Chapter 152
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"Where is that Wang Yao who was brought here just now?" asked the deputy chief police officer .
The reason why he cared about Wang Yao was completely because of what Deputy Chief of the County, Mr . Dai said . As a senior officer of the local government, Mr . Dai wouldn't say anything casually or randomly . Every single word out of his mouth was meaningful and targeted certain people specifically . This was a rule of thumb in local government .
Although the deputy chief police officer was considered a senior level officer, Mr . Dai ranked much higher than him . One word from Mr . Dai could affect Deputy Chief Police Officer's career .
"Vice-Captain, I've brought him here," said a policeman .
"Good," said Vice-Captain .
Inside the interrogation room of the police station was a middle-aged police officer in his 40's . His face was slightly black, and he was staring at Wang Yao .
"What's your name?" asked the police officer .
"Wang Yao," said Wang Yao .
"What is your age?" asked the police officer .
"26," said Wang Yao .
"Do you know why you are here?" asked the police officer .
"I don't know," said Wang Yao calmly .
Bang! The police officer slapped the table .
"You should be honest with me . We have all the evidence and information, so you'd better confess," said the police officer sternly .
"I didn't do anything wrong . What do you want me to confess to?" said Wang Yao .
"You are stubborn!" The police officer made an eye gesture to the men standing next to him .
"Well, some people are just so stubborn!" the man stood up and did some stretches . Suddenly, the door of the interrogation room opened .
"Chief?" The police officer was surprised .
"Song, please come out; I need to have a word with you," said the deputy chief police officer .
"Yes!" The police officer who was so rude just now became very polite . He came out of the interrogation room immediately .
"Chief, how can I help you?" asked the police officer .
"I've told you many times, not chief, I'm the Deputy Chief . " Although he tried to correct the police officer, he was happy to be called chief .
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"What can I do for you?" asked the police officer .
"What's going on with this Wang Yao?" said the deputy chief police officer .
"Him? Assaulting people," said the police officer whose surname was Song .
"Was it serious?" asked the deputy chief police officer .
"The victim is still in the emergency department of the hospital . The doctors are still trying to save him," said Song .
"I see . Get the details of what happened . Our responsibility is to catch the bad people . But we also need to be cautious that we don't catch the wrong guy," said the deputy chief police officer who patted on Song's shoulder . Then he turned around and left .
What does he mean?! thought Song .
Whoever worked in a government department should have a reasonable IQ and EQ . Song was not an exception . He started to think about every single word from the deputy chief police officer and why he just mentioned Wang Yao's name .
Actually, he was asked by one of his friends to interrogate Wang Yao, and assaulting people was illegal anyway . It was his responsibility to find out what had happened . He initially wanted to make Wang Yao suffer a bit . But now, he started to hesitate after talking with the deputy chief police officer, who didn't make it clear whether Wang Yao was innocent or not . However, Song felt his boss wanted him to think carefully before jumping to any conclusions . Another police officer came by while Song was thinking .
"Hi, Song?" said the police officer .
"Hi, Chief!" said Song in surprise after he had seen who came to speak to him .
"It's Deputy Chief!" said another deputy chief police officer .
"How can I help you?" asked Song .
"I want to ask you about a young man called Wang Yao who was just caught by you guys just now," said the deputy chief police officer .
"Yes?" said Song .
"Why did you bring him here?" asked the deputy chief police officer .
"He is related to an assaulting incident," said Song .
"I see . You need to investigate it thoroughly and make sure you haven't caught the wrong guy," said the deputy chief police officer .
"Sure!" said Song .
The second deputy chief police officer left, but what he meant was clearer to Song .
Damn it! Who the hell is this Wang Yao? Two deputy chief police officers came to ask about him . Don't tell me the chief police officer is also going to ask about him . thought Song .
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Ring! Ring! The phone suddenly started to ring . Song went to pick up the phone .
"Hello, Chief!" Although Song could not be seen by the chief police officer from the other side of the telephone, he made a standard salute .
"Are you working today?" asked the chief police officer .
"Yes, we caught a guy called Wang Yao," said Song .
"Why did you bring him in?" asked the chief police officer .
"Because we believe he intentionally assaulted someone," said Song .
"Really? You need to investigate the incident thoroughly . Is it clear?" said the chief police officer .
"Sure," said Song .
Song was sweating after he hung up the phone . He had never come across a situation like this . He looked at the door of the interrogation room and wondered who exactly was inside . He considered himself lucky that he didn't get physical with Wang Yao . Otherwise, he could be in trouble .
"Go and check who Wang Yao assaulted . I need all the information and details . " Song passed his command to his men and went back into the interrogation room . He smiled at Wang Yao .
"Well, you can come out first . There was some misunderstanding," Song left some room for himself .
He lead Wang Yao to a different room then made Wang Yao a cup of tea, which tasted awful .
The police soon found Li Dong's history .
"He is a habitual offender . " Officer Song immediately knew how to deal with the case after reading through Li Dong's criminal history .
"Shit! I was almost set up!" Song was also annoyed by his friend who asked him to help Li Dong .
Wang Yao called a taxi back to his village while his family was waiting for him anxiously .
"Are you okay?" Zhang Xiuying checked on Wang Yao all over . She was really concerned .
"I'm fine . I just went to help the investigation . Everything's alright," said Wang Yao with a smile .
