Chapter 40: How Did You, As Gang Leader, Teach Like This?
A vast crowd passed by the marketplace.
The common people kept their heads down, not daring to look straight ahead.
“Master Lin.”
Some common people saw Lin Fan wearing the constable uniform, carrying the silver rod on his back, and a knife at his waist; their eyes lit up, they grabbed the fruits they were selling, and rushed up enthusiastically with gratitude.
“Master Lin, eat a pear. This is one I grew myself.”
He couldn’t bear to refuse the common people’s good intentions.
“Thanks.”
Previously, when they saw gang members appear, they were very afraid, but now seeing Lin Fan, none of them were afraid anymore. Who didn’t know that our Master Lin was upright and incorruptible? Not to mention Loyalty Hall’s He Sen being arrested and paraded through the streets—even Squad Leader Chen who tried to bail him out was beaten with one fist.
The common people’s thoughts were very simple.
Whoever treated them well was a good person.
Wang Changhai watched Lin Fan being surrounded by the common people and constantly fed by them; he felt a strange sensation in his heart, thinking of what his wife had said to him: You’ve picked up a golden phoenix in a chicken coop.
Now it seemed that was indeed the case.
“Master Lin, thank you.” Madam Li, whom Jin Biao had his eye on, had nothing good to offer, so she came close with cooked flatbread, full of gratitude. If it weren’t for Master Lin in front of her being different from the other constables, she couldn’t imagine what her fate would be or what kind of retaliation she would suffer.
After speaking, she was about to kneel to Lin Fan.
“No need for such a grand gesture. As a member of the Public Security Bureau, protecting every ordinary common person is my duty.” Lin Fan supported her and said: “Don’t worry, Jin Biao and his gang won’t get out. In the subsequent interrogations, they are connected to several murder cases and will be heavily sentenced.”
The common people perked up their ears, not expecting it to even involve murder cases.
Lin Fan looked around, cleared his throat a few times, and said: “Fellow villagers, live your lives well and don’t be afraid of being bullied. If local ruffians come to bully you again and I’m not around, endure it for now, then come find me at the Public Security Bureau afterward, and I’ll handle it for you.”
The scene boiled over.
“Master Lin is just.”
“Master Lin is the blue sky in the hearts of us common people.”
“Hey, with a good constable like Master Lin, us ordinary common people can live our days in peace.”
Facing the common people’s praise, he accepted it all. After putting in the effort with actions, being praised by the common people was very normal.
He wanted to make progress standing tall.
The brothers from Jili Wharf saw their Brother Lin so loved by the common people, and their hearts burned hot. Even without praise for them, they still held their heads high, feeling like they were basking in the glory.
Wu Yong and Qian Tao clenched their fists tightly.
They followed Brother Lin’s lead completely.
Once, the hall master had the most say, but now that idea had quietly changed—our Brother Lin’s words were the most useful.
Lin Fan raised his hand high, cupped his fists, and left the marketplace.
The common people watched him go; in their eyes, Master Lin’s back was very tall, like a great mountain.
Not long after, they arrived at Loyalty Hall’s headquarters. Upon arriving here, they saw many Loyalty Hall people standing straight outside the door.
Suddenly, their gazes all turned uniformly to Lin Fan.
“Hall Master, this is meant to intimidate me, huh.” Lin Fan laughed.
He didn’t take such a display seriously.
But from the eyes of these subordinates, he seemed to see some admiration.
For these subordinates, Lin Fan’s reputation was deafening; those few matters were truly explosive, and when idle, they would discuss them.
One man fighting eighteen alone.
Dozens of people in the shantytown beaten until they screamed miserably one after another—even Yuan Jiang was beaten miserably.
Not just women admiring the strong—men did too.
Especially someone as terrifyingly strong as Lin Fan.
……
Council Hall.
All of Loyalty Hall’s higher-ups were there; on the grand tutor chair at the head sat a man with black-and-white hair—Loyalty Hall’s gang leader Chen Qingshan.
