Top-tier Unruly Master
Chapter 21 - 20 Regretting Foreknowledge
Lin Qingqing was a first-rate celebrity in Huaxia Country, how could he, a mere assistant on the set, possibly offend someone like that?
At that moment, he didn't dare to speak out of turn. Although his leg was broken by Ding Fan, he could only grit his teeth and swallow the pain, claiming that he had fallen on his own.
"Zhang Jinbiao, you're lying. Your leg was broken by that scum Ding Fan. I saw it with my own eyes."
Zhang Meijiao had also figured out that Zhang Jinbiao said that in order to please Lin Qingqing.
She was even more annoyed. She had been hit and was counting on Zhang Jinbiao to stand up for her, but who knew that not only had he lied to her, claiming he was the director, but he was also taking the side of an outsider. The police they had called were supposed to teach Ding Fan a lesson, but now, look at the situation, it seemed like the police were here to support Ding Fan.
She thought it through, if Zhang Jinbiao just wanted to speak up for Ding Fan, then she would expose him. The more he wanted to please Lin Qingqing, the more she would make it impossible for him.
"You crazy woman, what nonsense are you spouting? The leg is on my body, don't I know how it broke? My leg broke from a fall," Zhang Jinbiao retorted.
After hearing Zhang Jinbiao's words, Zhang Meijiao snorted coldly and said to the police, "Officer, Zhang Jinbiao's leg was broken by Ding Fan. I saw it with my own eyes."
"Do you have evidence?" one of the thinner police officers asked.
"Evidence? Isn't the fact that I saw it with my own eyes evidence enough?"
"That could at best count as a witness testimony, and since it's solely your word, it doesn't qualify as evidence. What I'm asking is, do you have evidence that Ding Fan broke Zhang Jinbiao's leg, like a video, photos..." the officer asked seriously.
Zhang Meijiao shook her head. The incident had happened so fast, there was no time to take photos.
"If there isn't any, then what's all this fuss about? The person involved has already said that it was an accident. What are you wasting your breath for?" the officer said, clearly irritated.
As soon as the police arrived, Zhang Meijiao hurled abuse at them and the two had been holding a grudge. As the situation unfolded, they could see that Zhang Meijiao was just a fool. She had mistaken an assistant for a director and remained blissfully unaware. Now that Zhang Jinbiao had backed down, this fool was still making a scene.
"I... I..." Zhang Meijiao didn't know what to say for a moment, after all, what the officer said was irrefutable.
Ding Fan watched Zhang Meijiao stumbling for words, feeling a sense of speechlessness. Such a woman who would stoop to any level for wealth and status had ended up clinging to an old fool claiming to be a director. Perhaps this was heaven's punishment for her.
"Then what about this woman hitting me?" Zhang Meijiao seemed to suddenly remember something, then pointed at Xu Rui standing nearby.
Xu Rui snorted, seemingly indifferent. "Yeah, I hit you. What are you going to do about it?"
"You two officers, you hear that? She admitted to hitting me just now. Hurry up and arrest her," said Zhang Meijiao, who was now acting like a rabid dog, trying to bite everyone in sight.
"Arrest me?" Xu Rui scoffed disdainfully. "Forget these two cops; even if Hu Shucheng himself were here, he wouldn't dare to lay a hand on me, Xu Rui."
Zhang Meijiao was startled. Who was Hu Shucheng?
Zhang Meijiao didn't recognize Hu Shucheng, but that didn't mean the two officers didn't. Hu Shucheng was a renowned figure in the Dancheng Police Department, the 27-year-old captain of the Flying Tigers. A top graduate of the Central Police Officer Academy, he also held a Master's degree in biology from America, and was the number one in combat among all officers in Dancheng...
It was rare to find someone at the Dancheng Police Station who didn't know of this legendary figure.
What truly surprised the two officers was that the beautiful woman in front of them was claiming to be Xu Rui.
In the upper echelons of Dancheng society, there were many tales about Xu Rui. She was known to be overbearing, arrogant, and extremely proud. Even heirs from prominent families would not dare to act rashly upon hearing the name Xu Rui.
Although the two officers had never met Xu Rui, from the domineering words and the proud demeanor of the woman before them, they could guess with fair confidence that she might indeed be Xu Rui. Additionally, Xu Rui's father was Xu Guanjie, the deputy mayor of Dancheng.
Seeing the two officers remaining silent, Zhang Meijiao grew even more furious. "Are you two police officers going to do your job or not? I have been assaulted, do you care at all?"
The two officers exchanged a glance. If the other party really was Xu Rui, they would be in real trouble if they arrested her. Rumors had been circulating that Hu Shucheng was pursuing Xu Rui; if they were to take her away, they might end up facing unfortunate consequences themselves.
"Fine, I see how it is now, you two officers just want to side with them. Well, I'll make sure you'll regret it," Zhang Meijiao said as she took out her cell phone from her pocket and dialed a number.
