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Chapter 377 - 377 366 363 Demanding a Person

377: Chapter 366 Chapter 363: Demanding a Person 377: Chapter 366 Chapter 363: Demanding a Person On that very night, Lin Xue’er’s program reached an unprecedented viewership, with rumors stating that the ratings had soared to 67.3 percent, creating a viewership legend in Z Province.

Many citizens had sat at home watching television at that hour and had habitually turned on that particular program.

Lin Xue’er’s outraged speech, coupled with the video footage shot at Bath City and the hospital, gave everyone a heart-wrenching feeling.

The “second-generation officials” were utterly shameful.

Moreover, after that incident, Liu Junyuan encountered no corresponding punishment; he continued to go to work as if nothing had happened.

Because of this, the citizens of Jianghuai City were enraged.

Some even directly called the TV station to express their desire to denounce Liu Junyuan, insisting that even now, with Liu Junyuan dead, it was imperative to denounce Liu Jiangqiu.

It was a commonly understood principle that the faults of the son were the father’s responsibility.

After the program finished, many citizens took to the streets, engaging in heated discussions about the incident.

Some people even ran to the doorway of the City Committee to protest and make a scene.

There were even those holding placards who shouted loudly, “Liu Junyuan deserves to die, Liu Jiangqiu deserves to die!”

Later on, as more and more people gathered, the police were eventually deployed.

Of course, behind the scenes of this event, there were certainly people stirring the pot.

The first was none other than Jiang Zhonggen, who had phoned Lin Jianguo late at night, telling him very clearly, “Jianguo, let your girl speak with facts, speak with justice!”

Lin Jianguo was also an old fox, who deduced from Jiang Zhonggen’s words that Jiang Zhonggen was supporting Ye Chen.

Thus, he sent a message to his daughter Lin Xue’er, expressing his support for her to speak up for Ye Chen.

That’s why Lin Xue’er had boldly sat in the live broadcast room, indignantly denouncing Liu Junyuan and Liu Jiangqiu.

The second person was naturally Feng Zhi.

That night, members of the Heavenly Reversal Gang had gathered at their headquarters.

The Eight Hidden Generals, along with Da Xia and Haozi, had hurried back from Tongzhou City after hearing the news.

Within just under three months, the intelligence network in Tongzhou City was essentially complete, a task previously assigned by Ye Chen, finished ahead of schedule.

“Haozi looked at everyone with a serious expression and said, “Brother Chen has been arrested, brothers, shouldn’t we think of a way?”

“I say we just go to the Armed Police Department and demand his release!” Da Xia stood up resolutely.

“Brother Chen went voluntarily!” Feng Zhixiao, with a cigarette in his mouth, remained silent.

Liu the Tyrant scanned the group and spoke up, “If we act rashly, wouldn’t that annoy Brother Chen?”

“At this point, rescuing him is the most important!” Da Hei furrowed his brow, holding a three-inch-long Dagger in his hand.

“That’s right, I support it!” Xiao Bai nodded in agreement.

Jiang Wei looked up at the ceiling, Feng Zhixiao nudged Jiang Wei’s arm and asked, “What do you think?”

“I’ll go along with what everyone decides,” replied Jiang Wei.

“And what about Tie Niu?” Feng Zhixiao looked at Li Tieniu.

Li Tieniu, sitting on that somewhat worn table, his hands propping up his jaw, resembling the statue of David.

Silent, on hearing his name called, he turned his head and said, “Don’t need to say it, let’s rescue him!”

At that moment, the wall-mounted LCD TV was broadcasting Lin Xue’er’s program; everyone paused for a moment.

Curious, Feng Zhixiao said, “Isn’t that the young girl who came looking for Brother Chen last time?

Yo, I didn’t expect her to be a beautiful TV host.”

“The key thing is she’s speaking up for Brother Chen!” Jiang Wei laughed from the side.

“Let’s watch the TV first, see what this girl has to say!” Feng Zhixiao immediately got everyone to quiet down.

After the program ended, everyone was indeed fired up.

After being swayed by Lin Xue’er’s eloquence, they immediately decided that they had to make some noise that very evening.

Haozi, with a furrowed brow, said, “Instead of us causing a scene, it’s better to bring in more people from the crowd, or maybe we should just lead the citizens ourselves!”

“Good idea!” Feng Zhixiao immediately nodded.

Following that, the eight men, along with a dozen little brothers, quickly dressed in regular clothes, then holding placards, took to the streets.

After strolling around the square once, the group of just over thirty people had quickly expanded to more than three hundred.

The extra two hundred participants were those who had joined along the way after having watched Lin Xue’er’s program and came to the square to express their dissatisfaction.

After the provocation by the guys from the Heavenly Reversal Gang, the crowd suddenly swelled in size.