"That's good! That's good!" said Zhang Xiuying .
Inside a restaurant of the town sat a big middle-aged man who looked stern . Obviously, he was not happy .
"What? Released? He was released? Why? He intentionally assaulted my worker, who is still in the hospital and almost lost his life!" said the middle-aged man .
"As far as I know, he knows people from the local government . The chief officer and two deputy officers of the police department had called to ask about him," said one of the middle-aged man's employees .
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"Who is he? So powerful!" said the middle-aged man .
"His friend's father from the same village is the mayor of Lianshan," said another employee .
"Well, enough is enough . Don't you have a small factory in their village? The mighty dragon is no match for the local serpent!" said a friend of the middle-aged man .
"Okay, I'll talk to Li Dong . He has never suffered such a big loss since he started to work for me," said the middle-aged man .
"It's because he never came across people like Wang Yao!" said his friend .
Wang Mingbao, Tian Yuantu, and Li Maoshuang all called Wang Yao after he arrived at home . He was not surprised to get a call from Wang Mingbao, but he didn't expect the other two would call him . He hadn't told them about his experience at the police station .
"Thank you, I'm fine," said Wang Yao to all his friends .
It seemed that things had settled for now .
However, an article appeared on a BBS online the next day . The title of the article was: "Injustice! The police released someone who committed a criminal offense . "
The article was soon posted by paid posters and received thousands of views . The number of people who clicked and viewed the article increased rapidly . The content of the article was directly related to Lianshan and Wang Yao . It didn't even get the name wrong .
The article soon raised attention from a related government department in Lianshan, which even received a phone call from journalists .
Just one thing after another .
Therefore, Lianshan County made a decision to investigate the case thoroughly after facing such big pressure from the public . The person in charge was one of the deputy police officers . He asked Officer Song, who interrogated Wang Yao the other day to investigate the case .
They reviewed the case thoroughly, including watching the CCTV footage in the village, and interviewing Wang Yao and Li Dong, who was still lying in the hospital in town . Then they had a clear picture of what had happened .
Wang Yao was asked to be interviewed in the police station again .
"Why did you go to see Li Dong the other night?" asked Officer Song .
"He hurt my mother during the day, so I wanted to find out why," said Wang Yao . He had a good justification for what he had done .
"Why didn't you go during the day?" asked Officer Song .
"I didn't know about the incident during the day . I only heard it from one of the villagers at night . Then I went to see the CCTV footage . I believe Li Dong did it deliberately," said Wang Yao .
"Have you two ever had any conflicts in the past?" asked Officer Song .
"Yes, two days before the incident I had a row with him," replied Wang Yao," the reason was that he was rude to me and tried to hit me . "
"Do you have any witnesses?" asked Officer Song .
"Yes . " Then, Wang Yao named a few villagers who stood out to help him on the day .
"Well, you broke into other people's property," said Officer Song .
"Yes, I admit that . But he threatened to hurt my family . " Wang Yao didn't deny the fact that he went into the factory because the factory had CCTV installed, too . There was no point in lying about it . "He got physical first," said Wang Yao .
"He was protecting himself in self-defense," said Officer Song .
"Officer Song, I don't think he was protecting himself . I didn't have any weapons in my hand while he had an iron bar," said Wang Yao .
During the interview, a smart looking man entered the police station . He was wearing a suit and looked to be in his 30's .
"Sorry, I'm late, everyone . I'm Mr . Wang Yao's lawyer, and I need to talk to him in private . " It was Zhang Peng, the lawyer who spoke to Wang Yao at the law firm the other day . He left his contact details with Wang Yao . Wang Yao called him immediately after he had been questioned just in case .
"Sorry, I was in Dao City, but I was on my way back right after receiving your call," said Zhang Peng to Wang Yao .
"That's fine . I really need your help to deal with this," said Wang Yao .
"Could you tell me the details of what happened between you and Li Dong?" asked Zhang Peng .
So Wang Yao told Zhang Peng about everything . Zhang Peng listened very carefully and made notes from time to time .
"I see," said Zhang Peng . "Are you sure that the factory was discharging polluted water?"
"Of course, I've taken photos . " Wang Yao showed Zhang Peng the photos on his phone .
"Can you send me all those photos?" said Zhang Peng . "So Li Dong tried to fight you after seeing you were taking photos?"
"Yes," said Wang Yao .
"Okay, I see," said Zhang Peng . "And you went to find him that night?"
"Yes, I wanted to confront him, as he hurt my mother during the day . " Wang Yao was calm as he explained .
"I see . Actually, I have done my research before coming to see you here . Li Dong has a criminal history and is related to the owner of the factory and one of the deputy mayors of Lianshan," said Zhang Peng . "The reason why the police started to question you again was because someone hired posters to stir things up on the internet to create pressure from the public . "
"Hiring posters just for this?" Wang Yao was surprised .
"Yes, but it was not too bad . Unfortunately, some government officers happened to see the article posted online . Don't worry, you didn't do anything wrong," said Zhang Peng with a smile .
"I see . Thank you so much . I'll leave everything to you," said Wang Yao .
Wang Yao not only said thank you but also transferred three thousand yuan to Zhang Peng using his phone . Zhang Peng had an even bigger smile after receiving the money .
After all, it was not some big event; no one really cared about the result of the investigation . Without support, the article soon lost its popularity and gradually disappeared .