Chapter 296: Is This Retribution?

This day was an unforgettable day for Yuan Dawei.

He had been honest and law-abiding all his life.

It was only after his divorce that he went for a massage or to a club to relieve his boredom due to his very normal physiological needs.

This kind of behavior was a normal transaction where you were willing to pay and I was willing to accompany you.

And under normal circumstances, this kind of thing where both parties were willing was relatively loose. At least Yuan Dawei thought so.

So, he was very dissatisfied with Xiao Li who had framed him. It was clearly prostitution, but she insisted on saying it was rape. This was obviously framing him. How could he tolerate this?

Yes, he was a little rough with her before, but the two of them had agreed on the transaction early on. When they went to the hotel, she was willing all the way. The club and the hotel had surveillance cameras that could be checked.

But Xiao Li insisted that after they entered the hotel room, she regretted it, but he still used force and tortured her with various means for more than an hour, causing great harm to her body and mind.

She did have bruises in many places on her body. He had indeed messed with her in various ways before, and his actions were very rough, but this was mainly to retaliate against her boyfriend. Who made her boyfriend beat him?

He definitely had to get back at her. Besides, he had promised to give her 1,500 yuan. With so much money to spend, he definitely had to play enough to get his money’s worth.

Yuan Dawei had no choice but to tell the police his mentality truthfully.

But even so, it was difficult for him to defend himself. Xiao Li just insisted on him, and the scars on her body were evidence.

Yuan Dawei had the thought of killing Xiao Li at this time, but he couldn’t put it into practice in the police station.

Before coming to the police station, he had already contacted a friend on the phone, trying to find a connection to say a word for him, but unfortunately, the friend’s friend obviously didn’t do it right.

In the end, he still gave a statement. The police who handled the case were also impartial and had no intention of taking care of him. Then, they directly issued him a detention notice.

This made him directly sit on wax.

Before entering the cage, he finally got his mobile phone and immediately called his father.

Before his father retired, he worked in a state-owned enterprise in a county under the jurisdiction of Xiuzhou. His hometown was in this county.

So, his father still had some old connections that could extend to Xiuzhou city. The reason why he could enter his current unit and become a section chief at a young age was because of a favor from one of his father’s friends.

Now that this had happened, he didn’t care about losing face and told his father.

After his father heard it, he was so angry. He only had one son, and he had high hopes for him.

Yuan Dawei had not disappointed him before. He worked very hard in his unit, and his performance was outstanding. His future was bright.

Although Yuan Dawei’s divorce later made the old couple a little dissatisfied, they were generally quite satisfied.

As a result, now Yuan Dawei first solicited prostitutes, and then was accused of rape. No matter how bad the nature of this matter was, Yuan Dawei was obviously wrong.

With Yuan Dawei’s conditions, it was not difficult to find a girlfriend. Why did he have to do this? This was the reason why his father was angry.

After his father scolded him on the phone, he slowly calmed down. Then he asked in detail about what had happened and where he was now. Finally, he cursed “You son of a bitch” and hung up the phone.

According to Yuan Dawei’s understanding, his father would definitely help.

But tonight, he was destined to stay in the detention room of the police station.

He was treated relatively well. There were only three people in the iron cage, and the other two looked very honest. The two of them came in because of a fight. The three of them sat in a corner, and no one paid attention to anyone.

He couldn’t sleep at all this night. When he finally made it to dawn, his eyes were full of red bloodshot, his expression was tired, and his face was full of worry about gains and losses.

Now his biggest worry was that his detention would be spread to his unit.

He had asked the police here to keep it a secret before, but he didn’t know if they would make an exception.

He was a staff member of a public institution. Generally, if he was detained in this situation, the police station could notify his unit or not.

And the new day happened to be Monday. If the unit was notified, everyone in the unit would definitely know about it in the first place.

Finally, a police officer came over. At his request, he finally got his mobile phone back.

He immediately dialed his father’s number.

“Dad, how is it? Have you found a suitable person to help?”

As soon as the call was connected, Yuan Dawei asked anxiously.

