Xia Xiaolan guessed correctly – Ji Ya had no respect for the local police station at all.

What hadn’t Ji Ya seen before?

She wouldn’t even cooperate during police questioning.

Instead, she questioned the police back, asking which law or regulation she had violated.

“Am I not allowed to see the Mayor anymore?”

Comrade, of course, you can see the Mayor – anyone with such a request can see the Mayor.

But even petitioners would only go to the city government building. Who would ambush someone at the Mayor’s doorstep?

While government officials are public servants, they aren’t anyone’s slaves, waiting online 24 hours for orders! For official business, go to the city government. For personal matters, blocking doorways at night causes trouble for others… When a mad woman refuses to leave the entrance, shouting and yelling, who wouldn’t be afraid?

Just because he’s the Mayor doesn’t mean he should silently endure all this.

That wouldn’t be fair to the Mayor either.

The person who brought Ji Ya in explained that this woman’s attractive appearance was deceptive – she was actually behaving erratically, appearing crazy, yelling about giving her child to Mayor Tang.

“Good heavens, that’s a living person, not poultry – how can you just give away a person?”

She must have mental problems, doing things no normal person would do!

Old Huang spoke frankly – he was fed up with this unreasonable woman.

“Who knows if she’s a civil madwoman or a violent one? If she’s violent, according to Mayor Tang’s instructions, she needs to be confined for treatment!”

Send her to a mental hospital?

That’s more complicated – it requires family consent.

Some families avoid treating mental illness, fearing ridicule if people know they have a mentally ill relative and refuse to actively seek treatment.

The security risk to other citizens is too great!

Shortly after, Tang Hong’en’s secretary rushed over.

After the previous Secretary Peng left, a new secretary surnamed Lai was appointed. The young man wasn’t unintelligent – his qualifications were impeccable, otherwise he wouldn’t have been chosen as Tang Hong’en’s secretary.

There was just one thing – he wasn’t as steady as Secretary Peng, being eager to prove himself to his superior.

When Yuan Han claimed outside to be Mayor Tang’s relative, Secretary Lai became extremely anxious.

When anxious, he tended to make mistakes, only thinking about helping his superior resolve problems but choosing poor methods… his words even seemed to carry a warning tone toward Xia Xiaolan. He didn’t mean to – even if Xia Xiaolan wasn’t Old Tang’s stepdaughter, she had known Old Tang for a long time.

Conversely, Secretary Lai was the newcomer – how deep could his relationship with Old Tang be?

Even Driver Wang understood this, yet Secretary Lai made a mistake.

After that incident, although Old Tang didn’t immediately transfer him, his attitude became more strictly professional.

When a usually friendly leader suddenly changes attitude, Secretary Lai naturally notices.

Secretary Lai was desperate!

Fortunately, the young man wasn’t completely foolish – when unsure, he sought advice from his predecessor.

The former Secretary Peng was now working in a district office. After Secretary Lai’s repeated visits seeking guidance, Peng finally gave him a hint: don’t overthink, just serve the leader well – the leader likes capable secretaries without personal agendas.

Secretary Lai pondered those words “without personal agendas” until his back was soaked with sweat.

Was he too clever for his good, making the leader think him slippery?

That was a deadly impression – if the leader thought this way, he definitely wouldn’t groom him as a confidant anymore. When a suitable opportunity arose, he might even be transferred away.

Secretary Lai was suffering internally, but from then on became extremely diligent, never daring to scheme again.

Upon receiving the news and rushing over, Secretary Lai discovered the situation was quite thorny.

Last time it was the leader’s stepdaughter.

This time in the police station, it was the leader’s ex-wife.

He stopped Old Huang, making him recount every detail of what happened, especially what Mayor Tang said after locking this woman in the security room!

“Don’t miss a single word, understand?”

The security guard was also anxious – who has such a perfect memory to recall everything?

With that kind of ability, why would he be a security guard?

Still, he could remember the key points and told Secretary Lai, who listened silently:

“I understand. Thank you for your trouble. Leave this matter to me now, no need to delay your work further.”

Old Huang and the others ran away as if being chased by dogs.

When dealing with such matters involving Mayor Tang’s personal affairs, it’s better to hear less.

Secretary Lai had stumbled once regarding Xia Xiaolan, so now he was extremely humble with everyone. Though he might not truly feel that way inside, his outward politeness was faultless.

“Officer, you see, Comrade Ji Ya’s behavior tonight was truly inappropriate. If she can force her way into the government residential compound tonight, tomorrow she might cause trouble at the government building, don’t you agree?”

Indeed.

People who act without restraint are troublesome precisely because of this – while everyone else follows rules, she alone doesn’t comply, like an unpredictable bomb.

No one knows when she’ll explode or where she’ll choose to do it.

“We’ve notified her family. When they arrive, we’ll ask them to cooperate in sending her to a mental hospital for a while.”

Mere detention wouldn’t be enough.

The family would cause trouble over detention.

All the trouble would end up tarnishing Mayor Tang’s reputation – Mayor Tang was truly unfortunate, suffering completely undeserved calamity.

A mental hospital would be best – they have strict management, better than detention.

Secretary Lai frowned, “It’s like this – as I understand, this Comrade Ji’s husband is American. When talking about sending her to a mental hospital for treatment, we need to be careful about how we phrase it.”

Oh, she married a foreigner – no wonder she’s so arrogant.

Foreigners must have problems too – with so many women to choose from, why marry a mentally ill one?

For the foreign guest’s personal safety considerations, they needed to send her for treatment! The police officers became extra alert.

This was when Xia Xiaolan and Zhou Cheng arrived.

Secretary Lai strode over, “Why did you come? Does the leader have new instructions?”

“No, Uncle Tang is already resting at home. Zhou Cheng and I came to check on the situation. Have her family members been notified?”

Xia Xiaolan’s words reassured Secretary Lai.

If the leader was resting, then he truly didn’t care how Ji Ya was handled.

“The police station notified Ms. Ji’s family immediately, they should be on their way.”

Would Jiang Yuan come?

Xia Xiaolan didn’t know.

They could only wait for now.

Zhou Cheng felt she shouldn’t wait inside the police station – when Ji Ya’s people arrived, it could easily escalate tensions.

“It’s their conflict, why do you need to get involved and draw fire? With you there, they’ll unite against an outsider, and all the artillery will fall on you.”

Zhou Cheng led Xia Xiaolan back to the car.

Xia Xiaolan agreed he had a point.

The police station yard was dark, others couldn’t see people in the car, but she could see Ji Ya’s situation – fearing she might lose control again, two officers were guarding her closely.

Ji Ya wasn’t causing trouble now, lost in thought about something.

She would go from mad to normal and back, making it even harder to judge if she was a civil or violent madwoman.

Xia Xiaolan watched from the car as another vehicle stopped at the police station entrance. George and Mrs. Wilson got out one after another, accompanied by an interpreter.

Jiang Yuan hadn’t come?!