After Su Yang heard that, he calmly said, “That’s fine, normal procedure it is then. Let’s see if we can bail him out first instead of having him continue to stay inside there. Who knows what might happen to him.”
Mr. Jia said, “Understood, I head over to negotiate right now and pay the money for the bail.”
Su Yang replied, “Alright, you get working on that, I’m coming over to meet you now.” After that, he hung up the phone.
‘Although that was bad news, I feel much more relaxed now.
‘Compared to Zhao Licheng’s identity being exposed, him beating up someone is extremely trivial.
‘According to Zhao Licheng’s wife’s description, the two of them got into a fight. However, even if Zhao Licheng had attacked him rather severely, it would at most be a minor injury based on the judicial review process. So, all I would have to do then is to pay some money, Zhao Licheng gets arrested for a few days and it’ll all pass.
‘As long as Zhao Licheng’s identity isn’t exposed, everything will be fine.’
Su Yang was continuously deep in thought after he hung up the phone, while Chu Xia stood beside him and watched him carefully.
After a while, Su Yang came back to his senses and saw the girl staring at him. Hence, he touched his face and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Chu Xia asked, “How was it? Any news on Brother Zhao?”
Su Yang nodded. “Yes, there is. Like I said, he’s been brought over to assist in an investigation for his brave act last night. It’s fine now.”
After that, Su Yang patted Chu Xia’s shoulder. “I’m going to rush over there now. There’s nothing you should be worried about, you go ahead and write your novel in ease.”
Chu Xia let out a hum and did as Su Yang told her.
Then, Su Yang retracted his hand and added, “I’ve realized that you seem to have lost weight recently, your shoulder seems to be more bones than meat now. You mustn’t always lose weight and should eat more instead.”
After he said that, Su Yang waved at her and left the office.
As she watched Su Yang leave, a happy expression appeared on Chu Xia’s face. She muttered to herself, “Have I really lost weight? I don’t think so though. But… I’m still very happy. Hmm, why is Su Yang’s mouth getting sweeter? Something’s not right.”
…
Su Yang drove to the mountain area to handle the case. When he stopped the car, Mr. Jia and Zhao Licheng had already left the police station and were chatting at the entrance of the station.
Su Yang looked at Zhao Licheng from afar and noticed that Zhao Licheng was agitated while Mr. Jia was comforting him.
Then, Su Yang got out of the car and closed the door before he walked over and asked, “Have you been released?”
When they saw Su Yang walking over, the two of them stopped talking and greeted him. “Mr. Su.” “Mr. Su.”
Su Yang nodded and asked, “So, what’s the result?”
Mr. Jia said, “He’s been bailed, but the other party refuses to drop the case and are pressuring the person in charge of the case to fight for a heavy punishment.”
At this point, he glanced at Zhao Licheng and said, “My opinion is that since the other party has a solid chain of evidence, our chances of winning are very low. So, why don’t we take the initiative to admit our mistakes and apologize so that we can avoid the administrative punishment?”
Su Yang knew that this was the best conclusion that Mr. Jia could come up with, so he looked at Zhao Licheng. “What do you think?”
Zhao Licheng gritted his teeth. “I don’t agree. I won’t apologize to him.”
Su Yang understood Zhao Licheng’s expression and asked, “He’s using that incident to threaten your wife again, isn’t he?”
Zhao Licheng nodded vigorously.
Su Yang nodded and firmly said, “Well done, I would’ve beat him up if I were in your shoes too.”
After that, Su Yang looked at Mr. Jia. “I’ll decide on the matter. I understand that the best way out of this is to apologize and compensate the other party. However, an apology is out of the question, so… I’m going to need your help to handle this matter well.”
Mr. Jia keenly sensed the deeper meaning behind his words, but as a smart person, he did not ask. Instead, he nodded and said, “All right, I will do my best to handle this. However, I can only say… The chances of us winning are very small.
