He Fangqing entered the bedroom, leaving Li Yifei alone on the sofa. Five police officers stood before him, four positioned at the back, while the captain stood at the front. These four were clearly disgruntled with the captain; being tricked into a situation that could cost them their jobs was unforgivable. No matter how good the relationship, this was too much, especially considering that the relationship might not be that strong.

If they were arresting a drug dealer, the merit would be significant. In South Dian Province, being close to the border, and with neighboring countries being major drug stewards, catching drug traffickers is a crucial path for promotion among law enforcement personnel—the more captures and drug seizures, the greater the merit. So when they learned about this, they readily agreed, but who would have thought it would turn into this disgusting affair.

"Speak, who sent you here?" Li Yifei asked.

The captain’s forehead was sweating, his back drenched. Despite having served as a cop for over a decade and been involved in several shootouts with drug dealers, he was never as nervous as he was facing Li Yifei. Even though he made a mistake, it didn’t warrant such fear, right?

Upon hearing this, the captain trembled and stammered in reply, "It... it’s Ye Liangchen!"

"Who?" Li Yifei didn’t catch it the first time. The captain repeated, "Ye Liangchen, leaf ’Ye’, morality ’Liang’, dawn ’Chen’."

"That’s quite a decent name, so who is he?" Li Yifei asked.

"He is... He’s a director at the Provincial Department. I just received his call, otherwise..."

"Be specific!" Li Yifei replied impatiently, thinking Ye Liangchen... such a ridiculous, pretentious name, hard to believe someone would dare to use it—it sounds like trash.

"He’s... a director at the Criminal Investigation Department of the Provincial Department. I don’t know the specifics well; we met at a dinner table once, exchanged phone numbers, and he just called saying he had some leads, that there were drug dealers here, asking me to come and check it out. If we caught a drug dealer, it would be a significant achievement, but if..."

"Are you still planning to talk nonsense?" Li Yifei interrupted the person, noticing his evasive gaze and irregular heartbeat, realizing he was lying. With Li Yifei’s outburst, the person indeed lost his composure, shaking his head before losing control emotionally, crying out, "I’ll talk, I’ll talk, it was... over lunch. He said the resident here had offended him, so he asked me to create trouble. He’s from the Provincial Department, finding it inconvenient to come over, so he asked me to, and... I happened to have some matters to ask him for help, so I agreed thinking he might owe me a personal favor."

"So you fabricated drug trafficking accusations? This excuse is truly cruel; by using this reason, you can take me to the Public Security Bureau for questioning or even detention, even if nothing is found upon barging in—your plot is cunning!" Li Yifei coldly remarked.

The captain immediately broke down, falling to his knees with a thud, crying, "It’s my fault, I was too caught up, I shouldn’t have done this, tarnishing the police’s reputation!"

"You’d better shut up now!" Li Yifei murmured.

"I... I’ll shut up!" the captain quickly replied.

Then Li Yifei continued, "You can call that Ye Liangchen over now!"

"He’s gone back to work!" the captain said.

"You can’t call him out, can you?" Li Yifei’s tone changed, a chilling aura spreading, making Li Yifei seem like a terrifying demon to the captain, causing the latter to instinctively step back two paces, saying, "I’ll... I’ll give it a try!"

"Haha, this is your chance. If you don’t call him out, I guarantee that none of you and the four behind you will have a good ending," Li Yifei threatened. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

If this threat had been voiced initially, it wouldn’t have had such an effect, but now, everyone believed it to be true. Although Li Yifei didn’t reveal a badge, if he were to now reveal it, letting them know his identity, these people might end up kneeling on the ground, begging for forgiveness.

Li Yifei coldly watched the person until he couldn’t endure anymore, reaching for his phone, adjusting his emotions. Before calling, he thought that despite having committed an error, he wasn’t the mastermind; at worst... fetch Ye Liangchen here, let the terrifying young man behind deal with him, which is better than dealing with himself.

With this in mind, he dialed the number, it rang five or six times, and someone picked up—a sleazy voice saying, "Hello, Xiao Su, the job’s done?"

Xiao Su, namely the captain, had his face twitching, pinching his thigh, pausing for several seconds before replying, "Job... done, the person is caught, now... now bound in the hotel, Director Ye you can come over now!"

