Chapter 239 – Tang Jin was beaten up! (1/2)

Noon.

The air conditioner is on, and it’s cooling in the apartment.

Dong Xuebing, Yu Meixia, and Yu Qianqian had just finished lunch and was watching the afternoon news when Dong Xuebing’s phone rang. Without Dong Xuebing saying anything, Yu Meixia answered it. The past few days, Yu Meixia had been like Dong Xuebing’s secretary and had helped him answer most of his phone calls. If it is an important call, she will hold the phone against Dong Xuebing’s ears for him to answer. If the call is not important, she will tell the caller, ‘Chief Dong is not around.’

“Hello, good afternoon.”

“You are Xiao Yu? Is Xuebing around?”

“Oh, you are?” Yu Meixia felt the caller’s voice is familiar to her.

“I am Xiao Bing’s Second Aunt. Xiao Jin is beaten up by someone. Get him on the phone!”

Yu Meixia was shocked. She knew Dong Xuebing dotes on his cousin and quickly place the phone on Dong Xuebing’s ear. She whispered to him. “It’s your Second Aunt. She says Tang Jin was beaten up.”

“What?” Dong Xuebing’s face changed. “Second Aunt, what happened?”

“Xiao Bing, can you call Wu Tian Village Station? I am afraid Xiao Jin will be bullied!”

“What happened?”

Dong Xuebing’s Second Aunt was not sure what happened as she is not with Tang Jin.

Dong Xuebing replied. “Second Aunt, don’t worry. I will go over now!”

“You… You are still injured…”

“I am fine. Don’t worry about it. I will take care of Tang Jin!”

Dong Xuebing was furious. Among his relatives, he is the closest to his Second Aunt’s family. Damn! Who dares to bully and hit my younger sister?! Dong Xuebing asked Yu Meixia to put on his shoes for him and walked out of the door. Yu Meixia was worried about him and asked Yu Qianqian to take an afternoon nap while she followed along. They got in a taxi and went straight to Wu Tian Village.

In an alley, three streets away from the Township office.

Dong Xuebing alighted from the Taxi in front of a shop selling cigarettes and saw Tang Jin and Liu Li. There are two police officers beside them too.

Dong Xuebing shouted. “Xiao Jin!”

Tang Jin turns around, and her eyes turned red. She ran over. “Brother! Aunt Yu!”

Dong Xuebing asked. “What happened? Who hit you? Are you ok?”

Tang Jin’s tears rolled down her cheeks. “It’s someone from that cigarette shop! I… I wanted to visit Liu Li’s parents today and had bought a carton of cigarettes from this shop. An old man at the end of the alley saw me and told me that this shop is selling counterfeit cigarettes. He examined the carton of cigarettes and told me that it is fake. I immediately return to the shop to ask for a refund, but they refused. They even pushed me, making me fall and hit my head. My head is bleeding.”

Dong Xuebing suppressed his anger and said. “Turn around and let me see your wound!”

Tang Jin sniffled and turned around, holding her hair up. The bleeding had stopped, but her white scalp was stained red.

Dong Xuebing felt his heart ached. “Is it painful?”

Tang Jin pouted. “Yes.”

Dong Xuebing looked at Liu Li coldly. “What the hell are you doing?! You can’t even protect a girl?!”

Liu Li kept quiet and did not say a word.

Tang Jin pulled Dong Xuebing. “Brother, it’s not Liu Li’s fault. He was not around when I bought the cigarettes. After he knows I was bullied by that shop, he immediately called two officers from their station to arrest the culprit. But… but that shop seems to have backings. It is owned by a relative of Deputy Bureau Chief Lu Dafa from the County’s Investment Promotion Agency. I heard from someone in the Police Station that Deputy Bureau Chief Lu is close to the newly appointed Publicity Department Chief. So…”

Dong Xuebing looked at Liu Li. “Is that person arrested?”

Liu Li replied. “Not yet. They say they will compensate us.”

Tang Jin said to Dong Xuebing. “Brother, let’s forget it.” Although she felt she had been treated unfairly, she does not want to bring trouble to Dong Xuebing. After all, this shop has got the backing of a County leader. Also, after the other party knows she is Dong Xuebing’s younger cousin, he is willing to pay her some money to let the matter rest.

Lu Dafa? Deputy Bureau Chief Lu Dafa, from the County’s Investment Promotion Agency?

Dong Xuebing had never heard of this name before and is not interested in finding out who he is. “Follow me!”

Tang Jin and Yu Meixia were holding to Dong Xuebing’s arms, and Liu Li is following behind.

The two Police Officers recognized Dong Xuebing and immediately greeted him. A tall skinny middle-aged man is standing beside them and should be the boss of the shop. He heard the officers greeting Dong Xuebing and was shocked. Dong Xuebing is here?! A young man standing behind the boss of the shop was looking nervous. But when he thought about his boss’s backing, he straightens his back. This young man is the one who pushed Tang Jin and made her fall.

The boss walks forward with a fake smile. “Chief Dong… Nice to meet you.”

Dong Xuebing looked at the boss emotionlessly. “You are the one who sold the counterfeit cigarettes to my cousin?”