Then let the witch offer her loyalty

Just then, a familiar voice came from behind.

Zhou Yan was taken aback and looked at Chen Moxin who was walking over: "What are you doing here?"

Chen Moxin smiled and said, "I'll accompany you to meet your parents."

Zhou Yan asked in confusion, "Where is Yang Jie? Wasn't he always the one accompanying us before?"

Chen Moxin said jokingly, "Why would you rather have a nearly fifty-year-old uncle accompany you than a sunny and handsome twenty-year-old brother?"

Zhou Yan rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the back of her head; she couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.

"Let's go to the family visitation room."

Chen Moxin led Zhou Yan away from the strict detention area and towards the administrative office building on the outside.

Within the Bureau, the identities of witch hunters are kept secret from the public.

Hunters who need to have direct contact with outsiders during their work are usually affiliated with other departments.

For example, Chen Moxin's actual office is in "Demon Hunting Division 9", but he also has an identity in the old department "Special Investigation Division 7", so he appears to the outside world as an ordinary operator.

He accompanied Zhou Yan to meet her family this time as an agent of the Special Investigation Department.

Throughout the journey, Zhou Yan carefully looked around. If anyone got too close, she would secretly observe them for a few moments before turning her gaze away once they were far away.

Moreover, she has a very peculiar walking habit: she never walks in the middle, but always walks close to the wall, making her look just like a sensitive little mouse.

The closer Zhou Yan got to the family visitation room, the lower her head became. Although she didn't say anything, her unconscious fidgeting and other small gestures revealed her anxiety.

Just then, a hand gently landed on her head.

Chen Moxin gently stroked the back of her head and said, "Don't be nervous, it's just a meeting, it'll be over soon."

Zhou Yan pushed his hand back and muttered, "If you're not nervous, don't talk nonsense."

After saying that, she took a deep breath, opened the door, and went inside with Chen Moxin.

The family visitation room was small and simply furnished with a table and a few chairs, with tea prepared in advance by the staff.

A man with a crew cut sat in the main seat with his legs crossed. He was not old, and looked to be in his thirties. This was Zhou Yan's father, Zhou Haiwei.

Judging from his appearance alone, Zhou Haiwei is very handsome. At first glance, he looks a bit like a male star in a movie. When he was young, he was definitely the kind of guy that girls would flock around.

That's not surprising. It can't be just her mother's doing that Zhou Yan was born so beautiful.

However, upon closer inspection, one will find that Zhou Haiwei is indeed handsome, but his demeanor and behavior have an inescapable roguish air, which is the result of years of living on the streets.

Dealing with thugs from violent gangs every day, going out to eat, drink, gamble, and whore all the time, and constantly swearing, no matter how handsome you are, that gangster-like aura can't be hidden.

When Zhou Haiwei saw that the person accompanying him this time was a stranger, he glanced at Chen Moxin sideways and said, "Who are you? Wasn't it always that guy surnamed Yang who accompanied you before?"

Chen Moxin replied, "My name is Chen Moxin, an agent of Special Investigation Division 7. Captain Yang has other matters to attend to today, so I will accompany Zhou Yan."

"He~tui." Zhou Haiwei cleared a mouthful of phlegm from his throat, which was thick from years of smoking, and spat it directly onto the floor, then wiped it with the sole of his shoe.

He stared intently at Zhou Yan, his tone unfriendly: "Hey Chen something, how's Zhou Yan doing this month? Has he caused any trouble?"

Chen Moxin said directly, "No, Zhou Yan has been very well-behaved and obedient this month."

Zhou Yan paused slightly, glancing at Chen Moxin with some confusion.

She caused trouble this month.

She had previously broken a supervisor's nose because of a case involving secretly hiding steamed buns.

If it were Yang Jie, he would definitely say it directly at this moment.

Yang Jie is a pragmatic person; he is straightforward and doesn't play games.

Zhou Yan had thought that Chen Moxin would do the same as Yang Jie, but he didn't expect that Chen Moxin would actually keep it a secret for him.

"Damn, this idiot didn't cause any trouble. It's like the sun has risen in the west." Zhou Haiwei sneered, as if he had heard something interesting.

He picked at his ear with his little finger, and habitually blew away the earwax from under his fingernail, most of it floating onto the table.

"I'm not going to argue with you guys. Do whatever you want. I'm very busy. If it weren't for your stupid rules, I wouldn't even bother to make this trip. You guys are the most troublesome."

Zhou Haiping complained a couple of times and then beckoned to Zhou Yan with his finger.