"Hello, is this Director Jin, Brother Jin?" The moment the call connected, Zhang Meijiao's tone became sickeningly sycophantic, making everyone feel a wave of goosebumps.
"It's Meijiao. I'm being bullied by two short-sighted cops right now, you have to help me get revenge... Yeah, Brother Jin, I'll hand the phone over to those two blind jerks now."
Zhang Meijiao said this as she handed her phone to the policeman in front of her. "Let you two look down on people, this is your police station's Director Jin. He's telling you two to take the call."
The policeman glanced at Zhang Meijiao and, after taking the phone, he walked far away while talking.
Zhang Meijiao didn't care at all; her relationship with Director Jin was very good. In her eyes, Director Jin on the other side of the phone was certainly scolding that blind fool by now. She thought that after a while, that disdainful policeman would definitely come over with his head bowed and apologize to her.
After the officer had talked on the phone for a while, he hurried over, but to Zhang Meijiao's surprise, instead of saying anything to her, he handed the phone to Xu Rui.
Xu Rui was full of displeasure, perhaps because she disliked others using the phone, and she directly switched on the speaker and held the phone in her hand.
"May I ask if this is Miss Xu Rui?" Director Jin's voice came from the phone, cautious in his inquiry. Since it was on speaker, everyone present could hear.
"That's me, speak, I don't have all day," Xu Rui said impatiently.
"I heard Miss Xu had some troubles, and I specifically called over. Don't worry, Miss Xu, with me here, no one will dare to trouble you…"
Hearing the words coming from the phone, Zhang Meijiao's mouth hung open; even in her dreams, she couldn't believe that Director Jin, whom she always addressed as Brother Jin, would betray her at this time.
Xu Rui didn't care for a director's authority; before he could finish, she turned off the phone impatiently.
"The rest is up to you," Xu Rui said to the two policemen.
The two policemen understood clearly. If the director behaved like that in front of her, what more could be expected from them as ordinary police officers? "Miss Xu, don't worry, we will definitely handle the false reporting of a case impartially."
False reporting? Who falsely reported?
But after a moment's thought, Zhang Meijiao understood herself; she claimed Ding Fan hit her, but Zhang Jinbiao had testified that she fell, and she said Ding Fan broke Zhang Jinbiao's leg, yet he said he fell himself.
Now she was claiming Xu Rui hit her, but even if Zhang Meijiao were stupid, she realized that Xu Rui was definitely not someone she could afford to offend—a person not even the police director dared to provoke, so how could she insist that Xu Rui had hit her?
So, she had falsely reported a case, and she knew the charge was not light. For a moment, she started to panic.
"It's all my mistake, I misunderstood, I'll be leaving now..." Zhang Meijiao uttered as she tried to get up from the ground.
"Misunderstood? You think you can just leave without giving us a clear explanation?" At this moment, the two policemen restrained Zhang Meijiao.
These policemen had been holding back their anger since Zhang Meijiao had been arrogant upon their arrival. Now that they had the chance to deal with her, they weren't about to let this opportunity slip by.
"Please come with us back to the police station."
Zhang Meijiao was stunned; she looked at Zhang Jinbiao with a face begging for help, but he was looking down as if he didn't recognize her, clearly not intending to help.
Zhang Meijiao knew it was useless to beg Zhang Jinbiao now; after all, he was nothing more than a lowly director's assistant.
Turning her gaze to Xu Rui, she met her cold demeanour. Even if she begged, Xu Rui was unlikely to pay her any attention. And as for Lin Qingqing, there was no way she would intervene on her behalf.
In a moment of despair, Zhang Meijiao saw Ding Fan. Her eyes lit up as if a drowning person had spotted a saviour.
"Brother Fan, please help me. I am not a human being; I was too power-hungry. I know I was wrong, please save me," Zhang Meijiao begged as she knelt down.
Ding Fan didn't even glance at Zhang Meijiao. Such a disgusting woman deserved a place to be properly taught a lesson.
"Brother Fan, let's go. We'll leave this to the police," Lin Qingqing said to Ding Fan.
Ding Fan nodded, no longer giving Zhang Meijiao another look, and followed Lin Qingqing and Xu Rui into the Range Rover by the roadside.
At this moment, Zhang Meijiao bitterly regretted her foolishness. To become famous, she had spent so much money and even gave away her body, but in the end, she only managed to cling to a director's assistant.
The ironic part was that she actually brought a director's assistant to Ding Fan's side to show off, but the result of showing off was just making a fool of herself in front of everyone.
Zhang Meijiao originally thought with the Ding Family's downfall, she could fiercely step on Ding Fan. But now she knew how ignorant she had been; Ding Fan wasn't someone she could step on. Instead of bringing him down, she had lost all her dignity and now was even struggling to save herself…
Had she known it would come to this, why would she have provoked Ding Fan…