Chapter 158 First Meeting with Gao Qiqiang

Chapter 158 First Meeting with Gao Qiqiang

The day before New Year’s Eve, Qi Tongwei returned to Jinghai City from Jingzhou with his wife and children.

On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, he needed to visit the police officers on duty, so he had no choice but to bring his wife and children to Jinghai to spend the New Year with him.

Both of them were busy during this period. Pei Qianqian had just returned from Ugly Country and would have to leave again after a few days.

The two planned to go back to Qijia Village to visit their parents on the second day of the New Year, and go to Hanjiang to visit his father-in-law and his family on the fourth day. After that, he and his wife parted ways, one going to Chouguo and the other returning to Jinghai.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, after having dinner with his wife and children, Qi Tongwei brought some New Year's goods and began his condolence work.

In the morning, he needs to visit grassroots units such as sub-bureaus, municipal police stations, etc.

He will then return home to have New Year's Eve dinner with his wife and children. After the dinner, he will need to go back to his unit to greet the police officers on duty at the municipal bureau.

Since his rebirth, Qi Tongwei has always had the habit of visiting front-line workers to express his condolences.

Even if he was accused of putting on a show, he remained unchanged.

Take the police for example, don’t they want to spend the New Year with their families?

They also want to, but their jobs do not allow it, as the lights of thousands of homes need their protection.

Even police officers who go home for the New Year are not allowed to get drunk to avoid unexpected accidents.

After the morning visit, Qi Tongwei went home and prepared a warm New Year's Eve dinner with his wife. After eating the dinner with his mother and daughter, he drove back to the Municipal Bureau alone. The driver Zhang Jun asked him to take a day off to go home and celebrate the New Year.

When he arrived at the criminal police team to express his condolences, he found that they were investigating a case, so Qi Tongwei walked in carrying some gifts of condolences.

"Director Qi." Seeing that it was Qi Tongwei, two policemen hurriedly stood up and greeted him. They were Li Xiang and Liu Rui.

"It's you two who are on duty! You're still on duty at the company during the New Year. Thank you for your hard work."

As he spoke, Qi Tongwei glanced at the person sitting on the tiger bench, who looked bruised and battered and in a very miserable state.

"What happened? What did you do wrong?" Qi Tongwei asked casually.

"Director Qi, the person who reported the case said that he came to rob." Li Xiang said respectfully.

"Leader, I didn't rob. It was those evil guys who complained first!" the prisoner said excitedly.

"Gao Qiqiang, you ran to someone's house and smashed their TV, and then said that the other person was a bad guy and filed a complaint first." Liu Rui said to the prisoner.

"Gao Qiqiang?" Upon hearing Gao Qiqiang, Qi Tongwei stopped walking and said to Liu Rui, "Let him talk. I'm just here to listen."

Gao Qiqiang was so excited that he was incoherent. He tried to stand up several times, but because he was sitting on the tiger bench, his hands and feet were stuck and doing so would only hurt himself.

"The TV is mine. I gave it to them, but they smashed it and now they won't give it back to me!"

Looking at Gao Qiqiang's appearance, Qi Tongwei knew what was going on. He was basically sure that what he said was true. He waved his hand and said, "Don't get excited. Tell me slowly. What's going on?"

Due to the struggle, the wound that had been treated started bleeding again. Qi Tongwei turned around and said, "Get him a towel, get him a glass of water, and open his handcuffs and leg cuffs."

"Yes, Director Qi." Li Xiang replied.

Gao Qiqiang said gratefully, "Thank you," and then began to narrate what had happened.

After Gao Qiqiang's story, Qi Tongwei also understood the whole story, which ultimately came down to abuse of power.

The Tang brothers are security guards at the market management office and have the right to rent stalls.

Because the vegetable market needed to be renovated after the New Year and the stalls had to be renewed, Gao Qiqiang was worried that he would not be able to renew the lease, so he bought an ordinary color TV at the suggestion of the Tang brothers.

As he had not received a positive answer, Gao Qiqiang went to the Tang brothers' home this afternoon with cigarettes, alcohol and seafood to inquire about the situation.

When he arrived, the Tang brothers were playing cards with two other security guards, and there was a plasma TV in their house, which the Tang brothers had hinted that he should buy, but he had no money to buy it.

Seeing this situation, Gao Qiqiang guessed that his stall was gone.

