Before he could finish speaking, Li Lei interrupted him and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, where are you located now?"
Li Wei quickly told his father the address, but before he could say anything more, his father had already hung up the phone.
Zhou Xuan used his icy energy to revive Fu Ying, who slowly woke up. Fu Ying rubbed her head and then saw Zhou Ying, whose face was swollen and who was crying. She then remembered that she had been in a car accident. Seeing that Zhou Xuan and Li Wei were both alright, she breathed a sigh of relief. However, she couldn't help but look closely at the obvious injuries on Zhou Ying's face and asked, "Sister, are you hurt?"
Seeing that her sister-in-law was awake, Zhou Ying breathed a sigh of relief and quickly shook her head, saying, "Sister-in-law, I'm fine!"
Li Wei and the young man were locked in a standoff, glaring at each other. The young man wasn't stupid either. He noticed that although Li Wei's car was an Audi, it was quite old and wouldn't cost much as a used car. His car, on the other hand, was brand new, costing 2.6 million yuan. You could tell a lot about a person just by looking at their car. Li Wei was probably no big shot, and he thought it was perfectly justified for him to bully others, but if someone hit him, they were asking for trouble!
But today, not only was my car damaged, but I also got beaten up by Zhou Xuan and Li Wei. This is a huge loss. How can I not avenge this?
Zhou Xuan guessed that the guy had probably called some kind of thugs, but to his surprise, only five or six minutes later, four police cars arrived in a hurry. As soon as the cars pulled over, about ten people rushed out, half of them traffic police and the other half of them police officers from the local police station.
The young man who caused the car accident immediately pointed at Zhou Xuan and Li Wei and said, "It was them! Several of them beat me up, arrest them first!"
Li Wei hadn't expected that the people this guy called were traffic police and regular police officers. Judging from his tone, it didn't sound like he was calling the police, but rather like he was calling his own family.
Without saying a word, seven or eight police officers rushed over and handcuffed the man. After they had him restrained, they said, "You are suspected of assault. We need to take you back to the station for investigation!"
Volume 1, Chapter 246: Arrogance
Two police officers roughly tied Zhou Fu and Li Wei's hands behind their backs...
Li was in so much pain that he grimaced and said angrily, "You bastards are just bending the law for personal gain! You handcuffed me? Don't you know that once these handcuffs are on, they're hard to remove!"
"Oh, you're pretty arrogant. You dare to sell? Are you afraid you won't take it? If you want, you can stay as long as you like!"
The police officer who dealt with Li Wei also sounded arrogant, judging from Li Wei's tone. They were used to being domineering, and they weren't going to be polite. If anyone was going to be arrogant, it was him, not Li Wei. Besides, they were there on someone else's behalf. The person behind this was their superior, and everyone would be scrambling to do something that offered them a chance to curry favor!
Fu Ying and Zhou Ying were shocked and furious to see Zhou Xuan and Li Wei being arrested!
"What right do you have to arrest people? Even if there's a car accident, there's no reason to arrest someone. It should be handled the way it should be handled. Besides, there's no such thing as arresting people for traffic accidents, is there?" Although Fu Ying was angry, she was still rational and understood the police's procedures. Moreover, it was the police officers who arrested people, and the traffic police should be in charge of handling traffic accidents.
The police officer was taken aback by Fu Ying's words. But then, stunned by her beauty, he immediately said, "Traffic accidents are handled by the traffic police, but someone reported that the two of them assaulted someone. The parties involved are still here, so this is a civil dispute, and of course it falls under our jurisdiction!"
Zhou Xuan saw the man who had hit Zhou Ying on the other side, waving and giving orders to the police and traffic officers while making a phone call—a scene so arrogant it infuriated him. He wasn't angry at the man's rudeness towards him and Li Wei, nor did he care about the car accident; even if the man was entirely at fault, Zhou Xuan wouldn't want to pursue it further. But the one thing he couldn't tolerate was the man hitting his sister—he absolutely couldn't let this go!
Zhou Xuan thought about it. He and Li Wei being taken away might not be a bad thing for him. These police officers were standing up for that guy; the harsher they were on the two of them, the more severe the retaliation against that guy would be!
Zhou Xuan immediately said calmly in a deep voice, "Yingying, take care of your sister. This isn't over!" Then he said to Li Wei, "Li Wei, don't move. Let them take us wherever they want. Just bear with it. This matter of beating Zhou Ying must not be left unresolved!"
Li Wei was startled and immediately stopped struggling. He immediately understood Zhou Xuan's meaning. When he was unable to move in the car and that person slapped Zhou Ying hard, he was already furious. Hitting Zhou Xuan's sister in front of him—unless his family found out, his father and grandfather would probably give him a good thrashing. When he wanted to follow Zhou Xuan, his grandfather had specifically approved it, both to have him serve Zhou Xuan and to help him get closer to Zhou Xuan.
Li Wei understood perfectly well that someone had actually hit Zhou Ying in front of him. Seeing Zhou Xuan's angry and upset expression, Li Wei couldn't stand it any longer. Even if Zhou Xuan wanted to retaliate, or even if Zhou Xuan wanted to settle things peacefully, Li Wei absolutely could not agree to let that guy go!
Several police officers pushed Li Wei and Zhou Xuan into the police car. As they got in, they could still hear the young man who had hit their car shouting, "Lock them both up first. I need to quickly calculate how much they owe for the car, and how much they owe for hitting me..."
The police chief-looking man stuck his head out of the car window and smiled at the traffic police, saying, "Xiao Yang, we'll leave now. We'll handle this side; the other side is traffic-related, so it's your turn!"
