Invincible Young Master in the City
Chapter 607 - 607 603 Withstand the Pressure

607: Chapter 603: Withstand the Pressure 607: Chapter 603: Withstand the Pressure “Ye Fan, what on earth happened?

How many people did you arrest last night?” Tang Xianlong asked over the phone, “I’ve already had a dozen people call me about this.”

“Not many, just forty-six hoodlums,” Ye Fan replied calmly.

“What?

Forty-six hoodlums?!” Tang Xianlong couldn’t help but shout on the phone.

In the county police station, the number of people arrested over the course of a year was only about a hundred.

Ye Fan, on the other hand, had managed to arrest forty-six people in one night, exceeding a third of the entire year’s total and nearly half of it.

Without waiting for Ye Fan to speak, Tang Xianlong asked again, “How could you arrest so many people?!”

Ye Fan was supposed to conduct a major cleanup around Mingde High School.

When Tang Xianlong had approved the operation, he distinctly remembered that only twenty-five officers, including Ye Fan and Xu Xiangli, the leaders of the public security section, were deployed.

How could they have arrested forty-six people in one night?

This efficiency was astoundingly high, and Tang Xianlong was quite surprised.

“Besides Mingde High School, the periphery of the other four middle schools has very poor security, with too many hoodlums gathered, so more people were arrested,” Ye Fan explained, “Chief Tang, those hoodlums have turned the school environment into a den of filth, drawing the ire of both heaven and the people.

I’m requesting severe punishment for them.”

Tang Xianlong was almost laughing in frustration—he was asking for severe punishment when many were calling him demanding the immediate release of the arrested.

If things didn’t go well, his position as the deputy political commissar and head of the public security brigade could be pulled from under him.

“Where are you?

Come to my office immediately!

You’ve stirred up too big of a mess,” Tang Xianlong said.

“Alright, I’ll be there in half an hour,” Ye Fan promised.

This wasn’t an urgent matter, so Ye Fan wouldn’t rush over just because Tang Xianlong said so.

He got out of bed unhurriedly, dressed, washed up, and tidied himself before leaving for the office building at a leisurely pace.

Knocking on the door, Ye Fan entered the Chief’s office to find Tang Xianlong on the phone.

Standing in front of the desk, Ye Fan waited for a while until Tang Xianlong finished his call.

Putting down his mobile phone, Tang Xianlong looked at Ye Fan and said, “Do you know who I was talking to just now?

It was Deputy Secretary Zheng Zhanxin of the County Committee.

He was asking me about the mess you created last night!”

“Is it just a few hoodlums?

Does Deputy Secretary Zheng actually intend to protect them?” Ye Fan said, undisturbed.

Tang Xianlong stared at Ye Fan for a while, then said helplessly, “Ye Fan, are you really clueless or just pretending?

You arrested too many people all at once, shocking the entire city, unsettling everyone.”

“I think it’s still not enough,” Ye Fan stated.

“I plan to detain those students involved in extorting other students as well, at least to hold them in administrative detention for a few days.”

Just as Tang Xianlong was about to speak, Ye Fan quickly added, “Chief Tang, the more people I arrest, the more it shows how serious the situation is.

Schools are where we cultivate the future pillars of our nation.

If we don’t crack down hard, the very foundations of our country will rot.

To take a step back and think about individual families, who would feel comfortable sending their children to a school where hoodlums run rampant?”

Tang Xianlong was momentarily speechless, and after a brief pause, he said, “But you’ve arrested too many people.

It would have been enough to arrest the ringleaders and set an example to deter the minor troublemakers.

Our role as police isn’t to punish criminals, but to maintain social stability.

You’ve arrested nearly fifty people all at once, causing panic; that’s not right!”

“Minor troublemakers can be deterred, but those hoodlums can’t be let off,” Ye Fan insisted.

“Chief Tang, maybe you think those hoodlums around the schools haven’t done much, just bullied a few students.

But do you know?

The first of the three times I went to the gate of the Third Middle School, I saw a student cornered at the school gate being beaten, already too battered to fight back, utterly hopeless about life.

The third time, I saw a girl being forced by a hoodlum to be his girlfriend, even though he already had two girls with him claiming to be his girlfriends.

As for the other hoodlums, each one had at least one female student in their arms.”

“It’s appalling.

This scum is even more detestable than murderers and arsonists.

They’ve ruined so many students’ lives, sending countless young girls into a lifelong descent,” Ye Fan said, “Chief Tang, I ask for your support.

I must see this case through to the end!

Even if I get removed from my position tomorrow, I’ll press on.”

“You!” Tang Xianlong was at a loss against Ye Fan’s determination, taking a few deep breaths before saying, “Can’t you consider the bigger picture?”

“I am considering it!

I want to make a big move now so that no hoodlum dares to loiter around schools for at least the next decade or so,” Ye Fan said.

“You’re too extreme!” Tang Xianlong remarked.

“Chief Tang, I will interrogate the arrested hoodlums thoroughly and won’t wrongly accuse them, but neither can we let them escape justice.

If anyone pressures the police station, please have them call me.

I’ll take full responsibility,” Ye Fan declared.

After speaking, Ye Fan turned and left the Chief’s office.

Tang Xianlong, nearly slamming his fist on the desk, was irate.

Even the words of the Chief didn’t matter to Ye Fan; it was outright insubordination.

Exiting the Chief’s office, Ye Fan headed to Feng Xixing’s office.

Feng Xixing was the actual Political Commissar and Ye Fan’s direct superior.

Feng Xixing had also requested him to come to the office.

Before long, Ye Fan knocked and entered Feng Xixing’s office.

Feng Xixing’s request was similar to Tang Xianlong’s—to release a portion of the detained individuals immediately to reduce the impact.

Ye Fan, of course, argued his case and then disregarded Feng Xixing’s demands, leaving the office.

Ye Fan returned to his own office and promptly called Xu Xiangli, Wang Xianzhong, and Miao Jian, instructing them to gather the other officers immediately and to interrogate the arrested hoodlums as soon as possible, making sure to have all their criminal records ready before work the next day.

After making the calls, Ye Fan reflected on whether his own lack of experience was to blame for not considering all aspects thoroughly.

He should have allowed the officers involved in the operation to rest briefly after breakfast before immediately proceeding with the interrogation of the hoodlums.

With confessions of their wrongdoing in hand, not even the arrival of the County Secretary would change the fate of these hoodlums.

“Besides interrogating that scum as quickly as possible, what other remedial measures could there be?” Ye Fan pondered deeply.

“Although I’ve temporarily pushed back against Tang Xianlong and Feng Xixing, if the Bureau Committee reaches a consensus, it may be impossible not to release some people.

Especially since I also want to teach a lesson to those students involved in extortion, which will involve even more people.”

Working as a civil servant in Mingde County, he could not rely on the Ye family’s influence, meaning he stood completely alone.

After deep contemplation, an idea suddenly struck him.

“This plan will surely offend many, but I’m going for broke.

Even if I’m dismissed after this case is closed.

After all, I don’t want to be a civil servant anyway; it’s better to return to the Dragon Group,” Ye Fan thought to himself.