"This is the case file for the May 27th case. Please take a look," Director Liu said, placing a file folder in front of Mi Nan.
The fact that this happened so late at night greatly angered Director Liu.
"That City Light is too arrogant. He started live streaming again after only one day, completely disregarding the police. This time, we must teach him a lesson no matter what."
Mi Nan had known about the 5.27 case before, so she simply glanced at the case file and put it aside.
The live stream from City Light has been projected onto the wall.
This is a closed room. On the sofa in the room, a woman named Zheng Yi is wrapped in duct tape and fixed to the wet sofa.
In one corner of the sofa was an electronic ignition device, which was connected to a mobile phone and turned into a simple remote-controlled igniter.
"You are the most vicious, filthy, and ugly woman I have ever met. That day, you threw a cigarette butt on the sofa, just that Xiaoxiao cigarette butt, yet it took the lives of more than forty people, and you didn't feel the slightest bit of remorse."
Zheng Yi glared angrily at Jiang Ya, struggling to say something, but because her mouth was taped shut, she could only make "woo woo woo!" sounds.
"It seems you still have no remorse whatsoever. But it doesn't matter; this sofa is already soaked in gasoline. Once the vote count reaches 100,000, the igniter will set the sofa ablaze, and then..."
"Forget it, people like you have no sense of shame or self-awareness."
After Jiang Ya finished speaking, he adjusted the orientation of the monitor in front of Zheng Yi so that the screen was facing Zheng Yi's face.
Then he grabbed Zheng Yi's hair, pointed at the screen, and said, "The vote count has now reached over ten thousand. Good luck!"
"Everyone Central City. When that light is ignited, darkness will have Nowhere to Hide. I am that light that ignites your hearts."
Jiang Ya said nervously as she walked out.
Director Liu slammed his fist on the table and said angrily, "Who does this guy think he is?"
"If everyone acted like him, the world would have been in chaos long ago. This is not justice at all."
At that moment, Ling Yi's voice came through Mi Nan's Bluetooth headset, "Just like what City Light said to Zheng Yi, this kind of person's brain is completely broken. You can't reason with them."
"Where have you been today? You haven't made a sound all day!" Mi Nan asked with delight upon hearing Ling Yi's voice.
Director Liu was taken aback and asked, "Is it Ling?"
Ling Yi's voice suddenly rang out from the conference room speakers. "Hello, Director Liu."
"You should know that what you've done has gone beyond the rules." Director Liu hadn't expected Ling Yi to be willing to communicate with him, but he still needed to maintain the proper attitude.
"Yes, I know, that's why I'm afraid to show my face," Ling Yi said with a smile.
"With your abilities, you should contribute more to society instead of hiding and challenging the rules," Director Liu said in a deep voice as he sat down.
"I'm not challenging the rules, but trying to improve them in another way. You should know that rules inevitably have loopholes."
"Like this woman named Zheng Yi, she is a loophole, or rather, she followed a loophole in the rules, and there are many more like this."
Director Liu remained silent.
"What I want to do is to fill this gap in people's hearts with morality. Of course, I know it's almost impossible, but I'm willing to do it."
Director Liu sighed and asked, "What do you plan to do?"
"I have recovered the surveillance video from Tian Qiang's house that day. Zheng Yi needs to pay the price for her actions and give the public an explanation."
Director Liu's eyes lit up, and he said with delight, "As long as there is evidence, given Zheng Yi's egregious attitude, she will definitely be severely punished."
"However, we'll have to wait."
"Wait for what?"
"Wait until the vote count reaches 100,000."
"No, if Zheng Yi dies in front of the entire internet, City Light will have achieved its goal."
"Don't worry, I've blocked the signal; the igniter is disabled."
How can you guarantee that?
"Hehe!" Ling Yi chuckled lightly and said nothing more.
Director Liu understood the meaning of the laughter; Ling Yi was telling him that he had no choice.
"What do you want to eat tonight?" Ling Yi asked Mi Nan through the Bluetooth headset.
"No!" Mi Nan said, pouting.
"How about we go for hot pot? Daniu Old Broth Hot Pot, your favorite!"
Mi Nan couldn't help but swallow, but seeing the director's ashen face, she quickly lowered her head.
He whispered, "Could we not talk about this now?"
The bureau chief, exasperated, waved his hand and said, "Have him send me the video later. I need to make some preparations. You can leave now."
Mi Nan stuck out her tongue, then turned and walked out of the conference room.
