Actions speak louder than words. Seeing the crowd gathering, Chen ilan decided to share all the photos and sincerely said, "I'm sure many of you have children. If your child gets hurt at school, you must learn from - take photos imdiately, take your child to the hospital for examination, and communicate carefully with them. Ask whether they were bullied or just fell. You must maintain open communication with your children, otherwise you'll end up in situations like today where your child gets beaten and the other party tries to shift the bla."
Too much ti had passed for Ma Yuan to accept responsibility. She blurted out, "Director's wife, how can you prove my child beat your son?"
"Yuhan just admitted it herself, and many people witnessed it," Chen ilan replied calmly and steadily.
Ma Yuan laughed mockingly, "Maybe the child was intimidated into confessing, coerced through threats or inducents."
Zou Jie could no longer stay silent and stepped forward: "I'll testify. Ma Yuan, your Yuhan just admitted that her cousin was the one who hit him. You should apologize. Look at these photos - see how badly Little Lang was beaten? What's worse is that your child did it deliberately. Your husband Wang Gang used to be Yan Zhao's subordinate. Did you deliberately instigate the children to beat Yan Zhao's son because of so work-related grievance with his father?"
As a forr police family mber with a daughter herself, Zou Jie suddenly realized while speaking that this was a serious matter. She left the counter and went to the first-floor reception to make a phone call directly to Director Zhang Chao, intending to ask him to co over.
"How cruel must soone be to beat a child like this?" soone asked while looking at the photos.
Another person said, "This can't be resolved with just an apology - they need to pay dical expenses!"
"If soone dared to beat my child like this, I wouldn't want dical expenses - I'd want to kill their child," soone else added.
Seeing that she couldn't deny it anymore, Ma Yuan deliberately pushed Wang Yuhan forward and said, "Director's wife, go ahead and file a police report. Let the police handle it. My Yuhan is only 5 years old, and her cousin is just 12. In my view, it was just children rough-housing and an accident. But since you're the director's wife with connections, go ahead and have the police arrest them and throw them in jail."
Soone imdiately responded, "Throwing a five-year-old in jail? Is the police director crazy?"
"So the police director's children are untouchable now?"
Just one comnt was enough to shift the crowd's opinion again.
Ma Yuan's nephew Xu Xiaoliang was 12 years old. The reason she dared to act this way was because she knew that no matter what a primary school student did, even if they killed soone, they wouldn't face criminal charges.
Otherwise, would she have deliberately instigated the children to find a high place to push Little Lang down?
If Yan Zhao couldn't prove it, the beating would go unpunished, and she would have gotten her revenge.
If it was investigated, the worst outco would be a police report, but the police wouldn't take action against children, so it would still go unpunished.
However, this was just her angry thinking when the beating happened. Taking a step back, she definitely didn't want the incident to co to light, which is why she transferred her daughter to a different school after one sester.
If the incident ca to light, it would be seen as retaliation against a superior. Wang Gang was a police officer who needed to continue working in the police system. Even if the job didn't pay well, it gave him status and allowed his wife Ma Yuan to earn money on the side.
For example, with pagers - any businessman who knew Wang Gang had to buy pagers from him to stay in his good graces. These were the benefits that ca with the job.
In a marriage, one person has to play good cop while the other plays bad cop. Ma Yuan naturally had to deny everything, but Wang Gang had to play the good cop and actively work to resolve the situation.
He had been upstairs the whole ti, and as soon as the incident broke out, he had already called several familiar colleagues and friends to co help diate the situation.
After making the calls, he ca downstairs, clasped his hands and said, "It's all a misunderstanding. Chen Manager, I'm truly sorry. How could my child have beaten your child? Don't worry, I will severely punish Yuhan, beat her, educate her. We must pay compensation and apologize. Let buy so toys for your child..."
Then, seeing the large crowd, he added, "Everyone, please disperse. It's not a big deal. I'll make ands, apologize, and pay the dical expenses for Chen Manager and Director Yan's child."
With the incident involving a police director's beaten son, no one wanted to leave.
"They should pay dical expenses - look how badly injured the child is," soone said.
Another person said, "Young man, you're being reasonable. An apology is definitely needed." The crowd didn't leave, but because of Ma Yuan's shrewishness, they found Wang Gang easy to talk to and considered him a reasonable person.
