Chapter 26 - To Hit Someone’s Face Till It Swells

Xiao Bing’s last words made Chang Huai’an enraged. To beg him in front of everyone? For a man with high status like him, that was humiliating.

Chang Huai’an said with his teeth gnashed, “Don’t cross the line.”

Xiao Bing slowly walked back, sat on the sofa, and removed his hands out of the cuffs as if he were doing a magic show, then he crossed his legs to freely smoke his cigarette.

Seeing this, Chang Huai’an got astonished, said with a trembling voice, “You… you… ”

Xiao Bing grinned, which made Chang Huai’an jump. Then what Xiao Bing said made him even more frightened, “You are cautious. You keep every record of the bribes you took on your computer. However, you are also sloppy in doing this. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have done that… Now I have a copy of the records. If I don’t go back by tonight… the records will be sent to the commission for discipline inspection. I am not in a hurry, Director Chang, take your time to think about it… ”

Xiao Bing stood up, walked to the door, and said, “I’ll be waiting in the cell.”

After Xiao Bing left the office, Chang Huai’an sat on a chair stiffly at the office table with his hands crossed, getting lost in deep thought for quite a while, before finally standing up slowly. At that moment, he seemed to have gotten a lot older.

He felt himself get old too. It was always smooth sailing for him in his official career. But now he had fallen into the palms of a young man.

At that moment, he reminisced. No matter how noble a man was, life was more important than dignity. If he died, what good was dignity?

Xiao Bing went back to the cell and lay on the bed. He knew Chang Huai’an would come to beg him. The bigger the power a man had, the more valuable he saw his life – it was common sense.

Chang Huai’an came to the cell. After the jailor opened the door, Chang Huai’an walked into the cell. Then he turned around and said to the jailor, “Close the door and go out.”

After hearing this, the jailor was stunned and said worriedly, “Director, these are lawless and dangerous prisoners.”

Chang Huai’an frowned. Right when he was going to scold the jailor, Xiao Bing interrupted, “He is right… No need to close the door. What’s more, there’s no secrets here. Everything is transparent. Am I right, Director Chang?”

Chang Huai’an felt bitter. But he walked to Xiao Bing with a smile on his face and said, “Mr. Xiao Bing, I am terribly sorry for putting you in jail. This is a mistake, a big mistake. I am letting you out right now.”

Chang Huai’an had taken a big step back and conceded to Xiao Bing, which stunned everyone else. Other than silly Dumbass, the other four big fellows all looked to Xiao Bing with admiration. Xiao Bing was definitely the most capable prisoner they had ever met. They had never seen the director of the police station talk in such a humble attitude to a prisoner.

Xiao Bing acted cool though. Lying on the bed, he turned over with his back towards Chang Huai’an and said in a lazy voice, “Director Chang, you are a police officer who enforces the law impartially. Wouldn’t it be bad if you let me out so soon? I just got here. People would think that I bribed you. Forget about it. You should leave, Director Chang.”

It was already unbelievable for Chang Huai’an to make such a compromise to come to free Xiao Bing in person. But Xiao Bing’s reaction to leaving made people even more stunned. Chang Huai’an experienced every possible feeeling but happiness. What happened to him today was a big humiliation.

When Yezi arrived with the director of the detention center, they only saw Chang Huai’an groveling to Xiao Bing. The director of the detention house, Jiang Wenhui, got a bit puzzled. He was going to speak to Chang Huai’an but stopped after Yezi glared at him. The Ye Family was too influential. Not even Chang Huai’an dared to offend them, let alone him.

At this moment, Chang Huai’an took a deep breath, said with an even more humble and respectful voice, “Mr. Xiao Bing, this is my fault. We have now ascertained through investigation, you didn’t murder Fingerbreaker…”

“Oh, is there any proof?” Xiao Bing asked in a lazy voice with his back still towards Chang Huai’an.

“You stayed at a hotel that night, and you stayed there until morning. Judging from timing, it doesn’t match when the victim got killed. The surveillance video from the hotel can prove that…”

In the night of that day, Xiao-Bing deliberately got in the hotel early and then left secretly without being captured by the surveillance camera, so that he left no trace of the killing. Therefore, even if he didn’t have the records of Chang Huai’an’s bribes, Chang Huai’an wouldn’t be able to convict him. However, he was worried that Chang Huai’an would destroy his alibi.

Chang Huai’an said with a humble voice, “Since it is already proved that Mr. Xiao Bing didn’t commit the murder, Mr. Xiao Bing can go home and have a good rest. As a police officer, I am responsible for this mistake and will take full responsibility. Also, I will have a profound reflection of myself. Mr. Xiao Bing, is this okay with you?”

“Not really.” Xiao Bing turned around, suddenly sat up from the bed, pointed at the shackles on his feet, and said with irony, “I already told you when you took me here. If you put me in these shackles, you would need to figure out how to take them off me.”

