"Where is that w.a.n.g Yao who was brought here just now?" asked the deputy chief police officer .

The reason why he cared about w.a.n.g Yao was completely because of what Deputy Chief of the County, Mr . Dai said . As a senior officer of the local government, Mr . Dai wouldn't say anything casually or randomly . Every single word out of his mouth was meaningful and targeted certain people specifically . This was a rule of thumb in local government .

Although the deputy chief police officer was considered a senior level officer, Mr . Dai ranked much higher than him . One word from Mr . Dai could affect Deputy Chief Police Officer's career .

"Vice-Captain, I've brought him here," said a policeman .

"Good," said Vice-Captain .

Inside the interrogation room of the police station was a middle-aged police officer in his 40's . His face was slightly black, and he was staring at w.a.n.g Yao .

"What's your name?" asked the police officer .

"w.a.n.g Yao," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"What is your age?" asked the police officer .

"26," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"Do you know why you are here?" asked the police officer .

"I don't know," said w.a.n.g Yao calmly .

Bang! The police officer slapped the table .

"You should be honest with me . We have all the evidence and information, so you'd better confess," said the police officer sternly .

"I didn't do anything wrong . What do you want me to confess to?" said w.a.n.g Yao .

"You are stubborn!" The police officer made an eye gesture to the men standing next to him .

"Well, some people are just so stubborn!" the man stood up and did some stretches . Suddenly, the door of the interrogation room opened .

"Chief?" The police officer was surprised .

"Song, please come out; I need to have a word with you," said the deputy chief police officer .

"Yes!" The police officer who was so rude just now became very polite . He came out of the interrogation room immediately .

"Chief, how can I help you?" asked the police officer .

"I've told you many times, not chief, I'm the Deputy Chief . " Although he tried to correct the police officer, he was happy to be called chief .

"What can I do for you?" asked the police officer .

"What's going on with this w.a.n.g Yao?" said the deputy chief police officer .

"Him? a.s.saulting people," said the police officer whose surname was Song .

"Was it serious?" asked the deputy chief police officer .

"The victim is still in the emergency department of the hospital . The doctors are still trying to save him," said Song .

"I see . Get the details of what happened . Our responsibility is to catch the bad people . But we also need to be cautious that we don't catch the wrong guy," said the deputy chief police officer who patted on Song's shoulder . Then he turned around and left .

What does he mean?! thought Song .

Whoever worked in a government department should have a reasonable IQ and EQ . Song was not an exception . He started to think about every single word from the deputy chief police officer and why he just mentioned w.a.n.g Yao's name .

Actually, he was asked by one of his friends to interrogate w.a.n.g Yao, and a.s.saulting people was illegal anyway . It was his responsibility to find out what had happened . He initially wanted to make w.a.n.g Yao suffer a bit . But now, he started to hesitate after talking with the deputy chief police officer, who didn't make it clear whether w.a.n.g Yao was innocent or not . However, Song felt his boss wanted him to think carefully before jumping to any conclusions . Another police officer came by while Song was thinking .

"Hi, Song?" said the police officer .

"Hi, Chief!" said Song in surprise after he had seen who came to speak to him .

"It's Deputy Chief!" said another deputy chief police officer .

"How can I help you?" asked Song .

"I want to ask you about a young man called w.a.n.g Yao who was just caught by you guys just now," said the deputy chief police officer .

"Yes?" said Song .

"Why did you bring him here?" asked the deputy chief police officer .

"He is related to an a.s.saulting incident," said Song .

"I see . You need to investigate it thoroughly and make sure you haven't caught the wrong guy," said the deputy chief police officer .

"Sure!" said Song .

The second deputy chief police officer left, but what he meant was clearer to Song .

d.a.m.n it! Who the h.e.l.l is this w.a.n.g Yao? Two deputy chief police officers came to ask about him . Don't tell me the chief police officer is also going to ask about him . thought Song .

Ring! Ring! The phone suddenly started to ring . Song went to pick up the phone .

"h.e.l.lo, Chief!" Although Song could not be seen by the chief police officer from the other side of the telephone, he made a standard salute .

"Are you working today?" asked the chief police officer .

"Yes, we caught a guy called w.a.n.g Yao," said Song .

"Why did you bring him in?" asked the chief police officer .

"Because we believe he intentionally a.s.saulted someone," said Song .

"Really? You need to investigate the incident thoroughly . Is it clear?" said the chief police officer .

