The veteran officer had scribbled a lot in his notebook and was about to make Xia Xiaolan put her fingerprint on it.

He hadn’t written what Xia Xiaolan said, instead writing everything according to his ideas. When Chief Yang and Secretary Hou witnessed these tactics, Chief Yang was furious.

Bang—

The door was kicked open.

The veteran officer instinctively reached for his baton, hearing Chief Yang’s question, thinking to himself, “How should I know who you are?”

Looking up clearly, the veteran officer thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.

“…Chief, Chief Yang?”

Although he was from a local police station, he had seen Chief Yang during training at the city bureau.

The station chief was also behind Chief Yang, which confirmed it beyond doubt.

The driver breathed a sigh of relief. He didn’t know Chief Yang, but as long as Secretary Hou had arrived, everything would be fine.

Shao Guangrong felt like he’d seen family: “Brother Hou, if you’d come any later, you might not have seen me again!”

Secretary Hou nearly stumbled – even with Shao Guangrong’s temperament, he would have just gotten beaten up a bit if they’d been later, how could it be that serious?

Secretary Hou was quite pleased though. Shao Guangrong was quite clever; although reckless in fights, once arrested he didn’t bring up his uncle’s name. If things got bigger it wouldn’t be good – while the leaders could get people out, some dirt would inevitably splash on Uncle Shao’s head, with people saying how someone’s nephew had acted arrogantly at the police station. That wouldn’t be a good reputation.

Secretary Hou inwardly appreciated the Shao family’s upbringing.

His expression didn’t show it though, and he wasn’t particularly warm to Shao Guangrong and the others, maintaining a purely professional demeanor.

This matter should rightfully be handled by Chief Yang.

Xia Xiaolan’s tense nerves suddenly relaxed. Earlier when tensions were high, she had prepared for the worst.

Now it seemed the storm had passed!

From the moment the driver called out “Secretary Hou from the City Committee,” Xia Xiaolan understood the general connections between Kang Wei and the others. Regardless of what happened to her, the three of them should be fine. Now Secretary Hou had arrived, bringing “Chief Yang”… Given how the police station staff recognized him and trembled in fear, he couldn’t just be from a county-level Public Security Bureau under Shangdu, right?

He must be at least from the city bureau.

This was why Xia Xiaolan relaxed.

That meant not only would Kang Wei and the others be fine, but she also wouldn’t have to bear the charge of “speculation and profiteering”!

“Xiaolan…”

Li Fengmei spoke with difficulty, not understanding the current situation.

Xia Xiaolan said softly: “Don’t be afraid, they’re here to help us seek justice.”

Chief Yang not only sought justice for them, but he was also a leader full of emotion.

He shook hands with each person, his face full of remorse:

“Innocent citizens have been wronged! Our officers’ work wasn’t rigorous enough. This matter will be resolved fairly!”

How beautiful was Xia Xiaolan?

In front of Secretary Hou, Chief Yang wouldn’t even glance at her once, keeping his eyes straight ahead regarding beauty – no leader’s depth could be underestimated.

Chief Yang’s enthusiasm was for Secretary Hou’s benefit, or rather for the leaders behind Secretary Hou.

Even Li Fengmei got a chance to shake hands with Chief Yang.

Xia Xiaolan wasn’t smug at all; instead, she remained very quiet. Kang Wei came forward, and opened his mouth, feeling he had handled things very poorly:

“Sister-in-law, we were too impulsive.”

Xia Xiaolan shook her head, “They were targeting me; you all got dragged in. If you hadn’t arrived in time, I might have been in real trouble today.”

Secretary Hou gave Xia Xiaolan a deep look – she was indeed very beautiful. The ancients weren’t wrong when they said beauty brings trouble. Hadn’t Shao Guangrong spoken up for her three times now? Currently, she had captivated Zhou Cheng, but the chances of it working out were extremely slim.

Whatever Secretary Hou thought didn’t affect his polite speech:

“Miss Xia, don’t worry. As long as you conduct business properly, nobody can force the charge of speculation and profiteering on you.”

