Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 333 Busier During the Day
"Police officer, my name is Shen Tining. What's yours?"

The girl named Shen Tining was very outgoing and had a typical extroverted personality. While waiting for the police car to arrive, she kept pestering Jiang Yiyi with all sorts of questions, giving Jiang Yiyi a terrible headache.

But aside from being a bit dim-witted, this child is actually quite polite and well-mannered. From the fact that she addressed everyone as "sister" from the beginning, you can tell that she is definitely not a bad child; she was just blinded by the allure of the world and made a mistake for a moment.

"Sister, you mean drinking? But I've actually been secretly drinking with Grandpa since elementary school! Of course, it's always behind Mom and Dad's back. Don't worry, sister, I can hold my liquor. This is my first time at a bar, though, I didn't expect to actually get in."

Shen Tining has a sweet appearance, no wonder she has six admirers following her around. Of course, these boys are all her classmates, meaning they are all top students from key high schools, so they shouldn't be called admirers.

At this age, while some boys and girls might go astray, most friendships are still quite pure. As for why there were six boys, it's because Jiang Yiyi only realized later that the short-haired child with Shen Ting was actually a girl. She just dressed in a more masculine style and didn't speak much, which led Jiang Yiyi to mistake her for a boy. Therefore, it makes a bit more sense for two girls and six boys to go out and play.

Hearing that Shen Tining was visiting a bar for the first time, Jiang Yiyi decided to believe her.

Of course, whether you actually believe it or not is irrelevant; the people responsible for them are themselves, and Jiang Yiyi can't and doesn't consider herself a moral exemplar. After all, it's just drinking; didn't she secretly drink when she was in school?

As long as you have self-control and don't get drunk, a little bit of alcohol can help you sleep during the tough and tiring high school years.

The police station's support didn't keep Jiang Yiyi and Lin Ge waiting long; soon, two police cars with their lights flashing stopped in front of the bar.

When Jiang Yiyi saw that Nie Guoqiang, Xie Lili, and Qian Wei were the ones who crawled out of the car, she was stunned for a moment.

"Lily, you're back to work overtime too?"

"Sigh! I got drafted. I didn't want to go out, but I had no choice..."

Xie Lili stood behind Nie Guoqiang, glared at him in front of Jiang Yiyi, and then made a couple of fist gestures and kicks, which made Jiang Yiyi burst into laughter.

Shaking her head, Jiang Yiyi greeted Qian Wei again.

"Officer Qian, are you all healed?"

"It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, how can it heal so quickly? It's just that the police station is short-staffed, so I'm just filling in as a driver or something. Oh, what's going on this time? A few young people went astray?"

Qian Wei's attitude towards his colleagues had improved a lot, but he still found fault with outsiders. Seeing a group of kids standing at the bar entrance, he immediately felt that these brats all needed to be taught a lesson.

"elder sister……"

Qian Wei's fierce appearance frightened Shen Tining so much that she quickly hid behind Jiang Yiyi.

Jiang Yiyi glanced back at the girl helplessly.

Twenty percent fear, eighty percent pretense, perhaps? This girl is a handful, the kind who'll take advantage of any slight displeasure. But she's also capable of taking responsibility, having already voluntarily shouldered the burden of going out drinking.

Where are the people in the bar? Haven't they come out?

Nie Guoqiang was too lazy to pay attention to the little guys' thoughts. He just went to the bar entrance and saw that there were still staff members inside busily cleaning up the place.

But what's interesting is that even though there were three police cars parked at the entrance, their red and blue lights flashing brighter than the last, not a single person came out to ask a question or say anything, behaving even less responsible than a young girl like Shen Ting.

“Leave this to me. You three drive these kids to the station to make statements, then take them home one by one to their parents.”

Nie Guoqiang made a decision quickly.

The words "call the parents" made the boys' faces change drastically, but Nie Guoqiang's serious expression left them no courage to resist. They felt like mice before a cat, or students before their homeroom teacher, and dared not utter a single word of explanation.

Then the rest is simple.

After handing the two assailants over to Qian Wei, Jiang Yiyi and Xie Lili gave the eight kids a quick "tour" of the police station before taking their statements. Then, each of them took four kids and handed them over to their parents.