Chang Huai’an forced a smile and said, “Then… what do you want me to do?”

“Simple.” Xiao Bing laughed and said, “No matter who, if he commits wrong things, he needs to pay for it. Now you can face me, make three bows and three apologies. If you can do that, I will leave.”

Arrogant, Xiao Bing was the most arrogant prisoner in history. However, he deserved to be.

Chang Huai’an’s face got quite pale. He nodded with a heavy heart, bowed solemnly, and said with a trembling heart and voice, “Mr. Xiao Bing, I was wrong, I beg for your forgiveness.”

Humiliation, that’s thorough humiliation.

Nobody knew what had happened to make Chang Huai’an behave like this. It wouldn’t convince anyone if it was only because Chang Huai’an arrested the wrong person, especially for those who knew Chang Huai’an. Did Xiao Bing have a hold of Chang Huai’an’s weakness?

Jiang Wenhui thought back the time Xiao Bing requested to see Chang Huai’an and immediately came up with this possibility. For him, the possibility was at least above 90%.

Yezi had arrived with rage, but her face was full of smiles right now. That was her man, the one who she imagined one day would come riding on colorful, auspicious clouds to marry her. No one could make this man lower his head, because he was mighty.

Chang Huai’an couldn’t remember how he managed to force out these apologies. Although he knew those were just three words and three bows, every time he did, he felt his chest burning as if there were thousands of arrows piercing his heart. Xiao Bing was a terrifying man who killed without weapons but with words, which was much worse.

After he apologized, Chang Huai’an felt totally relieved as if he had finished an impossible mission. Then he watched Xiao Bing standing up with his eyes fixed on him. Xiao Bing felt that it was enough. So he didn’t say anything else and prepared to leave. After one got sentenced to death, it was unnecessary to throw more humiliation at him. Xiao Bing was still a man with sympathy.

When the jailor was going to unlock Xiao Bing’s shackles, Xiao Bing broke them using his hands with a crack. Seeing this, the jailors all trembled – those were a pair of shackles made of hard iron.

Xiao Bing pointed to Dumbass, said, “I am taking him with me.”

Chang Huai’an said hurriedly, “He can leave too, he can.”

Xiao Bing walked out, and Dumbass followed him. When he reached the door, he smiled to Yezi and said in a gentle voice, “You came at last.”

Yezi rolled her eyes at Xiao Bing, and said in an angry voice, “Did you forget whose boyfriend you are? Why didn’t you tell me anything when this happened?”

Xiao Bing smiled and said, “Because I didn’t want you to feel bad.”

Hearing this, Yezi suddenly felt indescribably touched. She completely understood what Xiao Bing meant. If Xiao Bing told her, she would turn to her family for help. After all, the police station would not set him free just because of her. If the Ye Family helped Xiao Bing, she might feel bad. That was why he stayed in jail for a while.

Yezi’s nose seemed to get red, and her eyes got watery. She turned her head, looked elsewhere, and said, “Ha, like hell I’ll feel bad for you. Let’s get out of here, Brother Bing. I’ll walk you back.”

“Okay.” Xiao Bing smiled and walked out with Yezi.

Jiang Wenhui looked at Xiao Bing a bit, walked into the cell, and said to Chang Huai’an in a humble voice, “Director Chang, what should we do now?”

Pah! Chang Huai’an slapped at Jiang Wenhui’s face harshly. Jiang Wenhui got stunned, and felt his face burning. After all, he was the director of the detention house who was in charge of this place. Even Chang Huai’an was his superior leader with several ranks above him. It was too much to slap him in front of so many people. What he did was so humiliating that he didn’t even know how to get out of this embarrassing situation. For him, it might be the shame of his whole life.

After he slapped him, Chang Huai’an yelled, “Get out, get out!”

Jiang Wenhui left with his hand covering his face. His eyes were full of anger.

Chang Huai’an walked out of the cell with his legs shaking. He felt weak. It was like his whole body had gotten soft. Thinking back to what had happened, he knew that it was a disgrace that would last his whole life.

To get revenge, unless Xiao Bing died, he knew he needed to destroy the incriminating evidence first.

After leaving the detention house, Yezi took a look at Dumbass who was following behind, and asked curiously, “Brother Bing, who is he?”

Xiao Bing said, “Dumbass.”

Yezi rolled her eyes at Xiao Bing, complained, “How could you call him that? What’s his name?”

Xiao Bing felt like crying. He told the truth, but no one believed him. He said helplessly, “His name is Dumbass.”

With a clank, Yezi knocked on Xiao Bing’s head with her hand, said with a smile, “If he is dumbass, you are an idiot.”

Dumbass looked to her admiringly, and said, “Wow, girl, how did you know that? I was called Idiot before…”

Hearing that, Yezi could only stay silent.