don't you run!"
Zhou Kai ran for his life, not even daring to look back, much less mess around.
"Whoa, Hot Pepper's that fierce?"
"Pfft, you haven't seen Hot Pepper in her fiercest form yet, have you?" Lu Dapao gave Li Qiang a look, then laughed and said, "Hot Pepper used to be called a shrew, all of you be careful and don't provoke her without a good reason."
"Ouch, who would dare," Li Qiang said awkwardly, "This girl has got us all whipped into shape. If she says go east, we wouldn't dare go west."
"Hehe, take it easy, don't end up like Zhou Kai," Lu Dapao touched his head, still vividly remembering the moment when Hot Pepper's brick hit his head and felt like it exploded.
Not far away, Zhou Rui was looking for Zhou Kai, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. However, Zhou Kai was fast, and Zhou Rui couldn't catch up with his speed. After a vigorous chase, Zhou Kai disappeared from Zhou Rui's sight.
Bang...
Zhou Rui angrily threw the brick in her hand, hitting an old mixer, and roared furiously, "Zhou Kai, you bastard, better never come back if you dare. There aren't many who would dare to mess with me, watch how I deal with you!"
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