Chen ilan observed all this and secretly gave a thumbs up to the married couple Wang Gang and Ma Yuan.
The incident happened suddenly - they should have been at a loss for what to do.
But the couple's tacit understanding and crisis managent skills were impressive. One acted fierce while the other reasonable, and they quickly managed to suppress the crowd's anger.
By now, so were saying, "Just apologize quickly and be done with it."
Others added, "An apology is enough. It's just children fighting, and the director's wife isn't short on money - she just wants to see the right attitude."
Chen ilan wanted more than just an attitude, but the shopping mall with its crowd of onlookers wasn't the best place to handle this matter. The case shouldn't be decided by well-aning but thoughtless spectators and rubberneckers, so she was preparing to leave with her child.
Wang Gang gave Ma Yuan a stern look. He actually hadn't wanted to beat the child for revenge - it was all Ma Yuan's idea, and it was her sister's child who did the beating. He had simply acquiesced at the ti, and after one sester, he quickly transferred Wang Yuhan to another school, never thinking this matter would resurface.
Now they had to pay dical expenses and apologize - what a hassle.
Both working at the police bureau, they were colleagues in a superior-subordinate relationship. Wang Gang kept looking around for Yan Zhao, wanting to treat him to a al first, give so gifts, then apologize and make ands.
However, he couldn't find Yan Zhao anywhere, and by this ti, Chen ilan was already leaving with her child.
"Manager Chen, tomorrow at the Guoguang Grand Hotel, I'll arrange a dinner where Xiaoliang and Yuhan can apologize to Little Lang," Wang Gang called after her.
Chen ilan replied decisively, "No need. I will file a police report and let the police handle this matter."
Ma Yuan thought this was perfect and couldn't help winking at her husband: sure enough, Chen ilan wanted to file a report.
If she really filed a report, in Wang Gang and his wife's view, she would be in the wrong.
After all, it was just a minor children's fight. As subordinates, they were offering apologies, compensation, and toys - if she refused all that and insisted on involving the police in a children's matter, wouldn't that constitute a superior retaliating against subordinates?
So the couple followed from the fourth floor to the first floor, with Wang Gang deliberately pleading along the way: "Manager Chen, please don't file a report. They're just children - what's the point?"
"Yes, I'll have Yuhan apologize, give Little Lang a proper apology, okay?" Ma Yuan chid in.
Chen ilan just listened without responding - she had no need to speak with the couple.
However, when they reached the first floor, they ran into Zou Jie, who was standing with a tall man.
Zou Jie said, "ilan, this is Director Zhang from our city bureau. Why don't you tell him about what happened with the children?"
Not many people knew that Zhang Chao was pursuing a relationship with Zou Jie.
If Yan Zhao had sought Director Zhang's help for his son, Zhang wouldn't have co so quickly, or even shown up at all - he would have just told him to follow procedures and resolve it legally.
But when Zou Jie called him about sothing, he ca imdiately to make a good impression on her.
After the introduction, Zou Jie continued, "Being a police family mber has always been a high-risk occupation. ilan, when you're wronged, you need to tell their leaders. They must apologize and make ands. Otherwise, who would dare marry a police officer? Who would dare have children with them? When police officers make enemies during cases, and those people take revenge on their children - what have we beco? Are we punching bags for criminals?"
Chen ilan had never t Zhang Chao before. Looking up, she saw a middle-aged man in his mid-forties, tall and imposing, completely different from the refined Sun Nutao, appearing very authoritative.
This was Yan Zhao's superior leader.
Zhang Chao reached out to hold Chen ilan's hand: "You can make any requests you have, just tell ."
Chen ilan had originally planned to report the matter and take it to the public security bureau. Now that she had t the big chief, she should state her demands: "Chief Zhang, we don't need apologies because the ones at fault are not the children but the adults. You, Chief Zhang, understand better than anyone that Yan Zhao's work has touched the interests of certain people, which is why they did this."
Zhang Chao didn't know Wang Gang, a small-ti policeman, but he nodded: "If the investigation confirms the facts, we will handle that policeman seriously."
Wang Gang didn't expect such a small matter to catch the attention of the city bureau chief. His face turned pale, and he almost fell backward.
