"If you don't pay sixty thousand, none of you are leaving today!!"
Fan Jian's expression changed, and he quickly tried to appease the man. "Brother, don't be like this. My friend is just a bit too talkative, but he means no harm. How about thirty thousand? I'll give you thirty thousand right now, okay?"
As Fan Jian spoke, he reached out and grabbed the arm of the man in the suit.
Unexpectedly, the man in the suit suddenly flung his hand away, and then a slap landed precisely on Fan Jian's face.
"Slap!"
The slap was not light. Even Fan Jian, with his layers of fat, was stunned and his mind went blank.
The man in the suit, with a look of disgust, patted the spot Fan Jian had touched and shook his hand. "Did I ask you to touch me, you fatso? Are you deaf or brainless? I said sixty thousand!"
Just then, a deep voice suddenly came from behind them: "What's going on?"
The speaker was Chen Pao, who had arrived upon hearing the commotion. When the man in the suit slapped him, Li Chonglou had been distracted because he saw Chen Pao.
Seeing that the crowd around Li Chonglou was growing, the man in the suit, far from being intimidated, felt his competitive spirit ignited.
With so many people here, he couldn't back down!
"Do you think I haven't seen what Long Pao is capable of? Do you think being numerous makes you strong? Try moving a single hair of mine today, and none of you will live!"
Although Long Pao was wearing a suit and had his hair slicked back, giving him the appearance of someone from high society, his aura was more menacing than that of any thug.
After being slapped and called a fatso, Fan Jian not only didn't feel angry but his face turned pale as he recalled the rumors he'd been hearing over the past couple of days.
Ever since the barbecue restaurant incident, the citizens of Shangjing had been discussing the relationship between the underworld and the police. Coupled with the existing public resentment towards the four major gangs of Shangjing, the issue had become a catalyst, making everyone fearful of anything related to the underworld.
Moreover, after the airport incident, rumors had been circulating online. While some were clearly fabrications, others were quite plausible, all of which intensified the fear of the underworld.
Consider this: if people involved in the underworld could kill people at an international airport, then in a situation like this, they could make you die whenever they pleased.
Despite his dislike for obesity, Fan Jian was not suicidal. Under Long Pao's intimidation, he felt even more uneasy!
Seeing Chen Pao looking displeased and seemingly ready to act, Fan Jian quickly spoke up first. "Forget it, forget it. Sixty thousand it is, I'll pay! I'll pay, alright?"
Long Pao sneered, "It's good that you're sensible. Scan to pay or cash."
Chen Pao's eyebrows furrowed, and he looked at Li Chonglou in confusion.
Li Chonglou shook his head, stopped Fan Jian from reaching for his phone, and said calmly, "What are you afraid of? Let him try to touch you again today."
Fan Jian was stunned, while Long Pao became furious.
"Kid, where are you from? Do you know who my boss is!"
"Oh, please tell me."
Just as Long Pao was about to speak, the sound of police sirens suddenly came from afar.
The traffic police's call had finally brought someone.
However, to Li Chonglou's surprise, an old acquaintance stepped out of the police car.
The person walked quickly and stood solemnly in front of everyone.
"Yue Fu?"
Seeing him, Li Chonglou was filled with confusion. This wasn't Honggang, and it was quite far from it. How could Yue Fu, the person in charge of Honggang, be here?
As soon as he got out of the car, Yue Fu was clearly looking for him, and upon seeing Li Chonglou, Yue Fu walked directly towards him.
The two traffic police officers who had intended to speak were stopped by other officers who had alighted from the police car.
"Uh, colleague, why are you stopping me?"
Seeing an officer take out handcuffs, the two traffic police officers looked bewildered.
It turned out that at this moment, Yue Fu suddenly turned and instructed his subordinates, "Not here. Take them all back first."
The two traffic police officers finally realized something was wrong. Fortunately, with Yue Fu's instructions, the officers did not act too overtly, merely asking them to return to the nearest police station.
Yue Fu then walked up to Li Chonglou.
Before he could speak, Long Pao beside him shouted, "Officer, you've come at the right time! These people were trying to assault me. Arrest them all quickly!"
Yue Fu turned to look at him, his brow furrowed. "Who are you?"
Long Pao glanced at Li Chonglou and the other two, then suddenly pulled Yue Fu aside and whispered something in his ear.
At this time, the onlookers were still gathered at a distance, and their numbers were growing. Seeing Long Pao and Yue Fu interacting, the crowd immediately began to buzz with discussion.
"See, I wasn't wrong. Our Shangjing police have been rotten for a long time! It's the underworld's world now. We'd better be careful from now on!"
"Alas, from now on, I'd rather take a loss than get into an argument with others. Who knows when you'll run into someone with connections? Then you won't even know how you died."
"It's over. If it's like this in Shangjing, what about other places?"
"Hmph, I recorded the whole thing anyway. I'll put it online when I get back! I don't believe they can get away with it!"
However, as the onlookers were excitedly discussing, the two people who had finished their conversation suddenly did something that caught them completely off guard.
To everyone's surprise, Yue Fu suddenly unfastened his handcuffs from his waist and, without a word, cuffed Long Pao.
"Damn it, why are you cuffing me?"
Yue Fu didn't explain. Instead, he signaled an officer to come over and pull Long Pao away.
Then, he walked back to the three confused individuals.
"I'll explain later. If you're fine, you can go back now?"
Fan Jian was about to speak, but Li Chonglou held him back. Their eyes met, and he understood.
"Okay."
Then, he led the two of them into the surrounding crowd.
The three of them were considered incidental figures, so the attention of the onlookers was not on them, but entirely on Yue Fu.
To their surprise, Yue Fu suddenly produced a loudspeaker from somewhere.
Then, his loud voice clearly reached everyone's ears.
"I know that some things have happened recently, which have caused you all to feel panicked, and even lose trust in us, the police."
"Now, on behalf of the police department, I promise you that Shangjing will always be a peaceful Shangjing, and Shangjing will always belong to its people!"
"Starting today, our Shangjing police will launch a one-hundred-day joint special operation to crack down on organized crime and evil!"
"Also, please rest assured, citizens, those so-called rumors you've seen..."
From the back of the crowd, Li Chonglou, who had squeezed through with the two, heard this and smiled, shaking his head. He hadn't expected to be used as a pawn for once.