Free Web NovelChapter 916: Chapter 657: Deputy Commissioner Yang_2
After the applause, Nalan Shuo, with his hands motioning downwards, continued: "Yiling Academy takes this matter very seriously. We have already sent multiple high-level representatives to our General Bureau, the Provincial Office, and the incident site at Lin’an Patrol Office to explain the situation and apologize. Additionally... at the request of Deputy Commissioner Yang, the representatives of Yiling Academy promised not only to compensate for the various damaged facilities of our department but also to provide financial compensation to the Lin’an Patrol Bureau.
The specific compensation standards are as follows: regardless of rank, 2 million for those severely injured, 500 thousand for those lightly injured, and 200 thousand for those who were not injured but participated in the operation that night. The heads of each department should go back and tally the numbers, and report directly to Deputy Commissioner Yang. Now, on behalf of all colleagues at the Lin’an Patrol Office, I would like to express my gratitude to Deputy Commissioner Yang." After finishing, Nalan Shuo turned around, faced Yang Xiao, and saluted him solemnly.
Yang Xiao, quite touched, immediately stood up, returned the salute to the Director, and then turned to face his colleagues, saluting and expressing his thanks once again.
When they heard about the bonuses, the expressions of congratulations on everyone’s faces became visibly genuine, and the praises were freely given, showering Yang Xiao, who momentarily became the most popular person in the Lin’an Patrol Bureau.
Finally, Nalan Shuo emphasized, as requested by the higher authorities, to avoid social unrest and minimize negative impacts, this matter should end here, and he asked everyone to advise their subordinates accordingly to keep this matter confidential.
After the meeting, as soon as Nalan Shuo left, everyone swarmed around Yang Xiao, greeting him with smiling faces. While extending their congratulations, many also shared their grievances, hinting openly and subtly about how cooperative their respective departments were during that night’s operations. Of course, the losses were significant, and in fact, there were many more injuries than what Yang Xiao had seen.
"Everyone, first go back and count the numbers, then come to my office. I’ll be available all day today and will certainly provide satisfactory answers," Yang Xiao treated everyone kindly. Although these people are now his subordinates by name, most of them are older than him and are long-standing members of the Lin’an Patrol Bureau, so the necessary courtesies must be observed. freewebnoveℓ.com
"Hai... Hai Hai Hai..."
After everyone left, just as Yang Xiao was preparing to leave, he heard a series of hurried coughs behind him, sounding rather forced.
Turning around, he saw Beibei leaning against the wall. Seeing Yang Xiao looking back at her, she coughed even more violently, and her expression was quite pained.
"Are you hurt?" Yang Xiao almost laughed, recalling that night when he had seen Beibei hitting others energetically and spiritedly, without ever getting hit herself. She was perfectly fine during the meeting, but now she seemed to be severely ill.
"It’s okay, Deputy Commissioner Yang, you don’t have to worry about me, I... I’m fine, though the injuries are severe, they are internal and... can’t be detected. I know it’s tough for you; I cannot... Hai Hai Hai... cause you troubles." She couldn’t finish her sentence as she was gripped by another bout of violent coughing, sounding as if her lungs would come out.
"Since it can’t be detected, then I’ll just report it as a severe injury for you," Yang Xiao directly took his notebook and added Beibei’s name under the severe injury category.
"That would be... Hai Hai Hai, let’s settle for that then." Beibei, supporting herself against the wall, walked out, hunching over and limping, one leg at a time.
Watching Beibei walk away down the corridor, Yang Xiao called out with a smile, "You’re mistaken; earlier you were limping on your right leg, how did it switch to your left leg while walking?"
Hearing this, Beibei, who was close to the elevator, paused, found her bearing, switched back to limping on the right leg, and laboriously moved into the elevator.
Nalan Shuo was quick to act; alongside issuing orders, Yang Xiao’s new office was also prepared. It was a large private office, fully equipped and even featuring a plaque with ’Deputy Commissioner’ at the door.
Sitting in the spacious and comfortable leather chair, looking at the solid wood desk in front of him that was almost similar to the Director’s, Yang Xiao took a deep breath, leaned back slowly, snuggling into the back of the chair. At this moment, he felt that all the hardships faced along the way were worth it—basking in the glory and returning home in triumph, it was indeed fulfilling.
