Super Soldier in the City-Chapter 1375 - 1424: The Dog Attracted by Blackmail

"Damn reporter, hurry up and shut that thing off!" Li Yifei kicked him directly, because he saw when the reporter was talking, someone with a camera was giving the person lying on the ground, pretending to be hit, a signal. Li Yifei immediately realized something was wrong, so he kicked the reporter away.

The others saw Li Yifei take action and immediately shouted, "He dares hit us, everyone get him!"

As they shouted, trying to draw attention, they surrounded Li Yifei, not letting him escape. Someone picked up a phone, seemingly to call the police.

"Fools!"

Li Yifei didn’t bother arguing with them, and directly knocked them down. These days, although Li Yifei appeared fine in front of his wives, he was in a foul mood. This group of people was unlucky to meet him when he was in a bad mood, so he didn’t bother explaining, he just violently dealt with the blackmailers.

After they lay on the ground, moaning in pain, all their equipment fell to the floor. Li Yifei took the memory cards from the camera and the video camera, crushed them with his hands, and threw them on the ground. After all, as the clan chief of the Li family, if the footage got out, the public opinion could complicate things. He had to be wary, especially since the women at home had used public opinion to make the Sunx and Song families so miserable. Li Yifei was keenly aware of the power of social reputation.

The first person kicked down got up, pointed at Li Yifei, and shouted, "You’re finished. I guarantee you’ll be ruined for assaulting us."

"Shut up!" Li Yifei kicked him again, aiming at his mouth, knocking out a few teeth, forcing him to shut up, painfully clutching his mouth, unable to speak.

Not bothering to speak with them, Li Yifei took out his phone and dialed a number: "Director Song Ranmin? It’s Li Yifei. I’m on Taiping Road in the West Suburbs. I just encountered a gang of blackmailers. I’ve got them under control now, send some people over to take them in."

Li Yifei spoke rather curtly. Though Song Ranmin was Lin Qiong’s boss, he didn’t feel like calling the police, waiting for them to handle it, and then having to go back and file a report.

Song Ranmin, with time to spare, received the call and was surprised, realizing who Li Yifei was.

"Mr. Li, Taiping Road, right? I’ll send someone over immediately."

"Alright, thanks."

Li Yifei hung up the phone, glanced at the blackmailers, noticing one trying to sneak away. He went over and kicked the person down.

With a snort, Li Yifei threw out a warning, "You tried to scam me, bad luck for you. Don’t blame me for not warning you; whoever dares to run will end up in a wheelchair in their next life."

Their hearts tightened. Indeed, they were blackmailers, operating as an organized group, more advanced than the typical solo blackmailers. All were unemployed locals, influenced by the internet, thinking reporters had power. They spent money on fake credentials, hired a disabled person for the scams, and hid in the background, targeting luxury cars. Most luxury car drivers didn’t care much about money; even if they suspected a scam, they gave money quickly when threatened by reporters.

This method worked well, and in just a few days in Mile City, they earned a fortune. Normally, a single scam would bring a few hundred or thousand at the most, but with their ’reporter’ identities, using coercion and deception, they easily got tens of thousands. The threatened individuals were wealthy or influential people who didn’t want trouble, fearing news stories about a luxury car owner hitting someone with a bad attitude, refusing compensation and attempting to flee.

So, their typical response was to accept and pay.

This behavior made the gang even more arrogant. They thought the money was too easy to earn, so even if Li Yifei hadn’t hit the scammer today, they would have approached him with cameras threatening him.

Unexpectedly, Li Yifei didn’t play by their rules and didn’t bother arguing, directly knocking everyone down and calling a director to have them arrested. This frightened the scam gang, but they didn’t dare to run, especially the person whom Li Yifei had kicked, losing several teeth, was in too much pain to flee.

Standing by the car door, Li Yifei called Su Yiyi to inform her he’d be home late. After hanging up, he saw two cars approach, stopping by him.

Seeing officers in police uniforms step out, the scammers were instantly hopeless, lying on the ground trembling, too scared to move.

The officers got out and approached Li Yifei leaning against the car. Two exchanged glances, walked over together.

"What’s going on?" asked the leading Second Level Police Inspector, squinting at Li Yifei.

Li Yifei briefly explained the situation, expecting to leave since he had made the call. However, the inspector listened, then snorted, ordering his men to detain Li Yifei and further approached the dejected blackmailers, asking, "Is this how it happened?"

"Huh?" The scammers were dumbfounded. What did this mean? Wasn’t that how it went? What were they to say?

The Second Level Police Inspector said: "I’m asking you, is it true, like this drunk driver said, that you are blackmailers? And are you working together? Don’t be afraid, tell me the truth, I will stand up for you."

Only now did the few blackmailers seem to have understood properly. They quickly got up, shaking their heads vigorously. One of them immediately spoke miserably: "No, officer, you must stand up for us. This man was driving drunk, hit that person, and we happened to be nearby and witnessed the whole thing. When we went over to reason with him as he was trying to flee, he beat us all and wouldn’t let us leave, and even smashed our equipment."

