Free Web NovelChapter 84: Chapter 84: Excessive Bullying
"I saw it, it was you who stole it, now hand it over honestly!"
Then came the voice of another man, sounding rather young.
Wang Hao became increasingly curious and decided to squeeze into the crowd to see what was happening.
Upon a closer look, it turned out to be a group of small-time hooligans holding onto a girl about fourteen or fifteen years old.
It seemed like the girl had stolen something from the hooligans and had been caught, with the hooligans forcing her to hand over the stolen goods.
Upon a careful glance, Wang Hao recognized the girl. Wasn’t she Lili, the daughter of old man Li from the neighboring village?
Old man Li had been a bachelor for decades, having never married, and Lili was a child he had taken in, raising her by his side.
Old man Li had always made a living by collecting scraps, and he found Lili by a garbage heap when she was a child, crying pitifully, so he took her home and even paid for her education.
Lili had been sensible since she was little, with excellent academic results and often helped old man Li with his work, sorting the scraps he brought back.
Although they were poor and lived a meager life, they were both inherently good-natured and shouldn’t have resorted to stealing.
However, without clarity on the situation, Wang Hao didn’t feel it was right to make a judgment.
"You little bitch, stop lying and give the money back or I will beat you to death!"
The lead hooligan said this while grabbing Lili’s hair.
Lili, in pain from being grabbed, cried even louder. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
"Stop it!"
"Stop it!"
Wang Hao didn’t want to meddle in other people’s affairs, but he couldn’t help rushing forward when he saw the hooligans becoming violent.
Unexpectedly, a woman also stepped forward from behind Wang Hao and shouted out almost at the same time as he did.
At the sound of that voice, Wang Hao turned around in surprise and saw a stylishly dressed, beautiful woman. He looked closely, and why did she look so familiar!
"Oh, it’s Zhou Yingying, Officer Zhou!"
Wang Hao remembered her; this woman was Zhou Yingying, who had arrested him before.
Face aside, just from Zhou Yingying’s voluptuous figure, Wang Hao was sure he hadn’t mistaken her identity.
"Hooligan!"
Zhou Yingying obviously remembered Wang Hao too, and seeing his lecherous gaze, she gave him a disdainful glare.
She rushed forward, grabbed the hooligan’s wrist, and twisted it hard; the hooligan immediately let go of Lili, retracting his hand in pain and stepping back repeatedly.
"Brother Ming, this woman seems to be a cop!"
Having heard Wang Hao call Zhou Yingying ’Officer Zhou,’ the hooligans all became a bit frightened.
"So what if she’s a cop!"
The hooligan called Brother Ming had a look of total disregard as he called out to his underlings.
"My dad is the town mayor, she’s just a small-time police officer from the local station, under my dad’s control. What’s there to fear?"
Upon hearing Brother Ming’s words, Zhou Yingying just frowned slightly but ignored him, then crouched down to console the crying Lili.
"Tell me what exactly happened. Did you steal their things or not?"
Zhou Yingying asked softly.
"I didn’t, I just found two hundred yuan on the ground, and when they came, they said it was theirs. I gave it back to them, but they..."
Lili hadn’t finished speaking when Brother Ming interrupted and started shouting.
"What two hundred yuan? I clearly lost four hundred, and the other two hundred must be hidden by this stinking girl. Spit it out now."
Wang Hao couldn’t help laughing after hearing this; the motive was just too obvious.
It was clear they had thrown the money on the ground to tempt people into picking it up and then took the opportunity to accuse them of hiding the money.
This kind of trick was often played out on TV, and today Lili was just unlucky enough to encounter it.
Lili was young and poor, without a television at home; she definitely didn’t know how cunning the outside world could be.
Zhou Yingying, as a police officer, had seen plenty of such acts and knew right away that Lili was being framed.
So, she stood up and said loudly to the people around.
"Did anyone see exactly how much money this little girl picked up? If you saw something, could you please come forward and testify?"
The people around sighed with dismay, learning it was the son of the town mayor, all too scared to get into trouble, none dared to stand up.
Brother Ming saw that no one dared to speak up and felt smug inside; these people all feared his dad’s authority, wasn’t he able to dictate what was less and what was more? He had already decided he was taking the money today.
Seeing the indifferent looks around her, Zhou Yingying furrowed her brows again.
If there were no witnesses to vouch for Xiaoli, then Xiaoli would have no way to defend herself.
Despite her belief that Xiaoli had not hidden any money, evidence was still needed.
"Officer Zhou, if you’re on a day off, just take it easy and don’t meddle in other people’s business. Let’s settle this matter privately!"
Brother Ming, seeing Zhou Yingying’s troubled face, became even more arrogant.
"Don’t go too far!"
Zhou Yingying, unable to tolerate any more, pointed at Brother Ming’s nose and yelled.
"Officer Zhou, you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t just say whatever you want. Right now, I’m the victim!"
Brother Ming put on an act of an innocent victim, shamelessly asking everyone to judge.
The onlookers, all villagers eager to watch the drama unfold, dared not offend the mayor and naturally kept silent!
"You clearly just lost two hundred yuan, why are you making things difficult for a little girl? She’s still in school, what can she use to make up the remaining two hundred yuan?"
Zhou Yingying was so angry she gritted her teeth and glared furiously at Brother Ming and his group.
"What are you talking about? I clearly lost four hundred yuan, and these people here can all prove it. Do you have a witness to prove I only lost two hundred?"
Who would have thought that the son of the town mayor would stoop so low over two hundred yuan, it was outright robbery!
"Sister, I really didn’t take their money, they are lying, please help me."
Xiaoli pleaded, tugging at the corner of Zhou Yingying’s clothes.
"Hmph! Officer Zhou, if you insist on speaking up for this brat, you’d better think about whether you still want to get by here!"
Brother Ming threatened, hands clasped as if victory was certain.
"Are you threatening me?"
Zhou Yingying shouted furiously.
"Haha, so what if I threaten you, I neither hit you nor cursed you, I’m just kindly reminding you, that’s all."
Brother Ming clearly didn’t take Zhou Yingying seriously.
Moreover, he really hadn’t made any excessive moves at the moment.
"Sister, my grandfather is still waiting for me at the hospital, please let me go!"
Xiaoli continued to beg Zhou Yingying.
"Want to leave? Hand over the money first. You won’t be able to leave today without paying, even if the police station chief himself shows up."
As soon as Brother Ming heard Xiaoli wanted to leave, he immediately started to shout and scream fiercely.
"You!"
Zhou Yingying was fuming with rage, yet she had no way to deal with this group of ruffians and hooligans.
Wang Hao couldn’t stand it any longer, walked over to Xiaoli’s side, and stuffed two hundred yuan into her hand.
"You go to your grandfather now, and buy something nice to eat for both him and yourself, to strengthen your bodies!"
Wang Hao said softly.
"I can’t take this money, my grandfather told me not to just take other people’s money."
Xiaoli returned the money to Wang Hao while wiping away her tears.
"Big Brother Hao is not ’other people,’ tell your grandfather it’s from me, he will let you keep it."
"Okay, thank you, Big Brother Hao!"
Xiaoli turned to thank Zhou Yingying again, then turned and ran towards the hospital.
The matter was not yet resolved, and Zhou Yingying wanted to stop Xiaoli but was held back by Wang Hao.
"Who do you think you are, daring to let her go with such audacity!" free𝑤ebnovel.com
Brother Ming, after seeing Xiaoli being let go by Wang Hao, was initially startled and then became angry.
He called over a few of his thugs, circling up in a posture ready for a fight...