Below him were three hall masters.
One with a single eye covered by an eyepatch, calm and composed, eyes closed in rest.
One fat in build, disheveled hair, sloppily barefoot with shoes off, feet on the chair, frantically rubbing between his toes.
The last one had slightly dark skin, sturdy build, holding a dagger, saying nothing, head down, focused on picking dirt from between his nails.
“Rub-rub, what do you take this place for, rubbing all day long, filling the room with that stench.” Chen Qingshan was in a very bad mood; he hadn’t expected so many things to happen in the gang. Seeing Huang Wei’s brazen manner, he was furious.
Huang Wei was full of indifference, even a bit aggrieved: “Gang leader, I’m itchy.”
He continued rubbing between his toes.
One-eyed Hall Master said: “Gang leader, this kid is from Wang Changhai’s group, now a constable at the Public Security Bureau. He took down He Sen—that’s not giving us face. If we can’t talk it out today, I say he shouldn’t think of leaving here.”
Huang Wei looked up: “He’s very good at fighting.”
The dark-skinned hall master sneered: “Good at fighting? So what? As long as he’s human, it’s fine. We’ve all clawed our way here on blood—what kind of person haven’t we seen?”
In the council hall, they went back and forth, but the ultimate meaning was clear: they must make this guy release He Sen.
Chen Qingshan didn’t speak, but from his expression, it was clear he was very unhappy now.
At this moment.
Footsteps came from outside.
Instantly drawing everyone’s gazes.
Lin Fan and Wang Changhai entered the hall, while the brothers they brought waited outside.
Just as they entered the hall, Huang Wei said mockingly: “Oh my, how did our kiss-ass king bring so many people here? Surely not plotting something.”
Wang Changhai glared hatefully at Huang Wei, just as he was thinking of introducing Lin Fan to the gang leader.
Unexpectedly, Lin Fan directly found an empty seat, put the silver rod on the tea table, plopped down, glanced at everyone in the room, then stared at Chen Qingshan sitting there.
“My time is precious; I don’t have time to bullshit with you. Say what you have to say.”
Lin Fan’s attitude instantly enraged the hall masters in the room.
Arrogant.
Too damn arrogant.
“Kid, you’re too damn arrogant.” Huang Wei was furious, grabbed his discarded shoe, and threw it at Lin Fan. He wanted to give this kid a show of force, let him know this was Loyalty Hall, not a place for him to act wildly.
He didn’t even check if it hit.
Instead, he looked at Wang Changhai: “This is the person you brought? As a hall master, do you even know how to handle people anymore, or…”
Bang!
He hadn’t finished speaking.
Huang Wei felt like a mountain was pressing on him, directly smashing him off the chair.
Everyone saw it clearly: after Huang Wei threw the stinky shoe at him and he dodged, this kid suddenly stood up, grabbed a nearby grand tutor chair, and rushed to Huang Wei.
He swung the chair in a barrage of wild smashes.
“Arrogant? I think you’re asking to die.”
“You bold dog thing, daring to attack a Public Security Bureau constable. I see you haven’t been on the tiger bench in prison. If you want to go, I’ll take you today.”
No human relationships and etiquette—just pure crazy output.
Huang Wei screamed miserably, very shrill.
“Gang leader, save me, save me…”
Everyone at the scene was stunned.
Wang Changhai’s mouth hung open, staring blankly. No way, the conflict came so suddenly? I haven’t even sat down, haven’t even said anything.
The commotion was too big; Loyalty Hall subordinates rushed in and, seeing this scene, were also stunned, but no one dared step forward.
Chen Qingshan and the others’ faces were terribly gloomy, as if dripping water.
Crack.
The grand tutor chair fell apart.
Huang Wei curled up, able only to emit low grunts.
Lin Fan exhaled, shook his hand, very dissatisfied, and angrily scolded.
“The small ones being ignorant is one thing, but even the big ones are ignorant.”
After speaking, his gaze shifted to Chen Qingshan.
“How did you, as gang leader, teach them?”