"You are journalists?"

That person nodded like a pecking chick and said: "Yes, yes, we are journalists from H Province. We came here for an interview and coincidentally witnessed this scene. In broad daylight, this man openly committed a crime, distorting facts right from wrong, officer, you have to stand up for us."

Li Yifei crossed his arms, watching these people with a cold sneer. He had initially been puzzled when he saw these police officers getting out of the car, having called Song Ranmin, who was only a Second Level Police Inspector, equivalent to the rank of director or deputy director. So he was puzzled why a Second Level Police Inspector appeared, as this was a rank equivalent to bureau chief or deputy bureau chief, something not matching rank-wise.

Seeing these two parties immediately colluding together, Li Yifei even considered the possibility that these police officers were also accomplices in the blackmail, but quickly dismissed this thought as he caught a glimpse of a gun and handcuffs from one of the officers encircling him. These people were real police; official police-issued firearms couldn’t be faked, they were genuine.

The scenario got interesting to him. Li Yifei decided to watch their act unfold. Even if these police officers weren’t colluded with the blackmailers, they were definitely here targeting him.

The Second Level Police Inspector seemed quite pleased with the blackmailers’ words, nodding and saying: "Since this is the case, I will stand up for you, and won’t let the criminal roam free."

Walking back, the police inspector raised his face, nostrils flaring at Li Yifei, saying: "Drunk driving, attempting to flee after hitting someone, assaulting civilians, multiple offenses — you better obediently come with us!"

"Is this how the police decide cases?" Li Yifei laughed scornfully, leaning against the car door, looking at the five officers surrounding him and the inspector right in front. "Listening to you, is your implication that I’m already identified as the criminal?"

The Second Level Police Inspector squinted his eyes, chuckled and said: "There are witnesses and evidence, the victim is still lying on the ground, these people’s injuries are evident. If not your doing, then whose? Whether it’s drunk driving or not, test it and you’ll see, no use denying."

Saying this, he had someone bring over a breathalyzer to have Li Yifei blow into.

Li Yifei hadn’t drunk any alcohol at lunch, so he certainly had no alcohol in his system, but when he blew into the breathalyzer, it surprisingly went off.

The Second Level Police Inspector coldly gazed at Li Yifei, his face carrying a trace of menace as he said: "Nothing to say now, huh? Drunk driving, excessively high alcohol levels, trying to flee after hitting, assaulting innocent civilians — each act a fact. Arrest him."

Li Yifei’s lips curled slightly, disdainfully looking at the inspector, mocking: "People from the provincial capital, indeed competent in handling cases; with mere lip service, one can be incriminated. I haven’t had a drop of alcohol these past days, yet your device claims otherwise. In broad daylight, manipulating black and white facts, you are truly good-for-nothings."

The opponent was angered by Li Yifei, immediately skipping pleasantries, ordering: "Go, take down the criminal!"

That Second Level Police Inspector was inwardly delighted; his purpose in coming to Mile City was to trouble the Li family. Unexpectedly, upon arrival, he stumbled upon this scene. Initially he didn’t believe it, but after his subordinate mentioned the man looking like the one in the photo, he compared and found it indeed was Li Yifei. Seeing the accident occurrence, he quickly ordered to stop the car, pretending to handle the incident, internally exclaiming, "Heaven assists me!", achieving his goal effortlessly, capturing Li Yifei, taking him back to the provincial capital, would be a great merit.

The individual was acting under the Sunx family’s instructions, and surely, the Sunx family paid a considerable price, otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to manipulate a deputy bureau level powerful police inspector.

But he also knew that dealing with Li Yifei wouldn’t be easy, so he hurriedly ordered to cuff Li Yifei first.

Li Yifei’s face turned cold, speaking slowly: "What a police style, deciding on a criminal without knowing the facts. I suspect your career as a Second Level Police Inspector is going to end soon."

Seeing several officers approaching, Li Yifei added: "Fools, another step forward and don’t blame me for retaliating."

"You dare!" The Second Level Police Inspector, feeling threatened by the opponent, naturally felt displeased, directly pulling out his gun, aiming at Li Yifei.

In Huaxia, scenes of police drawing guns in the streets are not entirely absent, but definitely rare. Regular patrolling police are typically not allowed to carry guns, but here, all these officers were armed, a setup generally reserved for major cases, yet presently utilized against Li Yifei.

Li Yifei’s muscles tensed, body instantaneously ready, facing the firearm, he knew this wasn’t a joke. Should any hint of a threat from the opponent arise against him, Li Yifei wouldn’t hesitate to retaliate.

Surprisingly, this scene bewildered the bunch of blackmailers, causing them to silently wonder when police became this good — ignoring real criminals, targeting an innocent individual and not hesitating to wield guns; today, the sun surely must have risen in the east.

Stunned, though afraid of moving recklessly, fearing the bullets might indiscriminately find their way to them.

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