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Chapter 241: Chapter 0241: Mei Hanqing’s Curiosity
After the police car arrived at the orphanage entrance, four officers immediately stepped out of the vehicle. The leading officer, with a stern look and seemingly about forty years old, had a tense face that gave off an air of no-nonsense.
The leading officer glanced at the Mercedes-Benz parked in front of the orphanage through the corner of his eye.
The arrival of the police made Liu Yan feel as if she had seen her own kin, and she immediately burst into tears and cries.
Although this officer didn’t look the type to smile idly, he still comforted Liu Yan before turning his attention to Heizi, "Heizi, I didn’t expect us to meet again!"
However, when he looked towards Heizi, a touch of astonishment crossed the officer’s face.
He hadn’t anticipated that someone could beat Heizi to a pulp like this; he knew very well that Heizi was quite the fighter and not easily bested by two or three people.
What’s more, he had brought some people with him, all of whom displayed bruised and scruffy faces, evidently having been roughed up.
Clearly, this police officer and Heizi were old acquaintances; otherwise, he wouldn’t have spoken like that.
With a sheepish smile, Heizi looked at the officer with eyes full of fear.
He recognized this officer as Xu Mingli, the deputy chief of the local police station, who always looked down on him; he had fallen into Xu Mingli’s hands several times. If it weren’t for his connections with the station chief, he didn’t know how many times Xu Mingli would have arrested him.
Now, the officer responding to the call was this man, and in an instant, Heizi felt like his heart had plummeted into the abyss.
"Chief Xu..." 𝓃ℴ𝓋𝓹𝓊𝓫.𝒸𝓸𝓂
Xu Mingli snorted coldly and turned to look at the director of the orphanage. Yet, at this moment, Xu Mingli’s demeanor changed completely, revealing a smile, "Director, what’s happened here?"
The person Xu Mingli respected the most here was the director of the orphanage.
He didn’t know when the director had started here, but he knew that the director had been here for almost ten years, staying at the orphanage ever since he became a police officer.
It was said that the director had been the very first director since the establishment of the orphanage. Decades had passed, and he was still here, silently dedicating and contributing to this place abandoned by society and supporting these unfortunate children.
This made Xu Mingli admire the director’s perseverance and character.
If it were someone else, God knows how many times they would’ve run away a long time ago.
Furthermore, Xu Mingli had heard that because the director insisted on staying here, his wife ran off with another man.
For this orphanage, for these children abandoned by their parents, the director had sacrificed so much, his whole life!
How many people in the world would be able to do this, to give selflessly without seeking any rewards?
How could Xu Mingli not hold him in high regard?
The director responded to Xu Mingli with a sheepish smile, "Chief Xu..."
"Director, how many times have I told you, you can just call me Xiao Xu," Xu Mingli humbly said, "Director, was it Heizi causing trouble at the orphanage? You tell me, and I will thrash that bastard!"
"Chief Xu, I didn’t..." Heizi quickly tried to interject.
"It’s not your turn to speak!" Xu Mingli glared fiercely at Heizi, then turned his head back to the director.
So the director explained the situation in broken fragments, after all, he didn’t have all the details.
By the time the director finished speaking, Xu Mingli’s face had turned completely livid.
"Good, good, good Liu Yan, how dare you set dogs on children!" Xu Mingli glared at Liu Yan with fiery eyes and said, "Are you even human?"
"Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"
"These children are already pitiful enough; I can overlook the usual bullying, but now you’re setting dogs on people. Do you really think no one can deal with you?"
"Chief Xu... I..."
"Chief Xu, how come you’re not mentioning that he beat up Tie Dan..."
"He got what he deserved!" Xu Mingli spoke with a revulsion for evil, "If only I had encountered it, I’d have given him a few years behind bars, and that would be letting him off easy!"
"You..."
Seeing Xu Mingli’s attitude, Ye Xunhuan breathed a sigh of relief; he had been worried that the local police might be in cahoots with Heizi and his gang!
But now it seemed he’d worried over nothing!
"Chief Xu, my sister was wrong to let the dog bite someone, but that doesn’t mean they should’ve been lethal with their response," Heizi said through gritted teeth, "My brother-in-law is still lying in the hospital now, and just the medical expenses are over thirty thousand!"