Ma Yuan also realized she was in fear, as when bullying others, she only sought montary pleasure and vented her anger. At that ti, who would have thought that Chen ilan would take photos and store ultrasound images, every ti going to the hospital to authenticate the injuries? This kind of ticulous approach is sothing ordinary people simply cannot do, or rather, no one can do it.
Now it's over; her husband's future might really be in jeopardy.
For Ma Yuan, the sky was about to collapse.
But Chen ilan's demands were far from over. Now that she had caught the city bureau chief, she had to resolve this issue thoroughly today.
She said: "Handling Wang Gang is sothing your police station should do, and I can get any police station to do it for . But Chief Zhang, have you thought about whether the children were instigated by adults? As a policeman, harboring resentnt and instigating children to hit others—is that person just making a mistake, or is it a cri, even a case of knowingly breaking the law?"
"If the facts are true, then yes," Zhang Chao replied, pressed by Chen ilan's every word.
He thought to himself that Yan Zhao's work style is tough, and his wife is no less so.
Chen ilan then asked: "Do you think soone who knowingly breaks the law, even commits a cri, can raise children well?"
"If the facts are true, then no," Zhang Chao continued.
This is the highest-ranking leader of the city bureau. He has seen countless victims' families and diated nurous cases, but he has never encountered a victim's family as calm as Chen ilan.
She was calm and rational, making him a bit amazed. This female comrade is particularly reasonable.
People like reasonable people, so although Chen ilan pressed on step by step with harsh words, Chief Zhang felt that this female comrade was indeed excellent, just like Zou Jie.
"So I have a request. For the sake of the child, the child nad Xu Xiaoliang must be taken in by the public security organs for legal custody and education..." Before Chen ilan finished, Zhang Chao imdiately realized the severity of this female comrade's request. He said: "Custody and education will be recorded in the child's file, which is very detrintal to a child. A 12-year-old child, once recorded in the file, will face significant problems in future education and employnt."
Custody and education ans going to a juvenile reformatory, not as a juvenile delinquent, but it will be recorded in the file. Currently, the country is considering abolishing it.
Because children under 14 still have a bright future and life. A single mistake shouldn't leave a mark on their file, affecting their entire life in education and employnt.
Chen ilan didn't want compensation or apologies, but her demand was a disaster for one family.
A 12-year-old child, if recorded and subjected to custody education, would ruin his life.
"But I only have this one request. Because I don't believe Wang Gang's family has the ability to educate the child. I ask the governnt to at least take the child away, educate him for ten days or half a month, even just a week, but it must be custody education," Chen ilan calmly said.
Turning back, she pointed to Little Wang and Little Lang, and continued: "This also has educational significance for my children. They are the children of police officers. If they break the law, the consequences and impact are more severe than ordinary children. So I beg you, even if it's just a week, please have the public security organs take custody and educate that child."
Zhang Chao stood still, watching Chen ilan walk away from him.
Zou Jie added: "Even just a week of custody education would be truly good for the child."
Good? Ma Yuan didn't think so.
Her nephew was only 12 years old. If he went through custody education, even for a week, his life would be ruined.
And now, she wanted to cry but couldn't. She now had to face the fact that when her sister found out about this, knowing she had ruined her son's life, she wouldn't forgive her.
Yan Zhao had been following slowly behind to avoid eting the leaders.
Chen ilan and the two children reached the car, and he arrived too.
The couple didn't speak, and the children were well-behaved.
But the adults' actions, setting an example, taught them two things: first, if they were bullied, they could find an adult to solve the problem. Second, even if they were the children of police officers, if they broke the law, they would also be subject to custody education. Little Wang and Little Lang had seen and heard it all, which was the best education.
As for those who, because Yan Zhao had touched their interests, wanted to instigate their children to hit others.
Even if Chen ilan couldn't get Xu Xiaoliang into a reformatory, she would never easily compromise.
She would keep raising this demand, letting the matter fernt fiercely within the police system, making those people understand that acting out of montary anger could ruin their children's future.
So now they just had to wait for Wang Gang and his wife to co begging and pleading.
For their child's future, they would surely seek relationships, find people, and offer gifts to beg for leniency. The bigger the commotion, the more people who knew about it, the better it was for Chen ilan.
...
