Noon.
Airport.
"Make way!"
"Stop staring!"
"Don't block people from getting through!"
"What are you looking at? I'm talking to you!"
Several Police Station officers were being quite overbearing, working with airport staff to maintain order and clear away the unrelated bystanders.
Dong Xuebin gave them the phone number.
Xu Xianglin wrote it down. "You'll contact her?"
The deputy director of the Police Station said, "Let the airport contact her."
"Fine." Xu Xianglin dialed the number.
Some of the other staff dispersed. Only Zheng Fei, Xu Dong, and a few others remained, glancing at Dong Xuebin as they waited to see him make a fool of himself. Zheng Fei had already called people over and had no intention of letting Dong Xuebin off easily. Compensation and an apology were unavoidable. If Dong Xuebin and his wife admitted their mistake with a decent attitude and took the initiative to apologize to Zheng Fei, he could let the matter go. He was not about to waste an entire day at the airport over some nobody; he still had to deliver a report to the city government that afternoon. But if Dong Xuebin remained stubborn, Zheng Fei would not be polite. He knew everyone at the airport. With a few words, he could have Dong Xuebin thrown into the Police Station, where he certainly would not be getting out today—at the earliest, he would have to wait twenty-four hours. That was Zheng Fei's thinking, and Xu Xianglin and Xu Dong, father and son, were even more so. They already had a grudge against Dong Xuebin. Why would they let this go easily now?
Beep, beep, beep.
The call connected.
Xu Xianglin said, "Hello?"
"Who is this?" A woman's voice came from the other end.
Xu Xianglin did not sound particularly pleasant either. "Are