Chapter 5: Police Uncle, I am from the capital

  On the edge of the ore processing plant, Ye Haodong had chosen a courtyard where he planned to open a materials recycling station. In other words, it was a waste collection center.

  For the convenience of cooperating with the ore dressing plant, in this area, apart from the huge ore dressing plant, there are many small enterprises related to mines around. So many factories produce a large amount of various recyclable industrial waste every day, and most of these enterprises have built dormitories for employees nearby, with a fixed population of no less than 20,000 to 30,000 people living in this area, who also produce a large amount of recyclable domestic waste every day. These factories and people will provide sufficient sources for the purchasing station.

  The most ideal thing is that because this place is located on the edge of the city, the rent is cheap, and many outsiders are picking up here, but there is no large-scale collection station in this area. Ye Haodong's father worked here before he passed away, and Ye Haodong didn't run to this side a few years ago, so he was very familiar with the situation here. He was very confident about the prospects of setting up a collection station.

  For several days in a row, Ye Haodong took Li Weidong to run business, run tax affairs, and handle licenses, busy but happy.

  On this day, due to the handling of the last few procedures, Ye Haodong seemed to be busy and forgot about time, and as a result, he was busy until after five o'clock. The ore processing plant is nearly ten kilometers away from his home, and at this time, there are no more public buses, and the taxis on the streets that year were mainly old Volgas and Ladas, which were often very shabby and scarce. It's inconvenient to go home, and it's also past dinner time, so Ye Haodong took Li Weidong to a small restaurant to fill his stomach. Because things went smoothly, Ye Haodong, who was in a good mood, had a few drinks with Li Weidong, and didn't set foot on the road home until the sky was dark.

  When they walked to the ring road, they were lucky enough to catch a Lada. Ten minutes later, seemingly because the drinking spree was not over yet, Ye Haodong took Li Weidong to a barbecue shop in the night market to continue drinking.

  Shan Longjun, who had rushed over after receiving the message, watched from a dark place as the two of them drank and ate meat under the dim lights. Behind him were his two younger brothers and his sworn brother, Hou San'er.

  In front of the barbecue stall, Li Weidong glanced around casually and then stood up and said, "I'm going to take a leak."

  Shan Longjun saw it clearly and understood, he made a gesture to the three people behind him, indicating that they had passed. Shan Longjun walked from the dark to the bright place, this guy actually had a handsome white face, with a gloomy temperament, his right hand hidden in his coat pocket, walking steadily towards Ye Haodong who seemed to be unaware of anything.

  Next to the barbecue shop, in the fragrant oil workshop, Ding Dawei looked clearly through the glass. He whispered a sentence to Bao Ligang: "Let's do it!" and then pushed open the thick door curtain and rushed out. He was fast, but Bao Ligang was even faster. In the blink of an eye, Bao Ligang had already rushed out of the house and blocked Hou Saner and Shan Longtiger in front of him. At the same time, Ding Dawei's fist also hit Shan Longhui's face, who was lagging behind.

  Just as Shan Longjun was about to reach Ye Haodong, who had already entered the range of the modified flare gun (a simple gun converted from a flare gun that can fire iron sand at close range, which belongs to the kind of thing that small hooligans dream of). At this time, Ye Haodong seemed to be unaware of anything, but suddenly moved, and Shan Longjun only saw clearly when he approached. Ye Haodong was wearing a thick military coat under his green military overcoat. Instinctively, Shan Longjun felt that something was wrong, but he only had time to take out the modified flare gun from his pocket, and didn't even have time to aim at Ye Haodong before Ye Haodong's iron skewer pierced deep into his left eye! The intense pain made him lose his mind instantly, and he couldn't help but lower his head to pull out the skewer from his eye with his hand. Immediately after, he felt a heavy blow to the back of his head, and this time he even heard the sound of his skull cracking.

  Bang! Boom! The first sound was the cast-iron barbecue grill hitting Shan Longjun's back of the head, and the second sound was him pulling the trigger before he died, firing a modified pistol that shot out a thick smoke and flames, filling the air with the smell of gunpowder. After the gunshot, Ye Haodong's genuine military coat and thick cotton-padded jacket were blown to pieces, with cotton flying everywhere. Ye Haodong stumbled, his chest feeling stuffy, but he didn't seem to be seriously injured.

  Due to Ye Haodong's swift and decisive movements, Gongfu Mountain's Dragon and Tiger were only just exchanging blows with Hou San'er and Bao Lijian. On the other side, Ding Dawei had already knocked down Shan Longhui, who was weak and unable to withstand the wind, and was now fiercely kicking him.

  He lowered his body, and Ye Hao Dong tried it on the nose of Shan Long Jun's army. He had already exhaled without inhaling, his body was constantly convulsing, and the remaining eye had completely rolled up. It seemed that he couldn't survive even if he was wearing two thick cotton-padded jackets. At this moment, Ye Hao Dong still felt the kind of extreme cold that could bring about chills.

