Gangster heir? Please call me a legitimate entrepreneur.

The cold wind in the lobby swirled in snowflakes.

Captain Gu held the light, flimsy A4 sheet of paper in his hand.

The edge of the paper scraped against the rough fibers of his half-finger tactical glove, making a faint rustling sound.

A sharp ringing sound suddenly exploded in my head.

It felt like a rusty electric drill was relentlessly drilling into the nerves through the eardrum.

He spent half his life in criminal investigation.

They arrested a desperate criminal with detonators tucked into his waistband and a drug dealer clutching a homemade gun.

But he searched through all the police academy textbooks and never saw a gang leader throwing a tax payment certificate stamped with the red seal of the tax bureau at a policeman's face!

Li Jianguo stood a few steps away and heard the words "fifty million".

The old man's leather shoes slipped suddenly, and he almost sat down in a puddle of slush.

"W-what did you say?"

Li Jianguo rushed over in three strides and snatched the paper from Captain Gu's hand.

My presbyopia narrowed into a slit.

His gaze was fixed on the large red seal of the Longhai Municipal Tax Bureau.

Then, continuing downwards, I counted the string of zeros that was unsettlingly long.

one two three four five six seven.

It really is fifty million!

Li Jianguo's cheeks twitched uncontrollably, and the chipped thermos in his hand crashed onto the floor tiles with a thud.

Hot water splashed all over the floor, and a few swollen tea leaves stuck to Captain Gu's combat boots.

"Bureau Chief..."

Captain Gu turned his head, his teeth leaving a row of purplish-blue marks on his lower lip.

He pointed at Su Ye, his finger trembling like he was having a Parkinson's attack.

"They...they're falsifying accounts! They must be falsifying accounts!"

Captain Gu had a thick phlegm stuck in his throat, and his voice was hoarse and incoherent.

"Go and call the Economic Crime Investigation Division! These protection-collecting thugs can't even recite multiplication tables properly, how could they possibly know anything about tax evasion!"

Chen Suan huddled in the shadow of Lei Hu's broad back, sniffing nervously.

He reached up and clutched his aching stomach, feeling the cold sweat on his back sticking his shirt to his spine.

I'm sorry, Captain Gu.

It's not that they understand; it's that your provincial department sent me to teach them.

If I don't settle this score, that bald guy Lei Hu can use the Labor Law to deduct my performance bonus every day!

Su Ye stood on the steps and pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses that had slipped down to the bridge of his nose.

"Captain Gu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."

He tapped the stair railing slowly with his fingertips, producing a crisp metallic sound.

"This stamp was done by your system; the official seal is still there."

A smile played on his lips, and his eyes shone with a compassionate light.

"Our Sihai Group sold everything we owned to pay taxes for national construction, and you're making it up as false accounts?"

"Su Ye...you son of a bitch..."

Captain Gu felt as if he had been hit hard in the chest by a large iron hammer.

A salty, fishy smell surged up my esophagus.

For the past two weeks or so, we've been carrying out this swift and decisive crackdown on organized crime.

He stayed up all night every day, ate instant noodles for every meal, and kept himself awake by smoking cheap cigarettes.

He already had stubborn high blood pressure, and this was further provoked by Su Ye's words of being ungrateful despite getting the benefit.

The mercury column in a sphygmomanometer could probably puncture the glass tube.

Captain Gu's face turned purplish-red.

The veins on his neck throbbed and sputtered like angry little snakes.

He opened his mouth wide, like a fish about to die out of water, desperately trying to inhale a breath of oxygen, but he couldn't get anything in.

"You, you..."

His trembling fingers hadn't had time to retract.

Suddenly everything went black, and I saw stars everywhere.

His burly body, like a piece of chopped wood, leaned straight back.

"Bang!"

The back of his head, along with his bulletproof helmet, slammed heavily onto the marble floor tiles.

"Captain Gu!"

"team leader!"

Xiao Li screamed in fright and threw the riot shield in his hand far away with a clang.

He scrambled over and grabbed Captain Gu by the back of the neck.

The surrounding special police officers were instantly thrown into chaos.

Dozens of heavily armed men surrounded them, their rifle butts clashing against their bulletproof vests, creating an impenetrable crowd.

"Get out of the way! Don't fucking push him!"

Li Jianguo was so anxious that he stomped his feet, pulling the collar of his thick cotton-padded coat askew.

"Where's the medic in the vehicle? Call him quickly!"

The lobby was in chaos, filled with the heavy breathing of police officers and the clatter of boots splashing in the water.

Right at this critical juncture of war and chaos.

"beep--"

A sharp, plastic whistle pierced through the noise.

With a whistle dangling from his mouth, Lei Hu strode to the front of the formation.

His tight green tracksuit was covered in sweat from the exercise he had just done, and it was steaming hot.

"Four Seas Security Department! Form ranks!"

Lei Hu opened his throat in a hoarse voice, making the glass door vibrate loudly.

"First row, second row, hand in hand! Surround the police officers and leave a ventilation opening for Captain Gu!"

"Three rows, go clear the way outside! Shovel the snow out there, don't let the ambulance slip!"

Su Ye stood on the steps and quickly handed the thermos cup in his hand to the idiot next to him.

He strode down the steps in a few steps and squeezed directly into the crowd of special police officers.

"Make way! Make way! I'm the legal representative of the company; I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"

Su Ye knelt on one knee on the wet floor tiles.

