Substitute Driver's Notes

Chapter 42 It's all the cell phone's fault

On the other end of the phone, Chen Guojun was instantly stunned, uttering several "Ahhh" sounds before he finally reacted: "Who the hell is ruining the reputation of our police force? Nobody can kill anyone, and you're even giving power to the people?"

"You're just a coward. Liu Dagong dared to delegate power to his brother-in-law, and he'd take the blame for any murders he wanted. We've even eaten together before. What's there to be afraid of if I kill a few people and you take the fall for me?"

"How many people are there? Don't blame me for being ruthless if you dare to cause trouble. What did you just say? Liu Dagong's brother-in-law? That idiot who brags everywhere that his brother-in-law is the head of the criminal investigation team?"

"Yes, you know him too? He wants to kill me now, and he said his brother-in-law has already agreed. What do you suggest we do?"

"Okay, I understand. Don't worry about it, I'm coming right away. Your priority is to protect yourself, and don't do anything foolish and hurt anyone."

"I'm a law-abiding citizen. If you're free tonight, bring Lu Feng to my place and treat me to a few drinks."

"I have to treat you to drinks at your place? What kind of ridiculous logic is that?"

"Nonsense, I've seen it all along the way. You policemen make money so easily, you can just stay up all night and take a nap and then go to sleep. But for me, a nap could mean someone's death."

"We are criminal police officers, and traffic police are also acting according to regulations. Do you think you can just arbitrarily fine you even if you haven't broken any rules?"

The squad leader interjected with a sneer: "Who can a lousy truck driver like you turn to? My brother-in-law is the squad leader."

At this moment, Zhu Changfei was outside, peeking into the house.

Wang Fuyou finally came to his senses. Seeing Zhu Changfei's appearance and then looking at the broken pieces of his phone on the coffee table, he was furious.

The squad leader, seeing that his security guards had forgotten what they came for and were having a great time arguing with the onlookers, completely forgetting about him as their leader, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and disheartened.

Suddenly, Wang Fuyou darted out, grabbed Zhu Changfei, and started punching him indiscriminately.

"You broke my phone! I work so hard to earn money, do you know how difficult it is for me to buy a good phone? How could you have the nerve to do this?"

Zhu Changfei screamed loudly. Han Xiong Lengdan glanced at Li Wei first, and only went up to him after seeing that he hadn't come out. He pulled Wang Fuyou away and then pressed him to the ground to beat him.

The surrounding noise immediately stopped, and everyone remembered what they had come for.

The security guards looked around the office and saw their captain sitting on the sofa in a daze, with Li Wei standing motionless beside him. Only then did they feel reassured and go forward to help beat up Wang Fuyou.

The scene was chaotic! Li Wei didn't hear Chen Guojun's next words clearly and quickly said, "A fight has broken out outside, I'm hanging up!"

Then, fearing that things might escalate, he grabbed the squad leader and made him tell the security guards to back off.

This guy wouldn't have it, so Li Wei knocked him on the head a few more times.

As they were struggling, police sirens blared outside, and the security guards retreated, revealing Wang Fuyou on the ground.

The police are more intimidating than security guards. Although there weren't many of them, they managed to make everyone either back down or shut up.

Two police cars, four police officers, and four auxiliary police officers were enough to subdue nearly a hundred people at the scene.

"Who called the police?" the lead officer asked.

Wang Fuyou struggled to sit up, his face covered in blood, and raised one arm: "I called the police."

The officer frowned and asked, "Who hit you?"

Wang Fuyou pointed at Hanxiong Lengdan: "Those two, Zhu Changfei, and this one..."

Surprisingly, Old Wang has a good memory; he even remembers which security guard hit him.

The security guards were furious and started shifting the blame: "It's not my fault, we came to break up the fight."

"Officer, our captain's brother-in-law is in cahoots with you."

"Shut up, answer whoever I'm asking," the officer snapped.