He didn't say anything, but Zhou Yan seemed to know what it meant, and obediently took out the banknotes from his pocket and handed them over.

Zhou Haiping moistened his finger with saliva and began counting the banknotes.

Suddenly, he frowned: "How come it's only seven hundred? Wasn't it over nine hundred last month?"

Zhou Yan replied in a low voice, "There wasn't much work this month, so I got paid less..."

"Go to hell!" Zhou Haiwei said without saying a word and slapped Zhou Yan across the face.

With a "slap," Zhou Yan was knocked back, staggering a few steps, a large handprint appearing on his face.

"Are you fucking slacking off? Huh? What did I tell you last time? No slacking off! You're just ignoring me, aren't you?"

As Zhou Haiwei was talking, he swung his arm and slapped her head hard several times.

Zhou Yan was already used to this. Apart from shrinking his head back, his expression remained unchanged. He just silently and numbly let Zhou Haiwei beat and scold him.

"You're too kind! I raised you all these years, and you're useless! You're really too kind!"

Just as Zhou Haiwei was cursing and slapping Zhou Yan, he suddenly noticed that Chen Moxin had moved a chair to the corner.

He was seen standing on a chair, fiddling with the surveillance camera in the corner of the wall.

Zhou Haiping was taken aback for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Hey, what are you doing?"

"I'll take down the surveillance camera." Chen Moxin grabbed the surveillance camera's power cord and ripped it off.

Zhou Haiwei was even more puzzled: "Why the hell did you dismantle the surveillance cameras for no reason?"

Chen Moxin turned around: "I'll hit you then, can't you even tell?"

Then, Chen Moxin jumped off the chair and rushed to Zhou Haiwei, grabbed his hair, and slammed his face against the corner of the table.

With a "thud," Zhou Haiwei's nose slammed hard against the corner of the table, and blood gushed out like a burst dam. He collapsed to the ground.

This attack caught Zhou Haiwei completely off guard.

Zhou Yan was completely taken aback; she stood there dumbfounded, her mind going blank.

Zhou Haiwei scrambled to his feet, touched his nose, and found his hand covered in blood. He was both shocked and furious.

"I've absolutely sweared... Someone's been hit! Someone's been hit!!!"

He opened the door and started shouting at the outside.

"An agent is beating people up! Is anyone going to do anything about this?! Your bureau is really something else, beating up ordinary people like us for no reason!"

"I want to report this! I want to sue the media! Where are the judges? Are they all eating shit? Nobody cares when someone gets assaulted?!"

Zhou Haiwei's shouting immediately attracted the attention of the other agents, and the fact that his face was covered in blood terrified many people, and the news spread quickly.

Before long, the judges arrived, led by Wang Hui.

"What's going on?!" Wang Hui shielded Zhou Haiwei behind him.

Zhou Haiwei tilted his head back to stop the blood from dripping down, but the blood kept flowing back into his throat, choking him and causing him to spit out blood foam onto the ground.

His face contorted with rage, he pointed at Chen Moxin and yelled, "This bastard hit me! I was perfectly fine there, and he suddenly slammed me against the table!"

"Are you going to do anything about this? Is this the kind of quality the people in the management bureau have? Bullying ordinary people like this! Give me an answer, are you going to do anything about it?! If you don't, I'm going to sue you!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Hui immediately looked at Chen Moxin with ill intent: "Explain yourself? Why did you hit someone?"

Chen Moxin shrugged, looking completely innocent: "I hit him? When did I hit him? He slipped on the floor, hit his nose on the corner of the table, and then suddenly started barking. What does that have to do with me?"

"What the hell?!" Zhou Haiwei was about to suggest checking the surveillance footage when he suddenly remembered that Chen Moxin had broken the surveillance camera before taking action.

"This guy broke the security camera; he did it on purpose! You can ask the security room to check the historical records; there must be footage of him dismantling the camera!"

Wang Hui immediately called the monitoring room and demanded that the records be reviewed.

Soon, he received video clips from the monitoring room.

The footage clearly shows Chen Moxin moving a chair and tampering with the surveillance camera before the screen suddenly goes black.

Wang Hui sneered and pointed his phone screen at Chen Moxin.

"So you tampered with the surveillance footage, is there anything else you want to say?"

"That's right, I was using the security camera. I noticed it wasn't working, so I went to check it out, but then it suddenly broke down."

"Chen Moxin, even after all this, you're still trying to argue?!"

"How am I making excuses? If you can produce evidence, you can punish me however you want. If you can't produce evidence, you can't just falsely accuse me, can you?"

