Chapter 122 Teaching Chen Ming a Lesson
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"Summer, stop right there!" Qiu Ming nearly roared, "Who dared to release such a reckless person"
Qiu Ming's roar almost startled everyone in the Criminal Investigation Detachment. It was no wonder that Qiu Ming was so furious; after getting stitches and receiving an IV drip, he rushed back from the hospital right away with the intention of ensuring Summer’s murder charge stuck to avenge his hatred. But who would have thought upon returning, he found out Summer had been released! Could he not be angry
"Captain Qiu, I'm Qiao Donghai..." Qiao Donghai hurriedly stepped forward wanting to explain the reason for it all; he certainly did not want this fellow Summer starting a fight and getting arrested on charges of assaulting an officer. Then how could he account to Xiao Qiao
However, what Qiao Donghai never expected was that upon just mentioning his name, Qiu Ming snapped: "I don’t care whether you’re Qiao Donghai or Qiao Xihai; does surnaming Qiao make one so outstanding Jianghai City isn't your Qiaos', and neither is this murderer for you to take away! Go back, go the hell back!"
The police officers who had come out of curiosity felt a bit sorry for Qiu Ming upon hearing him speak like that. It was over; Captain Qiu was definitely done for.
Qiao Donghai too got angry. What kind of standing did he have He was the eldest son of the first among Jianghai’s Three Great Families, the Qiaos; one of Jianghai’s Four Notables. Although he appeared amiable towards Summer, that was because Summer possessed extraordinary abilities and he knew better than anyone else about Summer's identity. But what kind of person were you, Qiu Ming A mere captain in charge of a Criminal Investigation Unit who dared to bark at him and even challenge the entire Qiao family
"Qiu Ming, what you said is right; this Jianghai City isn’t our Qiaos', but it certainly isn't yours either! And neither does the Criminal Investigation Detachment belong to you!" Qiao Donghai coldly looked at Qiu Ming. "The Major Crimes Unit has already proven that Summer is innocent. But you, Qiu Ming, persist on calling him a murderer—do you really think your mere words can represent the law"
"Innocent How could he be innocent That's impossible!" Qiu Ming shouted.
Qiao Donghai gave a cold laugh: "Just based on what you just said, it shows that you are not fit to be a detective, or even a police officer at all!"
This sentence was tantamount to sentencing Qiu Ming. He would never be able to be a policeman again in this lifetime.
"You say I'm not qualified... so I'm not..." At this moment, Qiu Ming looked completely mad to others, daring to clash with Qiao Donghai head-on.
"Qiu Ming, shut your mouth!" A voice of anger came over. It was actually Huang Haitao who appeared.
"Director Huang, I..." Qiu Ming wanted to explain himself; after all, the county magistrate is not as powerful as the current boss in charge. Comparatively speaking, Qiu Ming feared this director more.
"Get back to the hospital and take good care of your illness. And don't forget to have a doctor check on your brain!" Huang Haitao gave Qiu Ming no chance to explain himself, shouting sternly at him.
"Yes, Director Huang, I'll go right away," Qiu Ming gritted his teeth in reply, but in fact, he did not leave immediately.
Instead of responding to Qiu Ming, Huang Haitao hurriedly approached Xia Tian and Qiao Donghai with a look of apology: "Young Master Qiao, Divine Doctor Xia, I really am sorry..."
Qiao Donghai waved his hand, stopping Huang Haitao from continuing: "Director Huang, there's no need for you to apologize. I don’t want such incidents to happen again in the future, so it would be best if we got rid of some corrupt police officers."
Huang Haitao’s expression froze before he quickly smiled and nodded in agreement: "Young Master Qiao is right. We should indeed get rid of these troublemakers to protect the reputation of our department."
"Xia Tian, let's go." Clearly, Qiao Donghai was too impatient to care about Huang Haitao’s reaction. It was evident that he wasn’t in a good mood, and anyone could see that his displeasure stemmed from Qiu Ming. Everyone present knew that for this round, Qiu Ming was doomed.
"Young Master Qiao, Divine Doctor Xia, please take your time." Huang Haitao respectfully watched them leave before turning to look at the still disgruntled Qiu Ming. He sighed inwardly; while Qiu Ming was adept at solving cases, he seemed rather obtuse in other aspects.
Before, when Qiu Ming secretly competed with Leng Bingbing and slandered her behind her back, Huang Haitao had already felt that something was off about him. However, someone within the department’s higher-ups favored Qiu Ming, while Leng Bingbing didn’t use her connections to retaliate against him, so nothing happened.
But today, he actually managed to offend Qiao Donghai—wasn’t this a self-inflicted death sentence Which one of the Jianghai Four Young Masters was easy to deal with If they wanted to make your life miserable, they would do it openly and straightforwardly. You wouldn't be able to stop them, just like now; Qiao Donghai had made it clear that he wanted Qiu Ming out of the police department, and this would soon become a reality.
That’s right, Jianghai City wasn’t controlled by the Qiao family, nor was the police department Qiao Donghai's personal possession. But no one would risk going against Qiao Donghai over someone as insignificant as Qiu Ming; it wouldn't be worth it and they wouldn’t benefit from it either. Therefore, Qiu Ming’s fate was sealed.