"You probably don't believe it, but Shen Tining is the daughter of the chairman of Dongyang Department Store in Zhangzhou City."

Back at the police station, Jiang Yiyi was exhausted. Even though she could barely keep her eyes open, she still spoke enthusiastically to Zhu Jun and Lin Ge, "No wonder she's so willful; it turns out she had a daughter late in life. But speaking of which, the Shen family's upbringing is quite good. President Shen didn't say anything when he saw me, and even apologized on Shen Tining's behalf. As for the drinking incident, how could Shen Tining hide it from her father? President Shen already knew, but he just didn't expect this girl to go to a bar."

"Dongyang Department Store! It's a long-established local enterprise in Zhangzhou, right? I remember... it's been around forty years, isn't it? Last time I passed by, I think I heard about some kind of 40th anniversary celebration."

Zhu Jun couldn't use his right hand, so he could only eat his midnight snack with his left. Occasionally, he would accept food from Jiang Yiyi.

Lin Ge stared wide-eyed with curiosity. "So, that Mr. Shen must be at least sixty or seventy years old, if he really is the founder of Dongyang Department Store. Shen Ting, a high school student, is at most sixteen or seventeen. She really is a late-in-life father!"

"The other kids, as far as I know, are all students with good grades. In other words, they just wanted to be a little trendy and have some fun to celebrate the New Year, but they didn't expect to run into a bar that dared to sell alcohol to minors without any rules."

Jiang Yiyi gave her final summary.

"It all depends on how Boss Nie handles it. Closing down and fining this kind of bar is inevitable. With witnesses and evidence, there's no room for excuses. Of course, we also know that this kind of place can just change its legal representative and signboard, and that's basically... sigh!"

Zhu Jun shook his head.

"This is beyond our control! Besides, applying for a legal representative guarantee from the business registration authority costs money. At worst, we'll keep a close eye on it and investigate a few more times. I want to see how much it costs to keep this illegal bar running!"

Xie Hua walked into the cafeteria, yawning.

"Is the interrogation over?"

Jiang Yiyi waved as a greeting.

Xie Hua grinned: "Old Qian took over the rest. He said he was itching to do things after lying in the hospital for so long, so he took over the work for me. Haha... I can finally go home and take a nap. I can spend the New Year with my wife and kids during the day."

"Tsk... Let's leave together at eight o'clock. I'll treat you to breakfast! You can choose from steamed buns, wontons, or noodles with soybean paste, plus a complimentary bowl of egg wine. How about it?"

Zhu Jun maliciously tempted him.

Jiang Yiyi covered her mouth and chuckled to herself.

"Bullshit!"

Xie Hua rolled his eyes. Who would waste precious time with their wife and kids over a breakfast?

To prevent any unforeseen complications and to prevent Qian Wei from backing out halfway, Xie Hua skipped even a late-night snack and went straight to the parking lot to drive away.

"Then go and rest for a while, and leave the rest to me."

Zhu Jun looked at Jiang Yiyi.

This girl stayed up most of the night to take his place. It's past four in the morning, and she still has more than three hours until she gets off work at eight, so she can sleep a little longer. She can have a good night's sleep and then they can go out together during the day, and she can buy some gifts for her parents.

"Hey! Didn't we agree that you'd invite me home today? What, you've got a beauty and you're abandoning your brothers now?"

Lin Ge jumped onto the dining table, glaring at Zhu Jun with displeasure.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Jun quickly pretended to be clueless and hid behind Jiang Yiyi: "What's wrong? Mimi, I don't think I've offended you, have I? Why are you acting like you're about to scratch me? Hey! Yiyi, get this guy away! This brat isn't spending time with his wife, kids, or mistress, what is he doing coming up to us!"

"you wanna die!"

Lin Ge roared and pounced on Zhu Jun.

"Hey! Mimi, watch out for his hands! Scratch somewhere else, and don't scratch my face!"

Jiang Yiyi quickly cheered from behind.

"Ouch! It hurts! Yiyi, help me..."

"Deserve it!"