Zhou Haiwei spat a mouthful of blood onto the ground, cursing, "Fine, then let's not say anything more, I'm going to find the media right now! I refuse to believe that there's no law in this country!"

"Chen Moxin, is that right? You just wait, you public official bullying us ordinary citizens, you'll be waiting to be taken off your uniform!"

"...I hit him." Suddenly, a weak murmur rang out.

Everyone turned to look at the person who had spoken.

Zhou Yan stood against the wall, head bowed low, her voice soft: "I just had a fight with my dad... so I pushed him... and then his nose hit the table..."

Upon hearing Zhou Yan's words, Zhou Haiwei's eyes widened in fury: "What did you say? You're blatantly lying!!"

Wang Hui also shouted, "Zhou Yan, think carefully before you speak! This matter involves illegal infringement, and you will be held responsible for your reckless words!"

Zhou Yan unconsciously gripped her sleeves, pressing herself even closer to the wall. She looked extremely nervous, her mouth opening and closing, then after a moment's hesitation, she whispered, "I was the one who pushed her, it has nothing to do with Chen Moxin..."

"You bastard! You're siding with outsiders! I've wasted my time raising you! I'll beat you to death!" Zhou Haiwei shouted, his face flushed, and rolled up his sleeves, ready to attack.

Zhou Yan sensed Zhou Haiwei's anger, and crouched against the wall, trembling as he covered his head with his hands.

Just as Zhou Haiwei approached menacingly, a figure blocked Zhou Yan's path.

Chen Moxin didn't say anything, just stared at Zhou Haiwei.

With the judge backing him up, Zhou Haiwei wasn't afraid at all. He kept shoving Chen Moxin, pointing his finger at his nose and yelling, "Come on! Hit me! Try hitting me again! I'll stand here and let you hit me today. If I try to dodge, I'm your grandson!"

Wang Hui simply watched with a cold smile, showing no intention of intervening, letting Zhou Haiwei and Chen Moxin argue as they pleased.

Zhou Haiwei has been living on the frontier for many years. Although he hasn't achieved much, he is quite adept at reading people and can be considered a shrewd and cunning individual.

Judging from the judge's indifferent attitude, Zhou Haiwei realized that there must be some kind of grudge between the two.

So he became even more arrogant, shoving Chen Moxin more forcefully: "Come on! You son of a bitch, it's none of your business how I discipline my own daughter! Stop pretending!"

"You like to play the hero, huh? Come on! Let's do this! If I don't get you out of your uniform today, I'm not a Zhou!"

Just as Zhou Haiwei was cursing and yelling, a cold and authoritative voice came from behind him: "Isn't that enough?"

In an instant, like a mouse hearing a cat meow, Zhou Haiwei immediately fell silent, a hint of fear in his eyes, and stood there motionless with his head down.

Yang Jie arrived at the scene at some point. He first pinched Zhou Haiwei's cheek to check the injury, and then gave him a light slap on the face.

"Look at you, so pathetic. You didn't even break any bones, just got a little nosebleed, and you're acting like your mother just died, cursing and swearing."

Zhou Haiwei remained silent with his eyes downcast, a stark contrast to his arrogant demeanor just moments before.

There's a reason he's so afraid of Yang Jie.

When Zhou Yan was first taken in last year, Yang Jie accompanied him to the monthly family meetings.

At the time, Zhou Haiwei was also very arrogant and used all sorts of foul language.

Once, he got into an argument with Yang Jie and yelled at Yang Jie, including his family.

Without saying a word, Yang Jie immediately took off his uniform and started throwing a flurry of punches at Zhou Haiwei, leaving him bruised and battered beyond recognition.

Zhou Haiwei immediately went to the judge to complain, demanding that Yang Jie be severely punished.

As a result, Yang Jie beat him up again in front of the judges.

Zhou Haiwei was taken to the hospital, and Yang Jie actually followed him there, punching him directly from the outpatient department into the emergency room.

Later, Zhou Haiwei heard from the judge that Yang Jie was not only senior and highly respected in the Administration Bureau, but also had no intention of being promoted. He was a true "invincible person in the workplace," and even the director couldn't do anything about him.

Since then, Zhou Haiwei has never dared to provoke Yang Jie again, and he only behaves himself when Yang Jie is around.

Chapter 168 Not Bad at All

Yang Jie looked around, then at the onlookers, and raised his voice: "Are you all so free? Huh?!"

The agents immediately dispersed and went about their own business.