When Li Ye drove to the county branch bureau, he found the entrance deserted, with no one there. He was somewhat displeased.
By rights, after his mother-in-law had suffered something like this, her son-in-law should have been anxiously waiting at the gate, craning his neck for them. This was taking it far too lightly.
So he said to Wu Juying, "Grandma, didn't Uncle say just now that we should come to his workplace? Why isn't he here?"
Wu Juying shot Li Ye a glance. "We came to report the case through the proper channels. Did you expect him to come out and welcome us at the gate? Aren't you afraid people will gossip?"
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At the gate, even the guard was puzzled. Why did this car have both windows open in the dead of winter, and why was it driving so fast? Wasn't he afraid of the cold wind howling into the car?
Only when he got closer did he see that the windows had been smashed—and he recognized the young man driving.
Li Ye was not a celebrity known by everyone in Qingshui County, but he had often come to see Zhao Yuanchao before. The people guarding the branch bureau were best at recognizing faces; the guard had seen Li Ye only once and remembered him.
The guard immediately came out of the guardhouse and asked, "Say, Top Scholar, what happened to you?"
Li Ye sighed. "Don't ask. We were robbed in Sanjiaji. I came to report it."
"What?"
Upon hearing Li Ye's words and seeing Wu Juying inside the car, the guard felt his head swell.
Sanjiaji was under Qingshui County's jurisdiction, and Wu Juying was Zhao Yuanchao's mother-in-law. Now this was going to be interesting.
The guard hurriedly called Zhao Yuanchao. Zhao Yuanchao then rushed out with