120: Chapter 12 The Slap of Revenge

He walked in alone. "Ms. Huang, Mr. Chen, the person has been caught."

"We are taking him around to clear out the cameras, so please rest assured."

Having said that, he prepared to leave; once the cameras were cleared, he would take Brother Zhuo back to the police station.

"Wait a moment, Officer Tian. Can the content he filmed be deleted now?"

"If it gets leaked, how will I ever show my face again?"

Heavenly Queen Huang Manni was full of worry, hoping Tian Jun could destroy those videos and pictures immediately.

"Ms. Huang, these videos cannot be destroyed for the time being. They will be used as evidence to prosecute the suspect and can only be destroyed after the suspect's verdict takes effect."

"Then what if they get leaked? Will you police be responsible?" Hearing Tian Jun's words, Heavenly Queen Huang Manni was somewhat dissatisfied.

Tian Jun understood her feelings; anyone who had been surreptitiously filmed would immediately demand the deletion of the videos.

"Yes, we the police will be responsible. Moreover, as evidence, not many people will have access to the videos."

"If the videos are destroyed now, without evidence, the suspect will surely escape the punishment of the law."

Tian Jun assured Heavenly Queen Huang Manni.

He was worried that if Heavenly Queen Huang Manni acted unreasonably and insisted on deleting the videos now, it would be a problem.

He had plenty of ways to deal with criminals.

But against a woman like Heavenly Queen Huang Manni, he really didn't have any good methods.

After thinking for a moment, Heavenly Queen Huang Manni did not continue to demand the deletion of the videos, but she wanted a guarantee from Tian Jun.

If the videos were leaked, Tian Jun would have to take responsibility, and she would bring trouble to him.

Tian Jun complied with everything, and after stating that Heavenly Queen Huang Manni's cooperation would definitely be needed later, he walked out of her house.

Chen Shaoping immediately took his leave from Heavenly Queen Huang Manni and caught up with Tian Jun ahead.

Led by Brother Zhuo, Tian Jun's colleagues and a maintenance worker removed all the hidden cameras near Heavenly Queen Huang Manni's house.

There were twenty-eight cameras in total, all around the villa.

It was truly insane.

Brother Zhuo saw Chen Shaoping and Tian Jun walking out.

Gritting his teeth, he pointed at Chen Shaoping and said, "It really was you who ruined my good thing. You just wait."

Chen Shaoping smiled and handed a cigarette to Tian Jun and Xiao Wu, whispering, "Officers, please excuse us for a moment, thank you!"

Tian Jun knew what Chen Shaoping wanted to do; he took the cigarette, pulled out his phone, pretended to make a call, and walked away.

Before walking away, he also gave Xiao Wu a look.

Seeing this, Xiao Wu followed Tian Jun's lead and also stepped aside.

*Slap!*

Chen Shaoping walked up to Brother Zhuo and gave him a heavy slap.

"Wait my ass."

"You dare hit me? Comrade Police Officer, he's hitting someone!"

Brother Zhuo pointed at Chen Shaoping, intending to complain to Tian Jun, only to find that the two Police Officers had walked far away to make calls and weren't paying any attention to this side at all.

*Slap!*

*Slap!*

Chen Shaoping gave Brother Zhuo two more slaps. Red finger marks appeared on his face, showing how much force he used.

Brother Zhuo looked at Chen Shaoping defiantly, with an unyielding spirit.

He could accept the police hitting him, but being hit by Chen Shaoping, a fellow Paparazzo whom he had even cheated, made him very uncomfortable.

His eyes were wide and round, and his back teeth were clenched tight.

Chen Shaoping flexed his fingers and grinned sinisterly. "Quite tough, I'm impressed!"

Then came a series of "Slap, slap, slap..."

A barrage of slaps rang out.

"Stop, I was wrong, stop hitting me!"

Both sides of Brother Zhuo's face were swollen high. As he spoke, he spat out a tooth along with blood.

"I thought you were tough, but you're just a coward after all."

Chen Shaoping felt gratified, as if a great grudge had been avenged.

"What did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."

"I'm sorry, Brother Ping, I was wrong, I was really wrong."