"Qiu Ming, come to my office for a moment," Huang Haitao sighed inwardly. Actually, Qiu Ming was quite talented; unfortunately, his brain seemed to work only when solving cases, and in other aspects, he wasn't very impressive.
Summer and Qiao Donghai didn’t linger at the police station for long and quickly returned to Qiao Tower. By then, Qiao Xiaoqiao was already waiting for them in the reception room. The studio兼臥室 that Qiao Xiaoqiao used couldn't be entered by any other man except Summer; it could only be accessed by women because it often contained Qiao Xiaoqiao's private clothing.
"Big Brother, are you sure they won’t cause trouble for my husband again" Qiao Xiaoqiao asked somewhat worriedly.
"Since someone turned himself in, the police station has nothing to say. Lin Zihao can't just make up charges against Summer," Qiao Donghai was quite confident about this. As long as they had reason on their side, the Qiao family wouldn’t fear the Lin family.
Qiao Xiaoqiao's beautiful eyebrows furrowed: "Is it really Lin Zihao who’s out to get my husband Could it be just because of what happened that night"
"If not for Lin Zihao, why would Uncle Two dare not interfere in this matter" Qiao Donghai smiled faintly. "As for saying it's because of the incident that night, I think there’s more to it than meets the eye. Recently, there have been quite a few incidents in Jianghai City—first the Ye family got into trouble, then you were targeted by an assassination attempt, Gao Mingyang was beaten up by Summer, and Lin Zihao returned around this time too. Such timing seems unlikely to be mere coincidence."
After pausing for a moment, Qiao Donghai added: "Of course, being publicly robbed of his fiancée that night by Summer must have also served as a catalyst. I have a vague feeling that the one targeting our Qiao family is Lin Zihao. Summer’s actions simply made him act sooner than planned."
"Big Brother, our Qiao family and the Lin family have always coexisted peacefully without any competition, right" Qiao Xiaqiao seemed a bit surprised.
"Whether or not there's competition isn't important. With our Qiao family's vast interests, someone will always be eyeing us." Qiao Donghai shook his head, "There have been rumors for a long time that the Gao family has backing in Beijing, but no one knows who their backers are. Now I'm starting to think that the Lin family might be the Gao family's supporters in Beijing. Although the Lin family isn't considered a major clan in Beijing, they're still a local family there, and ordinary people generally wouldn't dare offend them. This time when Lin Zihao appeared, it could very well have been to support Gao Mingyang."
"Why think so much Just take care of Lin Zihao." Xia Tian lazily interjected.
Qiao Donghai was taken aback and then looked at Qiao Xiaqiao with a苦笑 (bitter smile), he really wanted to ask his sister what material her husband's brain was made of. Why were his thoughts always so shocking
Qiao Xiaqiao also felt somewhat helpless; she knew more about Xia Tian than others did, and she knew that since childhood Xia Tian had lived on the mountain and wasn't very familiar with things outside. Although he had three masters, none of them could be considered normal people, so naturally, his principles for dealing with matters were different.
"Honey, I've told you before, there are many rules in this world that can't all be solved by force." Qiao Xiaqiao couldn't help but gently persuade him.
Similar words had been spoken to Xia Tian not long ago by Ye Shaoyong too. But Xia Tian didn't quite agree; he still believed that violence was the best approach.
"Wife, Master said that the final rule of this world is only one: survival of the fittest. As for other rules, they're merely tools used by those in power." Xia Tian felt that Xiaoqiao should understand this point.
Qiao Xiaoqiao opened her mouth but didn't know how to refute. People in her position actually understood this point very well: the law of the jungle was an unchanging truth, and no matter how society developed, it wouldn't change.
"Summer, what you said is right; indeed, it's a case of the weak being preyed upon by the strong. However, the強者並不隻是用拳頭解決問題。”喬東海在一旁說道，“你也說其他規則是強者的工具，那你為何不用那些工具呢？”
“哦，我覺得那些挺麻煩，我喜歡簡單一點，殺人最簡單了。”夏天隨口說道。
"Oh, I find those methods troublesome. I prefer simplicity; killing is the simplest." Summer said offhandedly.
Qiao Donghai was speechless as well.
"Forget it, darling, let's not talk about this anymore. Listen to me: don't hurt others easily, and even if you must hurt them, make sure there is a legitimate reason. If there isn’t one, don't give anyone a chance to pin something on you so that they can't arrest you like today’s situation, okay" Qiao Xiaoqiao clung to Summer's arm and pleaded in a soft voice.
"Alright." Though Summer was reluctant, he still agreed. He was a man who loved his wife; when she asked for something, he usually complied.
Qiao Donghai breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that Xiaoqiao really had her ways—no wonder she was Summer's wife.
"By the way, Summer, did you offend Ji Nan" Qiao Donghai suddenly remembered this matter. Today after Summer got arrested by the police station, even Deputy Provincial Governor Ji Nan paid attention to this case; however, according to reason, there shouldn't be any enmity between the Ji and Qiao families, and Ji Nan wasn’t in charge of that area of the police department, so it didn’t make sense for him to get involved.r, but she had merely responded politely before dismissing it from her mind. Yet somehow, she hadn't expected him to take the initiative to call her himself, especially since she didn’t remember givin...