"Sure," said Song .

Song was sweating after he hung up the phone . He had never come across a situation like this . He looked at the door of the interrogation room and wondered who exactly was inside . He considered himself lucky that he didn't get physical with w.a.n.g Yao . Otherwise, he could be in trouble .

"Go and check who w.a.n.g Yao a.s.saulted . I need all the information and details . " Song pa.s.sed his command to his men and went back into the interrogation room . He smiled at w.a.n.g Yao .

"Well, you can come out first . There was some misunderstanding," Song left some room for himself .

He lead w.a.n.g Yao to a different room then made w.a.n.g Yao a cup of tea, which tasted awful .

The police soon found Li Dong's history .

"He is a habitual offender . " Officer Song immediately knew how to deal with the case after reading through Li Dong's criminal history .

"s.h.i.+t! I was almost set up!" Song was also annoyed by his friend who asked him to help Li Dong .

w.a.n.g Yao called a taxi back to his village while his family was waiting for him anxiously .

"Are you okay?" Zhang Xiuying checked on w.a.n.g Yao all over . She was really concerned .

"I'm fine . I just went to help the investigation . Everything's alright," said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile .

"That's good! That's good!" said Zhang Xiuying .

Inside a restaurant of the town sat a big middle-aged man who looked stern . Obviously, he was not happy .

"What? Released? He was released? Why? He intentionally a.s.saulted my worker, who is still in the hospital and almost lost his life!" said the middle-aged man .

"As far as I know, he knows people from the local government . The chief officer and two deputy officers of the police department had called to ask about him," said one of the middle-aged man's employees .

"Who is he? So powerful!" said the middle-aged man .

"His friend's father from the same village is the mayor of Lianshan," said another employee .

"Well, enough is enough . Don't you have a small factory in their village? The mighty dragon is no match for the local serpent!" said a friend of the middle-aged man .

"Okay, I'll talk to Li Dong . He has never suffered such a big loss since he started to work for me," said the middle-aged man .

"It's because he never came across people like w.a.n.g Yao!" said his friend .

w.a.n.g Mingbao, Tian Yuantu, and Li Maoshuang all called w.a.n.g Yao after he arrived at home . He was not surprised to get a call from w.a.n.g Mingbao, but he didn't expect the other two would call him . He hadn't told them about his experience at the police station .

"Thank you, I'm fine," said w.a.n.g Yao to all his friends .

It seemed that things had settled for now .

However, an article appeared on a BBS online the next day . The t.i.tle of the article was: "Injustice! The police released someone who committed a criminal offense . "

The article was soon posted by paid posters and received thousands of views . The number of people who clicked and viewed the article increased rapidly . The content of the article was directly related to Lianshan and w.a.n.g Yao . It didn't even get the name wrong .

The article soon raised attention from a related government department in Lianshan, which even received a phone call from journalists .

Just one thing after another .

Therefore, Lianshan County made a decision to investigate the case thoroughly after facing such big pressure from the public . The person in charge was one of the deputy police officers . He asked Officer Song, who interrogated w.a.n.g Yao the other day to investigate the case .

They reviewed the case thoroughly, including watching the CCTV footage in the village, and interviewing w.a.n.g Yao and Li Dong, who was still lying in the hospital in town . Then they had a clear picture of what had happened .

w.a.n.g Yao was asked to be interviewed in the police station again .

"Why did you go to see Li Dong the other night?" asked Officer Song .

"He hurt my mother during the day, so I wanted to find out why," said w.a.n.g Yao . He had a good justification for what he had done .

"Why didn't you go during the day?" asked Officer Song .

"I didn't know about the incident during the day . I only heard it from one of the villagers at night . Then I went to see the CCTV footage . I believe Li Dong did it deliberately," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"Have you two ever had any conflicts in the past?" asked Officer Song .

"Yes, two days before the incident I had a row with him," replied w.a.n.g Yao," the reason was that he was rude to me and tried to hit me . "

"Do you have any witnesses?" asked Officer Song .

"Yes . " Then, w.a.n.g Yao named a few villagers who stood out to help him on the day .

"Well, you broke into other people's property," said Officer Song .

"Yes, I admit that . But he threatened to hurt my family . " w.a.n.g Yao didn't deny the fact that he went into the factory because the factory had CCTV installed, too . There was no point in lying about it . "He got physical first," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"He was protecting himself in self-defense," said Officer Song .