Upon hearing Heizi’s words, Xu Mingli’s heart jolted!
What on Earth had they done to him?
"Eighteen comminuted fractures..." Heizi said gravely, "Chief Xu, I know you are upright and just, but you can’t be so biased, can you?"
"I was the one who hit him!" Ye Xunhuan abruptly spoke up, "And believe it or not, I dare to beat you to eighteen comminuted fractures right in front of him!"
Frightened by Ye Xunhuan’s threat, Heizi instantly dared not speak.
"Chief Xu, I won’t make things difficult for you, did you see my car? They smashed it up!" Ye Xunhuan said as he lit a cigarette, "A Mercedes-Benz S-Class, repair costs won’t be less than three or four hundred thousand, right?"
"I can pay for the medical bills of the person I injured, but they have to pay for the repairs to my car!"
After hearing Ye Xunhuan’s remarks, Xu Mingli pondered for a moment, then looked at Heizi and said, "What do you think?"
"Chief Xu..."
"Or you can take the legal route," Xu Mingli said evenly, "Let the court decide!"
"Chief Xu, you..."
"I saw his car. The repair costs will definitely be around three or four hundred thousand. He already said he would cover your brother-in-law’s medical fees, you just fix his car," Xu Mingli said softly, "If you’re still not satisfied, then you’ll have to take the legal route!"
"After all, it was your people who unleashed the dog to bite first, and there must have been eyewitnesses at that time. This gentleman’s actions were out of a need to save someone..."
"Xu Mingli, I’m going to call your chief, I..."
"No need to call. From now on, he will be the chief here!" Ye Xunhuan interjected, cutting off Heizi’s words.
"What... what did you say?"
"From now on, he is the chief here!" Ye Xunhuan declared emphatically!
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Xunhuan took out his phone and dialed Xiao Jiu’s number.
The call was quickly connected, and Ye Xunhuan told Xiao Jiu about the situation. He also asked for the name of the police station chief and then asked for Xu Mingli’s name!
Seeing Ye Xunhuan’s actions, not only was Xu Mingli stunned, but so were Mei Hanqing and the old dean!
They were all dumbfounded.
Shortly after Ye Xunhuan hung up the phone, Xu Mingli’s phone began to ring.
"Go ahead..."
Xu Mingli looked at Ye Xunhuan and, without saying much, answered the call.
"Hello, this is Chief Wang Shengli from the police department..."
As Xu Mingli heard Wang Shengli’s self-introduction, his face was filled with excitement.
"Mingli, do well, I have high hopes for you!" Wang Shengli finally said.
After hanging up the phone, Xu Mingli looked at Ye Xunhuan with unprecedented respect, as Wang Shengli had repeatedly instructed him in the call to follow Ye Xunhuan’s orders.
"Mr. Ye..."
"I don’t want to see any of them!" Ye Xunhuan said indifferently.
"Heizi, Liu Yan, you attempted to murder the children of the orphanage, and now you’re arrested, gather them up immediately!"
"Xu Mingli, what are you saying?"
"Take them away!"
After everything was settled, Xu Mingli looked at Ye Xunhuan with a face full of reverence and said, "Mr. Ye, how do you see..."
"Take good care of this welfare institute, and don’t let anyone bully these children," Ye Xunhuan said softly, "I will provide what you want."
Upon hearing Ye Xunhuan’s words, Xu Mingli’s excitement became even more intense, "Thank you, Mr. Ye, I will definitely not let down the favor you have shown me!"
Xu Mingli did not know that, because of Ye Xunhuan, his life was going to undergo an earth-shattering change.
Ye Xunhuan acted this way solely for the sake of the welfare institute, for these lovely children. They needed a support, a protector.
He could not stay here forever, so he had to find someone. Xu Mingli was his choice.
Mei Hanqing was utterly dumbstruck, staring blankly at Ye Xunhuan, wondering what kind of background he had, that a single phone call could lead to Xu Mingli’s immediate promotion?
At this moment, Mei Hanqing’s curiosity about Ye Xunhuan’s background reached its peak!
