Chapter 431: Chapter 431

The few police officers, upon hearing the middle-aged officer's words, directly closed in on Ding Fan.

"Give this idiot a thorough beating!" Li Qishan, hands on hips, said with a smug look of triumph.

Ding Fan frowned slightly as he watched the officers approach him. If it had been the old Ding Fan, he would have sent them all sprawling to the ground in an instant.

But now was not the time to lose his temper. Ding Fan was here to escort Mu Zi, and if they caused too much commotion at the entrance, it wouldn't be good.

Without hesitation, Ding Fan took out his military ID from the 3567 unit and shook it in his hand before tossing it to the middle-aged officer beside him.

The middle-aged officer casually caught the military ID thrown by Ding Fan. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⁂𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⁂𝓷𝓮𝓽

The middle-aged officer was startled, and then he immediately opened the military ID.

When the middle-aged officer saw the 3567 unit written on the ID, his expression turned gravely serious.

The middle-aged officer, having previously served in the military, had heard of the 3567 unit.

That unit was directly under the command of the central Imperial Guard.

Moreover, the military rank on the ID showed that Ding Fan was a major. At just about 22 or 23 years old, to have reached the rank of major meant that Ding Fan must possess either tremendous war achievements or an extraordinary background.

Regardless of why Ding Fan had been promoted to major, this middle-aged officer knew he couldn't afford to provoke him.

"What are you guys thinking? Take him down!" Li Qishan, frustrated, yelled at the officers beside her.

To Li Qishan, it seemed as though Ding Fan had simply tossed a small booklet to the police and they were intimidated by it, which annoyed her greatly.

The few officers who had surrounded Ding Fan now turned their gaze to the middle-aged policeman.

Here, the middle-aged policeman was their superior, so naturally, they would follow his lead.

At this moment, the middle-aged officer approached Ding Fan.

The two security guards whom Ding Fan had knocked down earlier watched eagerly, waiting to see how these officers would deal with Ding Fan...

Li Qishan scoffed with satisfaction on the side, "Kid, this officer is the city's number one in hand-to-hand combat. Even if you're good at fighting, you think you can beat him?"

In Li Qishan's view, the middle-aged man was clearly about to teach Ding Fan a lesson himself.

But what happened next stunned everyone.

The middle-aged man walked up to Ding Fan and respectfully handed back the military ID to him, "Commander... your military ID..."

What the fuck, what's going on here? Commander?!

The two security guards lying on the ground were dumbfounded. Ding Fan was so young, yet the middle-aged officer was addressing him as a commander...

For a moment, the security guards wondered if the middle-aged officer had been kicked in the head by a donkey.

Not just the two guards, even Li Qishan by the side was taken aback.

Who was this middle-aged officer? He was the captain of the Xingcheng Criminal Police Team. In Xingcheng, he was considered quite an influential figure.

Yet such a figure now respectfully called Ding Fan commander... Li Qishan's brows furrowed deeply.

Ding Fan calmly accepted the military ID, "I'm here to bring this young lady to meet Mayor Li..."

The middle-aged officer glanced at Mu Zi standing beside him, and it seemed like he suddenly understood something.

Hadn't the Mayor mentioned earlier that a VIP was coming? The woman behind Ding Fan was clearly the important person Mayor Li had referred to. Someone who warranted personal escort by a 3567 unit major must be highly significant.

"Commander, have these two people disturbed your task? If they have interfered with your official duties, I'll arrest them right now..."

The middle-aged man glanced at the two guards lying on the ground, who had been knocked down earlier by Ding Fan.

After the middle-aged officer spoke, two police officers promptly approached and stood over the two security guards on the ground.

At this point, all it would take was a single word from Ding Fan, and the police would escort the two guards away.

Holy shit, what's happening?

The two security guards were dumbstruck on the floor, hardly believing their own ears.

They had stepped up to curry favor with Li Qishan and had been beaten by Ding Fan for it. They had hoped the police would help them get revenge, but instead, the police might now arrest them on behalf of the man who had hit them.

"Sister Li..." the two security guards looked pleadingly at Li Qishan.

After all, they had been assaulted by Ding Fan while trying to stand up for Li Qishan, and now that the police were about to arrest them, they could only seek help from her.

Li Qishan at this time didn't even glance at the two security guards, as if she hadn't heard a word they said.

Seeing Li Qishan's attitude, how could the two security guards not realize that Li Qishan intended to ignore their plight...