“Therefore, might I suggest a safer method, stall. I will use all sorts of methods to stall this case,”
Then he added, “However, this method is usually used on ordinary people and might not work on the boss of a listed company. After all, he can afford to stall.”
After Mr. Jia said that, Su Yang asked thoughtfully, “How long are you able to stall this?”
Mr. Jia pondered for a moment. “One to three months.”
Su Yang looked at Zhao Licheng, who nodded.
Seeing Zhao Licheng nod his head, Su Yang smiled and said to Mr. Jia, “No problem. Let’s stall for as long as possible. He won’t be able to afford to do the same.”
Just as the three of them were chatting, a few people exited the police station, who were led by Cao Qiguang.
Cao Qiguang was wearing a black blazer, which was like a business suit with leather shoes and looked like a satyr. However, there were wounds on his face and his nose was wrapped in gauze while his eyes were bruised. ‘It seems like Zhao Licheng did rough him up pretty badly.
‘However, I suppose that’s normal. After all, Zhao Licheng is a young and strong man in his 20s’. So, Cao Qiguang is nothing compared to him at all with his alcohol infused body who’s in his 40s’.’
When Cao Qiguang saw Su Yang and his team, he had no intention of avoiding them. Instead, he walked straight up to the three of them, pointed at Zhao Licheng and fiercely said, “Hey *sshole! Didn’t you have the b*lls to attack me?! I’m going to make you pay so much that you’ll never be able to see it coming!”
Then, he sized up Mr. Jia and Su Yang.
After he sized Su Yang up, he said, “Su Yang, isn’t it? I heard that you’re very famous in Shanghai, but you have to consider if the person you hired is suitable to be a professional manager who won’t bring your companies down to ruins.”
However, Su Yang merely chuckled and did not even bother to look at Zhao Licheng. Instead, he pulled his earlobes and asked Zhao Licheng nonchalantly, “Who’s dog is this that’s barking at us?”
Cao Qiguang’s eyes were cold as he nodded fiercely. “Fine, fine, not bad at all. No wonder you dared to hire him. Just wait and see how long your company is going to be able to stay operational for.”
Cao Qiguang turned to leave after saying that.
Suddenly, Su Yang stopped him. “Stop right there.”
Cao Qiguang turned his head to look at Su Yang. “What’s the matter? Are you going to beg for my forgiveness?”
Su Yang smiled. “I realized that your mouth is really dirty and you’re in need of a beating. No wonder Old Zhao beat you up.”
Cao Qiguang was stunned for a moment before he burst out laughing. “Haha, is that so? So, what are you going to do about it? Do you have the b*lls to lay a finger on me?”
After that, Cao Qiguang pointed at the people standing not far behind him. “Right now, the police and my lawyer are here. So, if you dare to even lift a finger on me, I’ll have you sent straight to jail.”
He pointed at Su Yang’s face and said, “I’ve realized that you youngsters are really simple-minded, trying to start a fight whenever there’s some kind of trouble. Do you think you’re some kind of hero?
“In this society, our brains are the most important thing, not brute force! No matter how good you are at fighting, are you able to defeat the police?”
Then, he chuckled. “I’ve just realized, like boss, like subordinate.”
As he said that, he stretched his face over and stuck his head out, patting his face as he said, “Come on, try and hit me then.”
A crisp “Smack” sound was heard, which came from Su Yang slapping Cao Qiguang’s face, which completely stunned the latter.
Then, Cao Qiguang covered his face and looked at Su Yang in disbelief.
In the end, Su Yang raised his hand and said with a smile, “This is the first time I’ve seen such a despicable request, but of course I’ll have to satisfy it. However, Mr. Cao, I doubt one round’s enough now, is it? Let’s do it again.”
With that, Su Yang slapped his other cheek without hesitation! “Smack!”
Cao Qiguang was going crazy. He wanted to turn around and call for the police officer behind him, but Su Yang did not give him a chance. Instead, Su Yang grabbed his head and pushed it downwards before kneeing him!