"Officer Song, I don't think he was protecting himself . I didn't have any weapons in my hand while he had an iron bar," said w.a.n.g Yao .

During the interview, a smart looking man entered the police station . He was wearing a suit and looked to be in his 30's .

"Sorry, I'm late, everyone . I'm Mr . w.a.n.g Yao's lawyer, and I need to talk to him in private . " It was Zhang Peng, the lawyer who spoke to w.a.n.g Yao at the law firm the other day . He left his contact details with w.a.n.g Yao . w.a.n.g Yao called him immediately after he had been questioned just in case .

"Sorry, I was in Dao City, but I was on my way back right after receiving your call," said Zhang Peng to w.a.n.g Yao .

"That's fine . I really need your help to deal with this," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"Could you tell me the details of what happened between you and Li Dong?" asked Zhang Peng .

So w.a.n.g Yao told Zhang Peng about everything . Zhang Peng listened very carefully and made notes from time to time .

"I see," said Zhang Peng . "Are you sure that the factory was discharging polluted water?"

"Of course, I've taken photos . " w.a.n.g Yao showed Zhang Peng the photos on his phone .

"Can you send me all those photos?" said Zhang Peng . "So Li Dong tried to fight you after seeing you were taking photos?"

"Yes," said w.a.n.g Yao .

"Okay, I see," said Zhang Peng . "And you went to find him that night?"　

"Yes, I wanted to confront him, as he hurt my mother during the day . " w.a.n.g Yao was calm as he explained .

"I see . Actually, I have done my research before coming to see you here . Li Dong has a criminal history and is related to the owner of the factory and one of the deputy mayors of Lianshan," said Zhang Peng . "The reason why the police started to question you again was because someone hired posters to stir things up on the internet to create pressure from the public . "

"Hiring posters just for this?" w.a.n.g Yao was surprised .

"Yes, but it was not too bad . Unfortunately, some government officers happened to see the article posted online . Don't worry, you didn't do anything wrong," said Zhang Peng with a smile .

"I see . Thank you so much . I'll leave everything to you," said w.a.n.g Yao .

w.a.n.g Yao not only said thank you but also transferred three thousand yuan to Zhang Peng using his phone . Zhang Peng had an even bigger smile after receiving the money .

After all, it was not some big event; no one really cared about the result of the investigation . Without support, the article soon lost its popularity and gradually disappeared .

