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Wind Rises in Dragon City Chapter 107
🕑 Added 2024-11-18 12:23:16 +0000 UTCChapter 107: Shamelessly Offering to Perform Gymnastics in Public
After Zheng Wei's brutal death in an alley in Zha'nan district, he was quickly discovered by police personnel.
Due to yesterday's big fight in Zha'nan district involving many people, plus the fact that Zheng Wei was a key force in the dock gang, his brutal death easily led people to associate it with revenge from the dirty gang, which resulted in Su Tiannan being summoned by the Police Bureau.
Zheng Wei had been too cocky - yesterday he was still thinking about bootlicking Xu Hu, today his life was licked away. The largest carpentry shop in Zha'nan district would probably need to bring in another batch of new wood.
Last night's incident in Zha'nan district was too big for the Police Bureau higher-ups to pretend not to see, and Xu Hu, at the center of the storm, naturally couldn't stay uninvolved.
Around 11 AM, Xu Hu was officially summoned by the Police Bureau, and he didn't dare put on airs, just quietly followed the case officers.
After entering the Police Bureau, Xu Hu was detained in an isolated interrogation room with nothing but a chair.
The officers' attitude toward Xu Hu was very tough. They didn't communicate with him or notify him about calling any lawyer, just handcuffed him and locked him in the empty room.
Thus, Xu Hu stayed in this neglected interrogation room for a full twenty-six hours. During this time he didn't eat a single bite of food or speak a single word to anyone.
This showed that being a gang leader wasn't so easy. No matter how powerful you were on the streets, the Police Bureau could have someone deal with you with just one word.
Although Xu Hu was very patient, being alone in the interrogation room for over twenty hours without food or water was quite torturous.
The next day, in the afternoon.
The interrogation room door finally opened wide as the Dragon City Police Bureau Director, leading two deputy directors, walked in.
Xu Hu looked up and immediately called out politely: "Hello, Director Lin!"
"What's there to say hello about? The entire Dragon City police system's members, whether they work overtime or not, all have to watch your face, Boss Xu," Director Lin bent down to sit in the chair, crossing his legs with his hands in his sleeves as he asked: "Not feeling good staying here?"
"Hehe, just cooperating with the Police Bureau's work," Xu Hu grinned.
"You're a sensible person, let's not talk nonsense," Director Lin looked at him with furrowed brows. "One word - when will this matter end?"
Xu Hu replied in a low voice: "Director Lin, when this matter ends isn't up to me, that depends on Yu Jinrong's attitude."
"I don't care what his attitude is, and I can't control the Sanitation Management Council people either," Director Lin frowned at Xu Hu. "I'm just asking you, can the dock gang settle down?"
"It's not up to me," Xu Hu replied stubbornly. "Xu Er himself had good relationships in the dock gang. His death was unjust - if the brothers won't stop, I can't control them either."
Director Lin pointed at Xu Hu and said word by word: "If you can't control them, I'll deal with you. That over ten million in smuggled goods found at sea - the case isn't solved yet. Should I set up two special investigation teams to look carefully into this matter?"
Xu Hu pondered for a while, his eyes fixed on Director Lin, his tone still very polite as he said: "Director Lin, although I'm just a rough person without much education, I still understand the ancient principle that civilians don't fight officials. Yes, I admit some things our dock gang does cross the line, so if you say you want to deal with me, I have no way out. Even if you sentence me to ten years, I won't appeal - I accept it."
Hearing this, Director Lin's face looked very unpleasant.
"I'm just making a living in the underworld - whether I get killed or go to prison, those are occupational hazards, I don't resist," Xu Hu said with red eyes. "But I only had one brother, and if he dies so unclear outside the district, I definitely won't accept it."
Director Lin looked at this tough nut Xu Hu with great helplessness in his heart.
Xu Hu's attitude was very clear - he absolutely wouldn't let this go without bringing down the Yu family. Even if the Police Bureau found fault with him, sentenced him, detained him, he would accept it all, accept prison and sentencing, but things outside definitely wouldn't just stop like this.
After pondering for several seconds, Director Lin stood up and walked to Xu Hu, reaching out his right hand to pat Xu Hu's cheeks twice: "You're challenging me, is that it?"
"Director Lin, you wrong me saying that. Even if I'm stupid, I still know my own weight, don't I? What am I? Just one word from you would be enough for half a lifetime of struggle for me," Xu Hu said with an extremely humble attitude. "I'm not thinking of challenging our Police Bureau, I just can't swallow this anger. We're not in politics, don't have any power or connections, but we do have many brothers. If the Yu family doesn't give an explanation this time, not only will Zha'nan cause trouble, but the coastal dock gangs in all major districts of Dragon City will rise up."
Director Lin gritted his teeth and pointed at Xu Hu, cursing: "Take this bastard to the compound yard, hang him from a training horizontal bar!"
Ten minutes later.
Xu Hu was taken to the Police Bureau compound's training field, where two officers used handcuffs to hang him from a horizontal bar, his toes barely touching the ground, in a very undignified position.
Though Xu Hu was a boss in his own right, at this moment he had no face at all in the Police Bureau compound, hanging under the horizontal bar like a piece of dead pork for sale, on display for officers walking back and forth in the compound.
"Comfortable, Brother Hu?" a police captain asked with a smile.
"Not bad, can handle it," Xu Hu was very different from his brother - he was truly someone who could bend and stretch. "If I weren't so old, I could even perform a Thomas flair for you..."
"Awesome!" The captain had to admire Xu Hu and nodded before leaving.
......
In the office.
Director Lin held his phone and smoked as he said: "Secretary-General, this Xu Hu is just a tough nut, like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water. Tell him to go to prison, he accepts it; slap his face, he can still say thank you - can't negotiate with him!"
"Can you coordinate with the Yu family?"
"I can't communicate with them either, Yu Jinrong is the garrison's man," Director Lin was too lazy to get involved in this matter, so he pushed the conflict away with very light words: "The dock gang has many people, and with Changqing Company involved too, if we hurt them too badly and they cause trouble on the ground, drawing the Supervisory Council's attention... how many departments would get involved? Moreover, even if you deal with them, it might not be effective. You arrest Xu Hu, but behind him is Gu Tongshan, and behind Gu Tongshan are navy and customs relationships, plus the Dock Workers General Association... the forces on this line are not weak."
"Alright then, those above will handle it. You deal with that Xu Hu too."
"Him? I've already got him hung up, hehe!" Director Lin replied with a laugh.
......
Around 6 PM in the evening, after Su Tiannan finished his interrogation at the Police Bureau, Su Tianyu picked him up.
"What did they say?"
"Damn it, Zheng Wei is dead, and the Police Bureau suspects we did it," Su Tiannan replied irritably. "I'm under travel restrictions now, have to report to the Police Bureau at fixed times every day."
