Chapter 8: The Cat and Mouse Game

  Tian Keming's bald head was gleefully swaying, he saw Zheng Xiaomin no longer resisting, and reached out to tear off her triangular pants, ready to commit a beastly act.

  "Stop!" Chu Tian Shu bellowed, then turned around and kicked the iron door of the rest room with one foot.

  "Clang." The iron gate let out a loud noise.

  "My goodness!" Zheng Xiaomin let out a sharp cry.

  After a flurry of noise, Tian Keming, dressed neatly, opened the door to find Chu Tianshu standing at the entrance again. The tension and awkwardness on his face turned into anger: "Chu Tianshu, are you brainless or blind? I've told you countless times not to disturb when leaders are talking to people."

  Damn it, at this time still dare to scold people!

  Chu Tian let out a breath and didn't hold back, throwing two punches at his bald head, then kicked him in the crotch, cursing loudly: "Tian Baldy, you damn animal!"

  In fact, Chu Tian Shu could have waited until Tian Ke Ming had torn off Zheng Xiao Min's underwear and committed the atrocity before killing him once and for all, letting him enjoy himself for a while, then suffering in prison for the rest of his life. However, he really couldn't bear to watch a young girl lose her innocence to Tian Ke Ming, so he stopped Tian Ke Ming's beastly act at the critical moment.

  Tian Keming had long been prepared and dodged Chu Tian Shu's kick aimed at his crotch.

  Chu Tian Shu wouldn't let him hide anymore, she stepped forward and grabbed his chest, then slapped him twice on the ears.

  "What the hell did I do, you're at it again with your violence," Tian Keming didn't just stand there waiting to be hit, he danced around furiously and threatened, "Chu Tianshu, this time I'm definitely calling the cops."

  "Chu Tian Shu scolded: 'Tian Tu Zi, you this conscienceless dog thing, she is only a few years older than your daughter, and you can also bear to do it? Hmm!'"

  "Chu Tian Shu, you son of a bitch!" Tian Ke Ming cursed, and without regard for his own life, he rushed up to fight Chu Tian Shu to the death.

  Chu Tian Shu got even angrier, raised her palm and "slapped" him with two more slaps, hitting him so hard that his eyes were seeing stars and he fell to the ground, muttering to himself, a stream of fresh blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, looking very frightening in the dim light.

  But he suddenly rolled over and got up again, waving his hands and feet and pouncing on Chu Tian Shu.

  Chu Tian Shu's anger burned fiercely as he clenched his fists and struck a vicious blow to Tian Ke Ming's lower abdomen.

  Zheng Xiaomin was frightened, she went forward and tightly hugged Chu Tian Shu's arm, crying out: "Stop hitting, stop hitting, the director didn't do anything to me, if you hit him again, you will kill him."

  Luckily, Zheng Xiaomin pulled back a bit, reducing the force of Chu Tian Shu's punch. If not, this punch would have been fatal to Tian Ke Ming if it had landed squarely.

  Tian Keming let out a miserable cry and sat back down on the ground, foaming at the mouth and clutching his stomach as he panted heavily.

  Suddenly, Chu Tian Shu calmed down.

  Tian Keming clearly knew that fighting was not his opponent, his purpose was to provoke himself, once he lost control and hit too hard, causing a few levels of disability, he could counter-accuse himself of intentional injury.

  Hmph, can't be fooled by his nonsense.

  "Xiao Min, you......" Chu Tian Shu stopped in his tracks, feigning a look of utter incredulity as he stared blankly at Zheng Xiao Min.

  Tian Keming saw this and became spirited again, shouting: "Chu Tian Shu, did you hear that? She herself said it, I didn't do anything to her, what else do you have to say?"

  "I saw it with my own eyes, are you still going to deny it?" Chu Tian Shu's voice was loud, but lacked a few points of confidence.

  "What evidence? What evidence?" Tian Keming pounced over again, his spittle almost spraying onto Chu Tian Shu's face.

  Chu Tian Shu looked at Zheng Xiao Min with a bewildered expression.

  Zheng Xiaomin pouted, looked at Tian Keming with a timid glance, then cast a wronged look at Chu Tianshu, before turning around and running out, opening the railing gate of the office building, sitting at the front desk with her head down and sobbing.

  Chu Tian Shu shouted at Zheng Xiao Min's back: "Xiao Min, why did you run away, hey..."

  Seeing Zheng Xiaomin flee in fear, Tian Keming was like he had taken a stimulant, staring viciously at Chu Tian Shu and saying: "Chu Tian Shu, did you hear that? I didn't do anything to her."

  "Tian Tu Zi, you're being unreasonable and bullying others with your power! I'm going to report you to the higher authorities!" Chu Tian Shu's face turned red as he shouted in a shrill voice, looking fierce but inwardly weak.

  "Go ahead and sue!" Tian Keming said with a nonchalant expression, "You're not convinced that you're brainless and short-sighted? Do you understand the procedures for handling complaints in official circles? Your baseless complaint will end up back at the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission anyway. What's the point of making a big fuss? Even if I get punished, it'll just be a slap on the wrist. Go online and search, all those who are suing everywhere, which one has gotten any benefit?"

  Chu Tian Shu was left speechless by Tian Ke Ming, and after a long while, he stammered: "Tian Baldy, killing someone is just a matter of beheading, it's not like I'm going to 'enter the countryside' for a year, I don't care."

