The Tempting Road to Becoming an Official

Cui Hongqing felt a surge of joy in his heart.

He said, "Twenty thousand yuan? But let it be known, these were your words, not mine."

"Of course they were my words, but now I don't feel like giving it to you anymore,"

Chen Fang said, his voice light and nonchalant.

Cui Hongqing was instantly stunned.

Then, burning with rage, he raised the sickle in his hand and bellowed, "Damn it, are you fucking playing games with me? Hand over the money, or I swear I'll kill you today."

"If you kill me, then I'll give you the money,"

Chen Fang strangely pulled out two wads of cash again.

Cui Hongqing's eyes lit up at the sight of money.

He couldn't care less about anything else at that point.

He snatched the money over and started counting it, licking his fingers as he did so.

"Call the police,"

Chen Fang turned and said to Guo Zheng.

Guo Zheng nodded his head.

He picked up the phone and went outside.

The police station wasn't far away.

About three to five minutes passed after the call was made.

A police car slowly drove up.

The car door opened.

An officer and two auxiliary police stepped out.

The leader strutted with an air of braggadocio, walking with his head held high and chest out.

"Who called the police?"

Upon reaching the store entrance, the officer shouted loudly.

"Reporting to the officer, it was me who called the police,"

Chen Fang raised his hand and spoke.

The officer looked at Chen Fang and felt he looked somewhat familiar but couldn't recall where he had seen him before. He asked, "What happened here?"

Chen Fang pointed his hand towards Cui Hongqing, who was still holding a sickle and counting money, and said, "He committed robbery."

"Robbery?"

The officer furrowed his brow.

He walked into the grocery store.

"Ah Fang, that man is Huang Youyu, Cui Hongqing's cousin."

Hiding behind Chen Fang, Jiang Yuchan whispered.

Huang Youyu walked up to Cui Hongqing and they began to speak in hushed tones.

After a brief exchange,

Huang Youyu turned around, pointed at Chen Fang, and said to the two auxiliary police, "Cuff him."

The two auxiliary police immediately took out handcuffs and approached Chen Fang.

Just as they were about to proceed, Chen Fang asked, "Officer, it's clear that I'm the one who called the police, why are you cuffing me?"

"I cuff whoever I say, it's the police handling the case, is it up to you to give orders?"

Huang Youyu said with a commanding tone.

As soon as the words ended,

a clicking sound was heard,

and handcuffs were fastened onto Chen Fang's wrists.

The situation had flipped.

Jiang Yuchan was frantic with worry and was about to step forward and plead, but she was stopped by a stern look from Chen Fang.

"Look here, officer, this doesn't make sense. He clearly threatened me with a knife and took my money. The person you should be catching is him, not me."

Chen Fang finished speaking.

Huang Youyu let out a cold sneer.

He walked up to Chen Fang, reached out and patted his face lightly, saying, "Buddy, who are you? Are you a cop? Do you get to say it's a robbery? I'm the one who decides whether it's a robbery or not, not you. Not happy with that? No problem, once we're at the station, I'll make sure you understand."

At that moment, Chen Fang truly understood why Cui Hongqing dared to be so lawless.

With such a policeman shielding him,

what did he have to fear?

"Buddy? Catching me? Don't you look around at where you are? By your accent, you're not from around here, right? This money is for the medical expenses you owe me, and you haven't even paid me yet for messing with my wife..."

At this time,

Cui Hongqing had finished counting the twenty thousand yuan.

Seeming quite pleased, he tucked the money away,

and strutted up to Chen Fang, speaking with an air of smugness.

"So, what was a robbery just a moment ago is now extortion and blackmail?"

Chen Fang asked.

"What if I robbed you? And what about extorting you? What can you do to me?"

Cui Hongqing said defiantly.

Chen Fang sneered and replied, "Fine, since I'm already handcuffed, obviously I can't do much. The money is in my pocket, help yourself."

Hearing Chen Fang still had money.

Cui Hongqing was thrilled.

He hurriedly reached into Chen Fang's pocket.

After fumbling around for a moment.

He pulled out a black document.

He glanced at it, not knowing what it was, and threw it on the ground with annoyance, "Are you ****ing with me, where's the money?"

Chen Fang glanced at the document on the ground and said, "There's money in there."

"What money is in here?"

Cui Hongqing bent down to pick up the document again.

The moment he opened it, he didn't react, but Huang Youyu, standing nearby, was stunned.

He snatched the document from Cui Hongqing's hand.

Upon looking at it, his entire body jolted.

"There's money in here?"

Cui Hongqing had just leaned in when Huang Youyu slapped him across the face with a smack.

"Cousin, why did you hit me?"

Confused as to why he was slapped.

Cui Hongqing felt wronged.

Huang Youyu had no time for explanations.

He immediately took out the keys to the handcuffs, intending to unlock them for Chen Fang.

Chen Fang withdrew his hands.

He said, "Officer Huang, no need, let Qiu Mingchen unlock these handcuffs."

Huang Youyu shivered all over.

He was about to say something.

But then he saw Qiu Mingchen walking over with a few policemen.

It was over, completely over.

Huang Youyu started trembling.

With a trembling voice, he said, "Chen... Mayor Chen, I... I was wrong, I failed to recognize a great man, I... I didn't know it was you..."

"You didn't know it was me? What, you bully the weak and fear the strong? Dressed in a police uniform but not performing your duties, so many people saw Cui Hongqing robbing me with a sickle right in front of you, extorting me, and without questioning, you handcuffed me right away. Do you think you still deserve to be a cop?"

"I... I was wrong..."

Huang Youyu tried to explain.

But Qiu Mingchen didn't give him the chance.

With a wave of his hand.

Two policemen took Huang Youyu away.

It didn't take much to guess that today was probably his last day in a police uniform.

At this moment, Cui Hongqing also realized who Chen Fang was.

He was scared out of his wits.

Yet, a scoundrel always finds a way out.

Knowing he was no match for Chen Fang, he sat down on the ground, wailing, "Heavens above, earth below, is there no justice in this world? An official has messed with my wife, and I can't seek retribution, I don't want to live anymore, I might as well die."

After speaking, he pointed the sickle at his own throat in a suicidal gesture.

Qiu Mingchen was afraid of an incident.

He was about to step in to intervene.

Chen Fang stopped him with a hand.

He said to Cui Hongqing, "Continue."

Cui Hongqing started to wail against the sky again, "Fellow villagers, you see, the mayor is driving the common people to death, I can't live anymore, I'm going to slit my throat right now..."

"Keep going, put some effort into it, do you need my help?"

Chen Fang stood still, seemingly egging him on.

Cui Hongqing thought his performance would cause a commotion.

But unexpectedly, it had no effect; everybody just watched him like a clown.

He didn't have the guts to kill himself.

Throwing the sickle aside, he got up from the ground and said, "Mayor Chen, right? Fine, you're tough. But it doesn't matter, after today, I will still beat her every day, I will strip her, tie a rope around her, and parade her down the street every day. She's my wife; I'd like to see what you can do about it."

"Is that so?"

Chen Fang narrowed his eyes and asked.

"You want to protect her, right? I'll make you watch helplessly as she's humiliated by me, and you can't do anything about it."

Cui Hongqing said defiantly, dancing and grinding his teeth in front of everyone.