The Tempting Road to Becoming an Official

Such a scene was truly moving.

The onlookers witnessed Yuan Zhenting in this state, each of them also began to shed tears.

After all, the young town leader who had been in office for only two or three days had died trying to save people, which made many feel a touch of melancholy.

"Old town leader, the arsonist has been caught."

Suddenly, someone shouted.

Several villagers appeared, escorting a young man from the crowd.

The young man seemed to be under thirty.

He was covered in dirt.

His hands were held, and he was stooping.

His entire face looked extremely panic-stricken.

"Did you start the fire?"

Yuan Zhenting got up from the ground and walked up to the captive to ask.

"I... umm..."

The young man's voice trembled, suddenly at a loss for words.

"I'm asking you, did you or did you not start the fire?"

Yuan Zhenting asked sternly again.

This time, it frightened the young man.

His knees buckled, and with a thud, he sat on the ground and cried out, "I was wrong, I was wrong, I really was..."

It seemed.

The man they had caught was undoubtedly the culprit.

"What's your name?"

Yuan Zhenting asked another question.

At that moment, a young man searched the suspect and found an ID card from his pocket.

The young man handed it to Yuan Zhenting, who, with a grim expression, said, "Cui Xianghui, are you from Chagang Village?"

The identity was revealed.

There was no denying the culprit anymore.

Yuan Zhenting sighed deeply and said to a police officer beside him, "Officer Qiu, I leave the person to you for legal proceedings."

The man beside him was Qiu Mingchen, the chief of the Fuguang Town police station.

He had just received the ID card from Yuan Zhenting.

When he heard someone in the crowd suddenly shout, "Beat this bastard to death, he caused us heavy losses, and he killed our new town leader, Chen Fang."

"Right, beat the damn dog to death."

Another person echoed.

Then, the crowd completely lost order.

Those who were there to watch the excitement surged toward Cui Xianghui.

A young man was the first to kick, hitting Cui Xianghui's body, followed by more people who surrounded him and started beating him.

Poor Cui Xianghui.

How could he be a match for such an outraged crowd?

He could only curl up on the ground, holding his head while the blows rained down on him like a storm.

If it continued like this, someone would definitely get killed.

Qiu Mingchen hurriedly directed the officers to rescue the man.

But with only a few officers at the station, they were no match for so many people. After shouting for a long time, they still couldn't stop the crowd's "violence."

Cui Xianghui had already fallen into a state of unconsciousness.

The beating crowd showed no intention of stopping.

The situation was now completely out of control.

Just at that moment.

The roar of a car engine came from the distance.

A heavily damaged SUV was seen speeding toward them.

The car's horn was pressed continuously, seemingly issuing a warning.

From the passenger side, a woman poked her head out and shouted to the crowd ahead, "Move aside, the brakes have failed, move aside, the brakes are broken..."

The car was a law unto itself.

After knocking over a tricycle, it charged toward the beating crowd.

The attackers, no longer mindful of Cui Xianghui on the ground, sprawled and fled for their lives.

There was no longer a need to control the uncontrollable scene.

Before the car even arrived, the crowd was gone, as nobody wanted to be struck down for no reason.

Only Cui Xianghui was left, lying on the ground, barely alive.

Just as the car was about to roll over Cui Xianghui's body, many of the onlookers covered their eyes, not wanting to witness a bloody scene.

In that critical moment.

All I heard was a crisp crackle.

The damaged SUV came to a stop.

Just half a meter away from Cui Xianghui.

A tall woman with a robust chest jumped down and walked straight up to Cui Xianghui, felt for his breath with her hand, and turned to shout, "He's still alive."

At that moment,

the car door opened.

The person who appeared before everyone wasn't anyone else, it was Chen Fang.

Everyone at the scene was dumbfounded.

Yuan Zhenting, Luo Yide, and others all gaped, as if they had seen a ghost.

"Chen... Mayor Chen..."

Yuan Zhenting swallowed and called out.

"Oh, is that Mayor Yuan? I'm terribly sorry; I've been so busy trying to get my head around my new duties these past few days that I haven't had time to come and ask for your advice,"

Chen Fang said politely.

Yuan Zhenting said hesitantly, "That's... that's alright, but weren't you..."

"Oh, Mayor Yuan was relieved that I didn't die in there, right?"

"Uh... yes, indeed, it's a great fortune."

Yuan Zhenting quickly took up the thread.

Chen Fang pointed to the damaged SUV and said, "My friend saved me. Before the warehouse collapsed, he drove into the wall and made a hole so I was able to quickly and safely escape the scene. I had just driven away when the factory collapsed, so as you said, Mayor Yuan, it truly was a great fortune."

"Exactly, Mayor Chen has the divine protection of good fortune."

Disappointment could be seen on Yuan Zhenting's face as he spoke.

"Mayor Yuan, there's no time for a chat now; I need to take care of things,"

Chen Fang concluded.

He glanced at Fang Mei.

Fang Mei nodded.

Together with Fang Gui, who had gotten out of the car, they lifted the man lying on the ground, Cui Xianghui.

Yuan Zhenting was taken aback.

He quickly looked over at Qiu Mingchen.

Qiu Mingchen understood immediately.

He moved quickly to Chen Fang and asked, "Mayor Chen, since this is the arson suspect, shouldn't we let the police handle it?"

"Let the police handle it? Mayor Yuan just told you to do that, and you failed to protect the suspect, didn't you?"

"That's because…"

Qiu Mingchen wanted to argue.

But he was cut off by Chen Fang.

He said, "Enough, the suspect is critically injured, and even if we need to interrogate him, we must treat his injuries first. I'll take him now, and if anything goes wrong, it'll be on my head, Chen Fang's."

"Mayor Chen, this won't do, it goes against the rules."

Qiu Mingchen suddenly stepped in front of Fang Mei, indicating he was trying to prevent Chen Fang from taking Cui Xianghui away.

"Rules? Whose rules, yours or someone else's?"

Chen Fang's words were loaded with meaning.

A look of difficulty flashed across Qiu Mingchen's face.

After a pause, he said, "Of course, it's the police rules; the suspect should be handled by the police. Mayor Chen, you're obstructing official business."

"Obstructing official business? You didn't do anything when so many people were beating up the man, and now that he's dying, you step in. Director Qiu, if he suffocates because of your obstruction, you'll be the murderer,"

Chen Fang finished.

He pointed towards the distance with his hand.

Qiu Mingchen turned to look, only to see a Jinbei van speeding over.

It stopped behind the group.

Emblazoned on the car door were the words "News Reporting," and hanging at the front of the car was a sign saying "Wen'an News."

Then, the car door opened.

Several reporters with cameras and microphones in hand rushed out.

The villagers who had just been violent were itching to snatch Cui Xianghui from Chen Fang's grasp, but faced with the reporters' cameras, none dared to move.

Qiu Mingchen was the same.

Seeing a camera pointed at him,

he could only step back a bit.

"Take him away!"

Chen Fang gestured.

The Rose Twins quickly moved Cui Xianghui onto the vehicle and sped off towards the health clinic.

At that moment,

sirens could also be heard in the distance.

The belated arrival of the fire truck and the vehicles from the county public security bureau also arrived on the scene.