  The mountain dragon army that was once invincible on this land fell down silently and forever. The young man who was holding a barbecue grill nearby gently put the grill aside, patted his blistered hand, then pulled up the collar of his tattered military coat, and looked in the direction of the police station.

  The fierce battle in front of the barbecue shop has come to an end. Shan Longjun arrived quickly and left quickly, just like his short and fleeting life. Shan Longhu pounced on Ye Haodong like a madman, but was knocked down by Li Weidong who rushed up from the side, and then was subdued by Bao Lijiang who had just been released from Hou Saner's grasp. However, Shan Longhui's reaction was somewhat unexpected - in the face of disaster, this kid actually abandoned his two brothers and escaped alone.

  Ye Haodong: "Something big has happened, Leizi will be here soon, time is limited, I won't say more. When Leizi comes to interrogate you three, just unanimously claim it was a heroic act, and this matter will be considered an accident."

  In front of the Taipingmen police station, Ye Haodong looked up at the solemn * and thought of a sentence by Shakespeare: When we dare to do evil to satisfy our lowly desires, we lose ourselves and are no longer who we were. This step out, it's hard to turn back!

  In the police station, Jiang Wei was sitting in the duty room of the cadres. The open office door allowed him to see Ye Haodong, who walked in from outside and wore tattered clothes.

  Twenty-eight-year-old Jiang Wei is the youngest police station director in the Steel City police system. Because of his youth, Jiang Wei has a lot of enthusiasm, and like Ye Haodong, he is also an ambitious guy. For the fugitives, vicious fights, and large-scale theft cases in the area, no one is more interested than him.

  Jiang Wei's first impression of Ye Haodong was that this kid had been beaten and came to report it. But he never expected that Ye Haodong's case would suddenly involve two major crimes: absconding from the law and maliciously causing death in a fight.

  Ye Haodong: "Hello police uncle, I am from the capital."

  "Huh? Surrender? What case? What have you done?"

  Jiang Wei unexpectedly asked four questions, which actually equaled one question.

  Ye Haodong: "I killed someone. Just now at Lao Wu's barbecue shop on the street corner, a man took out a gun and wanted to shoot me. As a result, I used the barbecue grill to kill him with one hit. The onlookers said that person was called Shan Longjun."

  Jiang Wei couldn't help but jump up after hearing this: "What, you saw the Mountain Dragon Army?"

  Ye Haodong: "There should be his brother Shan Longhu as well."

  "Where is it? Take me there! Wait a minute, didn't you just say you killed the Shanlong Army?" Jiang Wei's voice changed from being nonchalant to high-pitched, and his hand involuntarily reached for the handcuffs on the table.

  Ye Haodong stretched out his hands, a look of youthful innocence on his face, his expression slightly flustered, but his tone humble and even: "In front of Lao Wu's barbecue shop, he pointed a gun at me to kill me, but I fought back and killed him. Others said his name was Shan Longjun. Also, several people helped subdue another man who was going to help him beat me up, Shan Longhu, and he's still there."

  Jiang Wei skillfully put handcuffs on Ye Haodong: "Take me away quickly!"

  Under Li Weidong's hosting, the scene was kept intact. When Jiang Wei and his men arrived, Shan Longjun had been dead for a long time, still holding the modified shotgun that had fired one shot. The "murder weapon" that killed him was placed steadily on one side. All relevant personnel, except for Shan Longhui who escaped, were present. The subsequent procedure was simple. Everyone was taken back for questioning, and those who should be arrested were arrested, and those who should be released were released.

  Inside the police station's interrogation room, the usual tactics of exhausting his physical strength and starving him into submission were employed. The only one who still wanted to be stubborn, Hou Saner, immediately softened up and truthfully confessed the entire case from start to finish. From Shan Longjun sneaking back to avenge his brother, to finding someone to secretly investigate Ye Haodong's whereabouts, everything was laid out clearly, except that this kid still didn't understand what kind of relationship Ding Dawei and Bao Ligang had, and why they appeared there tonight.

  For Li Weidong, Bao Ligang and Ding Dawei, the police station adopted an interrogation approach. Among the three, Bao Ligang and Ding Dawei only admitted to knowing Ye Haodong but not being familiar with him, while Li Weidong honestly confessed his relationship with Ye Haodong. He also confessed that he had gone there conveniently at the time, heard the gunshot, and when he came back, he saw Shan Longhu rushing towards Ye Haodong, so he cooperated with Bao Ligang to subdue Shan Longhu. The three were all familiar with the police station and their confessions did not have any loopholes, the police had no reason to use force on them, and most importantly, they had caught the wanted criminal Shan Longhu, so Jiang Wei didn't bother them.

  In the temporary detention room of the police station, Jiang Wei sat opposite Ye Haodong, and the two looked at each other calmly for a long time.

  Jiang Wei: "Youngster, your hands are quite black, this matter is settled. When you come out, on the Taiping Gate Road, you will be the first one."

