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Chapter 52 - 52 52 The New Policeman and the Old Policeman

52: Chapter 52: The New Policeman and the Old Policeman 52: Chapter 52: The New Policeman and the Old Policeman “Name?”

“Wang Yunxiao!”

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Entering the police cell twice within a mere week was a bit too frequent even for a loafer from the streets.

Wang Yunxiao even recognized the people in the cell; there wasn’t much change since the last time.

“Brother Yuanxiao!”

“Brother Yuanxiao, you’re back again?”

Don’t think he couldn’t see the schadenfreude hidden beneath their seemingly warm and friendly smiles.

To be honest, Wang Yunxiao hadn’t expected that he would have the chance to be imprisoned a second time.

As everyone knows, to start the game with a score of 0/2 in five minutes, one might as well go invisible…

This time, he wasn’t the one who called the police.

Actually, he hadn’t been the one the last time either.

In the past, Wang Yunxiao was unfamiliar with the game rules of this era.

Due to a psychological dependency imprinted in his DNA, he was accustomed to seeking help from the police to settle disputes when problems arose.

However, he had overlooked one issue: the new government had only been established for two years, and many government departments were still staffed with officials from the former dynasty or temporarily hired newbies.

Nowadays, the policemen in the station were only called policemen in name; most were actually direct transitions from constables or government officials of the past.

It was already good enough if they didn’t bully you, let alone expect them to mediate disputes.

This time, Wang Yunxiao hadn’t called the police, but the other party was relentless.

At a little past eight in the evening, the police came to the school and took him back to the station for questioning.

This visit, Wang Yunxiao keenly noticed that the officers in the substation had undergone a major change.

The difference was quite clear.

During his last visit, many officers he saw could barely walk steadily; their eyes were dark as was their complexion, likely due to indulgences in liquor, lust, and greed.

This time, there were many new faces, clearly fit, quick in movement, sporting crew cuts, with piercing bright eyes.

You could smell the scent of the military from three meters away.

It’s hard to describe what exactly that scent is, but Wang Yunxiao was all too familiar with it.

If he were a keyboard warrior, he’d probably harshly criticize Huo Qingyang in his mind—what took you guys so long?

If retired soldiers had been transferred into the police system earlier, would we still see big, black rats scurrying all over Tianmen City?

But the answer to this question, Huo Qingyang had already told him.

Lack of personnel, every department in all aspects needed more people.

Although he didn’t know the specific reasons behind such a big talent gap, to the extent that even influential figures like Principal Zhou had to personally get involved in schools to promote growth…

Perhaps it was the inevitable growing pains that came with a change in dynasty.

After all, Wang Yunxiao lacked experience in this area and felt it inappropriate to comment.

The historical time-travel novels he had read in the past didn’t offer much insight on this topic either.

He just vaguely remembered that, like during the early days of the Han and Tang Dynasties, there were records of national emptiness.

For example, when you couldn’t find a public bike that accepted Alipay, being stuck in a bathroom together with the President of the United States, and then his wife being threatened by a blonde saying, ‘Madam, you don’t want this either,’ and so on…

Truth be told, Wang Yunxiao hadn’t expected Huo Qingyang’s efficiency to be so high, truly managing to pull personnel from the military to reorganize the police force.

“Someone reported that you assaulted them unprovoked and damaged their valuable property.

Are you aware of this?”

The two policemen assigned to conduct the interrogation were an old-timer and a rookie.

The rookie clearly lacked experience, yet he led the questioning process.

Truly inexperienced, Wang Yunxiao hadn’t even spoken, yet the youth had laid everything out clearly.

The older policeman desperately coughed on the side, but the rookie didn’t mind and earnestly stared at Wang Yunxiao, hoping for his cooperation.

This kind of clear-eyed expression is really on par with the students at school…

Wang Yunxiao sighed inwardly, not knowing what background this guy came from, it seems he needed a lesson.

“Officer, I don’t know the person you’re mentioning, but if he knows me and even could accurately say my name when calling the police, that definitely can’t be considered an unprovoked assault, right?”

“Hmm…”

“Cough cough—!”

Seeing the young man beside him about to fall headlong into trouble, the older police officer quickly interjected, “Whether it’s unprovoked assault or not, we’ll verify.

The main issue is whether you really assaulted someone off school grounds or not.”

“I didn’t!”

Wang Yunxiao denied it firmly, “Why would I assault someone off school grounds?

Who saw it?

That never happened!”

The security uncle at the school gate definitely saw it, but Wang Yunxiao was completely confident that he would never testify for outsiders.

He only had two distinct impressions of the school security guards.

One is the Wolf Fang Club in his hand.

Two is tight-lipped.

Speak as little as possible when not required, and even less when possible.

Apart from matters within their job responsibilities, they care about nothing else.

What kind of exceptional employee was this?

Sometimes he even couldn’t help but wonder if these security uncles were actually alive.

The old police officer shook his head and sighed.

In the past, street fights and brawls were overlooked by the Yamen as long as no one died.

What decent person brawls all the time?

What decent person gets involved in fights?

Whichever side was at a disadvantage, it was impossible for them to report to the officials.

It wasn’t just about breaking the rules of the Jianghu World; most of the time the Yamen would muddy the waters, not only failing to resolve anything but also costing you a fee for tea.

This time he didn’t want to deal with it either, but the problem was, his new colleague liked to stick to the rules, and also, it involved valuable property.

A camera, in this era, was not a cheap item.

The guy who claimed to be a journalist had his camera snatched by Wang Yunxiao, which cracked his forehead open, requiring eight stitches at the hospital.

The camera was smashed to pieces on the spot, and the film inside vanished without a trace.

Thinking it over, he felt he couldn’t explain himself if he just let it go, so he reluctantly reported it.

But nowadays…

to be honest, when it comes to cases like this, not only the plaintiff lacked experience, the police also didn’t know how to handle them.

Only Wang Yunxiao was experienced.

Don’t ask why; ask it’s because he binge-watched Teacher Luo’s lecture videos.

“What’s a camera?”

Wang Yunxiao looked innocent.

Is it weird that I, a poor student and an orphan, don’t know what a camera looks like?

The young police officer was also troubled, unsure how to explain, “It’s that kind of machine used to take pictures, very expensive, the plaintiff said it’s worth more than two thousand yuan…”

“You mean to say he was carrying a camera to take photos at our school in the middle of the night?

Officer, do you know, our school is a boarding school, many girls stay in the dormitories, and there are even no curtains on the windows…”

The old police officer suddenly asked, “So, you beat him and smashed his camera for this reason, right?”

“I don’t even know him, why would I beat him?”

Wang Yunxiao shrugged, “And about the camera being able to take photos, that’s what you’ve said.

I don’t even know what a camera is, what would I smash?”

Beer is for sea cucumbers to drink, why would I pay?