With a “Bam”, blood spewed out of Cao Qiguang’s nose, who felt as if his nose had broken and was in so much pain that tears rolled down his cheeks uncontrollably. He involuntarily took two steps back, staggered and fell to the ground, covering his face and screamed.
It was only at that moment when the police officer and lawyer behind him finally rushed over to help Cao Qiguang up.
Cao Qiguang was furious when he saw them. He covered his face with one hand and pointed at Su Yang with the other as he hollered, “Arrest him! Hurry up and arrest him! He’s just attacked me right in front of the police station! He’s completely crazy! Arrest him!”
As Cao Qiguang touched the mixture of tears, blood, snot and mucus, he grabbed onto the familiar officer beside him and said, “Old Fan, hurry up and arrest him! I want him thrown into jail! He actually dared to hit me in front of the police station! He’s crazy!”
As he spoke, Cao Qiguang was glaring at Su Yang.
In his heart, he had already classified Su Yang as an enemy on the same level as the young man who beat him up yesterday, who were both people that he would never let off!
However, he had a feeling that Su Yang would be done for if he did not do anything. ‘No matter how deep your background is, it’s all going to be useless, not when you’ve just hit someone in front of the police station! You’ve literally challenged the authority of the police!
‘I’m not going to be satisfied unless you’re met with a severe punishment!’
Hence, he looked at Su Yang as though he was looking at a dead person. In fact, he had already thought of bribing a criminal when Su Yang was in jail to beat Su Yang up and sodomize him. ‘I’m eager to see if this young man can still be so arrogant after that!’
Just as Cao Qiguang was thinking about everything, the police officer who was called Old Fan said, “Old Cao… What… What are you talking about?”
Cao Qiguang looked at Old Fan and said excitedly, “I said he hit me! So, arrest him! Arrest him right now!”
Old Fan looked confused. He looked at Su Yang, then at the three lawyers beside Cao Qiguang, who were also shaking their heads slightly with a confused look on their faces.
Seeing that Old Fan had no reaction, Cao Qiguang looked at his lawyers. “You guys saw that! He hit me! Sue him! Sue him down to dust!”
However, the lawyers exchanged confused glances.
After a while, a lawyer who was closer to Cao Qiguang whispered, “Mr. Cao, he didn’t hit you.”
Cao Qiguang was stunned.
Moments later, he roared, “Are you f*cking retarded?! He didn’t hit me?! Are you crazy?!”
After shouting, he shouted at the other lawyers, “You saw that! You saw that, didn’t you?!”
His crazed appearance, coupled with the blood, tears, and snot on his face, scared the lawyers so much that they took a few steps back.
Even so, the lawyers could not help but shake their heads. “No, we didn’t see it, Mr. Cao.”
“Mr. Cao, I only saw you falling down.”
“He’s right, we only saw you falling down.”
“I fell?” Cao Qiguang was confused.
After that, he turned to look at Old Fan.
Old Fan nodded, confirming what the lawyers had said were true.
Immediately, Cao Qiguang’s mind went blank. ‘I have no idea what’s happening.
‘I remember clearly that Su Yang slapped me twice and even kicked me. How is everyone saying that they didn’t see it?’
Then, he looked at Su Yang slowly.
In the end, he realized that the culprit was looking at him with a smile. When he looked over, the culprit even… Patted his own knee like he was dusting and provoking him at the same time, which made Cao Qiguang so angry that his eyes turned red!
Hence, if he had suspected that there was something wrong with his memory just now, he was now certain that Su Yang had definitely hit him!
‘But, why did I get beat up yet no one else saw it?!’
Cao Qiguang was a little confused!
He turned to look and guessed. ‘Is it because of the angle?
‘Is it because my lawyers and the police couldn’t see me since my back was facing them?’
At that thought, Cao Qiguang quickly stood up and looked around. A moment later, he pointed excitedly at a surveillance camera near the wall of the office and said, “Look! There’s a surveillance camera! Let’s go take a look! He really hit me!”
