Too Bad I Take Things Seriously-Chapter 625 - 239: Crime of Selling Stolen Goods, Watermelon Seller Arrested!_2

Another police officer also sighed, "Yes, among them, only two or three are under seventy-five; the rest are all over seventy-five. Even if they steal melons, we can’t detain them."

Yet another police officer said gloomily, "If we really detain them and something happens to them in our detention room, we simply can’t afford to take responsibility."

A sense of grievance filled the faces of the three.

As frontline police officers, they believed they had acted appropriately. They had advised the elderly and facilitated a reconciliation between the parties, avoiding escalating the situation to an unmanageable level. Otherwise, if they had really brought those elderly people to the station, they would have no peace, unable to even sleep. These were not just elderly people; they were veritable Bodhisattvas whom they had to attend to with the utmost care at all times.

"Excuses!"

Zhou Yuantu glared at the three, his face flushed with anger. He couldn’t help but scold, "Have you forgotten the law now?"

"It’s true that elderly people over seventy-five are not subject to detention, but what about administrative fines? Disciplinary education? Have you implemented any of that?"

"Also, what about those few elderly under seventy-five? They can be detained, right? I haven’t seen you deal with them either."

"The informant who reported by name also said that there was retaliation from the elderly afterward. When she called the police for help, you still went for reconciliation. Isn’t this inaction?!"

This matter had already been reported by name to the supervision and inspection department. This department was specifically responsible for supervising their ranks. It probably didn’t have much to do normally. However, after receiving this named report, they took it very seriously, demanding a reasonable investigation and response from him. The crucial point was that the complaint, made by a reporter who provided their name, was well-founded and legally substantiated. All of it pointed to their negligence in law enforcement.

"Alright, no more explanations from you."

After scolding them for ten minutes, Zhou Yuantu looked at the three with displeasure and instructed, "You three, go apologize to the parties involved, and then reprocess the case."

"If you can’t recite the ’Public Security Organ Law Enforcement Regulations,’ then bring the book with you and look it up on the spot!"

"Hurry up and remedy this situation; make sure the impact of this case is nullified!"

The three hung their heads. Drenched in a tirade, they didn’t dare to utter a word in rebuttal.

At this moment, the dispatch desk received a police tip, and an officer hurried over to report it.

"Zhaojia Village reported stolen melons?"

After hearing this, Zhou Yuantu frowned. Looking at the three who had just been rebuked, he immediately said, "Go fix the mess you’ve made. After it’s over, all of you write a report for me!"

This alarm... it’s obviously from that person named Hu Wenning again, Zhou Yuantu thought. This is a good opportunity to let the three officers responsible for this matter resolve it.

「Two hours later. Zhaojia Village. Pumpkin field.」

After reporting all the information, Hu Wenning watched as the three police officers left. Her expression was complicated. She wasn’t sure if her named report had actually been effective.

Anyway, ever since she saw these three police officers, she had provided them with all the footage captured by her surveillance cameras the night before. She repeatedly emphasized the crimes committed by those selling the melons. And these three officers had treated her very well. They showed great concern for the criminal acts she reported and declared they would definitely investigate the facts thoroughly and give her a proper explanation.

"Qing Lan, do you think... they already know about the named report?" Hu Wenning turned around. Looking at her best friend who had been with her all along, she felt somewhat apprehensive. The last time she called the police, the response from these officers was rather perfunctory. They simply lectured the elderly and then drove them home.

But this time, they claimed they would sternly crack down on criminal acts and asked her to await news. They even said they would notify her as soon as there was progress. The difference in attitude before and after was too great.

"They probably know." Qing Lan nodded and added, "Now let’s just wait patiently."

The situation had developed to this point. It seemed there was a breakthrough; it was no longer an unsolvable situation.

「That night. Zhaojia Village.」

Under the quiet veil of night, the elderly didn’t venture out as usual but gathered in Zhao Dezhu’s courtyard, their faces filled with panic.

"Zhao Laosan, what are we going to do? My son was taken to the police station!"

"My nephew went to sell melons in town today and hasn’t come back yet; I’m afraid he’s been arrested too."

"I haven’t seen my fourth brother either. I just asked around, and everyone said they saw the police taking him away in town."

"What the hell is going on? These police don’t dare arrest us, so why are they arresting our young folks?"

"..."

Dozens of elders gathered, all discussing their family matters.

It turned out that the pumpkins they harvested each day were given to their family members to sell in town. It was peak pumpkin season, and sales were excellent. Just a few days ago, each of them could earn several hundred yuan a day.

But now, it was midnight, and their family members hadn’t returned.

After asking around, they were all shocked.

It seemed their younger relatives had been arrested while selling pumpkins in town. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

And all those pumpkins had been confiscated.

"Damn it, what do the melons we harvested have to do with these kids?"

"They don’t dare to mess with us, so they’re just bullying the younger generation?"

"It’s just a couple of melons; it’s not serious enough to take people to the station, right? Zhao Laosan, what should we do now?"

"Making such a big deal over a couple of melons... could it be that girl surnamed Hu is behind this?"