Getting Things Sorted Out Before the New Year
The residential complex had surveillance cameras installed throughout. Any disturbance would immediately catch the security guards' attention.
So when the slim young man picked up a brick, a patrolling guard rushed over at once.
"Mr. Li, what's going on?"
The two guards looked at the unlucky fellow clutching his foot on the ground, then turned to Li Bai, hoping to get an explanation from the homeowner.
Memorizing the faces and names of the homeowners in the innermost three high-rise buildings was required knowledge for every guard at Tianhua Jingshe.
"Mm, this guy's an intruder. He threatened my relative and tried to smash my car. Take him to the police station!"
Li Bai had no interest in wasting words on some clueless, penniless loser. He might as well hand him over to the Public Security Department.
Being a loser wasn't the problem. The problem was not knowing one's place. As the saying went, a poor man's fate with a rich second-generation's heart could only end in humiliation.
The moment Liang Xiao heard that they were taking him to the police station, he panicked. The New Year was almost here. Embarrassment was one thing, but hell, he'd end up spending the holiday at the station.
Liang Xiao forgot all about clutching his foot and shouted furiously, "No, that's not what happened! I came to see my girlfriend. I didn't do anything else!"
His ability to lie through his teeth was truly first-rate. But he was getting ahead of himself. He wouldn't be spending New Year's at the police station, but in the detention center. The police officers at the station needed to celebrate, too.
"Understood, Mr. Li!"
The two guards immediately took out their phones and filmed and photographed the hapless fellow and the