Everyone called her “Comrade,” family called her “girl,” and friends called her “Xiaolan.” This was the first time Xia Xiaolan had been called “Miss Xia” – this Secretary Hou was truly shrewd.

“Then I won’t disturb you further.”

Secretary Hou had things to discuss with Kang Wei and the others. Xia Xiaolan knew better and left the police station with her aunt Li Fengmei.

Secretary Hou offered to have the driver take them, but she politely declined.

After Xia Xiaolan and Li Fengmei left, Secretary Hou withdrew his gaze.

She carried herself with grace and had good psychological qualities, not at all like a country girl. If they hadn’t threatened her relatives earlier, she probably could have remained calm and persisted longer at the police station.

As soon as Xia Xiaolan left, Secretary Hou immediately changed his expression, showing some distress:

“The leader doesn’t know about this yet. Old Xiao, how could you just randomly find someone to deliver the message? If I hadn’t arrived in time, wouldn’t Guangrong and the others have suffered greatly?”

Just as Xia Xiaolan and Li Fengmei reached the corner, they saw someone squatting on the ground, holding their head and counting ants.

“Uncle?!”

The person raised their head, eyes bloodshot – wasn’t it Liu Yong?

Liu Yong knew Xia Xiaolan and Li Fengmei had been taken to the police station and was scared to death. Hearing the situation had become quite serious, he didn’t dare tell Liu Fen and ran to find Hu Yongcai first. Hu Yongcai was also startled, instinctively feeling the Zhu family was causing trouble.

What to do now?

Hu Yongcai told him to go ask Zhu Fang for help.

“Zhu Fang is quite reasonable.”

Zhu Fang was more than reasonable; he had met with Liu Yong twice and had been quite eager in his attitude toward Liu Yong.

Liu Yong couldn’t care about too much now – face was something only young people cared about. His wife and niece were locked up in the police station; if told to beg Zhu Fang, he’d even beg Ding Aizhen!

But when Liu Yong ran to the Huanghe Hotel, the logistics staff said Zhu Fang had gone to a study session.

Where was the study session?

People wouldn’t easily tell Liu Yong, and even if he knew where the study session was being held, he couldn’t see Zhu Fang.

He thought about how he knew Director Yuan’s parents… Today was unlucky – it takes a hundred days to recover from injured tendons and bones, and Old Man Yuan had gone to the hospital to remove his plaster cast. The house was locked up tight, and Liu Yong’s plea for help went unanswered.

Worried that Xia Xiaolan and Li Fengmei might suffer in the police station, he could only come himself to inquire about the situation.

The police wouldn’t let him in, but the gate guard took a pack of cigarettes from Liu Yong and secretly told him that today’s incident seemed to involve group fighting speculation, and profiteering. The injured were from the security team, and he didn’t know how it would be handled.

However, since Xia Xiaolan and the others had no foundation in Shangdu, they definitely couldn’t win against the security team.

Liu Yong, a grown man, was like a headless fly in the vast Shangdu, powerless to rescue his wife and niece, and couldn’t help but squat on the street holding his head in anguish.

Hearing someone call “Uncle,” Liu Yong looked up – wasn’t it Xia Xiaolan and Li Fengmei?

Li Fengmei was pale, but Xia Xiaolan seemed unharmed.

“You’re alright?!”

Liu Yong was worried the two women had suffered in the police station. Seeing them released, he was so excited he didn’t know what to say.

Li Fengmei wasn’t sure if everything was really fine, but Xia Xiaolan nodded firmly:

“The matter is resolved. Kang Wei and the others helped. Fortunately, Kang Wei arrived in time.”

When Secretary Hou accompanied Chief Yang to the police station, Liu Yong had been squatting on the curb, but Secretary Hou was in the car, and the previous time he helped he hadn’t appeared in person. Even if Liu Yong had seen him, he wouldn’t have recognized him.

Though Xia Xiaolan said the matter was resolved, Liu Yong was still worried.

“Kang Wei came? I’m still confused about what exactly happened?”

The cold wind made Li Fengmei’s teeth chatter, “Let’s go home first…”