Chapter 54: Meeting with the Director (1/2)

Xu Cheng didn’t expect the leader of North Gate to be so influential, capable of stirring up a storm by just sending a death-match invitation.

On the next morning, the director immediately summoned Xu Cheng to his office before he got off his shift.

“You were too impulsive last night!” The director looked at Xu Cheng with a helpless face and said, “What were you doing? How can our bureau protect you now? Not to mention you, even I wouldn’t dare to offend the gang leader of North Gate. You are a patrol officer, why are you always doing the work of a next level secret agent?”

Xu Cheng was a bit unsatisfied. “Director, did you hear about Old Wang getting beat up?”

“Of course.” The director replied, “But you should still judge the situation first. You should first ask what Old Wang has in mind, or else you also put him on a difficult spot, you know? What happens if some people come and look for him for revenge later?”

“Who’s going to dare?” Xu Cheng’s pupils enlarged. “I will skin him alive!”

The director slapped the table and became a bit anxious. “If you are still going to be this reckless, how are you going to continue doing your job? We are patrol officers, not criminal police that arrest people and investigate the f*ck out of it. The nature of our job is to have patience and calmly address and solve the issues at hand. Now, tell me, what did you do yesterday that pissed that old guy off so much that he sent you a death-match invitation.”

Xu Cheng just stood there and remained silent, because he didn’t know what to say.

Just then, the officer door was pushed open by the instructor of the bureau. He took a look at Xu Cheng, as if he was meeting Xu Cheng for the first time.

He came to the director’s side and said, “I got someone to look into it. Last night, this guy went in and beat up 50 people on North Gate’s territory. It was taped by a patron of the local nightclub and posted online. It’s a trending topic right now.”

The director’s eyes got a lot bigger. “50 people? Are you sure?”

The instructor took out his phone, opened the video, and said, “I downloaded it just now, take a look.”

In the video, some people recorded the battle scene of Xu Cheng against 50 or so people. It was blood-boiling just to watch, and the fight was so intense that the director didn’t blink once until the end.

“Director, I had basically the same reaction you did after watching it for the first time.” The instructor kind of wanted to laugh.

The director immediately blinked awkwardly.

“How many comments are there and how big is the influence?’ the director asked the instructor.

“The influence is definitely big, but most of the people online side with Xu Cheng, especially those with IP addresses in Shangcheng. It’s probably because they hate North Gate as well, and they felt relieved that Xu Cheng beat them up for them.”

“Relieved my azz!” The director didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry. “Now the higher ups are calling me, especially those at the Criminal Investigation Department. They were asking if I want to cross jurisdictions and stir something up. How the f*ck can I explain to them?”

Xu Cheng didn’t want to give his supervisors a hard time, so he said, “i will take full responsibility for this.”

“How are you going to do that?” the director slapped the desk again and said, “The Construction Bureau, Criminal Investigation Department, and our own higher-ups had been calling and asking what our bureau is up to, and asking how to take care of the repair expenses for the damages you caused! Our higher-ups and the Criminal Investigation Department even said that they might as well give the entire North Gate case to us. If that really becomes the case we will be working overtime 25/8!”

Xu Cheng awkwardly replied, “It’s my fault, my temper got a bit too violent when I was in the military. I will pay attention in the future and accept whatever punishment that comes my way.”

“Is it as simple as just saying you got a little too violent? Look at this video; this was even more intense than movies, and you call it ‘a bit too violent’? This is called extremely violent!” the director snorted. “So you are saying you will accept whatever punishment we give?”

Xu Cheng nodded.