After the farce, Lin Ge angrily let Zhu Jun go. Mainly because Zhu Jun begged for forgiveness and even said his child would recognize Lin Ge as godfather. Although Lin Ge thought the bastard was joking, and with Jiang Yiyi's pretty face flushed red as she beat him up again, Lin Ge couldn't stand it and had no choice but to let him go.

Of course, words spoken are like water spilled; Lin Ge will definitely remember them.

Ignoring the two of them, Lin Ge yawned and went to catch up on his sleep. They say a cat sleeps sixteen or seventeen hours a day, but Lin Ge always felt like he was constantly busy, and it seemed like he'd never had a day like this with such leisure.

However, he didn't know how long he had slept, but just as he was drifting off to sleep, he heard the sound of running again. Annoyed by the noise, Lin Ge frowned and opened his eyes.

"Meow!"

The little tortoiseshell, which was playing nearby, saw its father wake up and excitedly jumped over, nudging Lin Ge's face and barking.

Then the Snowclaw Tiger-Striped Beast rushed in from outside like a rabbit taking off, its snow-white paws covered in some dark snow mud, but it didn't care at all as it leaped past Lingo and ran around the room.

"Ouch!"

Just then, the Money Tree came running in, closely following the Snowclaw Tiger Stripe. It chased after it happily, but without using its full strength, displaying a completely contented attitude as if it were playing with a child.

"Meow!"

Seeing that it couldn't shake off its money-making machine, the Snowclaw Tiger barked excitedly.

A kitten and a big cat ran around Lingo twice before dashing off again.

But before they could even stop for a minute, the two of them ran in one after the other.

The Snowclaw Tabby finally got tired of running and lay down on the ground to rest, panting like a dog. Money Tree strolled over slowly, licked the Snowclaw Tabby's head, and then nudged its body to keep running; it hadn't had enough fun yet.

This guy had no idea how to take care of a child. He just thought he was having a lot of fun playing with the snowclaw tiger, but little did he know that the poor guy was almost exhausted.
"Woo..."

Snowclaw Tiger Stripe could only pitifully beg Lin Ge for help.

"I'll save you my ass, you bastard who disturbed my sleep!"

Lin Ge glared fiercely at the Snowclaw Tiger Stripe, then got up again and walked to the Money Tree, letting out a 'howl' to signal it to let this unlucky fellow go for now.

"Gulu..."

The money tree listened to Lin Ge and lay down next to the snow-clawed tiger, its eyes fixed on the unlucky little guy without blinking.

"Tsk!"

Lin Ge had no choice but to turn away and wander out of the room to avoid further trouble.

It was already broad daylight, and the air was slightly chilly. The mother hawksbill turtle, the little tabby, and the lame boy were nowhere to be found. Perhaps they had been annoyed by the two energetic creatures and had kept their distance.

After thinking about it, Lin Ge decided to avoid these two idiots for now.

Even if the money tree (a pet cat) loves kittens and tabby cats a lot, it will get tired of them eventually, and it will mature. Once it learns how to get along with kittens, the house will be peaceful again.

After strolling around the yard for a while, I heard the sound of a police report again.

I vaguely heard that it was related to drunk driving, extortion, and fighting, and that Hu Lijun shamelessly tried to shirk responsibility and told the traffic police to handle it themselves.

Unfortunately, this is just wishful thinking. While the drunk driving and related incidents were indeed the traffic police's responsibility, the subsequent extortion and fighting required the intervention of the local police station or relevant agencies. Everyone has their own responsibilities, and joint investigations are not uncommon. Furthermore, given the previous drug trafficking case involving Zhao Zhigao, the municipal bureau owes the head of the traffic department a favor; there's no way they can shirk responsibility now.
Hearing Hu Lijun cursing and swearing on the other end of the line, saying things like, "Go find the city bureau if it's something on the highway. It's not like our police station asked you to close the road," Lin Ge still obediently put on his police uniform overcoat and prepared to go out. Curious, Lin Ge followed him.

"Mimi, what are you doing here?"

Hu Lijun was not in a good mood, or rather, anyone who was forced to work overtime on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and for 24 hours straight from day to night, would not feel comfortable.

Besides, even though you can rest on the second and third days of the Lunar New Year, you still need to sleep, right? The second day is gone in a flash, and how many relatives can you visit on the third day? Just taking my wife and kids to visit my in-laws' place takes up another day.

