chapter four：prove

Scraps of iron and stone instantly filled the air. Ye Chenghuan knitted his brows, pinched his nose, took out a stack of banknotes from inside, counted them in his hand, put the rest back into the safe, then brushed off the scraps on his sweatshirt, put it back on, and said to the dumbfounded boss, "This is my salary for this month, not a penny more, not a penny less."

While speaking, he had already walked up to General Manager Qi and said in a tone devoid of any emotion, "It's not you who fired me, but I who fired you. Understand?"

General Manager Qi nodded numbly.

"Besides..." He picked up the pack of Zhonghua cigarettes on the table and stuffed it into his trouser pocket, continuing, "I'm a security guard, not a lousy one. If a person wants to get respect from others, he has to learn to respect others first. You've done a very poor job in this regard. This pack of cigarettes will be considered as the tuition fee for teaching you a lesson."

After saying these words, he put the cigarette in his mouth and left the smoky office without looking back.

Whew...

General Manager Qi finally let out the breath that had been stuck in his throat and muttered, "Is this guy even human?"

Ye Chenghuan stepped into the elevator, watching the indicator lights blink floor by floor, thinking about his future life. Alas, he had lost another good job, and he didn't know how long it would take to find a new one. Looking for a job wasn't a big deal. The key was that it was troublesome. What he hated the most was trouble. However, troublesome as it was, he didn't regret what he had done today at all.

The indicator light stopped on the first floor. As soon as the elevator door opened, several men in police uniforms rushed in. "We're from the sub-bureau. Someone reported that you disrupted social order and robbed others of their property. Come with us."

Ye Chenghuan grinned bitterly, "Comrade police officers, you must have mistaken me for someone else, right?"

"Stop talking nonsense and come with us!"

Just like that, he was taken into a police car. After several transfers, he soon arrived at the district public security sub-bureau.

"What? There's such a thing!" In the office of the chief of the sub-bureau, a police officer was reporting the case that had just happened to a woman in a third-class police superintendent's uniform. The woman was sitting behind the desk, holding a signature pen between her fair fingers. Hearing the police officer's report, she raised her head in surprise. Under her neat short hair with clear layers was a beautiful and slightly youthful face. However, if you noticed the calmness and profundity in her brows that didn't match her age, it was easy to overlook her youthful appearance. Besides the calmness and profundity, the conspicuous beauty mole at the corner of her mouth added a certain charming and enchanting temperament.

She put down the pen in her hand, thought for a moment, and said in a short and forceful tone, "Bring it in!"

The two police officers waiting outside immediately carried in a dilapidated object. The cracked concrete interlayer and the curled-up iron sheets seemed to show people how severely it had been damaged. The woman walked around the pile of debris and examined it carefully. Her beautiful eyebrows, like springs, were getting tighter and tighter. She looked straight at the police officer and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Absolutely certain!"

The woman's expression was not just one of surprise anymore; it was more of shock. She bit her lip and said, "Take him to Interrogation Room No. 1. I'll interrogate him myself. Besides..." She stopped the police officer who was walking to the door. "Bring me his file."

"Yes!"

The so-called Interrogation Room No. 1 was just an ordinary room located on the east side of the first floor of the sub-bureau. There was a white ceiling light on the ceiling, a simple camp bed in the corner, and in the front was an interrogation table made up of three wooden square tables. Only the eight characters on the wall, "Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist," made the atmosphere here suddenly solemn.

Behind the interrogation table sat a male and a female police officer, who were writing something with their heads down. The seat between them was empty, obviously waiting for some important person.

Ye Chenghuan had been sitting on that uncomfortable wooden chair for a long time. He felt as if there were lice on his body and just wanted this to end quickly. What he feared the most was trouble, but trouble always seemed to find him.

He yawned and raised his handcuffed arm. "Report, officers. Can we start now?"

The male police officer sternly shouted, "Shut up!"

Smack!

He lit a cigarette out of boredom, put it in his mouth, hoping to shift his attention with it.

"Who allowed you to smoke? Put it out!" The female police officer said coldly.

Ye Chenghuan didn't want to cause trouble, so after taking two hard puffs, he obediently put out the cigarette and put a matchstick in his mouth instead. "Comrade police officers, can we hurry up? What exactly do you want to know? I'll tell you everything, okay?"

"When the chief comes, you'll have to talk whether you want to or not. And you can't leave until you've explained the problem clearly," the female police officer said.

"What if your chief doesn't come until tomorrow? Do I have to wait until then? Also, does your police station provide meals? How's the food? When's the mealtime?"

"Why are you so talkative? Shut up!" The two police officers were extremely impatient.

Ye Chenghuan said somewhat helplessly, "Which law stipulates that we're not allowed to talk or smoke?"

"I stipulated it!" As the door opened, accompanied by a crisp sound of footsteps, a woman with a graceful figure walked in briskly. The two police officers stood up and saluted. The woman just waved her hand, sat in the seat between them, straightened her collar button, and touched the shoulder badge of the third-class police superintendent.

Ye Chenghuan opened his mouth, was about to say something but swallowed it back. He had thought that the chief should be an unsmiling, tall and mighty middle-aged man, but he didn't expect it to be a delicate and youthful girl.

