Late at night, ten o'clock.
In an office at the County Public Security Bureau, Liang Chengpeng called Dong Xuebin in. "Little Dong, have a seat first."
Dong Xuebin remained standing. "Director Liang, has the accident assessment come out?"
"It has." Liang Chengpeng looked at him. "It was the Japanese Delegation's Toyota that hit her."
Damn it, so it really was them. Dong Xuebin's fury surged. He would settle this score with them over his mother. He said goodbye and was about to head to the hotel to arrest them. But Liang Chengpeng stopped him. After sighing inwardly, he relayed Secretary Xiang's instructions. "Secretary Xiang's meaning is that we shouldn't pursue the driver's liability. Handle it as quietly as possible and have them pay some medical expenses."
Dong Xuebin froze. "What?"
"We have to put the bigger picture first." Liang Chengpeng sounded helpless.
Hearing that, Dong Xuebin found it utterly unbelievable. "The bigger picture? This is putting the bigger picture first? Director Liang, I really don't fucking understand. What is the bigger picture? The people are the bigger picture! The people's affairs are the important affairs! Now we're sacrificing ordinary people's interests for some Japanese delegation! Treating the law like it means nothing! What kind of bigger picture is that? Whose bigger picture is it? It sure as hell isn't Yantai County's! It's Secretary Xiang's bigger picture!"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Liang Chengpeng thought Little Dong really dared to let anything fly out of his mouth.
Dong Xuebin's anger boiled over. "You know what happened in that car accident this afternoon. The police already made a huge concession. They hit someone, beat someone, paid a few tens of thousands, and were allowed to leave. Do you know how the beaten civilian and the onlookers saw us then? They were cursing us in