Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

"Da Biao, stop right there! You've hit the wrong person!"

"Hey Zhang Dabiao! You think you're so tough?! You even dared to hit the security guards?! And you dare hit me?!"

Only then did Zhang Dabiao realize that a security guard was lying on the ground, and another security guard was being handcuffed behind his back, while Section Chief Xie had already drawn his gun and was pointing it at him.

On the other side, Li Huaide, Factory Director Yang, and others were maintaining order. Xu Damao and Shazhu were also there, but they were frightened by Zhang Dabiao's madness. Moreover, the two of them had probably tried to stop him, and each of them had a large slap mark on their face...

Zhang Dabiao quickly released the security guard from his hands, then raised his hands above his head. He didn't need to be so arrogant as to confront the truth head-on, so he could only admit defeat.

Then, turning to Section Chief Xie of the Security Department with a helpless expression, he explained, "Section Chief Xie, would you believe me if I said it was all a misunderstanding?"

I don't believe you for a second!

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In no time, everyone was sitting in a row in the security department's conference room.

Zhang Dabiao was handcuffed, but not locked up, because the matter had not yet been clarified and his statement needed to be taken.

Fearing something might go wrong, Li Huaide consulted Mu Wanqing and demanded a public confrontation.

Mu Wanqing explained the whole matter concisely, and everyone remained silent for a long time...

Then look at Yang Weimin, whose face was swollen like a steamed bun, and the workers who had been beaten, and then look at Zhang Dabiao, who had no injuries at all.

How embarrassing!

It was only thanks to Li Huaide's efforts to maintain the open confrontation that things could have turned out this way; otherwise, who knows what would have happened.

"Section Chief Xie, Zhang Dabiao assaulted so many of our factory workers! I demand that this be dealt with severely! It must be dealt with severely!"

Li Huaide said casually, "Director Yang, your nephew started this, so he was in the wrong. There has to be a cause-and-effect relationship, right?"

Factory Director Yang slammed his hand on the table and stood up: "But Ke Weimin didn't manage to hit him, did he? Look at what he did to him... look what he did to him!"

"So many workers were injured! If this causes delays in the factory's schedule, it's sabotage of production! Who will take responsibility for that?"

"Li Huaide, are you going to take responsibility, or is Section Chief Xie going to take responsibility?!"

"So many workers have been injured; this is an extremely serious offense! Section Chief Xie, you must deal with this severely!"

Having said that, Yang Weimin was beaming with pride, while Li Huaide frowned, his fingers unconsciously tapping twice on the table as he pondered how to break the deadlock.

Section Chief Xie, on the other hand, had his brows furrowed into a deep frown.

"Director Yang, the Security Section is directly under the guidance and leadership of the Municipal Bureau in terms of its business and public security work."

"How do you solve cases? We seem to be more professional than you, don't we?"

In 1960, the most crucial characteristic of the security department of the steel rolling mill was its "dual management system": it was subordinate to the steel rolling mill in terms of administration and personnel, serving as a functional department within the factory; at the same time, it was under the guidance and leadership of the municipal public security bureau in terms of business operations and public security work.

Section Chief Xie usually gives Factory Director Yang some face, since he is in charge of administration and personnel, and they see each other all the time.

But today, it's obvious that your nephew was in the wrong first. Although Zhang Dabiao went a bit too far, I'm already giving you, Yang Jianguo, a lot of face by helping you calm things down. And you still order me to deal with it strictly?

Do you really think my security department is Yang Jianguo's private army?

They even threatened me with holding people accountable for disrupting production?

Do you think I'm easily scared?

I crawled out of piles of dead bodies on the northern battlefield. Do you think I'm afraid of you taking a trivial matter as an imperial edict?

Go to hell!

"Xie Minghan, you..." Yang Jianguo was stunned. What did Xie Minghan mean?

Zhang Dabiao is an outsider!

Yang Weimin is my nephew, he's one of us!

Not to mention that so many workers were injured. Don't you understand what's more serious?

"Our security department has its own methods for handling cases, so please be patient, Director Yang." Section Chief Xie didn't give Director Yang any face and instead asked Zhang Dabiao.

"Da Biao, this is the second time we've met, isn't it? Tell me, why did you hit Yang Weimin?"

"If he wants to hit me, I'll hit him back. I can't just stand there and let him hit me, I'm not stupid." Zhang Dabiao looked completely indifferent, not feeling that he had done anything wrong at all.

"Then why did you hit so hard?"

"I have superhuman strength, and I recently learned a set of palm techniques."

Why do you want to learn palm techniques?

"I'll train my body to protect myself. Last time I was almost stabbed to death in retaliation. It's not illegal for me to learn some martial arts for self-defense, right?" Section Chief Xie and Li Huaide knew about this, so they nodded.

"Then why did you hit the other people later?"

"Good grief, that impotent guy called his friends and family to beat me up, yelling that they'd beat me to death. They rushed at me, howling, and I was just acting in self-defense, right?"

"...It's Yang Weimin," Yang Weimin quickly explained.

"All men with erectile dysfunction are the same," Zhang Dabiao replied indifferently.

"Then why did you attack our security personnel even when they tried to stop you?"

"I was so caught up in the excitement that I didn't hear anything. So many people rushed up and surrounded me. How was I supposed to tell who was there to hit me and who was there to break up the fight? I couldn't tell. I was too caught up in the moment, I really couldn't tell."

"I can compensate the security guard who was accidentally injured. I admit my mistake."

Section Chief Xie was a retired soldier, so he understood the situation Zhang Dabiao was describing and nodded in agreement.

Suddenly he added, "Do you know Yang Weimin's identity? Do you know who he is?"

Zhang Dabiao immediately understood what he meant: "I know, he's Director Yang's nephew, those two lackeys of his said so. Level 5 clerk, Level 23 in administration, college graduate, pretty impressive!"

"What are you still yelling about—my uncle's the factory manager, you dare touch me in the steel rolling mill? Beat him to death!"

"I thought it was some royal relative! It scared me to death!" Zhang Dabiao deliberately added an exaggerated and disgusted expression, which made everyone burst into laughter.

Who the hell identifies themselves like that before a fight?

That Yang Weimin is a real talent!

Even Director Yang was furious, pointing at his good-for-nothing nephew, unsure of what to say.

Factory Director Yang only had one daughter, so he raised his nephew Yang Weimin as his son. Yang Weimin lived up to expectations, graduated from university, and became a cadre in the factory.

Actually, after seeing Mu Wanqing and hearing what she said, I understood why my nephew had gotten into trouble with Zhang Dabiao.

But damn it, if you're going to take pictures of women, don't use my name, okay?

Are you out of your mind?

The matter is now quite clear. Everyone here has a sense of shame and knows right from wrong.

Section Chief Xie then announced to everyone: "In this incident, Zhang Dabiao acted in self-defense."

"He's only just learned a little martial arts and can't control his strength well. Imagine so many people surrounding him at the same time, even I would be nervous. He's just a kid, so it's understandable that he doesn't know his own strength when he strikes."

"The workers who came to beat Zhang Dabiao did so because they thought their colleagues in the factory had been bullied, and their motives for doing so are understandable."

Fortunately, no one was seriously injured.

Then Director Xie looked at Yang Weimin, who stood to the side, not daring to utter a word.

"The instigator was Comrade Yang Weimin from our factory. We won't go into his motives for beating Zhang Dabiao here."

"Comrade Yang Weimin will give each of the injured workers two yuan for medical expenses, and classmate Zhang Dabiao will give each of the two security guards who were accidentally injured while trying to break up the fight two yuan for medical expenses."

"That concludes this matter. Does anyone have any comments?"