The woman straightened her police cap, with a faint smile on her lips. "Let's formally introduce ourselves. I'm Wu Xiao, the chief of the sub-bureau. Wu as in martial arts, Xiao as in the rain in Xiaoxiang."

Ye Chenghuan finally understood one thing. It turned out that the chief of the public security bureau could be so young and beautiful. He saluted and said, "Hello, Chief!"

Wu Xiao smiled slightly and said casually to her subordinates, "You all go out. I'll handle the matter here."

"Yes!"

"It seems that you're not satisfied with my rules." As soon as Wu Xiao heard the door of the interrogation room slam shut, she immediately put on a cold look. Even that charming beauty mole seemed to have a bit of desolation.

"Are you kidding? There's no such thing. Your rules are really brilliant. We can't be soft on those criminals!" Although his words were honest, his gaze was far from honest, and he even swallowed loudly.

She obviously minded his impolite gaze, and there was a bit of anger on her beautiful oval face.

Ye Chenghuan smiled charmingly, "Chief, you're so discerning. I'm really innocent. That black-hearted boss owed me my salary, and I just went to ask him for it. Now the government has repeatedly emphasized protecting the legitimate rights and interests of migrant workers. Besides, we can be considered half colleagues. You should at least give me a break for this reason."

"Colleagues? You're really joking."

"I'm a security guard, and you're a police officer. Our responsibilities are both to maintain social order."

Wu Xiao laughed, "You're quite eloquent."

"I'm flattered." Ye Chenghuan stood up and said, "So does that mean I can leave now?"

"Sit down!" Wu Xiao's expression suddenly changed from sunny to cloudy. "Do you think you can just leave with a few glib words? Do you think we police officers are idiots?"

Ye Chenghuan sat down sheepishly. "Chief, to save your precious time, let's start."

Wu Xiao opened the file in her hand and asked without looking up.

"Name."

"Ye Chenghuan."

"Gender."

"Do you want me to take it out and show you?" He was very impatient with this kind of formulaic questioning.

His answer was sharp, but Wu Xiao's was even sharper. Two incredible words came out of her pretty little mouth: "Sure."

Ye Chenghuan wrinkled his nose and sighed. "I finally understand why you can become the chief at such a young age."

The man's frustration finally made her show a smile as warm as spring breeze. With this smile, two crystal-clear and white canine teeth were revealed. A strange glint flashed in Wu Xiao's eyes. She had already known the whole story of the matter, so what she cared about the most now was not these things. "I heard that you broke the safe with your fist?"

"Are you kidding? I'm not Popeye. If I could really do that, would I still be a security guard?"

"If that's not true, I have every reason to suspect that you used explosives illegally. Just based on this, you could enjoy ten years in prison. I guess you definitely don't like that feeling."

Ye Chenghuan smiled bitterly. It seemed that this trouble was really big. "Chief, we have no grudges against each other. You don't have to go all out to make things difficult for me, right?"

"Unless you can prove it to me."

"It's easy to prove that I'm a man, but how can I prove this?"

Wu Xiao slowly stood up, quietly took off her police cap and put it aside, then loosened her tie and took off her outer police uniform. Inside was a Kevlar special bulletproof vest. Her beautiful eyes flashed. "It's simple. Only by experiencing your fist myself will I believe it."

Ye Chenghuan frowned. Was this woman crazy? What would happen if a fist powerful enough to smash a safe hit a woman as delicate as a flower? There were many ways to test a person's fist. Why did she choose to use her own body for such a dangerous experiment? If something really happened, it wouldn't be just a matter of ten years. He might have to spend the rest of his life in prison.

At this moment, he suddenly read two words from behind the relaxed expression of the female chief: competitiveness!

Wu Xiao seemed to see his worry and smiled calmly. "Don't worry. This bulletproof vest can withstand bullets three times the speed of sound. Unless your fist is stronger than bullets, it won't cause me any harm."

Ye Chenghuan said bitterly, "I can use many parts of my body on a woman, but I just don't like using my fist."

"I'll say it again. If your fist is really that powerful, I'll let you go immediately and promise not to pursue any responsibility. But if you don't even have the courage to prove it, don't blame me for not giving you a chance." Wu Xiao's tone was aggressive.

"Alas, I'm afraid you'll lose your life." Ye Chenghuansighed.

A hint of toughness flashed across the woman's beautiful face. "In that case, I have to give it a try even more. I don't believe you can be that powerful."

"Do you really want to try?"

"Do you have a choice?"

Wu Xiao threw him the key. Ye Chenghuan shook his head helplessly, snapped open the handcuffs, squeezed his arm, shook his neck, and walked up to her step by step. "Are you really sure?"

"Of course."

"No regrets?"

Wu Xiao frowned. "I don't like men who are so indecisive. Go ahead and let me see your real strength."

Ye Chenghuan tilted his head, spat out the matchstick in his mouth with a puff, took a half step back. His dull eyes suddenly flashed, turning into two cold stars in an instant, and his dark pupils shrank into two needle-like points in a flash!

Wu Xiao's expression changed. Suddenly, she felt a bone-chilling cold. A strong sense of despair pressed on her heart, and her breathing even stopped. One more second and she might break down!

Fortunately, the intense discomfort disappeared in a flash. She opened her eyes and saw that the man's clenched fist had already loosened. He touched her cheek with it, then quietly returned to his seat and put the handcuffs back on.