The massive crowd headed towards the City Committee entrance; at this time, the main gate of the City Committee had just been repaired.

The security guards, listless at their posts, were suddenly startled to see such a multitude advancing towards the City Committee and hastily ducked inside the security room.

They peered through the windows at the crowd holding banners and placards.

The security team leader, wielding a megaphone, yelled, “People over there, listen up, please stop immediately.”

“Liu Junyuan deserves to die, Liu Jiangqiu should be punished!” The crowd’s slogan was neat, their voices loud and unanimous.

The security guards were dumbstruck, “Shit,” they thought, looks like the morning’s debacle wasn’t over and was set to continue into the night.

Helplessly, the team leader of the security immediately sought instructions from Jiang Zhonggen to see what he intended to do.

However, Jiang Zhonggen said something baffling: “The people have their own ways of expressing their thoughts.”

The security team leader was confused.

He quickly found a retired security guard and asked for advice.

The old security guard said with a laugh, “Actually, Secretary Jiang’s words are quite easy to understand.

You just watch over them, as long as they don’t cause any major trouble, there won’t be any problems!”

“So that’s it!” The security team leader nodded immediately, saying with a laugh, “Experience does count for something after all!”

Then, the security guards just watched on, as long as Feng Zhixiao and his group didn’t stir up trouble or misbehave, they could feel at ease.

…

At the Jianghuai City Armed Police Headquarters, Ye Chen was locked up in a small, dark room.

Without orders from above, no one was allowed to interrogate Ye Chen, nor visit him in detention, and certainly not release him.

At night, the door to the dark room was opened and a soldier brought in food for Ye Chen.

The meal was decent: a bowl of snow-white rice, a chicken leg, a braised egg, and a portion of mustard greens with soybeans.

Ye Chen looked at the food and laughed, asking, “Why does this chicken leg make me think of it as the last meal before an execution?”

“Haha, you’re overthinking it!” The soldier laughed and said, “This is the evening meal our platoon commander personally ordered for you, to make it a bit special!”

“Please thank your platoon commander for me!” Ye Chen nodded and then started eating with his chopsticks.

The soldier curiously asked, “Brother, how did you get caught?”

“I killed someone!” Ye Chen replied nonchalantly, holding the chicken leg and gnawing at it ferociously.

The soldier seemed really interested in Ye Chen and asked curiously, “Shouldn’t murder cases go to the police station?

How did you end up being caught by the Armed Police?

Weird!”

“What’s so weird about that!” Ye Chen smiled and said, “We sent the police running.

This time I killed someone in office!”

“Damn, really?” The soldier excitedly looked at Ye Chen and said, “You really killed an official?”

“Of course!” Ye Chen nodded.

“Right on!” The soldier was excited and said, “I hate those government officials.

My family’s farmland was taken over by those officials for construction, and the compensation wasn’t even enough to buy a toilet!”

Ye Chen listened and chuckled, well, this soldier was quite the character—a greenhorn, perhaps?

Ye Chen said with a smile, “You’re a soldier, how come you got bullied by someone?

If I were you, I’d take a gun straight to the official’s house!”

“I…” The greenhorn was somewhat frustrated, looking down, he said, “I joined the army because I was bullied, I wanted to strengthen myself and then take revenge!”

“Young man, that’s not a good attitude!” Ye Chen laughed and said, “You mean, you as a soldier want to go after someone, isn’t that a bit disciplinary?

Be careful you might get discharged from the military, and then you’d be in trouble!”

“Then…

What should I do?” The greenhorn asked in a hurry.

“Let me tell you, it’s tough being a working stiff, better off joining the underworld.

Being a soldier is hard, might as well go into the underworld!” Ye Chen began tempting this freshly enlisted soldier while gnawing on his chicken leg, “Nowadays, the underworld is popular, you’ve got money to spend, power, and if you see someone you don’t like, just beat them up.

Out there, everyone would be scared of you.

Just take your family’s situation for example, even knowing you’ve joined the army they wouldn’t fear you, why?

Because at the end of the day, you’re still under military discipline and state control; but if they knew you were involved in the underworld, they’d definitely be meek and make sure to give your family the proper compensation, not daring to embezzle or misappropriate.”

The greenhorn was a bit hesitant now, quickly asking, “But isn’t being in the underworld illegal?”

“Who says what’s illegal?” Ye Chen smirked coldly, “Nowadays, who doesn’t break the law?

Officials engaging in corruption and bribery, isn’t that illegal?

Business owners skimping on materials, creating shoddy projects, isn’t that illegal?

Melamine in milk, gutter oil, Sudan Red, gelatin in shoes…

all sorts of illegalities are right before our eyes.

Yet, has our country wavered?

Has it managed?”