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"What, you want to pull a gun?" Duan Rongliang’s subtle movements had not escaped Zhou Xingxing’s notice, and his expression immediately darkened slightly as he chuckled coldly, "It seems that you’ve forgotten the police procedures you’re supposed to follow as a police officer!"
"What do you mean?" Duan Rongliang’s hand froze in place, and he had a sinking feeling.
"According to the first principle for police officers handling cases, as stated in the police procedures, an officer needs to salute the involved party and show their identification. Changlin, did this officer salute you and present his identification?" Zhou Xingxing asked with a cold smile, turning to inquire of Li Changlin.
"No." Li Changlin shook his head; he really had never heard such a thing before.
"Not even following the first rule of police procedures, I’m guessing you haven’t turned on your body camera either. You, the officer standing at the back, don’t make any subtle moves now. See my phone here? The camera is on, and it has recorded your actions!" Zhou Xingxing stated casually, his face then darkening again, "Since you’ve repeatedly broken the rules, this doesn’t seem like a proper police dispatch. Changlin, call the police right now to report them!"
"Is that even possible?" Li Changlin was slightly taken aback and somewhat incredulous.
"Of course, it’s possible. Improper police dispatch, serious violation of police procedures—we, as law-abiding citizens, certainly have the right and obligation to report such misconduct to the authorities," Zhou Xingxing replied with a relaxed smile, knowing full well that Li Changlin was clueless about these matters.
Indeed, Li Changlin really was clueless, but judging by the expressions on the faces of the police, he knew Zhou Xingxing must be right.
So, the guy immediately took out his phone and dialed the report hotline.
"Stop, stop!" Seeing this, Duan Rongliang panicked at once, hastily waving his hands and saying, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I think there has been some mistake between us. Sorry, really sorry, it seems we might have come to the wrong floor. That Minister Wang, this isn’t the fourth floor, right?"
"Ah, no, no, this is the third floor!" The head of security was also taken aback by Zhou Xingxing, and seeing Duan Rongliang’s face become very grim, he knew there was a major flaw in their plans.
"So this is the third floor, truly sorry for the disturbance, everyone. My apologies once again for my behavior." Duan Rongliang felt extremely frustrated, reluctantly saluted Li Changlin and Zhou Xingxing and then waved his hand, leading his subordinates to retreat in a fluster.
Once Duan Rongliang had left, the head of security, obviously too embarrassed to stay, quickly took the restaurant’s security staff and scurried away.
"That felt great!" Li Changlin really hadn’t expected things could be handled this way; he put away his phone and eagerly gave Zhou Xingxing a big thumbs-up.
"Don’t get cocky, those guys definitely won’t just let this go!" Zhou Xingxing also put away his phone, and with a chuckle, threw an arm around Li Changlin’s shoulders, "Let’s just go. They give face even to the Long and Wang Families, so those two guys just now must have been either from the Jiang Family or the Duan Family. We’ve come out ahead; let’s not push our luck."
"So it must be the Duan Family’s people." Li Changlin pondered briefly and quickly concluded.
The heir of the Jiang Family was Jiang Xingwei, who had already had a run-in with Li Changlin. He didn’t think anyone else from the younger generation of the Jiang family could have the presence that the man with glasses had just displayed; it must be someone from the Duan Family.
"It seems you really know how to stir up trouble, Changlin." Zhou Xingxing, perceptive as ever, teasingly chided Li Changlin.
Back in the private room, Zhao Pu and the others had already stood up as well.
"Is everything settled?" Zhao Pu smiled at Zhou Xingxing, the door wasn’t far, and everyone had heard Zhou’s words loud and clear just now.
"Yeah, Changlin suspects they must be from the Duan Family." Zhou Xingxing nodded his head but didn’t pay much attention to it.
"The Duan Family doesn’t seem to have any powerful experts; you can handle it, Xingzi," Zhao Pu thought for a moment and quickly put the matter aside, "Let’s go. Since we’ve all eaten, it’s time to move out."
"Alright, let’s get going." Everyone picked up their belongings and left the private room.
Downstairs, Zhou Xingxing paid the bill with a card swipe without worrying about being traced, and the staff at the Silver Thread Restaurant didn’t try to stop them, so the group strutted out of the restaurant’s entrance.
"This suggests that our adversary has a significant background!" In the private room of the Duan Brothers, after listening to Duan Rongliang’s report, Duan Hongsheng reached up and adjusted the glasses on his nose.
"Brother, regardless of whether their background is simple or not, you must help me get my revenge this time!" Duan Rongxuan slapped the table angrily and cursed, "Not only is he more skilled than me, but damn it, he’s also more handsome. I can’t accept that!"
"Eldest Young Master, Second Young Master, the Third Elder is already outside, shall we have him take action?" Compared to the Duan brothers, Duan Rongliang was also extremely frustrated. Being threatened and blackmailed by a few commoners, Duan Rongliang was itching to cripple those guys!
"What are we waiting for then, Liang Bro? Quickly get in touch with the Third Elder!" Upon hearing what Duan Rongliang said, Duan Rongxuan became impatient, urging him immediately, "If those guys leave early, we’ll lose our chance to deal with them."
"Eldest Young Master, Second Young Master, those guys have already settled up and left." Just at that moment, the door was suddenly thrust open, and a burly man quickly entered.
"Huh, they did indeed leave!" Duan Hongsheng was slightly startled, and quickly looked at Duan Rongliang, "Liang Bro, inform the Third Elder right away!"
To prevent Duan Rongxuan from getting injured, Duan Hongsheng had spent a million as a cost.
Although a million was no big deal for Duan Hongsheng, he found it hard to stomach the fact that he had been threatened and extorted.
Therefore, Duan Hongsheng was naturally extremely resentful of Li Changlin.
Duan Rongliang couldn’t wait any longer; upon hearing Duan Hongsheng’s words, he immediately pulled out his phone and dialed the Third Elder, Duan Yuanzhou.
As Duan Rongliang was calling the Third Elder Duan Yuanzhou, Li Changlin and his group had already reached the archway.
The five of them kept walking when suddenly Zhou Xingxing’s form tensed and he said faintly, "Puge, you go ahead with Changlin and the others."
"What, got a tail?" Zhao Pu wasn’t too concerned and then said, "Okay, then you go take care of it. Changlin, we don’t need to look back, just keep going."
"It’s a master." In fact, Li Changlin had long noticed the rapidly approaching Duan Yuanzhou, but upon hearing Zhao Pu’s words, he didn’t continue forward; instead, he stopped in his tracks.
"Changlin!" Zhou Xingxing’s mind stirred, and he turned his head thoughtfully to look at Li Changlin.
PS: Tomorrow we’ll have a ten-Chapter burst, brothers, let’s get hyped up!