Chapter 1 The Arrest

Yuan Wen, wrapped in a thick cashmere uniform coat, stood in front of the farm's iron gate, facing the biting wind as she pounded on the gate.

But for a long time, there was no response from within the farm.

"Could it be... he's not home?" Yuan Wen hesitated for a moment, then turned to the three colleagues behind her.

"This guy is a dangerous character..." The dark-faced military policeman standing to Yuan Wen's left said in a deep voice, "According to Wang Bing's confession just now, this Li Tianran possesses extremely strong command and solo combat capabilities, and may also have weapons of mass destruction. If he resists, it will be difficult for us to control him with just a few people."

"By the way, what is the higher-up's attitude towards him?" Yuan Wen asked after a moment of silence, "Is it punishment or reward?"

"How would we know about such things?" The dark-faced military policeman gave a wry smile and said, "Logically speaking, he killed those bandits, and the higher-ups should reward him because he accomplished something that even we couldn't do. But he's neither a law enforcement officer nor acting in self-defense. Although those bandits were guilty, he didn't have the right to kill them privately."

"The higher-ups might make an exception and recruit him into the police force, or they might sentence him to death..."

Yuan Wen listened to the dark-faced strongman's lengthy explanation, but it didn't provide a definite answer, and she became annoyed. "Isn't what you said the same as saying nothing?"

"I'm just an ordinary low-level military policeman with the power to arrest people, not the power to judge them, so what I say is useless." The dark-faced military policeman shrugged with a smile, then lowered his voice and leaned close to Yuan Wen's ear. "But you're different. If you appreciate this Li Tianran, you can chat with your old man and plead for mercy... maybe this kid can turn misfortune into a blessing."

Yuan Wen gave the dark-faced military policeman a blank stare and snorted coldly. "Hmph, Old Yuan hates it when people pull strings and talk about favors the most! If I don't say anything, this kid might be fine; but if I really plead for him, Old Yuan will definitely suggest that our director have this kid shot on the spot!"

The dark-faced military policeman shuddered when he thought of the legend of "Iron-Faced Yuan."

"It's not impossible!" The dark-faced military policeman muttered to himself awkwardly.

Just then, the warehouse door suddenly opened.

Li Tianran, wearing a black down jacket, walked out and looked towards the farm gate.

"Is that him?" Yuan Wen's body tensed up when she saw him, and she asked the dark-faced strongman next to her in a low voice.

"That's right." The dark-faced strongman nodded.

Li Tianran strode towards the gate, scanned everyone up and down, and then asked, "Is there something I can help you with?"

While he was in the warehouse, he had already heard the conversation between the policewoman and the dark-faced military policeman next to her through the monitoring-grade radar sentry. He understood everything, and that's why he came out of the warehouse.

At least he now knew that they weren't there for Liang Tianyu and Ren Xiao.

Moreover, hiding in the warehouse all the time, in case it caused the other party to break into the farm and discover the robots, it would be even more troublesome.

"You're Li Tianran, right?" The policewoman took out a police ID from her chest pocket and flashed it in front of Li Tianran, then said, "We now suspect that you are related to a homicide case. Please cooperate and come back to the police station with us for investigation."

Li Tianran narrowed his eyes.

He keenly noticed that as the policewoman showed him her police ID, the three military policemen standing next to her all silently placed their right hands on their lower backs.

This was the preliminary action for drawing a gun.

If Li Tianran showed any signs of wanting to resist or escape, these three military policemen would draw their guns in about 0.3 seconds and aim them at Li Tianran's head.

"..." Li Tianran smiled and said calmly, "I'm sorry, I'm a law-abiding citizen and have never done anything illegal or disruptive, so I think you've made a mistake."

Li Tianran was considering that it would be easy for him to kill the military policemen in front of him right now, but that would lead to even greater trouble later.

At this time, order had not completely collapsed, and the military police still had great power in this civilization.

If the other party was only concerned about the destruction of those bandits, Li Tianran didn't think he would be in any danger. Moreover, with his current physical fitness and trump cards, even if the other party really wanted to do something to him, he could completely fight his way out of the heavily guarded police station.

It was no exaggeration to say that with Li Tianran's current physical fitness, he could completely take on more than a dozen well-trained military policemen alone and completely crush them.

Just like what Ip Man once said.

I want to fight ten!

"Whether it's a mistake or not, we'll find out." Yuan Wen's attitude became tough at this time, her face was cold, and she said word by word, "Now, please open the gate."

As Yuan Wen said these words, the eyes of the other three military policemen were like knives, fixed on Li Tianran's face.

Li Tianran was silent for a moment, then spread his hands and said, "Okay."

He originally didn't plan to clash with the military police, at least not now.

Before order completely collapsed, or rather... before Li Tianran possessed the power to fight against the entire state apparatus, he wouldn't easily put himself on the military police's blacklist.

The military police were a country's sword, and if he had a choice, Li Tianran didn't want to face this sword for the time being.

Not only was it dangerous, but it would also be very troublesome.

If he was a wandering lone ranger, that would be fine, but he had a farm and a younger sister, which meant that he couldn't do too many outrageous things.

*Crack!*

The gate was opened.

Two military policemen were still holding guns, watching Li Tianran warily.

Another military policeman walked up, took out cold handcuffs from his waist, and was about to put them on Li Tianran.

Li Tianran smiled.

These refined steel handcuffs, if it were ten days ago, he would never have been able to break free from them, but now they were just a decoration to him.

As long as he wanted, he could forcibly twist them off!

*Clatter!*

The military policeman grabbed Li Tianran's arm and locked one cuff on his left wrist.

But just as he was about to lock both of Li Tianran's hands, the door of the small building was pushed open again. Hanhan rubbed her eyes and walked out, stunned for a moment when she saw the scene at the door, and then asked, "Big brother, are there military police uncles and aunties here? Is something the matter?"

Li Tianran's face changed suddenly when he saw Hanhan.

After all, he was wearing handcuffs, and Hanhan was old enough to know what they meant!

But just then, Yuan Wen suddenly stepped in between Li Tianran's wrist and Hanhan's line of sight, and then waved to the military policeman, signaling him to take off the handcuffs on Li Tianran's wrist. At the same time, she smiled and said to Hanhan, "Little sister, the police aunties are here to give your brother an award certificate because he's a good citizen! Your brother will be going to the police station with the aunties to receive a prize later!"

"Really?" Hanhan's eyes lit up.

Li Tianran was stunned for a moment, and then a warm current surged in his heart, and he couldn't help but sigh silently.

This woman looks cold, but she's actually quite kind...