Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 98 Falling short of success

The place was bustling with activity as more and more villagers gathered.

Chen Shu stood a dozen meters away from Xu Lei, watching as more and more villagers gathered not far behind him.

The two men who had been following Ma Zhiyun must have heard voices and, seeing that more people were arriving, became bolder and began to tug at Xu Lei's clothes.

One of the two, an older woman, even raised her hand and slapped Xu Lei several times.

Xu Lei fell to the ground, panicked, and tried to run towards Chen Shu, but the two of them held him back tightly.

"Brother!"

He saw Chen Shu standing at the intersection and cried out in alarm.

"Oh dear, this is troublesome."

A sigh came from beside Chen Shu, and he knew Xiao Yang was coming without even turning around.

Such group gatherings triggered by a single event often involve heightened emotions among the crowd, and the sheer number of people amplifies negative emotions exponentially. If someone were to incite further conflict at this point, the situation could easily spiral out of control.

Xu Lei, who was surrounded by a large number of villagers, was in imminent danger.

Having spent a year in the city's special police detachment and participated in handling several mass incidents, Chen Shu knew the dangers involved. If the emotions of so many people were deliberately manipulated and erupted...

They could crush Xu Lei to death if they stepped on him!
Especially tonight, with the village celebrating a wedding, most of the male villagers drank alcohol!
Chen Shu gritted his teeth and prepared to rush over to save the person!
We need to get Xu Lei away before he gets cornered!

No matter what, Xu Lei was someone he brought up, so he must bring him back safe and sound!
Xiao Yang saw through his plan and grabbed him from the side, whispering, "Don't get agitated. If you rush over and rescue people in front of the other villagers, it'll easily cause a disturbance. Follow me, and we'll walk over slowly."

Chen Shu calmed down instantly, realizing that Xiao Yang was right. At this moment, the villagers were still unaware of the cause of the incident; they had only come after hearing the two men's cries for help, and their actions were still somewhat hesitant.

If he rushed over at this moment and brutally knocked down the two men in front of everyone before escaping, it would easily incite public outrage.

Right now, it's not necessarily possible to escape!

Chen Shu calmed himself down and walked into the crowd with Xiao Yang.

As Xiao Yang walked, he shouted a few words in local dialect to the other side.

Chen Shu didn't know what it meant, but he could sense that the previously agitated crowd had calmed down a bit.

Chen Shu felt somewhat relieved and was glad that he had shamelessly dragged the local police officers along when he went to Erdan Police Station during the day.

A middle-aged man emerged from the crowd opposite, with thin lips, an arrogant look in his eyes, and a string of local dialect words rapidly gurgling from his mouth.
Chen Shu didn't understand, but seeing Xiao Yang's furrowed brows beside him, he knew the situation was difficult to handle.

The two walked up to the crowd and stopped, about four or five meters away.

Xu Lei and the two men and women sat down on the ground together.

Under the extremely dim streetlights, Chen Shu couldn't see his expression. However, the slight trembling of his body was the most obvious hint.

"what!"

Xiao Yang roared, glared, and pointed at the thin-lipped middle-aged man standing opposite him, yelling at him.

The scale of the event was quite impressive.

However, Chen Shu knew that Xiao Yang was also unsure, otherwise he wouldn't have stopped so far away from the crowd.

Thin lips avoided Xiao Yang's angry gaze and looked at Chen Shu, saying, "We've all heard about what happened at Zhongyun. It's just about injuring someone, right? A little compensation will do. Heh heh, you guys came all this way, did you take money from the other side?"

"Bullshit! Monkey, call your dad over here. It's not your turn to speak!" Xiao Yang shouted, his neck thick with anger.

Chen Shu wanted to stand up and say something, but he knew that in the middle of the night, far from the city, "speaking" was completely useless. "Officer Yang, we're innocent! Yun from my family is innocent!"

The woman who had been lying on top of Xu Lei saw the villagers arrive and realized that the police under her could not escape. She moved to the side, knelt on the ground, and cried out to heaven and earth.

Seeing this, another elderly man also started talking a lot in the crowd.

These two people should be Ma Zhiyun's parents.

"Buzz buzz buzz."

The crowd opposite them erupted into a commotion. Some young men, who looked quite young and were carrying sticks and farm tools, glared angrily at Chen Shu and his companions.

Chen Shu tugged at Xiao Yang from behind and whispered, "They've all been drinking. It's too dangerous to keep going like this. Could we ask their village chief or Party secretary to come out so we can all sit down and discuss the terms?"

Xiao Yang looked surprised: "You can negotiate terms? How?"

Chen Shu didn't know. He had neither seen nor heard of it.

However, if this continues, the group of people who have just finished drinking are bound to cause trouble!

Chen Shu looked into Xiao Yang's eyes and slowly nodded.

Xiao Yang's expression was serious as he stepped forward and called out a few times. The thin-lipped man opposite him, however, ignored Xiao Yang and walked over to the couple, squatting down to offer words of comfort and concern.

This caused the woman to burst into another fit of wailing and lamentation, further fueling the agitation of the onlookers.

The situation is extremely dire.

Xu Lei, sitting alone in the crowd, helplessly raised his head and looked at the menacing people around him with fear.

Xiao Yang couldn't help but place his hand on the stock of the Type 54 pistol tucked into his waistband.

With so many people, the situation will only get worse if guns are used! Let alone firing a gun, just showing a gun would be a trigger!

Chen Shu stepped forward, pressed Xiao Yang down, and shook his head. Then he took a few steps forward and shouted to the crowd, "I'm the leader! Tell your village chief or secretary to come out and talk to me."

Perhaps intimidated by Chen Shu's declaration of "I am the leader," the crowd immediately quieted down.

Taking advantage of the situation, Chen Shu took a few more steps forward, pressed his lips to the other person's, stared into their eyes, and said loudly, word by word, "Ma Zhiyun hasn't gone far yet. If we call your village secretary out, there might still be a way. If you keep dragging this out, and something really happens, then it will be your problem."

Before Xiao Yang left, he arranged for Zhu Chaoran and Xiao Qiang to sit in the car and guard Ma Zhiyun. The car and the two people are now parked not far from the scene.

Chen Shu said this to put time pressure on the other party, while at the same time pinning the consequences of the problem on Thin Lips, forcing the other party to bring out the village party secretary.

Just moments ago, Ma Zhiyun's parents, who were sitting on the ground crying and shouting, heard that their child could still be saved. Without Chen Shu needing to continue lecturing them, the two of them rushed over and started arguing.

While the group was making noise, Chen Shu naturally walked to Xu Lei's side and reached out to pull him up.

The villagers nearby formed a large circle around the three of them, staring at them menacingly.

Xu Lei, still shaken, stood up and tried to hide behind Chen Shu.

"You're a policeman, stand up straight," Chen Shu whispered in his ear.

At this moment, we cannot afford to be weak in terms of momentum.

Chen Shu took out some Liqun cigarettes and lit them for Xiao Yang and Xu Lei. The three of them stood on the muddy ground and smoked.

He squinted and surveyed his surroundings, knowing full well that this was not over yet!

(End of this chapter)