. . . . Where is that w.a.n.g Yao who was brought here just now? asked the deputy chief police officer . The reason why he cared about w.a.n.g Yao was completely because of what Deputy Chief of the County, Mr . Dai said . As a senior officer of the local government, Mr . Dai wouldnt say anything casually or randomly . Every single word out of his mouth was meaningful and targeted certain people specifically . This was a rule of thumb in local government . Although the deputy chief police officer was considered a senior level officer, Mr . Dai ranked much higher than him . One word from Mr . Dai could affect Deputy Chief Police Officers career . Vice-Captain, Ive brought him here, said a policeman . Good, said Vice-Captain . Inside the interrogation room of the police station was a middle-aged police officer in his 40s . His face was slightly black, and he was staring at w.a.n.g Yao . Whats your name? asked the police officer . w.a.n.g Yao, said w.a.n.g Yao . What is your age? asked the police officer . 26, said w.a.n.g Yao . Do you know why you are here? asked the police officer . I dont know, said w.a.n.g Yao calmly . Bang! The police officer slapped the table . You should be honest with me . We have all the evidence and information, so youd better confess, said the police officer sternly . I didnt do anything wrong . What do you want me to confess to? said w.a.n.g Yao . You are stubborn! The police officer made an eye gesture to the men standing next to him . Well, some people are just so stubborn! the man stood up and did some stretches . Suddenly, the door of the interrogation room opened . Chief? The police officer was surprised . Song, please come out; I need to have a word with you, said the deputy chief police officer . Yes! The police officer who was so rude just now became very polite . He came out of the interrogation room immediately . Chief, how can I help you? asked the police officer . Ive told you many times, not chief, Im the Deputy Chief . Although he tried to correct the police officer, he was happy to be called chief . . . What can I do for you? asked the police officer . Whats going on with this w.a.n.g Yao? said the deputy chief police officer . Him? a.s.saulting people, said the police officer whose surname was Song . Was it serious? asked the deputy chief police officer . The victim is still in the emergency department of the hospital . The doctors are still trying to save him, said Song . I see . Get the details of what happened . Our responsibility is to catch the bad people . But we also need to be cautious that we dont catch the wrong guy, said the deputy chief police officer who patted on Songs shoulder . Then he turned around and left . What does he mean?! thought Song . Whoever worked in a government department should have a reasonable IQ and EQ . Song was not an exception . He started to think about every single word from the deputy chief police officer and why he just mentioned w.a.n.g Yaos name . Actually, he was asked by one of his friends to interrogate w.a.n.g Yao, and a.s.saulting people was illegal anyway . It was his responsibility to find out what had happened . He initially wanted to make w.a.n.g Yao suffer a bit . But now, he started to hesitate after talking with the deputy chief police officer, who didnt make it clear whether w.a.n.g Yao was innocent or not . However, Song felt his boss wanted him to think carefully before jumping to any conclusions . Another police officer came by while Song was thinking . Hi, Song? said the police officer . Hi, Chief! said Song in surprise after he had seen who came to speak to him . Its Deputy Chief! said another deputy chief police officer . How can I help you? asked Song . I want to ask you about a young man called w.a.n.g Yao who was just caught by you guys just now, said the deputy chief police officer . Yes? said Song . Why did you bring him here? asked the deputy chief police officer . He is related to an a.s.saulting incident, said Song . I see . You need to investigate it thoroughly and make sure you havent caught the wrong guy, said the deputy chief police officer . Sure! said Song . The second deputy chief police officer left, but what he meant was clearer to Song . d.a.m.n it! Who the h.e.l.l is this w.a.n.g Yao? Two deputy chief police officers came to ask about him . Dont tell me the chief police officer is also going to ask about him . thought Song . Ring! Ring! The phone suddenly started to ring . Song went to pick up the phone . . . h.e.l.lo, Chief! Although Song could not be seen by the chief police officer from the other side of the telephone, he made a standard salute . Are you working today? asked the chief police officer . Yes, we caught a guy called w.a.n.g Yao, said Song . Why did you bring him in? asked the chief police officer . Because we believe he intentionally a.s.saulted someone, said Song . Really? You need to investigate the incident thoroughly . Is it clear? said the chief police officer . Sure, said Song . Song was sweating after he hung up the phone . He had never come across a situation like this . He looked at the door of the interrogation room and wondered who exactly was inside . He considered himself lucky that he didnt get physical with w.a.n.g Yao . Otherwise, he could be in trouble . Go and check who w.a.n.g Yao a.s.saulted . I need all the information and details . Song pa.s.sed his command to his men and went back into the interrogation room . He smiled at w.a.n.g Yao . Well, you can come out first . There was some misunderstanding, Song left some room for himself . He lead w.a.n.g Yao to a different room then made w.a.n.g Yao a cup of tea, which tasted awful . The police soon found Li Dongs history . He is a habitual offender . Officer Song immediately knew how to deal with the case after reading through Li Dongs criminal history . s.h.i.