Chapter 41 - Reencounter with the Female Police Officer

While speaking, Su Xuan had already plunged into the fray with the hired thugs.

Their skills were far superior to those of Brother Fei’s gang.

As Su Xuan flipped and leaped, his back narrowly missed a heavy blow from a wine bottle.

Every punch was lethal, every move subdued the enemy.

Amidst the dull thuds of colliding bodies and bursts of qi, Su Xuan’s martial prowess left Wu, who had been in the underworld for many years, thoroughly dumbfounded.

“What is this?!”

The thugs, who could barely exchange a few moves with Su Xuan, fell down with a clatter, all meeting the same fate—defeat.

“Can I go now?” Su Xuan asked Wu with a light smile, after swiftly taking down six thugs in a moment.

“Don’t move!”

A stern shout rang out.

Most people turned to look towards the entrance as a large group of police officers stormed in.

“Police?” Wu was surprised and confused as to why the police had arrived.

“Everyone, hands on your heads and squat down!”

The police officers, in unison, ordered the customers and men around, and nobody dared to resist.

Only Wu and Su Xuan stood still, exchanging a look where Wu’s eyes showed a hint of admiration for Su Xuan.

Even though this young man had caused a mess and wrecked his establishment, Wu felt not an ounce of anger: At such a young age to have such exceptional martial abilities, his future was boundless!

If he would join me, who else in Qingshan City would dare oppose me?

“You two, what are you doing?!

Hands on your heads and squat down, can’t you hear?!” Three officers who seemed to be in charge approached Su Xuan and Wu.

Wu, who had faced the police countless times, scoffed in disdain without a trace of fear, “Comrade officer, our bar is operating legally.

It was just a small mishap; there’s no need for such a big fuss.”

“Shut up!

Squat over there!” The officer, with a stern face and dark complexion, showed no mercy to Wu, handcuffing him on the spot and pushing him next to the bar.

A part of the police force began questioning the customers.

Su Xuan, also not getting any special treatment, obediently put on the handcuffs and walked over with his head down.

“Officer, I haven’t done anything wrong, don’t push me.” Su Xuan, somewhat irritated by the constant shoving, turned around and spoke to the police officer.

The police officer glared at Su Xuan and snapped, “Don’t talk!”

After nearly half an hour of silence, the atmosphere grew heavy.

A shapely policewoman who had been conferring with the two team leaders approached the bar area, pointed at Wu, Brother Fei, and the head-down Su Xuan, and said to a nearby officer, “Take these three away!

Take some of the others back to make a statement!”

The voice sounded vaguely familiar.

Su Xuan suddenly lifted his head and the instant he saw the policewoman’s face, a spark of joy lit up his eyes, and he couldn’t suppress the excitement in his heart: What a small world!

Isn’t this the beautiful Officer Han?!

“Officer Sis!” Su Xuan blurted instinctively with a beaming smile.

Everyone around, including the handcuffed thugs, was taken aback.

Was he trying to cozy up to the police?

Among the police on this mission was Han Caiying, the deputy team leader.

Dressed in her uniform, she exuded a brisk and valiant charisma.

Hearing this unexpected address, Han Caiying turned her surprised gaze towards Su Xuan, paused for a couple of seconds as she quickly tried to recognize him—he looked a bit familiar.

“I remember now!

You are…” Han Caiying couldn’t immediately recall Su Xuan’s name, but from their last encounter, she hadn’t formed a negative impression of him.

Su Xuan was even more delighted, thinking to himself: It’s not easy for the beautiful Officer Han to remember me!

I must be pretty handsome!

“Exactly, exactly, Officer Han, it’s me!

I’m Su Xuan, and I’m innocent!” Su Xuan declared with feigned excitement and unwavering eyes as he looked at Han Caiying.

Though in uniform, Han Caiying’s ample chest heaved, making any man drool with longing, wishing they could uncover the splendor hidden beneath her clothes.

The tall and slender Han Caiying, with her shapely legs and alluring figure, coupled with her harmless appearance, could arouse any man’s heart.

Doubt crept into Han Caiying’s mind: Why him again?

From what she had gathered, he was a key participant in tonight’s brawl.

“Don’t call me that,” Han Caiying’s expression cooled significantly as she stared at Su Xuan, “Come with us to the station.

We can discuss what happened there.”

Su Xuan felt a wave of helplessness.

Now that they were acquaintances and had met again so fortuitously, couldn’t she cut him some slack and forgo taking him to the station for a ‘chat’?

Knowing full well the distinction between public duty and personal sentiment, Su Xuan quickly let go of his frustration, nodded silently, and said, “Alright then, I’m happy just to see you again!

I’ll go with you to the station!”

The group slowly exited the bar, escorted by the police, filling five patrol cars.

At the front was a seven-seater, into which Han Caiying led the three “main culprits.”

Brother Fei and Wu were seated in the back row, and Su Xuan was squeezed into the middle of the second row, sandwiched between a male officer on his left and Han Caiying on his right.

Evil thoughts ran rampant in his mind, and Su Xuan intentionally leaned closer to Han Caiying, catching the faint scent of her special perfume as it wafted from the nape of her neck and through her hair.

“What are you doing?!” Han Caiying sensed that Su Xuan was “up to no good,” and with an angry expression, she demanded.