The onlookers immediately began whispering among themselves: "Won't they favor the security guards?"

"That goes without saying, that captain's brother-in-law is a police captain."

"Do you think there's any inside story?"

"Oh! You've come to the right person! Let me tell you..."

As onlookers joined in the discussion, the atmosphere became buzzing like a boiling pot.

The policeman was also quite decisive; he waved his hand and shouted, "Take them all back and we'll talk about it later."

One of the policemen looked embarrassed and said, "There are too many people; our vehicle can't accommodate everyone."

"Then call for backup, send a few more vehicles."

The security captain hurriedly stood up, saw that Li Wei ignored him, and ran out.

The officer pinched his temple: "What were you doing hiding in the house?"

One of the security guards chimed in, "Our boss has been arrested, officer. You absolutely must prosecute this guy for kidnapping."

Li Wei followed him out, still holding a walkie-talkie, and said with a grin, "You forgot your walkie-talkie."

Wang Fuyou glanced at Li Wei, then suddenly collapsed and fainted.

Li Wei tossed the walkie-talkie into the squad leader's arms, then went over to help Wang Fuyou and shouted, "Old Wang, Old Wang, call an ambulance!"

"Wow!" The onlookers exclaimed excitedly, gathering around to discuss, "Dead?"

"Looks like it's going to be tough."

"Did someone really die? Wow, that's so exciting!"

"Let's see what Zhu Changfei does this time. He hired two licensed idiots who always say that idiots can kill without breaking the law and act all high and mighty. Now that someone has actually been killed, let's see what he does."

"He doesn't seem completely dead. I see his chest is still moving; he's breathing."

"Sigh, it would be so much better if we just killed him."

Li Wei was supporting Wang Fuyou when he suddenly noticed that the guy was trembling a bit.

Are you just putting on an act? Are you planning to swindle money from Boss Zhu? Li Wei subtly poked his ribs, and sure enough, the guy tensed up instantly, even stopping his breathing.

Society is complex and people are treacherous, I don't care anymore.

Li Wei gently put Wang Fuyou down and asked, "Has anyone called for an ambulance? If the ambulance doesn't come soon, this guy will die."

I felt a sharp pain in my ankle; Wang Fuyou had pinched it.

Li Wei pretended to wipe his eyes, took a few steps back, and pointed at Zhu Changfei and the squad leader: "Didn't you say you'd take responsibility if you two died? Now he's barely hanging on, you two figure it out!"

The officer rushed forward to check, stood up, glared at Li Wei, then exchanged a glance with his teammate before turning to Li Wei and asking, "What are you doing here?"

Li Wei waved his hand: "It has nothing to do with me. I'm just a worker. I was the driver in the same car as this dying Wang Fuyou. I didn't fight. In fact, I got beaten up by them. If you don't believe me, ask this pig-headed squad leader."

The squad leader glared at him for no apparent reason: "I'm the security captain, not a pig-headed squad leader."

Other security guards chimed in, chattering, "He got into a fight, and he even hit our captain."

"Yeah! They grabbed the captain like he was a chick."

"Even our captain didn't dare fight back; he even got hit on the head by this guy."

"Shut up, all of you," the officer snapped again, pointing at the squad leader. "You tell me."

"No, how could I let him grab me so easily? We were just joking."

For some reason, this guy stubbornly refused to admit that Li Wei had grabbed him in one go.

Li Wei couldn't help but think that this would be simple. As for the matter of Zhu Changfei instructing the loader to beat people, the police wouldn't need to call for backup. They could just take the three of them away.

What should have been a good thing took so long to make things complicated, and it delayed my trip home to see my wife. I haven't seen her for five days, and I miss her terribly.

Just as he was pondering this, Han Xiong pointed at Li Wei and said, "He hit me and Leng Dan. The captain was going to have the security guards beat him to death, but he's running around trying to stop them."

This is the kind of performance a god-tier teammate should have!