Chapter 44: Sincerely Inviting You to Hit Me
Ye Xiaobai just stared at Tang Rao, silent for quite some time.
"Aiyo, don't look at me with those admiring eyes. Look, when you set me up, I didn't do much about it, right? Digging pits and burying people is just something where you bury me and I'll bury you," Tang Rao said with a laugh.
"At your grandfather's birthday feast, you hit me," Ye Xiaobai muttered.
Tang Rao, can you be any more shameless? Still saying you didn't do much, I'm still hurting right now.
"Fine, then hit me back. The precondition, though, is that you have to be able to beat me," Tang Rao said seriously.
Ye Xiaobai: "..."
You even slapped Lu He flat out; how could I possibly beat you? I couldn't even handle Lu He.
"If you don't speak, I'll take it as you giving up on this opportunity," Tang Rao shook his head. "Really, I'm sincerely inviting you to hit me."
...
Time passed, and Tang Rao and Ye Xiaobai spent another night in the detention room.
Of course, by then, the outside world had gone mad; a real internet explosion.
The people of the Yan country had already been skeptical about the law enforcement agencies, and with Uncle Cha's intentional push, the public opinion was overwhelmingly one-sided.
Some people had even started to protest outside the Public Security Bureau.
The situation had suddenly kicked up a huge fuss.
Wei Zhensheng was very anxious; this kind of issue was extremely sensitive. One wrong move and his career as the director of the Public Security Bureau could be over.
He was only forty-five, and he still planned to further his career in politics.
As for the instigator of this public outcry, Wei Zhensheng knew exactly who it was.
It was none other than Ye Xiaobai, who was locked up in the detention room.
Having worked in public security for many years, Wei Zhensheng had some connections. Tracing the origin of such a large-scale public opinion was not difficult.
"Only the bell ringer can unring the bell," Wei Zhensheng muttered and then left his office.
He didn't go directly to Ye Xiaobai, nor did he order the release of both Tang Rao and Ye Xiaobai.
That would ultimately lose face for Ye Xin, after all, she was the one who arrested them.
Persuading Ye Xin to release them was the right choice.
"Captain Ye, are you busy?" Wei Zhensheng went to Ye Xin's office and knocked on the door.
"Director!" Ye Xin immediately got up, "Please come in."
Wei Zhensheng sat down and pondered for a while.
"Ye Xin, it's been two years since you joined us, right?" Wei Zhensheng asked.
"Yes, two years after graduation, two years in the bureau," Ye Xin nodded. After graduating from college, she was assigned here to work in public security.
Time flew, and it had been two years.
"I knew your father, and Uncle Wei never really asked you for anything. But this time, could you release Tang Rao and your third brother first?" Wei Zhensheng said seriously, with a gentle tone.
Ye Xin looked at Wei Zhensheng, her brows furrowed.
About a minute later, Ye Xin finally nodded and said: "Okay."
She was aware of the public opinion outside and knew that Ye Family's resources were at play.
If things couldn't be settled in time, Wei Zhensheng's career could very well come to an end.
Ye Xin was grateful to Wei Zhensheng. As he had said, in the two years, he had never obstructed her from handling cases, only offered support.
Therefore, she couldn't just watch Wei Zhensheng ruin his career.
"I'll go to the detention room right now," Ye Xin stood up, and since she had made her decision, there was no need for hesitation.
Again, she also really wanted to say a few words to that moron Ye Xiaobai.
Utilizing the Ye Family resources to sway public opinion, do you have any idea how stupid that is?
Those four people might have been assassins from the Dark Net, but they were still murdered, and it happened right in the detention room you were in.
To those with ulterior motives, your, Ye Xiaobai's move to create public opinion is like trying to hide something by making it more conspicuous.
...
"Ye Xiaobai, come here." Arriving at the detention room, Ye Xin didn't just release him right away, instead, she pointed at Ye Xiaobai and sternly shouted.
Ye Xiaobai really had no way to deal with his little sister.
In this generation of the Ye family, she was the only daughter, treasured by everyone in the family.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be doing whatever she pleased.
"Xin Er, what is it?" Ye Xiaobai took a few steps closer and asked.
"Ye Xiaobai, aren't you usually quite clever? Don't you always claim to be super intelligent? I think you're just a huge idiot! You moron, using the Ye Family resources for manipulating public opinion, do you know how many people in Tiandu are watching you now, watching our Ye Family!" Ye Xin exploded, screaming at an extremely high volume.
Ye Xiaobai was inwardly in so much distress, my dear sister, do you really think I, Ye Xiaobai, would be so brainless?
I was duped by that beast Tang Rao.
But he couldn't say it; who knew how Tang Rao would go berserk once he confessed.
"Xin Er, things... aren't what you think they are." That's all Ye Xiaobai could say to prevaricate Ye Xin.
"Then what are they?"
"Anyway..."
"Come on Xiao Bai, no need to be embarrassed to admit it. You're a big man, what's there to hem and haw about doing something. You're the third master of the Ye Family, what's the big deal about using some family resources? Have you lost the swagger of the Ye Family's young master?" Tang Rao came up, patting Ye Xiaobai's shoulder with a smirking face.
"I..."
Ye Xiaobai felt like he was going to burst with frustration.
Why did I have to be so unlucky to mess with this bastard Tang Rao?
He, Ye Xiaobai, had never regretted anything he'd done. But this time, he truly regretted knowing Tang Rao.
The Tang Family, how could they produce such a scourge!
"Alright, enough talk, you two, get out of here now. And you, Tang Rao, better not let me see you again, or else I'll beat you every time I do!" Ye Xin pointed at Tang Rao, knowing he was no good.
"As a member of law enforcement, as a protector of the people, isn't beating people up a bit inappropriate? You can scold me, and berate me till I'm covered in blood, look how considerate I am." Tang Rao was still acting like a scoundrel.
Ye Xin didn't bother to argue with Tang Rao anymore, gave an order, and then left directly.
She didn't want to see Tang Rao, this disgusting creature, any longer.
Truly the scum of the earth.
...
Half an hour later, Tang Rao and Ye Xiaobai appeared at the entrance of the public security bureau.
There were quite a lot of people at the entrance of the bureau.
Some were there to declare the innocence of Tang Rao and Ye Xiaobai, of course, the majority were actually there to watch the excitement.
Uncle Cha didn't reveal the identities of Ye Xiaobai and Tang Rao, so these ordinary people naturally didn't recognize them.
"Let's go." Tang Rao said, putting his arm around Ye Xiaobai's shoulders.
"Go wherever you want, just don't touch me." Ye Xiaobai swiftly swatted away Tang Rao's hand.
"What's the matter? Turning your back on me just like that?" Tang Rao wasn't annoyed, and said with a smirking face.
"From now on, you are you, Tang Rao, and I am I, Ye Xiaobai. Let's pretend we've never met. Whatever business you have with the Lu Family, you play by yourself, I'm out." Ye Xiaobai said through clenched teeth.