As for Gu Xiao, although he hadn't arrived yet, that day he personally called Yan Wei. Firstly, to discuss the ti and accommodation arrangents. According to him, these matters didn't need Yan Zhao's arrangent and would be handled by Yan Dongping.
Secondly, according to his secretary, Xiping Airport was particularly chaotic. It was said that last month, many foreign businessn had their wallets stolen, and so drug addicts and motorcycle gangs would ride motorcycles to snatch bags.
Gu Xiao's original words were: "I heard Yan Zhao works at the Xiping City Police Bureau. Yan Wei, ask him if he can guarantee my personal safety on this trip?"
This was actually a challenging reproach.
Because Yan Wei is Su Wen's son, now he had to ask the old man for investnt, begging for money like a beggar.
And Yan Zhao, also Su Wen's son, having served in the army for twelve years and now working at the police station, in Gu Xiao's view, was responsible for the chaotic airport security.
These things were naturally told by Yan Dongping to Yan Dongxue, who then inford Gu Xiao.
They were once the offspring of landlords, and now Yan Dongping is at the bottom of society. He smokes opium and steals chickens and dogs, but as soon as he opens his mouth, he talks about social issues.
Hooligans are like this; they don't strive for progress, getting worse and worse, and they bla the social environnt.
But Gu Xiao is in the opposition party in Singapore, and his impression of China's national conditions is not good. He likes to hear such things the most.
"Ask Yan Zhao for . Can he guarantee my safety? If not, I will prepare for the possibility of being stabbed as soon as I land, but I will still co because I must see your mother, even if it's just her ashes. And you brothers are the best proof that Su Wen's life in China was in vain." With that, the refined Mr. Gu hung up the phone.
Yan Wei then called Yan Zhao, expressing empathy: "Third Brother, the airport's security is indeed chaotic, and I know it's not your responsibility, but can you think of a way to manage it? If not, I'll apply to the city for police forces to focus on improving airport security."
It's not just Gu Xiao. Although the city is constantly seeking investnt and inviting rchants from all over the country, even from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, to feast, due to insufficient police forces and the 1990s being like this, the security is indeed chaotic. Many rchants co, feast, and then leave.
Even if you drink yourself into gastroparesis and offer the most favorable conditions, one bad apple spoils the bunch. If a motorcycle gang robs a bag, who would still want to invest in your place?
"No need, I'll think about it," Yan Zhao said.
"No ambition, are we really bringing sha to our mother?" Yan Wei sighed and hung up the phone.
After hanging up, Yan Zhao saw Chen ilan entering the bedroom to fetch rice and asked him, "Is sothing wrong?"
Yan Zhao then laid out the situation to Chen ilan.
The airport was in Jinan, where the security was not under Yan Zhao's jurisdiction. Jinan was indeed the most chaotic area in Xiping City. The main issue was not police inaction but the presence of the train station and airport, coupled with rapid social developnt. Now, everyone had a pager, and small hoodlums each had a motorcycle. They would ride motorcycles to snatch bags and cut hands, known as the "motorcycle gang," which needed to be addressed with special asures and strict crackdowns.
However, every matter has a process. To open a green light for Gu Xiao alone, what about other cases?
Yan Wei made a call, and the city bureau dispatched police forces to ensure better security when Gu Xiao arrives.
But the police forces were still from various districts. Not only would it cause a stir, but it would also be a temporary fix. Once the police forces withdrew, Jinan would still be chaotic.
So, Yan Zhao had to consider if there were other ways to resolve this.
"I have a solution, but starting tonight, you have to sleep with in the sa bed," Chen ilan said, patting her pillow lightly.
It was already very hot, and sleeping with Yan Zhao was refreshingly cool.
Yan Zhao was caught off guard by Chen ilan's suggestion. It was broad daylight, and he couldn't just push the sun down the mountain. Since it was sumr vacation, the two boys were playing and reading in the courtyard. Although Xue Mingfang had moved to 271, he was used to the military lifestyle and treated this place as his own, often coming and going without knocking.
"Stop joking," Yan Zhao turned to leave.
He blushed easily, and his ears turned red.
Yan Zhao's wooden deanor made Chen ilan laugh. Just as she was about to tease him further, a woman knocked on the gate outside: "ilan, are you in?"
