Juanmao and three other Jin Gangs walked towards the deputy captain and Chen Man, who was supporting her, with sinister smiles.
“How is it, Deputy Captain? I just told you not to meddle. You’re not the boss here. Our Captain Fu is. You blocked her path, and you’re destined to be crushed on the roadside! Your life has given us a perfect excuse to kill Ye Huohuo and her accomplices. We should thank you for that!”
Chen Man nervously hugged the deputy captain tighter. The two of them were almost shrinking under the canteen tables. “Don’t come over here. This is a detention center, and there are other officers. You can’t cover the sky with one hand!”
The Captain also stepped in. Looking at the deputy captain and Chen Man on the ground, her eyes were like she was looking at two dead people. “No one dares to resist me here. Everyone here is my person. Those who are not of my kind have already been eliminated. I sensed your movements long ago, so I made arrangements in advance to lure you out.
It seems this fishing plan was very successful! Listen up, everyone. I’m not covering the sky with one hand here; I *am* the sky of this detention center!” Her voice and expression turned icy.
The Captain waved her hand at Juanmao and the others. Those four immediately understood, and with cold smiles, they walked towards the deputy captain and Chen Man. For a moment, the entire canteen was so quiet that one could hear a needle drop.
Fear flickered in Chen Man’s eyes. No one could remain calm at the brink of death. At this moment, she suddenly remembered something. Trembling, she took out her phone from her pocket, pressed the screen to light it up. “Don’t come any closer! I… I…”
“Trying to call the police? You don’t have a chance!” Juanmao said, reaching out to snatch her phone.
“Don’t move!” Chen Man, with a courage she didn’t know she had, shouted, “Look, the call has already gone through to police headquarters. Everything you just said, and everything that’s happening here, has already been transmitted! Don’t think about killing us to silence us!”
Her voice wasn’t loud, and it even trembled, but it was like a huge stone hitting the water, creating ripples.
The Captain, including Juanmao and the others, all looked at Chen Man’s phone. Seeing that it was on a call, and that the recipient was indeed police headquarters.
“What? You’ve already contacted the higher-ups?” Captain Fu, who had always appeared to be in control of everything, finally showed a hint of surprise.
At this moment, the deputy captain, clutching her waist, actually stood up. She pulled out a blood bag from her clothes and threw it on the ground. The blood bag had a hole pierced in it, and blood was flowing out. It seemed that Liu Mei’s stab had hit the blood pack. However, as the deputy captain pulled out the blood bag, she still frowned slightly, clearly indicating that Liu Mei’s stab was quite deep, not only piercing the blood bag but also the flesh behind it.
However, it was a minor injury. The deputy captain’s previous appearance was mostly feigned.
She also took out her own phone and lit up the screen. “Not only Chen Man’s phone is connected to the higher-ups, but mine is too. I was afraid you’d confiscate my phone, so I created a double insurance.”
She looked at Liu Mei, whose face had turned pale. “Actually, I knew whose subordinate you were the first day you approached me. It’s just that I hoped that through our time together, I could change some of your ideas. It seems I was too naive.”
“Old Zheng, I didn’t expect you to have a backup plan. So, you’ve been planning to betray me all along! And you contacted the higher-ups in advance to put me to death?” The Captain’s lips curved into a cold smile, and the muscles in her face twitched slightly. “I can’t believe I raised a tiger that would harm its benefactor. You’ve had your eyes on my position from the beginning, so you set up this trap to ensnare me, right?”
The deputy captain shook her head and sighed deeply. “No, I never thought of that. I’ve advised you several times before, hoping you could return to the right path. Including today, I hoped you would pull back from the brink, considering the lives of two people. But you insisted on going your own way, even wanting to kill Chen Man and me.”
Juanmao and the others were also stunned, not knowing what to do for a moment. The situation had already been known by the police from above. If they killed Ye Huohuo now, they wouldn’t escape death.
Juanmao and the others were all old hands. They exchanged glances, and their fierce faces suddenly broke into smiles. “Deputy Captain, we were just joking around. Why did you take it so seriously?”
As they said this, the other women followed suit, all smiling insincerely. The women who had been pinning down Ye Huohuo and Lu Yao even helped them up directly, solicitously dusting them off. They acted as affectionately as if they were their own sisters.
Ye Huohuo waved her arms, pushing them all away. She felt pain all over her body, especially in her backside. She felt her backside through her pants and found her hand covered in blood. She could imagine how gruesome her repeatedly torn wounds must look.
Just then, a large group of police officers came in from outside, including three female prison guards who were being escorted.
Leading the group was a middle-aged man. He looked extremely dignified, with bushy eyebrows and piercing eyes, exuding an aura of righteousness.
The surrounding police officers all stood at attention upon seeing him. “Director!”
The man walked up to Fu Qing, looking at her with a stern face. “Fu Qing, you’ve disappointed me greatly. I trusted you so much. You were principled and upright in your work, which is why I trusted you so implicitly and handed over the entire detention center to you. I rarely intervened, and even though there have been several deaths in the detention center recently, I haven’t interfered too much.
It’s my fault. If I had discovered your problems earlier and restrained you, you wouldn’t have strayed so far down the wrong path. Upon returning, I will also resign to take responsibility. Now, I will announce the final decision of the bureau. Based on your recent performance and your actions just now, I am immediately revoking your position as captain of the detention center. Zheng Hao will now serve as the interim captain, and the entire team will be under Zheng Hao’s temporary charge for daily affairs.
Come, detain Fu Qing. Once the relevant matters are investigated and clarified, she will be submitted to the court for processing.”
As soon as he finished speaking, two male officers stepped forward, handcuffed Fu Qing, and were about to escort her away.
“Wait a moment!” A tall figure also walked into the canteen.
Ye Huohuo’s heart skipped a beat when she saw the person who had arrived.
Li Mohan.
At this moment, Li Mohan was wearing a custom-made casual suit, which made his figure even more tall and outstanding. His light brown eyes widened sharply when he saw Ye Huohuo, his lips pressed tightly together. When he looked at Fu Qing again, his gaze became like ice blades, as if he would crush her to death in the next second.
“You had her injured?” he gritted out.
The surrounding air froze.
“That Mr. Li, I’ve already had people handle it. It’s not appropriate for you to take action here! Rest assured, we will not let her off lightly for the responsibilities she must bear. The Director, who had been so imposing moments ago, became cautious, even somewhat fawning, when speaking to Li Mohan.
Li Mohan cast a cold glance at him. “When I came to you yesterday, what assurances did you give me? My person entered here safely, and in less than a day, she’s been tortured like this. Your handling of her is public, and I will never let her off easily. Also…”
His words were not finished, his gaze swept over the four Jin Gangs and the dozen or so people who had beaten Ye Huohuo and Lu Yao. “I will not let anyone who laid hands on Ye Huohuo today off the hook.”
“It… it’s not our fault! We were ordered to do it by the Bai family. Sister Juan told us to do it. Sister Juan wanted Ye Huohuo dead, and we didn’t dare to disobey Sister Juan’s orders. Mr. Li, you are magnanimous, please let us go!”
The fiercest-looking Juanmao was surprisingly the first to beg for mercy. Hearing Li Mohan’s words, she immediately knelt on the ground, crawling forward a few steps on her knees, and kowtowed quickly.
“Bai Juan?” Li Mohan narrowed his eyes. “She’s here too?”