However, he still held on to a glimmer of hope and asked the Tang brothers, but the answer he got was that the stall had been rented out, so he had to think of another way.

Gao Qiqiang's family depended on this stall for their livelihood. He was very anxious at the moment, but when he thought of his younger brothers and sisters at home, he endured it and prepared to take back the ordinary color TV he had given as a gift.

These words angered the Tang brothers. Tang Xiaolong smashed the TV directly, and Tang Xiaohu scolded him as a kid without parents to discipline him. These words directly hit Gao Qiqiang's lungs.

Without any hesitation, Gao Qiqiang pounced on the Tang brothers.

How could he be a match for four people alone? He was soon knocked to the ground and beaten violently. Afterwards, Tang Xiaohu called the police.

Listening to Gao Qiqiang's story, Qi Tongwei also unconsciously developed empathy. Fortunately, Qi Tongwei was not a newcomer like An Xin. He controlled his expression very well and no one could see his emotions.

"What do you two think about this case?" Qi Tongwei looked at Li Xiang and Liu Rui. He was not afraid that Gao Qiqiang would hear it.

"Director Qi, I need to ask Gao Qiqiang some other questions." Liu Rui said first, apparently wanting to show off in front of Qi Tongwei.

Qi Tongwei nodded and said, "I am also a former criminal police officer. You two can conduct the interrogation as you wish. Don't worry about me."

"Were you the first to attack?" Liu Rui asked Gao Qiqiang.

Gao Qiqiang nodded reluctantly. Liu Rui suddenly raised his voice: "Is that so?"

Gao Qiqiang suddenly lost control of his emotions and shouted: "Yes, yes! But I didn't rob it, I bought the TV."

Li Xiang looked at Gao Qiqiang and said, "Why are you shouting? You think you are right. No matter what the dispute is about, it is definitely enough to sentence you for provoking a disturbance."

Gao Qiqiang became anxious, and seemed to have lost all his energy. He looked at Qi Tongwei and said pleadingly, "Leader, whatever you decide, I will accept it, but can you let me go back to celebrate the New Year?

My brother and sister are studying in another city, and they just came back today. They are waiting for me to have the New Year's Eve dinner!"

Qi Tongwei did not answer Gao Qiqiang's words, but said to Li Xiang and Liu Rui: "You two come out with me."

When they reached the corridor, Qi Tongwei asked the two men, "How do you plan to characterize this case?"

"Director Qi, it was Gao Qiqiang who took the initiative to go to the other person's house, and he was the first to take action. It is a foregone conclusion that he is looking for trouble." Liu Rui said.

"Nothing else? Haven't considered anything else?" Qi Tongwei asked.

"Director Qi, I know what Gao Qiqiang said may be true, but that is an economic issue and is not the responsibility of the criminal police team," Li Xiang added.

"You two both think so? You still need to learn more. Go to Tang Xiaolong's house now and take back the broken TV."

Seeing that the two were somewhat puzzled, Qi Tongwei explained: "Gao Qiqiang must have an invoice for the TV he bought, and a comparison of the model number will prove whether the TV was purchased by him.

Even without the invoice, the salesperson who sold the TV can prove who bought the TV.

If it was really the TV that Gao Qiqiang bought, why couldn't he get his TV back?

As for being the first to hit someone, having his TV smashed and the momentary outburst of anger was not a big deal.

Moreover, Gao Qiqiang did not cause any adverse consequences to Tang Xiaolong and others, but was injured instead. Can it be considered as provoking trouble or not? "

"Yes, Director Qi!" Regardless of whether what Qi Tongwei said made sense or not, the two of them could only follow it.

"Director Qi, do we need to bring Tang Xiaolong and the others back?" Li Xiang asked before leaving.

"No, tonight is New Year's Eve, you two should go to bed early and watch the Spring Festival Gala, and then bring it back tomorrow to deal with it."

Fearing that the two did not understand how to deal with the situation, Qi Tongwei reminded them: "Bring them back and investigate to see if their behavior constitutes extortion, disrupting market order, or bullying the market.

If it does not constitute the above-mentioned crimes, and it is only an economic issue, we will hand over a copy of our investigation materials to the Anti-Corruption Bureau. In short, we cannot allow this kind of evil to continue to bully others by taking advantage of its power. "

"Director Qi, we understand." Li Xiang said admiringly.