Having not sat in his new office for long, he suddenly thought of the old buddies from the investigation team. Today, being his first day in the new position, he couldn’t favor one group over another. However, when he quietly arrived at the investigation team’s door, the scene before him reassured him that his concerns were unnecessary.
If he didn’t know these guys, he might have thought he had walked into the wrong door, into a hospital’s intensive care unit, no less. Big Bear’s thick arms were hoisted in bandages, tied in front of his body, looking utterly spiritless. In just half an hour since he last saw them, Beibei’s leg was cast in plaster, and she was sitting in a wheelchair—the right leg, indeed.
Xi Menxiu was in the worst condition; he couldn’t stand up anymore and was lying on a stretcher with his head wrapped in gauze and connected to an IV fluid bag.
Yu Shu, perhaps unwilling to be associated with this group and embarrassed by them, was not at his seat and must have left work early.
"Captain... the captain has come to see us." Xi Menxiu, lying on the stretcher, was the first to spot Yang Xiao outside the door. He looked pale and spoke weakly. Yang Xiao felt like if he had arrived ten minutes later, the entire Lin’an Patrol Office investigation team would have been wiped out.
Amazed at these guys’ acting skills and thick skins, indeed, they were his brothers. Beibei and Big Bear could be overlooked, but he distinctly remembered that on the night of the fight, Xi Menxiu didn’t lift a finger; he just stood at the back, shouting and cheering.
"Don’t talk nonsense, it’s Deputy Director Yang now, Director, thank you for still coming to see us poor brothers..." Beibei said as he wheeled himself over, his expression pitifully eager, his acting skills equally on point.
Only Big Bear seemed too embarrassed to speak and kept his head down in silence, thinking maybe it was better to just trick some money out of the situation and lose a bit of dignity.
Beibei did not come empty-handed but held a prepared form. Yang Xiao took it and saw it was a report on the injuries of the Lin’an Patrol Office investigation team, listing five people, including the captain, with two seriously injured and three lightly injured.
No need to ask, Yu Shu was definitely among the lightly injured, probably added to the list forcefully by Beibei.
Yang Xiao couldn’t help but laugh, holding the paper and looking at Beibei with a smile, "Two seriously injured and three lightly injured, are you sure about this?"
Beibei, perhaps feeling it was a bit too much, pondered for a moment then muttered softly in a negotiating tone, "Just approve it, Director, if not, one serious injury and two light injuries can also work, you know, we are just..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Yang Xiao silently shook his head. Realizing his guilt, Beibei shrank his neck and lowered the stakes further, his voice inevitably wavered, "Then, let’s report two light injuries; that should be fine, right?"
One minor injury for 200,000, two would be 400,000; they could split it, and each take tens of thousands. Even a mosquito’s leg is meat, Beibei thought quickly, as she indeed had exerted significant effort during the scuffle. freewebnovel.cσ๓
Unexpectedly, Yang Xiao still shook his head and after a moment began to write swiftly on the form, then turned it around to show Beibei. Seeing the numbers, Beibei’s eyes widened, her mind buzzing, she suddenly stood up from the wheelchair. It clearly stated four seriously injured and seven lightly injured.
"Captain, we don’t have that many people, do we?" Beibei was both shocked and delighted; shocked because it seemed too fake, and delighted because this meant financial gain.
"I call the shots on how many people we have, when the money comes, you all split it per head, and keep Yu Shu’s share for her," Yang Xiao quickly signed his name.
"Captain, if you say that, I’m not tired anymore, ah, you really care for your brothers, woo woo woo..."
Xi Menxiu, tears at the corners of his eyes, once again performed a medical miracle, sitting straight up from his sickbed, casually pulling out the injector on the back of his hand. He had recently quit sugar, and glucose was something he needed to avoid.
Using other people’s money to benefit one’s own brothers is a necessary quality for every leader, although Yang Xiao had not been in office long, he was well versed in this practice.
"Follow the captain and eat nine meals a day!!" Cheers erupted from Xi Menxiu and others in the office.
