South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Chapter 272 Qi Tongwei? Director Qi?

In front of the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, what does a small police station chief like him count for?

Qiao Hongyuan was doing well at work today when he suddenly received a report from his police officers saying that someone was blackmailing him with a knife. He was so angry that he rushed to the scene with his men.

Who would have thought that I would meet the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security here? It was really unexpected.

"Okay, Comrade Qiao Hongyuan, I came here today in a private capacity. You don't have to be so reserved. I had to pull out the gun today because this group of people are too arrogant." Yuan Mu waved his hand and then explained the cause and effect of the incident.

When Qiao Hongyuan heard this, he immediately became furious.

"Don't worry, leader. I will handle this matter strictly!"

"Well, that's good. This group of people is lawless. If we don't teach them a profound lesson, they will probably endanger the people in the future. Your police station is the grassroots, and you must protect the lives and property of the people!"

"Yes! I will definitely remember it, leader. Could you please give me some instructions so that I can have a direction?" Qiao Hongyuan asked tentatively.

Qiao Hongyuan knew that today's wedding banquet was for his classmate, and Yuan Mu worked in Kyoto. He could come all the way to Dongzhou to attend the wedding, so it was obvious that they had a special relationship, so there was no harm in asking more questions.

"Well, let's dig deeper into the criminal past of this group of people. I don't believe this is their first time. Social parasites like these must be severely punished!" Yuan Mu thought for a while and said.

"Yes! I promise to complete the task!"

"By the way, has the security in Dongzhou always been like this?"

"No, this is just an isolated case, an isolated case!" Hearing this, Qiao Hongyuan hurriedly denied it. He couldn't admit it. If he was talking nonsense and Yuan Mu went back to complain, not only would he be implicated, but their superiors would also be implicated.

"Comrade Qiao Hongyuan, you are being unrealistic. I have been to Eastern Province before. Right in front of the train station, a group of people openly collected protection money and beat up a teenage student!"

"Such bold behavior, bullying the market, and later people from the railway police station came and openly shielded the other party. Is this good public security?" Yuan Mu said with a stern face.

Qiao Hongyuan was speechless for a moment. Actually, he understood many things, but he was just the chief of a police station. He could only manage the area where he was located, but how could he manage the train station?

"Comrade Qiao Hongyuan, you don't need to feel any psychological burden, and you don't need to worry that I will go back and complain. I just want to understand the local security situation. You must tell me truthfully!" Yuan Mu said in a softer tone.

"Leader, this kind of thing does happen quite often. As you know, there are many young people who are unemployed at home. Although the economy is developing after the reform and opening up, it is far from enough to meet the employment needs of so many people."

"Many of these young people are from rural areas who have gone to work in rural areas. What can they do if they don't have a job? They can only wander around the streets. This has led to the current situation."

"Our police force is limited and we cannot completely eliminate this phenomenon. We can only go wherever there is a call for help, but this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution," Qiao Hongyuan said with a wry smile.

Yuan Mu nodded. In fact, he was aware of this situation, but this was the way society was now and it could not be changed for the time being. Except for a few economically developed areas, the rest of the places were like this and it was getting worse.

"Okay, I don't mean to hold you accountable, and I understand your difficulties, but you have to do it no matter how difficult it is. What do you think?"

"Yes, leader, I understand."

"Send more police officers to patrol normally. We can't manage a large area, but you should take care of your own little piece of land, right?"

"Don't worry, leader. I will definitely send more people to patrol and maintain public security!"

"Okay, then our conversation ends here. You should go about your business. Remember, don't reveal my identity. After all, I'm here in a private capacity." Yuan Mu nodded.

"Ok."

As the conversation between the two ended, they came out from the corner. Then Qiao Hongyuan took away all the dozen thugs and brought them back to the station for careful investigation.

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Yuan Mu and Wei Huatian stayed here for two days, and then planned to return to Kyoto. They declined Gao Yuliang and Wu Huifen's offers to see them off, and went directly to Dongzhou Railway Station.

Just as the two were about to step into the train station, a voice sounded behind them.

“Benefactor, benefactor!”

Yuan Mu and Wei Huatian both turned their heads and saw a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old with a dark face running towards them.

"Comrade, are you calling us?" Yuan Mu looked at the other person and asked.

"Benefactor, I'm calling you!" The boy looked at Yuan Mu with excitement.

"Me? Do you know me? Also, why do you call me benefactor?" Yuan Mu pointed at himself and asked puzzledly.

But he soon found something wrong. He seemed to know the other person. To be more precise, he knew the other person's eyebrows, because these eyebrows were too eye-catching, thick and dense. He remembered the child he rescued at this train station when he first came to Dongzhou.

"Benefactor, it's me. You saved me here before!" the boy said excitedly.

"Oh, I remember, it's you. By the way, I didn't ask you your name last time. What's your name?" Yuan Mu said with a smile.

"Benefactor, my name is Qi Tongwei!"

Yuan Mu was stunned when he heard the name. What the hell? Qi Tongwei? Director Qi? Then he looked at the child in front of him carefully. Needless to say, he did look like him, especially his eyebrows. He looked very similar, and he was full of righteousness.

If you calculate his age, it seems that Qi Tongwei should be about this age now.

"How old are you?" Yuan Mu continued to ask.

"My benefactor, I am fifteen years old this year."

"Okay, stop calling me benefactor all the time. I just did it conveniently at that time." Yuan Mu waved his hands. He was not used to calling someone benefactor all the time.

"Then I'll call you Uncle Yuan!" Qi Tongwei immediately changed his words.

Uncle Yuan? It doesn't matter anyway. I am more than a generation older than him. If the plot develops as it should, this guy will be Gao Yuliang's student in the end. Calling him uncle is also quite appropriate.

"Okay. By the way, didn't I tell you last time not to be here? Why are you here again? Look at what you look like. Are you here to sell potatoes again?" Yuan Mu nodded and asked.

"Uncle Yuan, I'm studying here now, and I'm selling potatoes to earn some living expenses." Qi Tongwei said with his head down.

Yuan Mu took a look at his clothes and found that he was still wearing the same clothes as the last time he saw him, except that he had an extra worn-out coat. His black cloth shoes were worn to a shine and had several patches on them.