“You bastard!” After his father cursed, he said angrily, “I’ve lost all my face. Last night, I begged my grandfather and grandmother to find a former colleague. His son works in your street. I asked his son to ask someone to go to the police station to understand the situation. In addition, I also hired a lawyer for you. If it really doesn’t work, we can only go to court.”

“It’s mainly that woman! Dad, you take some money to find that woman and try to get her to change her story. Or trick her into telling the truth. At that time, you can record it and use it as evidence.”

“You little bastard! Why don’t you just lie down and die? What kind of sin did I commit?”

Yuan Dawei could only frown with a gloomy mood and said, “Alright, Dad. If you want to hit me or scold me, you have to wait until I get out. Now help me with this and help me get through this difficult time.”

After his father scolded him for a while, Yuan Dawei was about to say something very helplessly, but his phone ran out of battery. Before he could react, the screen went black and the phone turned off.

His phone, which cost several thousand yuan, had enough battery to last from yesterday morning to this morning.

Seeing this, Yuan Dawei could only wait with a sad and gloomy face.

At about nine o’clock, the son of the old colleague his father had entrusted finally came over. He came to the cage to meet him. He was quite polite to him. After a simple introduction, he handed him a cigarette and lit it for him.

“I still have some face here. I’ve already greeted you. I’ll definitely take care of you as much as I can. It’s just that the nature of your case is a bit… special, so I can’t get you out for the time being. The specific result will depend on the investigation here. However, don’t worry. If that woman falsely accuses you, she won’t have a good time either.”

This son of his father’s colleague said some nice words. He stood outside the cage for about five or six minutes, and the two of them smoked a cigarette each. Then, this person left. But before he left, he stuffed him a pack of unfinished cigarettes, which were good cigarettes, Huazi.

Yuan Dawei looked at this person’s back and really wanted to give him the middle finger. His father had obviously entrusted the wrong person.

At the same time, Tang Yue came to the unit with a cheerful mood. Today, she rarely came to work ten minutes early. The purpose was to meet Shen Lin early and tell her in person that Chen Feng had betrayed her before the divorce.

Tang Yue could completely imagine that Shen Lin would definitely not believe it at first, and then she would show her Chen Feng’s hotel records. Then, Shen Lin would definitely be shocked, angry, and even fly into a rage.

Just thinking about the beautiful Shen Lin’s furious look for her ex-husband made her look forward to it.

Unfortunately, she came a little early. She walked around, and most of the people in the office had not yet arrived.

After waiting for a few more minutes, the people in the unit came one after another.

Shen Lin arrived two or three minutes before work.

Then, there was a morning meeting. Tang Yue couldn’t tell Shen Lin about Chen Feng’s matter for a while. After all, there were too many people, and it was working time.

Then, everyone found that Yuan Dawei had not come.

The director immediately asked someone to call Yuan Dawei, but the call didn’t go through, so they had to give up for the time being.

The Monday morning meeting usually lasted for more than ten minutes. After the routine was over, everyone returned to their posts.

Tang Yue followed a group of colleagues back to the office. Just as she was about to talk to Shen Lin, the landline on her desk rang.

This was the landline for their unit’s external contact. Tang Yue’s main job was to be responsible for this landline, so she was very free.

She immediately went over and picked up the landline. She habitually said, “Hello.”

Her tone was not bad, and of course it was not very gentle. It could only be said to be mediocre. But she thought her voice was still very sweet.

“Hello. We are from the xx street police station. Is there a staff member named Yuan Dawei in your unit?” The voice on the other side was also very sweet.

“Ah, yes. He is the section chief of our office. May I ask what’s the matter?”

Hearing that it was about Section Chief Yuan, Tang Yue immediately perked up and asked carefully.

“It’s like this. Yuan Dawei from your unit is now detained by our police station. He is suspected of rape. I’m here to inform your unit.”

“Ah!”

Tang Yue was completely dumbfounded! She even forgot to ask the other party what was going on.

And after the other party finished speaking, they directly hung up the phone.

“Xiao Tang, what’s wrong with you? I think I heard you say our section chief just now. The section chief didn’t come to work today, and his phone can’t be reached. Do you think something happened?”