Yan Zhao imdiately went out.
It was Cui Min, who entered the courtyard and said, "I have good news for you. Do you know where Gu Xiao will stay when he arrives? It's the Dongfang Hotel. Today, a man nad Yan Dongping booked the room for him."
Gu Xiao was here just to visit relatives, wanting to et Yan Zhao and see Su Wen's ashes.
Staying near Yanguan Village was both convenient and quiet. When Yan Dongping booked the room, he naturally chose the Dongfang Hotel as the best option in the area.
Chen ilan hadn't expected it but found it reasonable.
"Our Yuanyuan and the 'Return to the City' crew are featured in 'Popular Movies' this issue. Have you seen it? I'll arrange for a copy to be placed in the room," Cui Min added.
In fact, not only was 'Return to the City' featured in 'Popular TV,' but Yuanyuan was also going to be in 'Popular Movies' this month, with a dedicated page about her, the young star with two roles.
If Yan Zhao heard about this, he wouldn't approve.
He was particularly averse to involving children in adult matters, especially those related to Gu Xiao.
But Chen ilan was more than willing: "That would be great!"
With Gu Xiao's thirty thousand, Chen ilan's main achievent was the TV series 'Return to the City,' but the effect wasn't good. It hadn't finished filming or aired, only a few sample episodes, which couldn't be broadcast on TV. It could only be shown to Gu Xiao.
With reports in two authoritative magazines as a foundation, Gu Xiao would know that although the series hadn't aired, it was already well-known. Without her saying anything, he would understand the achievents and significance of her using his money.
Seeking money on one's own, like Yan Wei now, is both without face and substance.
Participating in a eting organized by the Propaganda Departnt, a group of private entrepreneurs asking for investnt, Chen ilan wasn't afraid and believed she could handle it. But if Gu Xiao knew her capabilities and the layers of relationships involved, he might invite her for a private talk.
If that happened, perhaps she could secure more investnt.
"I'll go buy the new magazines now and arrange them before he arrives," Chen ilan said imdiately.
Cui Min smiled and said, "Just two magazines, do you think I can't buy them?"
As a major shareholder of 271, Cui Min also benefited from Chen ilan's investnt, so she was even more enthusiastic about this matter.
As she was about to leave, Cui Min saw Little Lang and suddenly rembered sothing: "By the way, ilan, soone recently approached Lao Liu, saying a man surnad Wang asked for a favor, wanting Lao Liu to talk to Yan Zhao about their child hitting yours. They want to pay five hundred yuan in dical fees to settle it privately, just asking you not to involve the police and avoid their child being taken in for education. Is the child seriously injured?"
It had only been three or four days since Chen ilan caught Wang Gang and his wife.
Chen ilan had reported the case and made a reasonable request for Xu Xiaoliang to be taken in by the police for three days of education. Three days of education wasn't a big deal, but being taken in ant a record, making him a juvenile offender.
Wang Gang and his wife were seeking help everywhere, now causing a city-wide stir.
Chen ilan, who had the evidence, showed the photos to anyone who asked for a favor and uniformly replied, "We only follow the reporting procedure, not accepting diation or private settlent."
After looking at the evidence, Cui Min sighed, lowered her voice, and glanced at Little Lang in the courtyard, adding, "I heard that family also approached Zhou Xueqin, who seems to have business dealings with them. Zhou Xueqin is the biological mother, so if she agrees to settle, it could be troubleso."
If Cui Min hadn't reminded her, Chen ilan wouldn't have thought of this.
Zhou Xueqin produced pagers, and Ma Yuan sold them, forming a supply-demand relationship.
It was easy for the police to investigate such relationships. Obviously, Wang Gang's family had found Zhou Xueqin, hoping to persuade Chen ilan through her.
But Zhou Xueqin's consent was irrelevant; Chen ilan was the child's guardian.
Not to ntion that Zhou Xueqin wouldn't dare to discuss this with Chen ilan and Yan Zhao, even if she did, Chen ilan was eager to see how angry Little Wang would be if she suggested settling privately.
Thinking of this, she said, "If Zhou Xueqin wants to settle privately, let her co and talk to Little Wang and Little Lang herself."
As a biological mother, she probably wanted the children to hate her, right?
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