Chapter 19: Two Choices
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The police arrived quickly. Considering that it was a four-star hotel, they turned off the alarm when they were a street away.
The police car stopped in the parking lot. Then, two police officers, one old and one young, alighted from the car.
The younger policeman had probably just graduated from the police academy, and there was still a trace of childishness on his face. Meanwhile, the old policeman was about 40 years old, and he was very mature and calm. It was obvious that he was a veteran policeman who had experienced many storms.
“Inspector Li, there’s no need for you to handle such a small matter. At most, I’ll just bring along an auxiliary officer,” said Tang Wei with a smile as he closed the car door.
Meanwhile, Li Feng had been working as a police officer for 20 years and knew very well that people who dared to fight in a four-star hotel were definitely not good people. Hence, when he heard this, he had a different opinion. “Don’t think so simply of things. What if it’s two rich young masters fighting? If I don’t come, you won’t be able to hold the fort.”
“Also, I happened to be patrolling nearby, so I came over on the way.”
“Damn, what rich young masters? No matter how powerful they are, are they better than this police uniform I’m wearing?” Tang Wei didn’t care and continued to laugh.
“You…” Li Feng was a little helpless. “If you were steady and focused, with your results in the police academy, would you have come to my place to be a grassroots police officer?”
Tang Wei’s grades in the police academy were among the top ten all year round. Logically speaking, such a person should be a mainstay whom the major police departments would focus on nurturing after his graduation. Normally, he wouldn’t start as a low-level police officer.
There must be some unknown “special reason” for such a situation.
“I don’t think there’s anything bad about being a low-level police officer.” Tang Wei’s eyes darkened, but he still pretended to be relaxed.
“Sigh.”
Li Feng sighed and didn’t say anything else.
Tang Wei’s career was not smooth-sailing, but neither was his. Otherwise, with his qualifications, he would have changed his job long ago.
…
In the security room, Ye Feng, Wang Ge, and the rest stood in a row. In front of them were two policemen.
“What is your name?”
“Ye Feng.”
“What about you guys?”
“Yang Xiao.”
“Wang Ge.”
“Wu…”
“What is your occupation?”
“I’m a university student.”
“Tell me, who started it?”
Li Feng’s face was very serious and he had an imposing aura.
He was holding the fort. As a veteran policeman, he knew the importance of seizing the initiative.
As expected, Li Feng’s appearance immediately made Wang Ge and the rest behave. As for Ye Feng, he had pretended to be a good boy from the start.
“It was him.”
Yang Xiao immediately jumped out and said, “He did it. No, it’s not him. It’s his accomplice. He’s the boss.”
“What do you mean it’s him, but not him? What a mess.” Li Feng knocked on the table. “Speak properly.”
“It’s like this.” Wang Ge stood up at this moment. “We were drinking in the private room when a group of them suddenly rushed out, grabbed our people, and beat them up. We didn’t retaliate at all.”
“Mr Policeman, you have to detain such a thug for a few days!”
“It’s not up to you to decide whether to detain them or not.” Li Feng looked at Ye Feng. “Is that so?”
“No, they attacked first. I was forced to retaliate!” Ye Feng bit down on his tongue and pointed at the blood on his face. “Look at how they beat me up.”
“Nonsense!”
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiao instantly panicked. “You did it yourself!”
“Do you think he’s so stupid to hit himself?” Tang Wei was amused when he heard this and interrupted Yang Xiao.
Ye Feng glanced at Tang Wei. They were allies, so he seized the opportunity and said, “That’s right. Moreover, there were so many of them. How would I dare to make the first move!”
“Don’t interrupt!”
Li Feng glared at him, then looked at Yang Xiao. “Did you hit him?”
“I…” Yang Xiao wanted to say no.
Li Feng saw Yang Xiao’s eyes flicker and the tone of his voice immediately went lower. “Tell me the truth!”
Although Li Feng’s voice wasn’t loud, it was powerful due to the aura he had gained from being a police officer for decades.
Yang Xiao’s mind was in a mess. “I did… No, he hit himself with my hand!”
“Hey, wasn’t he the one who did it to himself? Why are you saying that he hit himself using your hand?”
Tang Wei was amused again.
“Shut up!”
Li Feng felt a headache when he heard this.
After being interrupted by Tang Wei twice, he really forgot what he wanted to ask.
Yang Xiao was stunned. Then, he hurriedly said, “He first took my hand and punched himself with it. Then, he punched himself.”
“It’s even more ridiculous…”
Tang Wei was just about to speak when he saw Li Feng’s murderous gaze and quickly shut his mouth.
“You’re the informer. Tell me what happened.”
Li Feng looked at the hotel manager again.
“It’s like this. We saw two groups of people fighting, so we quickly got the security guards to control them and immediately called the police,” said the hotel manager.
“Hm…”
This was a very normal way for the hotel to handle things. Thus, Li Feng nodded when he heard this. Then, he asked, “Are there any surveillance cameras?”
“Our hotel emphasizes the privacy of our guests. There are no surveillance cameras in the private room,” said the hotel manager.
After hearing that, Li Feng fell into deep thought.
His intuition told him that the blood on Ye Feng’s face was not as simple as he claimed. However, as a police officer, he needed evidence. Furthermore, from the words of both parties and the testimony of the hotel manager, the situation seemed to be very clear.
This was a simple case of a drunken brawl. He had dealt with many such incidents.
“Alright.” Li Feng cleared his throat and said, “Now, you have two choices. For your first option, since both parties fought, each of you will be detained for five days.”
“As for your second option, I think all of you are university students and it wouldn’t look good if you were to be detained. Thus, both sides can sign a dispute settlement agreement and this matter will end.”
Ye Feng’s eyes lit up.
This was the best outcome that he had expected. In this day and age, the police would usually show mercy to students. Thus, as long as he insisted that they had fought each other, he would most likely be fine.
Furthermore, there was another way to deal with civil disputes like this. It was an unspoken rule that if the masses did not report this matter, the authorities would not investigate either.
“Of course, this depends on the hotel’s intentions.” As expected, Li Feng added on.
“We’re businessmen. As long as both parties are willing to compensate for our losses, I’m willing to withdraw the case,” said the hotel manager.
“Why are you still detaining me? They were the ones who fought us. How did it become our fault?”
Wang Ge was unhappy when he heard this. After all, this was different from the outcome that he had expected. Then, the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. In a fit of anger, he said, “Mr Policeman, you can’t cover up for him!”
“Who’s covering for him?” Tang Wei was unhappy. Why was this person so annoying the moment he spoke?
“What evidence do you have that we’re covering for him?”
“Don’t talk nonsense!” Li Feng’s expression was very unhappy. He was also a little angry.
With that, he turned around and glared at the two of them. “Tell me, do you want to be detained or sign the dispute settlement agreement?”
“I’ll sign the agreement.”
Yang Xiao retracted his head when Li Feng glared at him and replied to him honestly.
“I’ll sign the agreement.”
Ye Feng nodded as well.
…
At the hotel, Li Feng looked at Tang Wei and took a deep breath. Then, he said with some disappointment, “Tang Wei, let me tell you. We’re the police. When we’re handling a case, we can’t just express our subjective opinions as we wish.”
“Everything needs evidence!”
“Uncle Li…”
Tang Wei took a look at Li Feng and understood that Uncle Li was really angry. He immediately stopped laughing and said, “I know I was wrong.”
Li Feng sighed. “Do you think things are really that simple? Has it ever been this easy talking to Yanghe Hotel?”
“You… follow me around from now on. Learn more and talk less.”
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