  Ye Haodong: "Uncle, I don't understand what you're saying."

  Jiang Wei: "Alright, stop pretending. Your accomplices have already confessed. You and your cohorts conspired to lure out the Shan Longjun brothers, and then you, a minor, personally took care of Shan Longjun. This plan seemed flawless, but in reality, it had several flaws that I pointed out, and Bao Lijian spilled everything."

  Ye Haodong was shocked at first, but quickly calmed down. Ba Lijiang was a taciturn man who didn't talk much but had a good head on his shoulders and was loyal to the end. He said that Ding Dawei had been dumped, and even Li Weidong had been dumped, Ye Haodong couldn't help but wonder if it was true. But when it came to Ba Lijiang, Ye Haodong believed he would never do such a thing. The Lei Zi in front of him was just pretending to be innocent. His expression didn't change, and he continued to play dumb: "Uncle, I still don't understand."

  Jiang Wei originally thought that among the three people, Bao Liang looked like the most introverted one, and it would be easier to make Ye Haodong believe if he said that he had been dumped. However, he didn't expect that this sentence would make him show his weakness.

  Ye Haodong's reaction was somewhat unexpected, but it couldn't make him give up. He smiled slightly: "Hey, kid, you're quite good at pretending, but your idea is still useless even if it's correct. You're not convinced, are you? Alright, I'll point out the flaws in your plan. First of all, that cotton-padded jacket on you is a flaw. You bunch of little rascals, when you're not fighting, each and every one of you looks like a pretty boy, how could you possibly dress like that, like a cotton ball?"

  "Uncle, I've been afraid of the cold these past few days. Look at me now, I'm still shivering with cold."

  Jiang Wei ignored him and continued: "And then there's Ding Dawei, the scoundrel from Mantaiping Street, who doesn't know how deep the grudge is between him and Shan Longjun. How convenient that he just happened to appear and helped you out."

  Ye Haodong: "This is not a coincidence, but also the evil deeds of the Shanlong Army brothers have reached their peak. Ding Dawei did not take the opportunity to strike back and avenge himself, that's what they call righteousness and bravery."

  Jiang Wei smiled upon hearing this, this kid finally said something that made sense, unfortunately none of it could be used as a valid confession.

  "Stop pretending?"

  Yeh Hao-dong: "I see you don't like me calling you uncle, so I won't call you that anymore. But in my heart, I still respect you as if you were my own uncle."

  Ye Haodong's calm and composed demeanor was somewhat unexpected. Jiang Wei's expression was serious, but he couldn't help but feel a little admiration, and with a hint of teasing, said: "Don't pretend, we don't have that kind of relationship, and I'm not that old. Changing the subject: You were originally acting in self-defense, but unfortunately, you shouldn't have stabbed Shan Longjun in the eye. However, even so, your situation is at most just excessive self-defense, and since you're not yet eighteen years old, I estimate it won't take a few days for you to be able to continue causing trouble again."

  Ye Haodong: "With a great god like you watching over this place, who dares to stir up trouble? I think you have misunderstood me, I'm really not that kind of person."

  Jiang Wei now understood that this previously unknown and innocent-looking kid was not simple at all. It would be more reliable to catch Li Weidong than to interrogate him. The case was clear, the police station reacted quickly, and all the important suspects were caught, especially the long-wanted fugitive Shan Longhu being captured alive, which might earn the Taipingmen Police Station a commendation or something. As things had developed so far, Jiang Wei felt it was really unnecessary to keep an eye on Ye Haodong anymore.

  Jiang Wei: "Are you that kind of person? It's too early to draw conclusions now, I hope you're not! This case has been transferred to the higher authorities, and according to normal procedures, your matter has entered the judicial review stage. Next step, we will send you to Xiaogushan Detention Center, where you will have to stay until the end of your trial."

  "Can I see Li Weidong?"

  Jiang Wei: "Don't you want to see your family? You've caused such a big incident and didn't even tell them?"

  Ye Haodong: "My old man just passed away last year, and my family was left with only my mother and two older brothers. I didn't want to add trouble for her, so I was afraid of scaring her. Besides, this little thing of mine won't go anywhere, it's not a big deal. Maybe in a few days, I'll be back home, whether she sees me or not is the same. In the past, I also didn't come home every three or two days, no big deal! The main reason I met with Li Weidong was to hand over some business matters to him. I opened a material recycling station and needed him to take care of it for me."

  Ye Haodong's background made Jiang Wei feel a bit uncomfortable, and also gave him a hint of sympathy for the boy in front of him who was the same age as his own little sister.

  "Your current age does not qualify you to bear criminal responsibility independently. According to normal procedures, we must notify your guardian, but considering your special situation and your mature personal performance, I can agree with you not to tell your family members. In places where your family needs to appear, I will inform Li Weidong. Do you agree?"

  "Thank you." Ye Haodong swept away his previous careless demeanor, with a gleam in his eyes, and said seriously.