"Extra, extra! A prominent public intellectual in our area has been arrested, escorted from our community in handcuffs."
"We have one here too!"
"What a coincidence, one was arrested here as well."
Before the police even issued a notice, the news had already spread online.
It was dark, but not too late, and many people were out for a stroll in the evening after a hot day.
This time, the police weren't making arrests discreetly.
The police were all in uniform, and those arrested were in handcuffs, with nothing to cover them.
In this situation, many people were taking photos and videos.
[Police Report: *** organized multiple gambling activities, with a turnover of nearly 200,000, committing the crime of organizing gambling. After investigating the case, the public security organs made the arrest.]
[Police Report: During a surprise inspection, *** was found to be illegally possessing 103 grams of drugs. The public security organs made the arrest.]
[Police Report: *** repeatedly engaged in prostitution, sentenced to fourteen days of detention and fined five thousand yuan.]
Amidst the online discussion, the police reports were released one after another, with each juicy piece of news keeping everyone glued to their screens.
"Wow, they're investigating all cases, big and small."
"Have you noticed? They are all people who were harsh on Master Lin. They've really kicked a steel plate this time."
"I've been annoyed by these banana people for a long time."
The police's announcements undoubtedly fueled the heat, with countless netizens discussing them.
"Honey, wake up!"
"Didn't you write an article criticizing Lin Chen? Delete it quickly!"
A woman was shaking her husband awake somewhere. Her husband had drunk a bit too much at the dinner party and had fallen asleep.
The middle-aged man, woken up, said unhappily, "What do you mean 'criticizing'? I was doing it for the good of the country. Foreign countries are more democratic, and our country should learn more from them."
The woman said, "I think you're right. But as of now, at least twenty people have been arrested."
"What?"
The middle-aged man suddenly sat up.
"Who was arrested?"
"What reason do the police have to arrest people randomly?"
The woman said, "They all wrote articles criticizing Lin Chen, but the police arrested them for other reasons, big and small."
"Like gambling or prostitution."
The man said, "I don't have any problems, the police can't arrest me."
Despite saying that, the man still quickly opened his computer and deleted all the articles criticizing Lin Chen.
"Phew!"
After deleting the messages, this public intellectual breathed a sigh of relief.
He picked up his phone and checked.
Around thirty public intellectuals had already been arrested, and more would be arrested as time went on.
The worst-case scenario for these people was life imprisonment, and the lighter cases would result in ten or fifteen days of detention.
"I shouldn't have any problems."
The man thought to himself.
He thought carefully. He didn't gamble, didn't engage in prostitution, and hadn't done anything else illegal, so he should be fine.
"Ding-dong--"
Just then, the doorbell rang.
The two went to the living room together and opened the door. It really was the police outside. Three policemen entered the room, and the middle-aged man said in a deep voice, "What are you doing?"
"I am upright and honest, and I'm not afraid of you messing around."
One of the policemen looked at him and said, "Mr. Wu, we have discovered that you have repeatedly eaten wild animals, including nationally protected animals. Please come with us."
Middle-aged man: "..."
He really had a fondness for this.
He didn't expect the police to find out about this.
The middle-aged man said, "This doesn't count as a crime, right? You should only be able to detain me for ten or fifteen days."
The head policeman nodded.
"Mr. Wu is knowledgeable about the law."
"Knowing the law and breaking it, Mr. Wu, you shouldn't do that."
After saying that, the policeman looked at Mr. Wu's wife, "Ms. Wang, during our investigation, we discovered that you have been maintaining inappropriate relationships with multiple men."
"One of them has AIDS, you better go to the hospital for a checkup."
Mr. Wu and his wife's expressions changed drastically.
Both husband and wife were eating wild animals, but this consequence was much more serious.
Mr. Wu's face turned green.
The top of his head seemed a little green too.
……
Lin Chen finished eating, took a shower, and went to the bedroom.
Lin Xiaoxi had already fallen asleep, but Xu Mengyao hadn't. She had been browsing the news online during this time.
"Husband, the country has taken action."
"As of now, a total of thirty-five public intellectuals have been arrested."
Xu Mengyao said happily.
Someone online had been keeping statistics.
The arrested public intellectuals were all influential.
Lin Chen slipped into bed and hugged Xu Mengyao, "Wife, don't worry about these things. You can't arrest all the public intellectuals, and most of them will be out in a while."
"The US's remote aquaculture industry is too developed."
Xu Mengyao said, "At least we're venting some anger. These guys are hypocritical, contribute nothing to the country, and make a lot of money by criticizing everything."
"With this, they won't dare to target you so much."
Lin Chen said, "Let's not talk about them. Hold me for a while, I have to go to work. I need to quickly get the construction design drawings for the villa done."
One night passed.
Lin Chen finished the construction design drawings. The safety factor of his villa reached a very exaggerated level.
If they hid in the doomsday bunker, even if a mushroom bomb exploded nearby, it would not affect them at all.
"Tianlang, I've packaged and sent you the design construction drawings."
"Have the construction team start construction as soon as possible. The speed must be guaranteed, and there can be no compromise on quality. As for the cost, it's okay to increase it a bit."
Lin Chen called Tianlang.
"Okay."
"Mr. Lin, that stealth coating--"
Lin Chen said, "There are fewer public intellectuals criticizing me, and the internet is much cleaner. I have some time now, I'll try my best to get this thing out before the wedding."
"Okay, okay."
Tianlang happily hung up the phone.
Compared to the stealth coating for the sixth-generation aircraft, those public intellectuals were nothing.
Lin Chen looked at the time.
It was still early, he could still hug his wife and sleep for a while.
More than an hour passed.
Lin Xiaoxi woke up, she said groggily, "Mom, where are we? This isn't our bed."
Xu Mengyao kissed Lin Xiaoxi's little face, "Xiaoxi, are you still not awake? We are at home, but we are at the home in Yincheng."
She said, and hugged Lin Xiaoxi to the middle.
"Hehe, I remember."
"Mommy, Daddy, let's get up and practice Tai Chi."
Lin Xiaoxi said.
Xu Mengyao: "Husband, have you told your parents about your progress in martial arts?"
Lin Chen shook his head slightly: "Not yet, it's not good to talk about this kind of thing on the phone, I'll mention it later."
"Xiaoxi, do you remember what Daddy told you before?"
"Can this be told to outsiders?"
Lin Xiaoxi said seriously: "No, this is a secret. Only me, Mommy, Daddy, Grandpa, Grandma, Grandpa, and Grandma can know, no one else."
"Good girl."
"Let's get up."
Lin Chen smiled.
