As the old saying went: "He who recognizes his limits is a wise man!”*
*Usually used with the meaning of justifying a surrender.
In today's society, it wasn’t so shameful to bow down and suck up to someone richer and more powerful than you. Nor did it lose you anything.
Liu Yanbo wasn’t trying to be wise, he just wanted to live a simple life. What wanted the least was provoking an upper-class elite like Zhou Ming.
However, the main reason was Pan Yuyi's reckless actions last night, which made Liu Yanbo speechless. Even without Zhou Ming's threat today, he would’ve probably kept a distance from her.
Noticing Liu Yanbo's long silence, Zhou Ming said displeased: "What? You won't agree?"
Liu Yanbo withdrew his thoughts and said with a smile on his face, "Of course I agree. Don't worry, Captain Zhou. If I see Captain Pan again in the future, I’ll definitely go the other way."
Zhou Ming nodded, Liu Yanbo's answer made him quite satisfied, and he couldn't help but raise his brows and say: "I see you're quite a sensible kid, so I won't make things difficult for you."
Having said that, Zhou Ming took out an evidence bag from the drawer and threw it on the table. The plastic bag contained Liu Yanbo's cell phone, wallet, and other personal belongings. Zhou Ming said: "Remember what you just said, or else it won't just be a warning next time. Also, if you want to file a complaint, the director's office is the last door to the right of the second floor, and there is also an anonymous complaint box at the station’s front door. Feel free to do as you please when you leave."
Liu Yanbo took out a cigarette from his evidence bag and offered an expensive ‘Great China’ cigarette to Zhou Ming, carefully lighting it for him afterward. His posture could be described as extremely low, "Captain Zhou is joking, I wouldn't dare play such a trick in front of you, nevertheless behind your back."
As a matter of fact, Liu Yanbo really had no intention to. Because it was useless.
Just as Zhou Ming said, if he really was determined to give Liu Yanbo a hard time, he could find all sorts of ways to do so at any time. And every single one of them wouldn't allow Liu Yanbo to have a peaceful day.
Since he was going to concede, it was better to wimp out completely. Wasn’t this an easier way to solve things?
With Zhou Ming's permission, Liu Yanbo put away his belongings and got up to leave.
‘Clang!’
Liu Yanbo had just unlocked the door, but before he could pull it open, the door was violently pushed open from the outside. If he hadn't retreated quickly, the big iron door would have slapped his face.
"Who..." after Zhou Ming saw the one who entered, he hurriedly changed his attitude: "Yuyi, you're finally back! You didn't answer your phone when I called you, I was almost worried to death."
A big smile broke across his face as he ran to Pan Yuyi's side in three large steps, although it was a bit exaggerated, the concern revealed in his expression was genuine.
Due to the attitudes of both their parents, Zhou Ming had always regarded Pan Yuyi as his fiancee, and he did like her very much.
However, it was obvious that Pan Yuyi didn’t appreciate it.
Suffering from the lack of evidence, the police's approach of determining suspects from whether they had a motive to kill Jiu Ye was a shot in the dark, and they haven't had a reason to summon anyone yet.
Liu Yanbo did have a motive to kill Jiu Ye, and was even one of the key suspects on the list held by the task force, but it was only a preliminary search for him and there was no plan to summon him.
But now, the situation changed a little.
Previously, Haishi's Security Department leader had ordered for the case to be solved. The main purpose was to give an explanation of the authorities’ responsibilities. But after Zhou Ming made such a fuss, another explanation may be needed to the people again.
Zhou Ming went to the taxi company causing a great commotion, and although he didn't specify that Liu Yanbo was a murder suspect for Jiu Ye’s case, it still caused irresponsible speculation after it was spread by eyewitnesses. In addition, the theories that "a taxi driver killed Jiu Ye" had been circulating on the Internet, so it was easy to imagine what the public reaction was.
Let's say it like this, during the time Liu Yanbo was arrested, there was no person in Haishi that hadn’t heard his name.
Just a moment ago, when Pan Yuyi entered the police station's gates, she had seen many reporters driving over, probably trying everything possible to get an interview.
These reporters were incredible airheads who didn’t think for themselves and only followed what others said
These incredibly attention-seeking but skilled at writing reporters, even without getting an interview, would still write an extravagantly embellished version after they left.
By then, there would be a wave of fierce public reaction!
Not to mention that this case wasn’t even Xincheng District Bureau’s responsibility in the first place. Because of what Zhou Ming had done, the pressure was now very high. Not only did they have to deal with the persistent reporters, but also the stern questioning of the higher-ups. If they handled this badly, the entire bureau would be punished.
Things had come to this, how could Pan Yuyi possibly look favorably to Zhou Ming?
"Zhou Ming, do you know what you're doing?" Pan Yuyi snapped as soon as she entered the door and kicked Zhou Ming who had happily ran to her side.
Of course, Zhou Ming wasn't stupid enough to tell her the truth. He dodged Pan Yuyi's kick and said in an aggrieved voice: "I'm investigating a case of course! Didn't you and Officer Huang always say I'm all talk and no action? I'm just looking for a case to practice on."
Practice?
Don't you know how to pick a small case with no attention for practice? Did you really have to pick a hornet's nest?!
Pan Yuyi was so angry that she didn't even have the heart to curse and just dumped the responsibility on him: "Now a large number of reporters are waiting outside for an interview, I'll see how you handle it."
Usually, it wasn’t unusual for the police to catch a wrong suspect. If it was any other case, even if it did have some public attention, just saying the mistake was made because of lack of evidence was already enough. But this case had attracted too much attention from the people, and some things were starting to contradict what was said in the official press conference.
If they say something too different from the official statement, it would certainly lose the people's support!
"It's fine, I never said he was suspected in that murder case. Can that group of reporters cause so much trouble just based on speculation and online rumors?" Zhou Ming smilingly came to Pan Yuyi's side again. "Yuyi, I can’t promise that I’ll handle everything, but for those reporters, don't worry, I will definitely handle it properly."
Zhou Ming had actually considered this from the beginning. It could even be said that he wanted the current result.
Did he really bring Liu Yanbo all the way here just to make an unreliable verbal warning?
Obviously not.
Who would be the most disadvantaged by the current situation?
Of course, it wasn't the police, it was Liu Yanbo.
Even though Liu Yanbo was discharged now, and even if the police explained that it was just a misunderstanding, it wasn’t enough to remove the impact of this incident on his life in the future.
Just ask, how many companies would hire an employee who had been arrested on suspicion of a major murder?
It was hard to say there was absolutely none, but those were very few. At least a company like the one Liu Yanbo worked at, Yuntong Taxi, would definitely not.
For an ordinary person, having difficulty finding a job was a terrible thing.
This was the real warning that Zhou Ming had given to Liu Yanbo.
As for the reporters outside, Zhou Ming really didn't care about them.
For a police officer as strict and self-disciplined as Pan Yuyi, the reporters gave her a headache.
But Zhou Ming was different, he became a policeman neither to seek justice nor to support his family. Worst comes to worst, he could just quit.
Given the Zhou family's influence in Haishi, a few reporters didn’t scare him in the slightest.
Zhou Ming wasn’t someone to be underestimated, he was actually very calculative.
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