Chapter 42: Sued Again

  Five days later, Wang Mingzhong came to Liu Li's room with a file bag. After meeting, he looked at Liu Li with a disappointed face: "Deputy Captain, I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

  "Let's talk about the good things first." Liu Li smiled at Wang Mingzhong.

  When Liu Li first heard the good news, Wang Mingzhong said to him: "The good news is that Yu Dazhu's case has been closed. At first, those three witnesses refused to tell us anything and insisted that they did not see the course of the case clearly. After that, they also refused to testify for this case.

  Helpless, we had to follow your instructions and confronted the three witnesses. To our surprise, your method really worked! Yesterday afternoon, all three witnesses changed their testimonies, stating that it was Yu Guang who first punched Yu Da Zhu, and then Yu Da Zhu fought back against Yu Guang.

  Because Yu Guang had a bad reputation in the village, people were afraid that telling the truth would offend him, so when the police asked for their statements, the three of them thought it was better to avoid offending him and said they hadn't seen the details of the fight clearly.

  After obtaining the new testimony, I have met with Yu Guang and Yu Dazhu. In front of the witness's testimony, Yu Guang admitted to being the first to take action, and his attitude was no longer as tough as before.

  Yesterday, Zhang Tao and I, after a whole day of effort, finally put an end to this case. Since Dazhu bears all the medical expenses for Yu Guang, he will no longer compensate Yu Guang's other compensation funds.

  The behavior of the two men affected public order, so each had to pay a fine of 2,000 yuan. However, since Yu Guang was more seriously injured, he did not have to pay the fine. Given Yu Dazhu's good attitude in admitting his mistake, the team reduced his fine by half. Both parties had no objection to this result and signed the mediation agreement yesterday afternoon. Yu Dazhu also paid his fine of 1,000 yuan.

  "Great, this case was handled very well. If Zhang Shi and the others knew that we had already finished dealing with this case, they would definitely be shocked, haha...". After laughing twice, Liu Li asked: "By the way, you mentioned earlier that there was another bad news, what is it?"

  As soon as he heard this, Wang Mingzhong's face suddenly showed a hint of bitterness: "We used the method you pointed out to deal with those three witnesses, and as a result, we were complained about, charged with intimidation, threats, and forced testimony."

  Apart from the three witnesses, Yu Guang also complained about us three, citing reasons such as rough law enforcement attitude, loud tone of voice, poor service attitude, not wearing police uniforms while handling the case, and not showing his police officer's badge, with the case being handled irregularly.

  Since I, Zhang Tao and Zhao Jie were complained by Yu Guang and the three witnesses one after another, this morning, the county bureau discipline inspection committee and the county political and legal committee issued a notice to us three people, asking each of us to write a self-examination report based on the problems reflected by the complainants.

  "Guang and his gang are too evil, they actually filed separate complaints against us. This means that I, Zhang Tao, and Zhao Jie each have to write four self-criticisms."

  "What's the big deal? I thought it was something serious. It's just a self-criticism report, writing a few copies is just like practicing calligraphy, in the past I had to write one every other day." After hearing this, Liu Li casually comforted him with a few words.

  Seeing Liu Li not taking this matter to heart, Wang Mingzhong couldn't help but say: "Deputy Captain, you must take this seriously. I, Zhang Tao and Zhao Jie are all from our Third Middle School team. Each of us has been complained about four times at the command center's complaint platform, which means our Third Middle School team has been complained about twelve times in a row."

  "This is the twelfth time, I'm afraid our criminal police brigade's annual complaint rate has never reached twelve times. Our number has broken the record, and I estimate that the head of the brigade will come to talk to you soon. You may also have to write a self-criticism with us."

  "What's the big deal?" Liu Li chuckled and said, "Hehe... it's just a check, as long as I can give those who have been wronged a fair chance, I'd accept ten checks."

  Besides, the way we let witnesses testify is indeed unacceptable. Although it's for handling cases, in the end, it still offends people. We've made them angry, can't they complain about us?

  "Things have two sides, some people complain about us, but there are also those who appreciate us. I believe that once we've solved this case, someone will still say a word of praise for us. It's hard to please everyone, just be open-minded."

  Wang Mingzhong looked at Liu Li in surprise, he didn't expect Liu Li's mentality to be so open-minded. After a moment of contemplation, he chuckled and said: "You're actually right, last night Yu Dazhu's father called me to thank us, that's our only gain."

  "Hehe... it's all worth it. What can be more comforting to us than the gratitude of the people involved?" Liu Li said with a satisfied expression.

  Wang Mingzhong nodded slightly after hearing this: "Deputy Captain, to be honest, I had some doubts about you as the deputy captain before because of your young age. But today, after listening to what you said, I'm really surprised. Just based on your law enforcement philosophy, you surpass me in many ways. I've learned from you."

  After finishing, Wang Mingzhong went back to write a self-criticism. Not long after Wang Mingzhong left, Liu Li's mobile phone rang. Seeing that the call was from Cheng Bin, Liu Li felt a headache. Although he had spoken nicely in front of Wang Mingzhong, as soon as he thought about those twelve complaint messages, his head spun.

  In the office of Captain Cheng Bin, Liu Li sat silently on the sofa with his eyes closed, while Captain Cheng glared at him with a stern expression. After feeling the captain's piercing gaze, Liu Li simply closed his eyes.

  "Open your eyes and look at me." Cheng Bin stared for half a day, originally wanting to give Liu Li a psychological shock to express his dissatisfaction, but unexpectedly, his own eyeballs were about to pop out. Liu Li didn't even glance at him, and finally closed his eyes.

  Upon hearing this, Liu Li let out an "oh" and walked up to Cheng Bin, face to face, with only a centimeter between their noses. People who didn't know the inside story would have thought they were in that kind of relationship.

  "What are you doing so close to me, just standing there?" Cheng Bin was defeated by Liu Li's actions, and after letting Liu Li retreat, he paused for a moment before saying somewhat gloomily: "I don't know what was wrong with me back then? I actually let you go to the Third Squad as deputy squad leader.

  Liu Wei went for training, take a look at what you've been doing recently? Playing mahjong and poker with the team during working hours, idle all day long. A criminal case occurred in the jurisdiction, and you, as the deputy squadron leader in charge of criminal cases, were completely unaware of it.

  Among the three criminal cases reported to the superior, two were snatched from the local police station, and this case was complained by others for 12 consecutive times. Among the five parties involved, four of them complained about your squadron, Captain Liu. What do you have to say about this?

  Upon hearing this, Liu rubbed his forehead and said with a smile: "As for being complained about, I think that out of the five parties involved, four have complained about us. Doesn't that mean there's still one person who hasn't complained about us? Cough... This shows that our work still has a mass foundation."