Brother Zhuo apologized again, tears streaming from the corners of his eyes, his speech a bit lisped.

Tian Jun suddenly appeared and said, "What are you doing? You two, break it up, break it up."

He pretended not to see the injuries on Brother Zhuo's face.

Chen Shaoping lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and blew all the smoke into Brother Zhuo's face.

"I accept your apology."

Tian Jun's expression brightened; he knew exactly how badly Chen Shaoping had been screwed over by Brother Zhuo.

Not only did he lose money, but his girlfriend also broke up with him.

Tian Jun was truly afraid he would act recklessly and refuse to let Brother Zhuo go.

However, after suffering that blow, Chen Shaoping seemed to have gone into "cheat mode"—writing songs was as easy as drinking water, and all sorts of information kept emerging.

He himself was one of the beneficiaries of that information; otherwise, who knows how long he would have had to wait to be promoted to Vice Captain.

"Alright, Xiao Wu, take him away first."

"Okay, Vice Captain."

Seeing that the matter had been handled, the maintenance worker also intended to take his leave. "Comrade Police Officer, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

"Alright, thank you," Tian Jun replied.

"Wait a moment, comrade from the property management," Chen Shaoping spoke up.

Both Tian Jun and the maintenance worker were bewildered, staring at Chen Shaoping, not knowing what else he wanted to do.

"What is your property management even doing? There should be surveillance in the residential area, right?"

"How did you not notice someone placing so many cameras around this villa?"

"We owners pay so much in property fees, and this is how you do things?"

Chen Shaoping's face darkened, his tone carrying obvious dissatisfaction as he directly confronted the maintenance worker without showing any mercy.

Tian Jun originally wanted to say a few words to mediate, but thinking that Chen Shaoping actually had a point, he stopped.

He just watched quietly.

The maintenance worker was big and strong, a good hand at manual labor, but he really wasn't good at explaining things to property owners.

His face turned red from the questioning. After struggling to recall, he explained clumsily, "It's mainly because the owner of Building 21 insisted that the surveillance invaded their privacy and demanded that the property management remove it."

"Because of this matter, the property management even posted an announcement in the owners' group chat back then."

"As it turned out, more owners agreed to the removal of the surveillance; there was basically no opposition."

He spoke with evidence and even took out his phone to scroll through the chat history, preparing to show it to Chen Shaoping.

Chen Shaoping's expression remained unchanged, but a wave of shock surged within him.

Wasn't the owner of Building 21 Cen Minglan?

At that time, the system indeed said that she had the property management remove many cameras to make it easier for her to hide her assets.

But what he never expected was that Cen Minglan's action of removing the surveillance also created favorable conditions for Brother Zhuo's voyeurism.

"Alright, I understand. You can go." Chen Shaoping waved his hand, his tone softening as he ended the questioning.

Having sent off the maintenance worker, Chen Shaoping handed a cigarette to Tian Jun, lit one himself, and began to smoke leisurely.

Seeing Chen Shaoping's leisurely manner, Tian Jun became a bit anxious and didn't want to waste any more time here.

"Da Ping, I'm leaving first. You surely drove here, so I won't worry about you."

"I'll treat you to a big meal another day."

After saying that, he chuckled; he didn't even know how many times he had said the words "treat you to a big meal."

He turned to chase after Xiao Wu, who was escorting Brother Zhuo.

Chen Shaoping slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said faintly, "Go ahead. Once you leave, you can forget about ever knowing where Cen Minglan's assets are."

Tian Jun was instantly struck as if by an electric current, his body snapping straight.

Turning back to Chen Shaoping again, he said, "Da Ping, what did you say? This is no joking matter."

He knew Chen Shaoping was capable, but so many colleagues and experts in the bureau hadn't been able to pry open Cen Minglan's mouth.

Through what channel could Chen Shaoping have obtained information?

He couldn't figure it out.

"Do I look like the kind of person who jokes about something like this?" Chen Shaoping said solemnly.

Tian Jun cast aside the distracting thoughts in his mind and ran to Chen Shaoping with a fawning smile, lowering his posture.

"Da Ping, please tell me, okay?"

"Say it yourself, how many big meals do you owe me?"

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