Li Wei, inside the car, merely sneered and remained silent. After starting the car, the police officer next to him nudged him and shouted, "Behave yourself!"
Watching the police car drive away, Zhou Ying burst into tears. Fu Ying helped her up and comforted her, "Sister, don't cry. Don't worry, your brother isn't someone to be bullied. Besides, Li Wei is here. Even if it's just Li Wei, they'll be in big trouble!" To be on the safe side, Fu Ying quickly took out her phone to call Wei Haihong, but just as she pulled it out, five or six military jeeps sped towards them. Seeing the accident scene, the vehicles slowed down, and someone shouted, "This is it! Stop!"
Fu Ying recognized the voice immediately and looked up. She saw that the person leading the group was Li Lei, whom she had met once at Wei Haihong's house. He must be Li Wei's father. Zhou Xuan had mentioned that he was the one who sent the two military bodyguards during their jade gambling trip to Yunnan. This man was the deputy commander of a major military region, a high-ranking general. With him around, there was no need to call Brother Hong!
"Brother Li!" Fu Ying called out. Little Li Lei's expression softened slightly upon seeing her. He walked over heavily and asked, "Little Fu, what exactly happened?"
Fu Ying pulled Zhou Ying over and pointed to her swollen face, replying, "Brother Li, we came here today specifically to buy and look at cars. Li Wei is driving, Zhou Xuan and I are in the back, and my sister is in the front. You see, it's from here that we came out. The car is driving very slowly, and that person..."
Fu Ying then pointed to the still arrogant man in the distance and said, "That's Zuo Chuan. He hit us with his car. He was driving very fast, and he hit us. He even accused us of hitting him! My sister got out of the car and that man slapped her across the face; her face is all swollen like this. Zhou Xuan and Li Wei went up to argue with him, but that man called for help. Unexpectedly, it was the police who came and handcuffed them both and took them back!"
Li Lei's face was dark and extremely troubled. He glanced at the traffic police who were handling the traffic scene, then at the arrogant young man, and immediately said to the soldier beside him, "Arrest that guy!"
At the commander's command, several soldiers immediately sprang out from beside him. Without a word, they rushed over and grabbed the man. These soldiers were all special forces, ruthless and vicious, and catching an ordinary person was as easy as twisting a chicken for them.
The man screamed in pain as the pinch was applied. The two soldiers carried him over and threw him at Li Lei's feet, then saluted and said, "Sir, the man has been brought here!"
Li Lei wasn't wearing a military uniform; he was just wearing an ordinary jacket, and to outsiders, there was nothing different about him.
The six or seven traffic police officers were somewhat surprised. This young man was the nephew of the branch bureau chief's wife, and they were standing up for him. These days, everyone understands some things; basically, that's how it is in most cases.
But they all understood that under normal circumstances, it was best not to mess with the soldiers. Although the military and government did not interfere with each other, the soldiers were always arrogant and domineering in the local area. A simple example was that the traffic police dared not stop and inspect military vehicles. Even if the military vehicles were parked haphazardly or transporting illegal goods, the police would turn a blind eye and never ask any questions. They would pretend not to see it.
But these soldiers are acting strangely. Four or five cars arrived, and more than a dozen people got out—so many people! Could it be a misunderstanding that they arrested their bureau chief's nephew?
Three or four traffic police officers immediately came over, one of whom said, "Comrade, is this a misunderstanding? It's a misunderstanding, isn't it?"
Li Lei said coldly, "What misunderstanding? Where did you take those two people from the car accident? Speak!"
After finishing his sentence, Li Lei instructed the soldiers beside him: "Look at these traffic police, they're not following the rules. Take pictures of the scene first, record the tracks of the two vehicles, the situation at the scene, and the responsibility. This is evidence!"
The traffic police were a little stunned, but then they realized that these soldiers hadn't just appeared out of nowhere. They had been lured there by the two men who had been taken away. They had probably stepped on a landmine. Judging from the ranks of the soldiers standing behind the middle-aged man who was called "Chief," they were at the regimental level. If someone could bring along a regimental-level officer as a subordinate, they had probably stepped on a really big landmine!
Who is Li Lei? Of course, he wouldn't pay attention to the traffic police's explanations and questions. He then ordered, "Get all these traffic policemen into the car and drive to the place where they're being held. Also, tell me quickly, where did those policemen take the people?"
The soldier who had dragged the man over kicked him in the backside again and shouted, "Tell me quickly, where did you take him?"
The kick didn't look hard, but the young man cried out in pain and immediately said, "I'll talk, I'll talk! They took him...to the Chengguan Police Station!"
Li Lei immediately waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Take everyone to the police station. I want to see how they handle this!"
On the other side, after Zhou Xuan and Li Wei were brought back to the police station, several police officers pushed them out of the car as soon as it stopped and whispered among themselves as they headed into the office building.
Because the other party had connections, the police officers did not put Zhou Xuan and Li Wei in the temporary detention room, but took them to the interrogation room. Normally, when they arrive at the police station, the handcuffs of ordinary thieves and criminals are removed, let alone those like Zhou Xuan and Li Wei who have not committed any crime at all.
But the police officers seemed to have forgotten about it. They didn't mention it, nor did Zhou Xuan and Li. In fact, even if the police officers wanted to untie it, Li Wei wouldn't let them!
There was only one desk in the interrogation room. On the desk was a computer and a printer. There were a few chairs in the middle of the room, but a police officer who came in wouldn't let Zhou Xuan and Li Wei sit down to talk.