A few minutes later, Director Liu received a cloud storage account and password on his phone. After logging into the cloud storage and watching the videos inside, Director Liu looked at the woman in the live stream whose expression was distorted with fear and couldn't help but sneer.
Because of the large audience size for this live stream, the voting process was incredibly fast.
In less than half an hour, the number of votes reached more than 80,000.
At this rate, the vote count will reach 100,000 in no more than ten minutes.
Jiang Ya was in a restaurant, eating fried rice while his whole body trembled with excitement. His finger was on his phone screen; if the number of votes reached 100,000, this woman would be reduced to ashes.
Meanwhile, Zheng Yi in the live stream was struggling frantically, her eyes bloodshot and red with terror.
Thirteen minutes later, the number of votes finally reached 100,000.
Zheng Yi clearly heard a "click" sound coming from the room.
But the sound wasn't from the lighter; it came from the door lock.
Then the door was opened, and five or six police officers rushed in. After a flurry of activity, they finally managed to rescue Zheng Yi.
This scene left many viewers in the live stream extremely disappointed.
The chat was flooded with curses and insults, such as "Why don't you just die!"
The evil within people's hearts was unleashed in full force at this moment.
It's understandable if the victims of the May 27th case were to curse, but those who are sending curses in the live chat are just ordinary people.
To them, Zheng Yi was just an insignificant person, someone they had absolutely no connection with, but they started cursing simply because they didn't see the scene they wanted to see.
In their eyes, death seems to be nothing more than a source of amusement.
"You bunch of useless trash, why did you only show up now? I almost died..."
After recovering slightly, Zheng Yi began pointing her finger at a policeman and hurling insults.
This scene caused the live stream chat to freeze for a moment.
This woman has completely overturned the normal values of most people.
But what happened next instantly made netizens feel better.
"Click!"
A pair of handcuffs were placed directly on Zheng Yi's hands.
" Zheng Yi, you are suspected of arson. Come with us for investigation."
"What did you say? It was that bastard Tian Qiang who Fire Setting, why are you arresting me?" Zheng Yi retorted, looking as if she were truly innocent.
"The video you deleted from the cloud drive has been recovered. Do you have anything else to say?"
"This... this is impossible, I even emptied the recycle bin..."
"Take away!"
Two police officers grabbed her and dragged her away.
The live stream chat finally resumed, and people cheered, finding the scene incredibly refreshing.
But Jiang Ya's face was extremely gloomy. He had already pressed the start button, so why hadn't the ignition device been triggered?
Furthermore, why did the police arrive at the last minute?
I carefully selected this place, so how did they find it?
This puzzled Jiang Ya, but he still didn't realize that someone was plotting against him.
The impact of this incident was even greater.
The video of Zheng Yi tantrum and then being handcuffed has become a meme among netizens, often accompanied by captions like "Look up and see, who can escape the wrath of Heaven!", easily garnering thousands of likes.
Netizens also expressed high praise for the police in Xinhai City.
After Xinhai City's official website released some footage of Zheng Yi at Tian Qiang's house, the matter remained a hot topic online, but the matter was eventually settled.
Zheng Yi will face severe legal punishment.
The next morning, a large number of family members of the victims of the May 27 incident came to the police station in Xinhai City to present flower baskets and banners.
Flower baskets almost filled the entire first-floor lobby, while banners covered an entire wall.
"What are your thoughts after seeing this?" Ling Yi's voice came through the Bluetooth headset.
"It feels so heavy. We haven't done enough, we don't deserve this, and most of this honor should belong to you."
"No, everyone thinks you deserve it, so you do. But when you're silently dedicating yourself, who sees it? When you're fighting criminals with your lives, where are the flowers and applause?"
"You deserve this," Ling Yi said with a smile.
"Thanks!"
"Don't be so polite with me."
Mi Nan didn't say anything more about it; she just needed to keep it to herself.
He changed the subject, saying, "That 'City Light is currently being praised all over the internet, and many people believe he orchestrated it all."
"He doesn't think so," Ling Yi said dismissively.
"Netizens are very clever; after all, City Light's behavior during the live stream had absolutely nothing to do with so-called justice."
"Ling, let's meet," Mi Nan said again.
"Why do we have to meet?" Ling Yi asked.
"I just want to know what you look like."
"I'm incredibly ugly, the kind of ugly that I can't be seen in public."
"I want to see you," Mi Nan said earnestly, emphasizing each word.
"Now is not the time!"
"You don't believe me?" Mi Nan asked.
"No..."
"You just don't believe me!" Mi Nan said angrily, then took off her headphones and stormed back to her office.