As soon as they saw someone using a knife, half of the people in the breakfast shop ran out.

Lin Zhiyuan's face was gloomy. He picked up the bench he had just sat on and stared at the male and female couple without saying a word.

It is true that I was wrong at first, but you guys are going too far. I proposed several solutions, but you didn't accept this or that. You even dare to call me a monkey and say that you are bullying outsiders?

Neither side dared to move first, and the situation remained at a stalemate.

The man with glasses who had given the idea just now stood trembling at the door of the breakfast shop. He turned around and shouted to the people watching outside: "Who has a cell phone? Call the police!"

Without him saying anything, someone had already called the police. When 110 heard that someone was wielding a knife, they did not dare to neglect it and responded very quickly. In less than ten minutes, a police car with four police officers from the nearby police station arrived.

The police separated the crowd and walked into the breakfast shop.

The boss with the knife was tactful. When he saw the police coming, he quickly dropped the kitchen knife at his feet. The couple came forward and started to complain to the police. They were so emotional that they gestured and spit.

A large amount of Hongdu dialect that Lin Zhiyuan could not understand came out.

Lin Zhiyuan frowned, put down the bench, and then stood aside quietly. He was ready to wait for the couple to finish talking before he spoke.

There was an older policeman among the four policemen. While listening to the couple complaining, he looked at Lin Zhiyuan.

The old policeman was very experienced and he knew the cause of the whole conflict after just listening for a minute or two. It turned out that someone wanted to eat for free, and the boss and his wife were not happy with it, which led to a series of subsequent events.

But judging from the experience of the old policeman, the outsider standing next to them was of high quality. When the boss and his wife were telling the story, he did not interrupt them at all. Moreover, the outsider was dressed in a white shirt, a pair of straight trousers, and shiny leather shoes. Although he had not said a word, he stood there like a mountain, with an imposing manner, and looked like an official from a government department.

What caught the old policeman's attention most was that the outsider was holding a key to an Audi car.

Would someone who can afford an Audi take advantage of an eight-dollar breakfast?

Anyway, the old policeman doesn't believe it.

The boss and his wife talked for three to five minutes before being stopped by the old policeman, "Okay, I already know the general situation of the case, but I can't just listen to your one-sided story. I have to ask the other side."

The old policeman walked towards Lin Zhiyuan, and the first thing he said was, "Comrade, are you from outside the city?"

The old policeman was quite polite. Lin Zhiyuan nodded and said, "Hello, police comrade. I am indeed from another place. I had something urgent to do this morning and forgot to bring my wallet when I went out. It was indeed my fault. I gave them several solutions. Either I could go back to get the money, or they could send someone to go back with me, or they could let me make a few phone calls. But they all disagreed. Not only that, they also verbally abused me. As you saw just now, they even took out a knife..."

As soon as Lin Zhiyuan opened his mouth, his speech was clear and logical, and the old policeman immediately understood what was going on.

He also laughed, "If you ask me, this is just a misunderstanding. A matter of eight dollars shouldn't be so big a deal, right?"

Lin Zhiyuan spread his hands, "Who said it wasn't true? Did they think I was an outsider and easy to bully? Isn't your new governor working hard to improve the tourism environment in western Jiangxi? They insulted outsiders as soon as they opened their mouths. They must apologize to me."

"Comrade, calm down. Let me explain. The word 'monkey' is not an insult in Hong..." The old policeman took a long time to explain the real meaning of 'monkey'.

Lin Zhiyuan then realized that it was indeed a misunderstanding. "Forget it, if that's the case, then there's no need for them to apologize. Police comrade, can you lend me your phone? I'll have someone send the money over. How much time have you wasted for this eight dollars?"

The old policeman readily took out his cell phone and handed it to Lin Zhiyuan.

Lin Zhiyuan first called 114, found out the front desk number of Ganxi Hotel, and then dialed this number.

"Hello, is this Ganxi Hotel? I'm a guest from Yanjing. Do you remember me?"

The only people from Yanjing staying in the Ganxi Hotel now are members of the large-scale working committee working group. When Lin Zhiyuan said this, the front desk immediately knew his identity. "Hello, Chief, we know about it. What can I do for you?"

Ganxi Hotel is the designated reception hotel of the Ganxi Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government. The waiters here are carefully selected. Because they often have to receive leaders at all levels, their way of addressing guests is different from other business hotels. They all call them "chiefs".

"Please help me connect with Zhou Bosi in Room 206 of the East Building."

"Commander, I'm sorry. Just now, I saw your people go out. They must be going to work."

Lin Zhiyuan raised his wrist and glanced at his watch. It was indeed past eight o'clock. At this time, everyone in the large working committee should go to work in the mining enterprises.

Lin Zhiyuan was dumbfounded.

Just when Lin Zhiyuan was in a dilemma, the old policeman next to him took out ten yuan from his pocket and handed it to the boss. "I paid for the meal of this foreign comrade. Although this is a misunderstanding, I still have to say something to you two. Everyone has made mistakes. People have also proposed several ways to solve the problem. Why are you so persistent? Isn't it just eight yuan? How will foreign tourists see us Hongdu people? Are you so stingy? Also, in the future, try to say less names like monkeys that are easy to cause misunderstandings. The new Governor Ge is vigorously improving the tourism environment. Aren't you smearing us Hongdu people?" The old policeman's expression was quite serious. The boss and his wife did not dare to talk back to the policeman, and they accepted the money timidly. The boss wanted to change two more yuan, but the old policeman didn't take it.

"Comrade, it's okay, you can go. Don't be so careless next time." The old policeman turned around and said to Lin Zhiyuan with a smile.

Lin Zhiyuan felt very sorry and thanked him again and again, "Comrade police officer, can you tell me your work unit and name? I will send someone to deliver the money to you."

"No need, it's just a few dollars, right?" The old policeman refused to say, but the other policemen who came with him gave him his information, "We are from the Hongjiaozhou Police Station, and this is our deputy director, his last name is Dong."

"Director Dong, thank you so much today. I will send someone to return the money this afternoon." Lin Zhiyuan followed the policemen out of the breakfast shop and got into the Audi in front of them.

After the Audi drove away, the other three policemen looked at Chief Dong with admiration, "Chief Dong, this guy must not be a freeloader, he's driving an Audi!"

"Director Dong, when we were in the store just now, you didn't know he was a rich man. How could you be so confident in paying for him?"

Director Dong smiled mysteriously.

The mobile phone he used was Nokia 5510, which was said to be black and hard for self-defense and could be used to crack walnuts. This phone was very cheap, costing less than two thousand yuan. Its advantage was that it was sturdy and durable, but its disadvantage was that the volume of the receiver was too loud.

He was standing next to Lin Zhiyuan just now and heard the entire conversation on the phone.

The combination of the words "Ganxi Hotel", "Yanjing" and "chief" basically confirmed the identity of this out-of-town guest. Although Director Dong was old and no longer had the ambition to climb the career ladder, who would refuse such a good thing as making friends with a leader from Yanjing for ten yuan, which cost almost nothing?


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