"What am I coming over for? It’s useless for me to be there, you handle it yourself, my advice is, deal with him, be as ruthless as possible!" Ye Liangchen said from the other end of the line.

The captain endured as much as he could and replied, "No, Director Ye, I really don’t know how to handle this matter. Why don’t you come over and guide me here? After all, I don’t do this often!"

"Nonsense, just because you don’t do it often doesn’t mean I do it often! Xiao Su, I haven’t done this either!"

"Well... how about this, Director Ye, you come over here. Anyway, I have them under control. You can guide me next door; with you here, I’d feel more assured. After all, we’re doing something... not quite right. Moreover, you told me to search for drugs, and I already have, but found none. It’s hard to wrap this up!"

"You brat, damn it, fine, I’m free this afternoon!" Ye Liangchen laughed and cursed, "No drugs, huh? This is too easy to handle; I’ll bring you some while I’m on my way."

The captain felt a chill down his spine, realizing this was a deadly setup. Drugs, such a thing, just several grams could lead to a sentencing, and more could mean a death sentence!

The other officers felt like slapping themselves; they often did questionable things but never went as far as framing someone this badly. It’s just that today they ran into a stubborn one; if it were someone else, the frame-up would have succeeded... Thinking about this, they felt a chill down their spines, cold sweat beading.

After hanging up the phone, the captain turned around, deeply anxious, while slapping his own mouth repeatedly, apologizing to Li Yifei: "Sorry, I really didn’t know he wanted to do this; otherwise, I would never have helped him!"

"Heh!" Li Yifei sneered coldly.

He Fangqing, listening from the bedroom, felt chilled after hearing the call, shocked at the deadly intention. Li Yifei had just arrived in South Dian Province, no later than last night.

Could it be the Shen Family’s doing? But given their status, doing this wouldn’t they lose face? Li Yifei then dismissed the thought; whoever was responsible would become clear once that damn Ye Liangchen arrived.

In any case, the Shen Family doesn’t seem to be the type. If anyone is suspicious, it’s that bald Shen Kailong, and aside from him... it could only be the Zhao Family. Otherwise, who would bother doing something so disgusting to annoy Li Yifei? Even though there are many enemies, not many are domestic; they are mostly abroad.

Thinking this over, Li Yifei fell silent; seeing his face turn gloomier, the officers quickly started slapping themselves, the room filled with loud slaps. Yet, Li Yifei remained indifferent, returned to the sofa, sat down, and replied to messages on his phone.

Over half an hour later, Ye Liangchen called and said he was outside the hotel, in the car downstairs, but he wouldn’t come up; instead, he wanted the captain to go downstairs to receive the drugs!

Li Yifei glanced at the captain indifferently; he hurriedly said, "Okay, I’ll send someone down; just hand it over to him, Director Ye."

"Alright, send them down!" Ye Liangchen replied.

"I... you guys go, bring... bring him up!" The captain wanted to say he’d go but stopped short.

"Okay!" three officers nodded, while another, who was kicked by Li Yifei, was suffering great abdominal pain, barely able to stand, let alone walk.

Three went down and returned in five or six minutes, bringing a person upstairs.

Ye Liangchen, at thirty-five or thirty-six years old, was at a prime age, although already balding early, overweight, and short-statured. Seated in the car smoking, he took a pouch from his wallet, filled with a stack of red bills, likely over ten thousand.

The pouch likely contained thirty to forty grams of drugs, enough to convict Li Yifei of trafficking, not merely to disgust but intentionally to frame him.

Three officers approached, Ye Liangchen looked over, handing the drugs while confused upon seeing their faces – they were too miserable, covered in red, visibly slapped, causing Ye Liangchen to feel something amiss just as he was about to inquire, but before he could, he saw their quick movements: one reaching through the window, another opening the passenger door, and the other opening the driver’s door. With swift actions, they gave Ye Liangchen no time to react.

Contained, Ye Liangchen was dumbfounded, shouting, "What are you doing? Are you insane? I’m from the Provincial Department!"

"You’re the one we’re arresting, damn it!" One officer swung a punch into Ye Liangchen’s stomach, making him retch, his body bending over nearly hitting the steering wheel.

Another quickly cuffed one of his hands while two dragged him from the car, cuffing the other hand, covering it with clothes, and escorting him into the hotel.