And then, oh well! Another 24 hours of overtime on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year!

That's why police stations dread days like these, especially since the Spring Festival is the time when all sorts of messy things happen the most.

Drinking is inevitable during the Chinese New Year, and drinking inevitably leads to arguments. In the end, it's always the police who get into trouble. A policeman can only handle eight or nine cases a day at most. If there are more cases... well! Just call in the unfortunate officer on his day off!

"Old Hu, bring Mimi along! It'll save us an auxiliary police officer position. The station is already operating at full capacity with people working overtime, so at least give everyone a break."

Zheng Mingxing poked his head out of the third-floor window.

Yesterday it was Nie Guoqiang's turn to be on duty, today it's his turn, and tomorrow Yu Zhengwei will be in charge personally. The three leaders are now forced to work in three shifts around the clock. In short, no one in the entire police station is getting any benefits.

"Tch! What good is a cat to me? Can it help me calm down the person who called the police, or help me deal with unreasonable old men and women? If the two sides start arguing, I'd need two more hands to separate them."

Hu Lijun grumbled, then rolled his eyes at Lin Ge, who had jumped into the police car and was glaring at him, and said, "I wasn't talking about you, why are you throwing a tantrum! Aren't you better at handling those important big cases? It's a waste to have you deal with this kind of petty squabble!"

Hearing this made Lin Ge feel much better.

He knew, of course, that he probably wouldn't be of much help this time. He couldn't just knock someone unconscious with a swipe of his paw, could he? Most of the minor calls were just a matter of both sides reluctantly compromising and getting by; why make a big deal out of it?

"Hopefully I won't run into anyone who takes things too seriously, otherwise this matter could drag on for a whole day. And if there are other police calls, hehe... that kid Zhu Jun still wants to go out on a date? He'd better come back and keep working overtime until he collapses!"

Hu Lijun viciously cursed a certain bastard.

"Ah!"

Someone who was accompanying his girlfriend to buy clothes for her mother-in-law suddenly sneezed for no apparent reason.

As for why the good girl only bought clothes for her mother today, it's because Jiang Yiyi was also working overtime. Today was her first day off in over a week.

Hu Lijun, with Lin Ge in tow, sped up and overtook other vehicles, finally arriving at the traffic police squadron where the person who reported the incident was located.

As for why it was the traffic police squadron, Lin Ge finally heard Hu Lijun explain the whole story of this troublesome case along the way.

Simply put, it's about a guy who had been drinking and got rear-ended while driving last night.

The usual follow-up question would be that the car behind is fully responsible, right?
But the person in the car behind was clever; as soon as he met the driver of the car in front, he smelled alcohol on him.

Got it!
Driving under the influence! It could even be drunk driving!

Even if you rear-end someone yourself, it's just a matter of your insurance company raising your premium a little next year. But the other party was driving under the influence! If the traffic police are called, not only will you have to pay for the car damage and your driver's license be reimbursed, but you might even end up in jail, which is undoubtedly very dangerous.

So the driver of the car behind started to have an idea.

The two men huddled together to discuss how to resolve the matter. The one who had been drinking thought to himself, "Let's just forget about it and not pursue the matter further."

Huh? Pursue? Who's pursuing whom? Don't you know you're fully responsible for drunk driving? Bro, this isn't a question of whether you agree to settle out of court, it's a question of whether I'm willing to settle out of court with you!

Let's not even talk about the license revocation for drunk driving; just the fines from the traffic police and the criminal charges are enough to overwhelm you, brother.
right?
If you're too scared to go public, let's settle this privately, okay? So now the problem is simple: how about 20,000 yuan to shut me up...?

The young driver of the car behind was eloquent and persuasive, and his words terrified the drunk man.

He backed down and obediently transferred 20,000 yuan to the other party via WeChat.

The two sides parted ways.

The matter should have ended there, but after the driver of the car in front sobered up at home, he recalled what had happened and couldn't stop thinking about it!
So when he woke up early this morning, he called 122 to report to the police, claiming that he was being extorted after causing a traffic accident.

(End of this chapter)