The Tempting Road to Becoming an Official

What's going on?

Where did all these police come from?

And judging by their attire, they're certainly not the local police.

There must have been around a dozen of them.

Each officer had a utility belt.

And a pistol at their waist.

After these people rushed out, they lined up and stood in front of Chen Fang, assuming an offensive stance, hands on their holsters, ready to draw their weapons at any moment.

Ordinary people had never seen such a sight.

Seeing this display,

they all began to retreat.

"What's happening? So many police officers have arrived, and yet there has been no word?"

Yuan Zhenting cursed softly to the young man beside him.

The young man was also aggrieved.

He said, "I don't know, the county didn't call."

"Could it be that Xu Lianyun did this on her own initiative?"

Yuan Zhenting muttered.

Just then, the young man suddenly leaned in and said, "County Chief Sun has arrived."

Yuan Zhenting's heart leapt with joy.

His savior had finally arrived.

He had barely turned around when he saw Sun Shenru, surrounded by a group of people, walking over with a gloomy face.

Sun Shenru was 50 years old this year.

He was over 1.7 meters tall, but quite slim.

He wore a thick pair of glasses on his nose, which gave him a very mild appearance.

Tan Yandong had once told Chen Fang that when it came to cunning, not even he could match Sun Shenru.

During his time as Tan Yandong's deputy,

Sun Shenru had always been diligent. In everyone's eyes, he was the least ambitious person, but who would have thought that he was actually Yuan Zhenting's backer?

All along,

the bamboo product industry in Fuguang Town had been his proudest achievement.

"Can't you even handle a minor issue? What use are you?"

Yuan Zhenting had just approached,

when Sun Shenru glared at him.

Then he walked up to the metal gate with his hands behind his back.

He said, "Open the gate!"

With a low groaning of the gate hinges, the shaky gate opened.

He stepped inside.

He glanced at the line of police officers and put on a show, saying, "This is a farce. Which unit are you from? Who asked you to come here? And why are you all carrying guns? Do you intend to use them against the people?"

Not a single officer spoke.

They just gazed at him indifferently.

Sun Shenru instantly felt humiliated.

He turned and said, "Comrade Wang Zhiyu, take down their badge numbers. When we get back, deal with each one of them. This is complete lawlessness; they dare to act without organizational approval. Do they no longer regard the words 'people's police'?"

Wang Zhiyu was the director of the county government office.

Upon hearing this,

he immediately took out a notebook.

Just as he was about to record,

a woman's voice came from the entrance,

"No need to note it down; you have no authority to deal with them."

"Who? Who speaks so arrogantly?"

Wang Zhiyu shouted loudly.

At this time, a young woman in a police uniform stepped forward.

She walked slowly to the middle of the courtyard, and in this interval, she gave Chen Fang a flirtatious smile.

Then she turned to Sun Shenru and said, "Deputy Captain Wen Mei of the Criminal Police Brigade of Wen'an City Public Security Bureau, reporting to County Chief Sun."

Upon hearing this,

Sun Shenru's brow furrowed.

He asked, "From the city's criminal police team? What are you doing here?"

Wen Mei gave a faint smile and replied, "We received a clue that a criminal suspect we are trying to apprehend has run to Fuguang Town, so I led my team to sneak in. Unexpectedly, we encountered a crowd assaulting a state organ. In such a situation, our city bureau had no choice but to intervene."

"Assaulting a state organ? It seems that Captain Wen really needs to study the law. Since when did the township health clinic become a state organ? This is simply absurd!"

Wen Mei said, "Originally, the township health clinic is not a state organ, but a few days ago, Changming County Health Bureau established the Fuguang Town Health and Wellness Center here as well, so now, this place has indeed become a state organ."

As soon as these words were spoken,

Sun Shenru was startled.

He abruptly turned to look at Chen Fang.

But saw that his face appeared normal.

Feeling assured, he said angrily, "Well done, Chen Fang, truly worthy of being a cadre from the health bureau, already prepared for the countermove. Now I can't touch you, can I?"

"County Chief Sun, your words are somewhat unfair to Chen Fang. I have long since left the health bureau. This decision was made by the party group of the health bureau. What could I do? Besides, since Captain Wen and her team came to Fuguang Town to investigate a case, as the town mayor, of course I need to cooperate. Is there something wrong with that?"

A single sentence.

Left Sun Shenru speechless.

Fuguang Town Health Clinic became a state organ.

With this, the large crowd gathered, causing a disturbance, now constituted the charge of assaulting a state organ.

The city's criminal police team was here to investigate a case.

Naturally, they would take action when encountering a crime.

He, as the county chief, could not find any faults to pick.

The feeling of being unable to vent his pent-up schemes was genuinely uncomfortable.

"Leader, these people are all merchants affected by the fire. They're not here to cause trouble, just to see the arsonist, Cui Xianghui, and get some justice. Mayor Chen is blocking us from going in and won't let us see him. Everyone's uneasy so they spontaneously came over to take a look. That's not a problem, right?"

Seeing that Sun Shenru was at a disadvantage,

Yuan Zhenting immediately came over and said.

Sun Shenru seemed to grasp at a lifeline.

He demanded sternly again, "How is the suspect?"

"The suspect is receiving treatment at the health clinic; his condition is stable at the moment,"

Chen Fang replied.

"You're lying!"

Yuan Zhenting shouted.

Chen Fang frowned and asked, "Old Mayor, what are you talking about? The suspect has always been under my surveillance. Am I not aware if I'm lying or not? Could it be that you did something, so you're so sure that I'm lying?"

A clear case of protesting too much.

Yuan Zhenting's face showed embarrassment.

After a pause, he said, "Anyway, if we don't see Cui Xianghui today, we're not going back."

"That's right, we won't go back!"

From the crowd, someone else started to clamor as well.

Adopting a peacemaker's demeanor, Sun Shenru said, "Comrade Chen Fang, it's not too much for the common folks to want to see the suspect. After all, everyone has suffered a great deal. The law can't win against sentiment. If it's not possible in any other way, I will go on behalf of everyone to have a look, to reassure everyone. Surely you won't block me from doing that?"

"County Chief Sun, it's not that I don't want to let you see, but it's not convenient right now. The investigative team is currently interrogating Cui Xianghui."

Chen Fang's refusal.

In Yuan Zhenting's view, it was entirely a way to delay and evade the issue.

He sneered and said, "Mayor Chen, it couldn't be that something has happened to Cui Xianghui, and you're deliberately not letting us see, right?"

"Comrade Chen Fang, has something happened to the suspect?"

Sun Shenru also asked seriously.

"No, I already told you, he is being interrogated,"

Chen Fang replied.

"Nonsense, the suspect must have met with some issue, and that's why you're not letting County Chief Sun see him. If you dare, let him come out now; we just want to take a distant look at him."

Yuan Zhenting said threateningly.

"Right, we won't go inside; we just want to take a look from afar."

In the crowd, another voice echoed the sentiment.

Sun Shenru naturally had his own certainty.

Putting on a stern face, he said, "Chen Fang, I am ordering you as the county chief to bring out the suspect. If you can't do it, then I'll have no choice but to go in myself."

Seeing that Chen Fang still did not move,

Yuan Zhenting sneered and said, "Chen Fang, you think you're so capable? What's the matter? Playing dumb with us now?"