The man's eyes quickly discovered the mayor, who he had supported back in the old days. As if gripping the last straw, he hurried over and pleaded help.
When the mayor saw the man's sight on him, he screamed bad inside his heart. He didn't find trouble but trouble came to him.
"Mayor, please help me explain my situation to Chief Yang." The man said. "As a close friend, am I depraved to such an extent? It's impossible."
The mayor only had swear words inside his heart. When did the two become close friend? The only relationship the two had was cooperation when the man donated money for the election.
As his donor, he must at least come forward to help out but the man's mouth was too unstable to screw things up and he still pulled him over when trouble arose.
"Ah! What happen? I didn't hear the commotion. What troubles did you just make?" The mayor pretended to be puzzled. "Chief Yang, what's going on here?"
The people around him sneered at his pretense. They heard everything, why couldn't he? The number one skill, a politician should possess was acting confused.
The mayor felt guilty and angry when he saw everyone looking at him jokingly. He almost blew up but after Yang Qingyue glanced at him with a meaningful smile, he shuddered.
"I have some probable evidence leading toward serious crime, this gentleman might have committed." Yang Qingyue said. "He must come with me to the station, personally. I'm sure, as a major, you should understand my duty."
"Chief Yang is joking. Why should I interfere? I'm really just asking a question." The mayor breathed heavily and replied. "I'm sure Chief Yang is righteous and will not do anything meaningless. There must be your reason but I hope you'll give me due evidence later on."
"That depends on the case, Mayor." Yang Qingyue shook her head. "Sometimes, the identity issues can ruin the witnesses. I'll soon deliver the report after the investigation is finished."
"Alright, I'm sure Chief Yang is doing all for the sake of justice." The mayor relented and cursed the man who nearly found trouble.
If he kept trying to save the fat man, the mayor felt his chair might be gone the next day. Yang Qingyue, in the following weeks, would have unprecedented power and prestige because of her victory over her opponents.
He, a little mayor, should avoid offending her, when he could guess, that Yang Qingyue's future might reach the provincial level at the very least and possibly the ministerial level too. That was a big official, probably hopeless for him.
But Yang Qingyue, with her background and merits, was definitely eligible, meeting the requirements. As long as her ship didn't encounter a life-threatening storm, it would sail safely and reach her destination.
Yang Qingyue gave a look of suit-yourself and stared at the fat man, who seemed to have resigned to his fate because he heard the mayor didn't even fight for him.
She didn't need to listen to know her police sister was definitely giving them a memorable lesson. Even though her means were restrained, from today's appearance, she had changed everyone's impression of her.
Yang Qingyue was no longer the willful demoness who relied on only fists. She had learned to use everything to her advantage. At the back of her mind, she cursed at Ling Qingyu for teaching her those skillsets.
After a while, Mr. Shen announced another session where people would donate his charitable foundation. One by one, wealthy individuals except the government officials and staff, entered the amount through their mobile bank account.
Afterward, the paper, probably recording the lists of names and the donated amount, reached Mr. Shen's hand. Holding the mic, he announced according to the list.
"Lu Corporation 1 million!"
"Everblue Corporation 2 million!"
"Rose Group 700,000!"
Ling Qingyu eyed toward Lan Xi and was surprised of her move but then realized they were selling favors to the officials by trying to do charity work. And as expected.
"Hu Group 500,000!"
"XXX Corporation 2 million!"
"XX Corporation 5.5 million!"
"..."
"XX Group 50 million!" This announcement drew gasps as the amount wasn't really small. But the latter lists became higher and higher.
"Xia family 300 million!"
"Hiss!"
"Incomparable, incomprable. Gotta give up competing against these strongs." People murmured. Everyone was also in fact racing to rank prestiges among each other.
"Spirit Group 500 million!" Silence. Absolute silence.