  "Alright." Tian Keming wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, spread it out in front of him and looked at it with a sly smile. "Heh heh, you said one year is just one year, Cai Guoliang, shouldn't you have heard? Isn't he still hiding in the mountains of Nanling County?"

  "You're also too despicable," Chu Tian Shu stomped her foot and gritted her teeth, saying: "Just stay hidden, any place with yellow earth can bury a person."

  "You're quite bold," Tian Keming said with his usual wicked expression, gritting his teeth: "But don't forget, Liu Chunna is still in my grasp. Isn't she your person? You'll never be able to get her back for the rest of your life. Just watch and see if I dare not touch her!"

  "Shameless!" Chu Tian Shu stood up and rushed over, lifting his foot to kick the... sofa, cursing: "Tian Tu Zi, one person does something and one person takes responsibility, don't drag Chun Na into this."

  "What's wrong, hurt?" Tian Keming said with a smirk: "You're still too tender to fight me."

  "Tian Tu Zi, if you have the ability, come at me! Let Liu Chun Na go." Chu Tian Shu was getting a bit flustered and loudly shouted at Tian Ke Ming.

  "Alright!" Tian Keming sat down on the bed, looking at Chu Tian Shu with disdain, and said slowly: "Chu Tian Shu, if you want me to let Liu Chunna go, I can. But you have to agree to one condition."

  Chu Tian Shu's face was gloomy and he said helplessly: "Alright, you say it. As long as I can do it, I'll agree to it."

  Tian Keming raised his leg and said, "You kneel down and kowtow to me three times. Beg for my mercy and I won't bother with you anymore. And on Monday when we go back to work, get lost in the mountains and never let me see your face again."

  "Director, forget it. I kowtowed but no one saw it, how meaningless is that?" Chu Tian Shu said with a bitter smile, and also closed the door by the way.

  Seeing this, Tian Keming laughed strangely and took out his mobile phone, opened the video function, and said with a smile: "I can record it and play it back in the office meeting to let everyone see what happens when they go against me, Tian Keming. Haha!"

  Damn it's so poisonous!

  Tian Keming finished speaking, holding up his mobile phone, waiting for Chu Tian Shu to kneel down and kowtow in admission of guilt.

  Chu Tian Shu sneered and took out his phone, saying: "Director Tian, I have a video here. Can it be played at the internal meeting too?" After finishing speaking, he pressed a few keys and played the video he had just recorded, then held his phone in front of Tian Ke Ming's face.

  There is video and audio evidence, Tian Keming cannot deny it.

  Tian Keming stared blankly for tens of seconds, his spirit collapsing, his tone softening as he begged: "Xiao Chu, stop. Otherwise, let's go to the office and talk?"

  Chu Tian Shu pressed the stop button and said with a smile: "Director Tian, aren't you waiting for me to kowtow to you?"

  As soon as the words fell, Tian Keming thudded to his knees in front of Chu Tianshu, begging: "Little Chu, I'll kowtow to you."

  Chu Tian Shu sat down on the sofa, staring at him and saying word by word: "You don't need to kowtow to me, you should go kowtow to Zheng Xiao Min and her parents."

  "Xiao Chu, I'll give you whatever you want. Money, how much do you need? 30,000? 50,000? I can give it to you." Tian Keming.

  "Damn you, would you be willing if someone paid 500,000 to mess with your wife and daughter?" Chu Tian Shu heard Tian Ke Ming's words and felt that he was really shameless, so she kicked him to the ground.

  "Xiao Chu, I'm not human, I'm a beast. Please spare me." Tian Keming struggled and knelt down again, scolding himself as he slapped his own face loudly.

  He was very clear in his mind that as long as Chu Tian Shu handed over this video to the disciplinary department, not only would his reputation be ruined, but he would also lose his position as director and be finished for life.

  "No way!" Chu Tian Shu categorically refused. "Either go to the police station or go to the Discipline Inspection Commission, you choose yourself!"

  Tian Keming's face turned pale as he continued to plead: "Xiao Chu, I beg of you, let bygones be bygones and spare me this once. I'll go talk to the leaders and make sure you don't have to participate in 'Entering the Countryside'. I'll even promote you to head of the Comprehensive Department, no, Vice Director of the Office, okay?"

  "Hmph, I'm not interested."

  Tian Keming saw that Chu Tian Shu was resolute and wouldn't budge, so he crawled over to hug Chu Tian Shu's legs, fanning his mouth with his hand, his whole body trembling as he knelt on the ground wailing: "Little Chu, my daughter is still young, and my wife's health isn't good either. If I'm finished, this family will be finished too. Please, for the sake of my daughter and wife, spare me this one time, I beg of you!"

  Chu Tian Shu looked at Tian Ke Ming kneeling at her feet, feeling both hateful and pitiful. After a brief moment of hesitation, she withdrew her foot from his hands and said coldly: "Tian Ke Ming, get up."

  His original intention was not to make things absolute, otherwise he could have directly taken him to the police station without talking nonsense. Then he heard that his daughter and mother had moved out, and suddenly felt a pang of sympathy.

  Tian Keming raised his head and looked at Chu Tian Shu with a pitiful expression, saying cautiously: "Xiao Chu, are you willing to let me off?"