Su Xuan, with an innocent face, said, “I didn’t do anything; I just wanted to talk to you about what happened at the bar just now.

It really wasn’t my fault, I…”

“We’ll talk at the police station.” Han Caiying cut off Su Xuan’s explanation with a single sentence.

Twenty minutes later, six police cars had arrived at the station one after another, and Han Caiying took Su Xuan into a separate interrogation room.

Since they had interacted before, Han Caiying didn’t want to make things too awkward and handed Su Xuan a cup of hot water, even helping him to unlock the handcuffs.

“Speak.”

His mind not even considering tonight’s fight a big deal, and wholly focused on Han Caiying, Su Xuan’s tone was filled with gratitude: “Thank you, Officer Sister!

You’re so nice!”

“Stop beating around the bush; what exactly happened tonight?

Some customers said you got into a quarrel and then got physical.

Is that true?” Han Caiying, unsmiling and serious, felt a bit of happiness inside though, as being praised always felt good.

Looking Su Xuan up and down and seeing Han Caiying’s perfect figure, he couldn’t help but let his imagination run wild, a hint of desire in his eyes as he spoke admiringly, “Even in a police uniform, you’re so beautiful!”

Hearing this, Han Caiying’s face became somewhat unnatural, and she rapped the table, “Hey!

Stick to the point!

Cut the rest!”

“Oh, okay.” Su Xuan quickly snapped out of his daydream and nodded eagerly in response.

Taking a sip of steaming hot water from the cup, Su Xuan pondered how to describe the event.

“About tonight’s incident, if I start from the beginning, it would probably take all night to explain.

Officer Sister, I’m truly innocent!

It has nothing to do with me!”

“Just get to the main points!

Don’t beat around the bush!” Han Caiying showed a hint of anger, glaring at Su Xuan.

Su Xuan deliberately adjusted his emotion to appear even more innocent and remorseful, and said with his head lowered, “Tonight, a female friend of mine, she was tricked into going to the bar.

Those people drugged her drink and forced her to drink.

I happened to arrive at the bar and stopped that guy…”

“Yes, continue.” While listening and taking notes, Han Caiying looked even more captivating in her focused state.

With a blatant look in his eyes, Su Xuan said, “I really had no choice when they started attacking me; I only fought back.

Who knew that later they would call in a whole group of brothers to gang up on me…”

“Wait a minute,” Han Caiying lifted her head, hesitantly looked at Su Xuan, and said, “Based on what you’re saying, tonight there was only you on your side, no backup?”

“No, I didn’t go there to fight,” Su Xuan chuckled inwardly and sighed, “It was just self-defense.

In the end, the bar owner arrived and wanted us to pay compensation, but I said I didn’t have any money.”

“What happened next?”

Feeling she was already partly convinced, Su Xuan became more enthusiastic as he spoke with a tone of regret, “I shouldn’t have gotten physical, but the owner didn’t say a word and let his men hit me.

I had to defend myself.”

“You’re quite capable, aren’t you?

Fighting three times against so many, yet you’re not injured?” Han Caiying observed Su Xuan, spotting not a single obvious injury on his face or body, which she found absolutely incredulous.

Noticing the sarcasm and teasing in Han Caiying’s tone, Su Xuan shook his head helplessly saying, “I was compelled by the circumstances.

If I hadn’t fought back, they might have beaten me to death tonight.”

A while later, after finishing the written record, Han Caiying stood up and said, “Stay put; I’ve got the situation.”

Seeing Han Caiying heading towards the interrogation room door, Su Xuan asked in surprise, “Officer Sister, can I go now?”

“I told you not to call me that!” A ripple went through Han Caiying’s heart as she turned around to glare at the handsome Su Xuan.

From seven or eight interrogation rooms, policemen began to emerge.

They entered the same office and exchanged brief summaries of their interrogations, discussing how to proceed.

“I think this was a serious brawl; we should impose a heavy punishment.

Detain the main parties involved for fifteen days,” a policeman with a broad face suggested, frowning as he smoked.

Several younger policemen agreed out loud.

In the police station, this older policeman had considerable clout.

“Han, what do you think?” Seeing Han Caiying silent, the policeman asked her.

Conflicted inside, Han Caiying considered the situation.

Su Xuan didn’t seem to be lying; his account of the incident essentially matched the facts.

However, Su Xuan had injured someone, with one seriously hurt, which made the case tricky.

“Captain Liu,” Han Caiying looked at the male policeman, her expression serious, “I think Su Xuan’s action did amount to legitimate self-defense.

He wasn’t deliberately causing trouble, and he’s not primarily to blame.

I have no objection to detaining the other two main individuals for fifteen days.”

As soon as the male policeman heard this, he understood Han Caiying’s implication was to go easy on Su Xuan.

But in his view, Su Xuan’s act of injuring others had become an established fact, and even if he hadn’t intended to start a fight, he couldn’t escape the punishment he deserved.

Indeed, if Su Xuan had initiated the trouble and caused serious injury to someone, then the consequences would have been much more severe—he would be facing years behind bars.

“Captain Liu, there is a lady at the door looking for you.

She says she’s here about the bar incident tonight,” a policeman entered and said to the male officer.