An older middle-aged aunt in the office asked with concern. Her nephew was now the deputy director of the unit, only in his forties, and had a competitive relationship with Yuan Dawei, a rising star.

So, she naturally hoped that something would happen to Yuan Dawei.

In fact, something had indeed happened to Yuan Dawei.

Tang Yue was speechless for a moment and didn’t know what to say.

When the others saw her expression, they of course knew that there was a story behind this call. They quickly gathered around and asked curiously, including Shen Lin.

In their office, there were a total of eight people, of which four were middle-aged women. Including her and Shen Lin, there were six women. The other two men basically didn’t stay in the office and often had to go out to run errands.

With so many women in one office, it was natural that there would be some scheming and gossip. This was a case of shallow water with many turtles, and a small temple with a lot of evil wind. The office was like this.

Tang Yue wanted to keep it a secret for Yuan Dawei for the time being, but the fax machine sent a notice directly. She had no choice but to report it.

So, all the women in the office were shocked.

In a short while, everyone in the unit knew about Yuan Dawei’s (suspected) rape. The several middle-aged women in the same department all showed a look of fear. They gathered together and whispered, guessing that Yuan Dawei might have had lecherous thoughts about them before. They didn’t even do their work.

Tang Yue and Shen Lin did not participate. At this time, besides being shocked, they were both a little embarrassed.

Tang Yue had been trying to curry favor with Section Chief Yuan before, wanting to support him to take over in the future. At that time, she would also have seniority and could rise with the tide. Their relationship was relatively close.

And needless to say, Shen Lin, everyone in the unit knew that Section Chief Yuan had been pursuing her, which also made several other suitable young men in the unit give up.

Now that this had happened to Yuan Dawei, everyone would obviously look at them with strange eyes.

“Xiao Lin, you weren’t taken advantage of by Yuan Dawei, were you?”

After the several middle-aged women whispered for a while, one of them finally spoke to Shen Lin.

Hearing this, Shen Lin was of course very uncomfortable, but due to the other party’s seniority, she could only force a smile and explain, “Of course not. I never planned to date him from the beginning.”

“You’re really lucky. With Yuan Dawei’s conditions before, which second-married woman could resist his persistent pursuit? Probably only you, who are very proud. Hehe.”

“Xiao Tang, you were also very close to Yuan Dawei before. This, will your husband misunderstand? Haha.”

Another middle-aged woman in the unit was a big mouth and had no filter. She said this directly to Tang Yue.

Hearing this, the other middle-aged women also laughed together.

One of them teased, “Who doesn’t know that Xiao Kong has always been a good-tempered person? He never relies on being the director’s nephew to get special treatment in the unit. He can do his work very well every time. Yuan Dawei usually takes good care of him, and their relationship is very good. They can wear the same pair of pants.”

When these last words were said, the other three women couldn’t help but laugh again.

Tang Yue’s face turned green and white with anger. She was not a good-tempered person. Although she was young and had little seniority, her husband’s uncle was the leader of the unit. She couldn’t help but curse directly, “Do you know that you can eat whatever you want, but you can’t say whatever you want?”

The four women’s faces changed at the same time, and they all stood up to fight.

Seeing this, Shen Lin quickly stood up and stood between them to mediate, “Alright, alright. Everyone, say one less word. Now Section Chief Yuan is only suspected, and the police haven’t confirmed it yet. So we shouldn’t make groundless accusations. What if he was framed? We should still accumulate some good karma.”

The four middle-aged women were in the wrong after all, and they also knew Tang Yue’s temper. She was like a firecracker. If she really got angry, she would explode, regardless of anything. They were not afraid of arguing with people, but if things got out of hand, it would not be good for them either.

Moreover, Tang Yue was their director’s niece-in-law. If they really made a scene, they would not have a good time either.

Seeing that they didn’t retort, Tang Yue also took what she could get. After all, each of them had connections and backing. Of course, she didn’t want to offend them if it wasn’t necessary.

The office finally quieted down, and the several middle-aged women finally started to work.

Tang Yue’s work was leisurely, and she started to browse her phone. Then, not long after, she heard a “ding dong” sound. Someone had sent her a file.

She saw it and hesitated for a long time before she opened the received file.

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(End of chapter)