Chapter 59: You Bought Stolen Goods! And You Still Won’t Admit It!?
As the top three finishers, the three of them already respected one another, so becoming friends was the most natural thing in the world.
Li Mu gave his mother, Yang Suying, a call.
He told her that he had already returned to the surface.
He was having lunch with friends.
On Happiness Street, inside Jinshi Forge, Yang Suying smiled as she gave a few instructions over the phone, then hung up.
“Mu won’t be coming back to eat again?” Yang Yourong asked from the side as she prepared to cook.
“No. He’s got quite a lot going on right now.”
“He said he’s eating with those two kids who have S-Grade Talents,” Yang Suying replied with a smile.
Nearby, Uncle by Marriage Chen Jinshi, who was quenching a billet, nodded.
“He really should build a good relationship with them.”
“Those two transferred to his school specifically to back him up.”
“Now the Departnt of Resources is being roasted over an open fire!”
“People online are all speaking up for Blackwater High School.”
Yang Suying and the others only knew what the news online was saying.
They still did not know that Li Mu himself had been the cause of the whole matter.
It had started only after he beat Zhao Yi.
Just as the family was about to prepare lunch, a burst of commotion suddenly sounded outside.
The three exchanged a look.
Then they quickly passed through the shop.
Outside the forge, two heavy pickup trucks were parked at the entrance.
Written across the bodies of the vehicles were the words:
【Comrce and Industry Integrated Enforcent】
Many of the nearby shop owners were hurriedly clearing away the things in front of their stores, afraid they would be confiscated in a mont.
But these people were clearly not here for them.
A fat man with a huge belly jumped down from one of the trucks.
The mont he landed, he let out a full belch!
As soon as he got out, he headed straight for Jinshi Forge.
Behind him followed seven or eight people in Comrce and Industry enforcent uniforms.
“Where’s the owner? Co out!”
the fat man shouted.
Chen Jinshi hurried over.
“Hello, I’m the owner.”
The fat man reached into his pocket, pulled out an ID, and thrust it in front of Chen Jinshi’s face.
“Comrce and Industry Inspection Team! Routine inspection.”
As he spoke, he let out another belch and put the ID away.
This ti, from so close, Yang Suying imdiately caught a whiff of alcohol.
It was obvious that the fat man had just finished eating and drinking his fill.
“Oh, all our qualifications are complete. They’re all right here.”
Chen Jinshi politely stepped aside and pointed to the wall behind the counter.
Business licenses and other certificates were hanging there.
“Whether they’re complete or not, is that for you to decide?” the fat man sneered coldly at him.
“Go check their warehouse for !”
Several burly n imdiately rushed into the shop and began rummaging around.
The shelves in the front of the shop and the surrounding walls were lined with many finished weapons.
The storefront was fairly large.
As for the warehouse, there was a separate large one in the yard.
After going in, the n quickly ran back out.
“Reporting to the team leader, we found suspicious high-value energy tal!”
“It looks like the sa batch that the Zhang Group reported missing!”
The mont they heard that, the faces of Chen Jinshi and the others changed drastically.
Yang Yourong shouted angrily, “What Zhang Group?”
“The tal in our warehouse was purchased through proper supply channels!”
“We have transaction records!”
The team leader imdiately glared and shouted, “Shut up!”
“Did I say you stole it? Why are you reacting so strongly?”
“This batch of tal was reported missing by a steel plant under the Zhang Group!”
“Even if you have purchase records, that only ans you bought stolen goods!”
“I suspect you’re part of a stolen-goods distribution chain!”
“The shop is sealed. The tal is confiscated. Any objections?”
“If you do object, then co with for an investigation!”
As the fat team leader spoke, he planted his hands on his hips and lifted his big fat head arrogantly, his threatening intent completely undisguised.
The aning was obvious. If you admit it, things stay simple. If you do not, I’ll detain you too!
“Stolen goods? You need evidence before you say sothing like that, don’t you?”
Yang Suying pulled her younger sister back and spoke furiously.
“And this kind of matter should be handled by the Law Enforcent Bureau! It’s not your place to deal with it!”
The other side had already made it clear they were here to cause trouble.
There was no reason for Yang Suying to keep arguing politely anymore.
The fat team leader’s brows imdiately knitted together as he glared at Yang Suying.
He hated people like this the most, people who were not afraid of them and understood a little law.
They were not easy to fool!
“Are you blind?”
“This is Comrce and Industry enforcent! If I’m not law enforcent, then what am I?”
“If you dare say one more word of nonsense, I’ll have all of you arrested!”
The fat man pointed angrily at the three of them.
That fierce display really did startle them.