+t! I was almost set up! Song was also annoyed by his friend who asked him to help Li Dong . w.a.n.g Yao called a taxi back to his village while his family was waiting for him anxiously . Are you okay? Zhang Xiuying checked on w.a.n.g Yao all over . She was really concerned . Im fine . I just went to help the investigation . Everythings alright, said w.a.n.g Yao with a smile . Thats good! Thats good! said Zhang Xiuying . Inside a restaurant of the town sat a big middle-aged man who looked stern . Obviously, he was not happy . What? Released? He was released? Why? He intentionally a.s.saulted my worker, who is still in the hospital and almost lost his life! said the middle-aged man . As far as I know, he knows people from the local government . The chief officer and two deputy officers of the police department had called to ask about him, said one of the middle-aged mans employees . Who is he? So powerful! said the middle-aged man . His friends father from the same village is the mayor of Lianshan, said another employee . Well, enough is enough . Dont you have a small factory in their village? The mighty dragon is no match for the local serpent! said a friend of the middle-aged man . Okay, Ill talk to Li Dong . He has never suffered such a big loss since he started to work for me, said the middle-aged man . Its because he never came across people like w.a.n.g Yao! said his friend . w.a.n.g Mingbao, Tian Yuantu, and Li Maoshuang all called w.a.n.g Yao after he arrived at home . He was not surprised to get a call from w.a.n.g Mingbao, but he didnt expect the other two would call him . He hadnt told them about his experience at the police station . Thank you, Im fine, said w.a.n.g Yao to all his friends . It seemed that things had settled for now . However, an article appeared on a BBS online the next day . The t.i.tle of the article was: Injustice! The police released someone who committed a criminal offense . The article was soon posted by paid posters and received thousands of views . The number of people who clicked and viewed the article increased rapidly . The content of the article was directly related to Lianshan and w.a.n.g Yao . It didnt even get the name wrong . The article soon raised attention from a related government department in Lianshan, which even received a phone call from journalists . Just one thing after another . Therefore, Lianshan County made a decision to investigate the case thoroughly after facing such big pressure from the public . The person in charge was one of the deputy police officers . He asked Officer Song, who interrogated w.a.n.g Yao the other day to investigate the case . They reviewed the case thoroughly, including watching the CCTV footage in the village, and interviewing w.a.n.g Yao and Li Dong, who was still lying in the hospital in town . Then they had a clear picture of what had happened . w.a.n.g Yao was asked to be interviewed in the police station again . Why did you go to see Li Dong the other night? asked Officer Song . He hurt my mother during the day, so I wanted to find out why, said w.a.n.g Yao . He had a good justification for what he had done . Why didnt you go during the day? asked Officer Song . I didnt know about the incident during the day . I only heard it from one of the villagers at night . Then I went to see the CCTV footage . I believe Li Dong did it deliberately, said w.a.n.g Yao . Have you two ever had any conflicts in the past? asked Officer Song . Yes, two days before the incident I had a row with him, replied w.a.n.g Yao, the reason was that he was rude to me and tried to hit me . Do you have any witnesses? asked Officer Song . Yes . Then, w.a.n.g Yao named a few villagers who stood out to help him on the day . Well, you broke into other peoples property, said Officer Song . Yes, I admit that . But he threatened to hurt my family . w.a.n.g Yao didnt deny the fact that he went into the factory because the factory had CCTV installed, too . There was no point in lying about it . He got physical first, said w.a.n.g Yao . He was protecting himself in self-defense, said Officer Song . Officer Song, I dont think he was protecting himself . I didnt have any weapons in my hand while he had an iron bar, said w.a.n.g Yao . During the interview, a smart looking man entered the police station . He was wearing a suit and looked to be in his 30s . Sorry, Im late, everyone . Im Mr . w.a.n.g Yaos lawyer, and I need to talk to him in private . It was Zhang Peng, the lawyer who spoke to w.a.n.g Yao at the law firm the other day . He left his contact details with w.a.n.g Yao . w.a.n.g Yao called him immediately after he had been questioned just in case . Sorry, I was in Dao City, but I was on my way back right after receiving your call, said Zhang Peng to w.a.n.g Yao . Thats fine . I really need your help to deal with this, said w.a.n.g Yao . Could you tell me the details of what happened between you and Li Dong? asked Zhang Peng . So w.a.n.g Yao told Zhang Peng about everything . Zhang Peng listened very carefully and made notes from time to time . I see, said Zhang Peng . Are you sure that the factory was discharging polluted water? Of course, Ive taken photos . w.a.n.g Yao showed Zhang Peng the photos on his phone . Can you send me all those photos? said Zhang Peng . So Li Dong tried to fight you after seeing you were taking photos? Yes, said w.a.n.g Yao . Okay, I see, said Zhang Peng . And you went to find him that night?　 Yes, I wanted to confront him, as he hurt my mother during the day . w.a.n.g Yao was calm as he explained . I see . Actually, I have done my research before coming to see you here . Li Dong has a criminal history and is related to the owner of the factory and one of the deputy mayors of Lianshan, said Zhang Peng . The reason why the police started to question you again was because someone hired posters to stir things up on the internet to create pressure from the public . Hiring posters just for this? w.a.n.g Yao was surprised . Yes, but it was not too bad . Unfortunately, some government officers happened to see the article posted online . Dont worry, you didnt do anything wrong, said Zhang Peng with a smile . I see . Thank you so much . Ill leave everything to you, said w.a.n.g Yao . w.a.n.g Yao not only said thank you but also transferred three thousand yuan to Zhang Peng using his phone . Zhang Peng had an even bigger smile after receiving the money . After all, it was not some big event; no one really cared about the result of the investigation . Without support, the article soon lost its popularity and gradually disappeared .