He didn't touch Captain Gu, but instead shouted at Xiao Li.

"Unbutton his collar! Take off his bulletproof vest! He's breathing heavily with the pressure on his chest!"

At this point, Xiao Li was completely at a loss.

Upon hearing this calm instruction, he instinctively complied, his hands trembling as he reached to peel off the Velcro straps from Captain Gu's bulletproof vest.

Su Ye turned his head and swept his sharp gaze toward Lei Hu.

Did you call 120?

"I've hit it! Brother Su!" Lei Hu held up an old Nokia phone, his thumb still frantically tapping the screen.

"I told the operator that some police officers have been dispatched here, and to tell them to speed up. We'll cover all the fines for running red lights!"

Li Jianguo squatted down beside him, his old face twitching.

He looked at Su Ye, who was acting like a model citizen, always ready to help others and remaining calm in the face of danger.

It felt like I'd swallowed a live fly.

This guy is a notorious gangster boss who's been registered with the provincial authorities!

Now, not only are they teaching the police how to provide first aid, but they're also helping to direct order at the scene.

Outside the lobby.

Dozens of muscular men, carrying shovels and brooms, were enthusiastically shoveling snow from the square.

The metal shovel scraped and hissed as it rubbed against the asphalt.

They managed to clear a wide lane between the riot control vehicles.

Less than ten minutes.

The sirens of police cars mingled with the wail of ambulances as they approached.

The red and blue flashing lights shone on the swirling snowflakes, making people dizzy.

An ambulance, treading through the mud, swerved and came to a steady stop in front of the glass door.

The car's back door was kicked open.

An emergency room doctor wearing gold-rimmed glasses jumped out of the car carrying a medical kit.

Two nurses followed behind, pushing a folding stretcher.

The doctor had just raised his head when he was so startled by the scene before him that he tripped over his own feet.

Outside the gate.

Two rows of burly men dressed in green, with tiger tattoos faintly visible on their arms.

They stood in two neat rows, like welcoming guests.

"Doctor! Quick! The person is inside!"

With a flushed face, Sanpang shouted gruffly and opened the door.

The doctor swallowed hard and cautiously pushed the stretcher into the lobby.

What kind of place is this? Is this a gang shootout? Why are there so many SWAT officers standing here?

He pushed through the crowd and saw Captain Gu lying on the ground with his eyes rolled back.

He quickly knelt down and took out his stethoscope.

"Her blood pressure has spiked! Her heart rate is irregular!"

The doctor turned to the nurse and shouted, "Give her an injection to lower her blood pressure! Get her on the stretcher and back to the hospital right away!"

Xiao Li and several other special police officers hurriedly tried to lift Captain Gu.

But the special police officers were all wearing tactical gear weighing dozens of kilograms, and with them huddled together, it took them a long time to lift the person steadily.

"Hey, get out of the way! What are you dawdling about!"

Lei Hu couldn't stand it anymore.

He shoved Xiao Li aside and grabbed one end of the stretcher with his large, fan-like hand.

"Kim Jong-un! Give me a hand!"

Sanpang ran over with his short, thick legs and grabbed the other end of the stretcher.

These two are the kind of guys who can carry 200 pounds of cement without getting out of breath.

They shouted a work call.

"rise!"

Captain Gu, weighing over 180 pounds, along with the metal stretcher, was like a weightless foam board.

The two of them lifted it steadily into the air.

"Make way! Make way!"

Lei Hu stared with his bull-like eyes and strode off outside.

The doctor, carrying his medical kit, hurried after him with small, quick steps.

"Hey! Be gentle! Don't jostle the patient! Don't jostle him!"

A period of chaos ensued.

Captain Gu was shoved into the ambulance by Lei Hu and Sanpang.

The oxygen mask was put on my face, and the monitor beeped with alarms.

The nurse hurriedly closed the car door.

A plume of black smoke billowed from the exhaust pipe, the ambulance siren blared, its tires spun in the snow, and it sped off.

The snow fell even heavier.

Su Ye stood at the entrance, which had no glass door to block the wind.

The cold wind blew his turtleneck sweater backwards.

He cupped his hands around his mouth, making a megaphone shape, and shouted at the taillights of the departing ambulance.

"Captain Gu! Take care of yourself!"

"Don't worry about the money! Use the best medicine! We, Sihai, will cover the medical expenses!"

The sound carried far away on the wind, echoing across the empty square.

Li Jianguo stood to the side and slightly behind Su Ye.

The old man's thick cotton-padded coat was chilled to the bone by the wind, and his face was even paler than the snow.

Tonight's crackdown on organized crime is a thunderous operation.

They swept the entire city clean, but then they stumbled like never before when faced with this biggest nut to crack.

Li Jianguo took a deep breath of the biting cold air.

He tucked the deflated thermos under his arm.

He walked to the police car door and reached out to open it.

"Su Ye".

Li Jianguo stopped what he was doing and turned around.

Those bloodshot old eyes were fixed on Su Ye's smiling profile.

The voice was as cold as ice shards.

"You've gotten away with the 50 million in taxes today."

Li Jianguo pulled a flattened Hongmei cigarette from his pocket, put it in his mouth but didn't light it.

"But your original father's shell company had 30 million in overseas debts that flowed to drug lords in the Golden Triangle."

A cold, emotionless smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"I've already transferred the case file to the Provincial Economic Crime Investigation Bureau."

"Our game of chess has only just begun."