At this moment, the resentment in their hearts was palpable. Knowing what kind of heartless person Li Qishan was, why had they bothered to stand up for her before...

In their hearts, they cursed Li Qishan and all the women in her family with the most venomous words...

"Commander... we know we were wrong, please have mercy on us..." The two security guards pleaded, prostrating themselves on the ground, begging Ding Fan for forgiveness.

Now that they could not count on Li Qishan, they could only rely on themselves.

Ding Fan glanced at the two guards lying on the ground.

In Ding Fan's eyes, they were nothing but ants. Although they were despicable as Li Qishan's henchmen, they had already been taught a lesson, and there was no need to send them to the police station.

"Let them go," Ding Fan said indifferently.

Upon hearing Ding Fan's words, the guards hurriedly voiced their thanks.

Now that Ding Fan had decided to let the two guards go, the middle-aged police officer didn't say anything further. "You two, get lost now!"

"Yes, yes... we'll get lost right now! Thank you, Commander... Thank you, Commander..." As they spoke, the two men actually began to roll away.

Since they definitely couldn't stand up, they rolled out of sight.

"Commander, please... Mayor Li has been waiting for a long time..." the middle-aged officer said to Ding Fan.

Ding Fan nodded, then turned to look at Mu Zi beside him.

Without further ado, Mu Zi and Ding Fan walked straight into Tianwan Clubhouse.

Watching the retreating figures of Ding Fan and Mu Zi, Li Qishan, who had been silent for a good while, now approached the middle-aged police officer.

Li Qishan might be overbearing, but she was still a second-generation official and had been exposed to a lot throughout her time in official circles.

Previously, when Ruo Xin led the team to teach Ding Fan a lesson, they were equipped with special police and police force.

But afterwards, not only did they fail to teach Ding Fan a lesson, but Ruo Xin himself was taken into custody.

Moreover, today, when Ding Fan flashed his military officer's ID, the middle-aged officer immediately started calling him "Commander". Taking these two incidents into account, even if Li Qishan was a fool, she could tell that this man's origins were extraordinary.

"Just who is that person?" Li Qishan asked the middle-aged police officer.

The officer pondered for a moment, then spoke calmly, "He's a big shot, someone we can't afford to provoke..."

"Can't afford to provoke?" Li Qishan's expression became a bit more solemn.

You have to understand, in Xingcheng, Li Qishan was infamously unruly. There truly were not many people she could not afford to provoke...

The middle-aged officer nodded. "Not only can't you provoke him, but Mayor Li can't afford to either..."

Hearing these words, Li Qishan's eyes couldn't help but widen...

Li Qishan's father was the esteemed Mayor of Xingcheng, a significant local official. If Mayor Li couldn't afford to provoke this person, who in the world could he be?

"Just how significant is his background..." Li Qishan looked at the middle-aged officer with curiosity, truly wanting to know about this person's status.

The middle-aged police officer shook his head. "That man following behind the woman, she's the VIP whom Mayor Li is meeting today... As for the young man's identity, I'm not at liberty to disclose..."

The middle-aged officer had served in the military when he was younger. Missions carried out by units like the 3567 were extremely important, and their tasks were always confidential.

Therefore, the middle-aged man naturally dared not reveal Ding Fan's identity. If he interfered with Ding Fan's mission, he, a mere chief of Xingcheng's Criminal Police Squad, could not afford the consequences.

Li Qishan, seeing that the middle-aged officer wouldn't disclose Ding Fan's identity, was inwardly astonished. That middle-aged officer was a heavyweight in Xingcheng, and his cautiousness and secrecy further emphasized how extraordinary the other party's origins must be.

"Qi San, I still have official duties to attend to, so I'll be leaving now," the man said, and without waiting for a response from Li Qishan, he turned and left with several police officers in tow.

The middle-aged man could tell that Li Qishan had obviously offended Ding Fan, and knowing well the politics of the officialdom, he dared not spend too much time with Li Qishan. If Ding Fan misconstrued this, wouldn't he be caught in an unnecessary political storm?

Watching the middle-aged man leave hastily with the officers, how could Li Qishan fail to understand his intention?

Ever since Ding Fan had shown that military ID, the middle-aged man had been very cautious...

Who exactly was this Ding Fan? Li Qishan looked towards Tianwan Clubhouse, her brows deeply furrowed...