Seeing that they were frightened, the fat man looked rather pleased with himself.
With his own elder brother being a supervisor in the Comrce and Industry Departnt, where could he not throw his weight around?
From little restaurants to grand establishnts, no one had ever dared ask him for money.
“Hmph! Good. As long as you know to be afraid!”
“Now I’m giving you a chance. As long as you admit that what you bought was stolen goods—”
“I can seal the shop and leave it at that, without arresting anyone!”
“But if you dare resist! The law is rciless!”
The fat man barked coldly with his hands on his hips, his threat written all over his face.
Although this was illegal enforcent, he still needed them to admit with their own mouths that they had bought stolen goods.
With the recorder docunting it, and with their verbal admission as evidence, the matter would be very easy to handle.
Otherwise, it would be more troubleso.
“Arrest us? Do you have that authority?”
Yang Suying asked coldly.
The fat man flew into another rage.
This woman again!
She was the biggest obstacle in handling this matter today!
When he talked about arresting them, it was only ant to scare them into quickly admitting that they had bought stolen goods.
As soone from the Comrce and Industry Departnt, he really did not have the authority to arrest people.
If soone resisted enforcent, he could contact the Law Enforcent Bureau to detain them.
But if he detained them himself in violation of the rules, then that would count as unlawful imprisonnt.
“Hmph! If you dare say no, then you’ll find out whether I have that authority or not!”
Yang Suying gave a cold laugh.
“I don’t know how much money you took to willingly charge into battle for the Li family.”
“But have you ever thought about what happens if the situation changes? The one who directly bears the consequences will be you!”
“At worst, the Li family would only be guilty of bribery. But what about you!?”
The fat man’s expression really did change, though only for a mont.
Damn it, he had almost been frightened by this woman!
The situation changing? How could it possibly change?
In the Comrce and Industry enforcent district, he could do whatever he wanted. His elder brother’s superior was a Minister!
If this matter really blew up, the ones who would die faster were them!
“So you’re refusing to admit it?” the fat man asked in return.
Yang Yourong could see that the fat man had gone guilty for a mont. They had clearly co to retaliate on behalf of the Li family.
But the Li family had only bought off the Comrce and Industry side, not the Law Enforcent Bureau. That was why no one from the Law Enforcent Bureau had co.
“You don’t need to threaten us. Our shop is clean. There isn’t a single stolen item in it!”
As she spoke, Yang Yourong rushed outside and shouted at the top of her lungs, “Everyone, co look! Comrce and Industry enforcent is framing a shopkeeper!”
“The enforcent officer is drunk while on duty!”
“They’re trying to pressure us into admitting that we’re dealing in stolen goods! If there are any reporters around, everyone take out your phones and record this!”
Since the fat man had taken money from the Li family, there was absolutely no way he would let them off easily.
If they truly admitted to dealing in stolen goods, there would be no way to undo it.
Since the other side was enforcing the law illegally, then they would make the matter as big as possible.
They would see whether public opinion could be stirred up!
If this fat man really could cover the sky with one hand, then to hell with it, their whole family would just have to accept it!
Sure enough, the fat man’s expression changed drastically.
He imdiately shouted at the burly n, “Grab all three of them for !!”
“You filthy dogs! How dare you challenge the authority of the law!”
“You’re tired of living!”
“The dealing in stolen goods is confird! Arrest them and seal the shop!”
The group imdiately moved to restrain all three of them.
Chen Jinshi violently shoved away two of the burly n and roared, “You’re completely lawless! Aren’t you afraid this will be exposed!?”
“Hmph! Here, I am the law!”
The fat man was obviously drunk. He slapped the table and shouted with imposing force.
Then he looked toward the nearby shop owners who were taking pictures.
“I’d like to see who dares keep filming!!”
The people were so frightened that they all lowered their phones at once.
Chen Jinshi struggled fiercely.
But he did not dare truly attack the enforcent officers.
Otherwise, he would go from being in the right to being in the wrong.
The other side also had greater numbers, and very quickly Chen Jinshi and the others were subdued.
The three were soon shoved into the trucks, and the doors slamd shut with a bang.
Only then did one of the subordinates step up beside the fat man and ask worriedly, “Team Leader, what do we do now?”
What he ant was, what were they supposed to do with the detainees after grabbing them?
They did not actually have the authority to arrest people.
And they had no powerful connections in the Law Enforcent Bureau either, so there was no way they could transfer them over.
“What do you an, what do we do? They resisted enforcent and dared challenge enforcent personnel. Of course we take them back!”
“We’ll lock them up in the departnt. Lock them in my office. Let’s see whether they confess or not!”
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