“You are simply lawless!”
In the living room of the villa, He Qian, with a gun to his head, showed no fear, instead glaring and shouting.
“Do you know who I am before daring to point a gun at me?”
“I am the Deputy Minister of the Security Bureau!”
“You are threatening a public official with a gun, that’s a grave offense!”
Stern words echoed in the villa’s living room. An ordinary person facing He Qian would likely have collapsed in fear.
Of course, an ordinary person wouldn’t have the courage to step forward and grab the gun.
“Grave offense? How grave?”
Song Qiao still had the mood to jest, seemingly unconcerned.
“Heh, Mr. Song, it seems you haven’t grasped the severity of the situation.”
He Qian sneered, a mocking expression on his face.
“The Security Bureau is a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Security, a critical security entity. Daring to threaten me, a Deputy Minister, with a gun is courting death. Neither you nor your woman will escape!”
He reiterated his identity, a title that would typically send most people into a panic.
But Song Qiao still smiled calmly, and in an instant, his smile turned into a scowl of anger!
“Hmph, what is the Security Bureau?”
“Let me tell you, even the Ministry of Security has to listen to me. No one dares to threaten Xia Xueqing at my home!”
The attitude of the man before him had already ignited his anger.
“Mr. Song, such words are not to be spoken lightly.”
He Qian frowned upon hearing the arrogant tone. This fellow actually dared to ignorantly claim the Ministry of Security listened to him.
It was simply laughable and pathetic.
He only thought Song Qiao was boasting, after all, the Yangcheng Ministry of Security was a military unit with a large number of elite soldiers.
Let alone an ordinary businessman, even a figure like the Municipal Party Secretary Gao wouldn’t dare say that everyone in the Ministry of Security would listen to him.
At this moment, He Qian’s subordinates reacted. With a volley of curses, they surged forward, each drawing their guns!
In an instant, over a dozen dark muzzles were pointed squarely at Song Qiao’s head.
Xia Xueqing, sensing the tense situation, dared not even take a deep breath, feeling somewhat helpless.
Deng Yihan, seeing how things had escalated, couldn’t help but regret her impulsiveness. No matter what, she shouldn’t have implicated her benefactor.
“He Qian, tell them to put down their guns. I’ll go with you!”
She was truly desperate and was forced to yield to He Qian.
If Song Qiao were to offend someone from the Security Bureau because of her, she would always feel guilty.
But He Qian had no intention of having his subordinates lower their guns; instead, he glared coldly at Song Qiao.
“Mr. Song, this is my final warning. If you do not put down your gun, you will be immediately arrested and imprisoned by the Security Bureau!”
His words were firm, and no one doubted that He Qian would dare to do it.
But Song Qiao just snorted coldly, his hand holding the gun steadily.
“Since you call it a warning, I’ll give you one too. Now, you and your men get out of my house immediately!”
“I will have the Ministry of Security protect Deng Yihan. We don’t need you. I can mobilize people from the Ministry of Security anytime.”
The words “get out” made He Qian grind his teeth.
He had never seen such an arrogant fellow.
“Song Qiao!”
“I told you such jokes are not to be made lightly. If you truly have such capabilities, don’t just boast empty words here. Show me proof!”
“Otherwise, hmph, your crime will be even greater!”
Song Qiao shrugged.
“What if I can prove it?”
“Hmph, if you can prove your identity, I, He Qian, will kneel down and apologize to you, how about that?”
He Qian scoffed dismissively. He had no faith in Song Qiao’s words. How could such a young man have the qualifications to command people from the Ministry of Security?
If this fellow truly had such an identity, let alone kneeling and apologizing, he would gladly crawl out, and He Qian would probably have to smile and crawl out himself.
After all, a tough attitude depended on whom one was facing.
Song Qiao suddenly withdrew his pistol.
“Fine, you want proof? I’ll give it to you.”
Saying that, he surprisingly took off his black suit jacket, revealing a military green uniform underneath. The epaulets, adorned with pine leaves and a single star, glittered under the light.
Song Qiao hadn’t changed out of the military uniform he wore when he left the Ministry of Security in the afternoon, only putting on a suit jacket over it.
“How… how is this possible.”
He Qian, who had been about to order his men to act, froze upon seeing the military green uniform.
He clearly saw the pine leaves and a single star on the young man’s shoulders.
This was the insignia of a Brigadier General!
This guy was actually a Brigadier General?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
He Qian’s face was filled with disbelief, and he couldn’t bring himself to believe it.
How could this fellow, barely in his twenties, be a Brigadier General in the Ministry of Security?
“This must be a fake uniform!”
“Do you know that wearing a fake uniform is a crime punishable by double penalty!”
He reacted and immediately yelled.
“So, you still don’t believe it?”
Song Qiao pursed his lips. This He Qian truly wouldn’t believe it until he saw the coffin.
After speaking, he directly pulled a badge from his upper pocket and handed it to him.
“Look closely. This has the seal of the Ministry of Security on it.”
He Qian snatched the badge, his hands trembling with nervousness. Although he believed it couldn’t be real, he lowered his head and examined it carefully.
Upon repeated inspection, his astonishment grew.
“This badge…”
“What? You’re not going to say this badge is fake too?”
Song Qiao’s face showed a hint of playfulness.
“No… this… this is real.”
He Qian had seen many such badges before. This one looked almost identical to those. People outside the Ministry of Security wouldn’t even know what the badge looked like, let alone forge one.
This admission stunned all his subordinates. What did their boss mean?
The badge was real, so the person they had pointed their guns at was… a Brigadier General of the Ministry of Security?
Everyone swallowed hard.
After confirming the authenticity of the badge, He Qian couldn’t help but look up, staring at Song Qiao as if he were a monster.
“But… how is this possible?”
“How can the Ministry of Security have such a young Brigadier General?”
He still couldn’t believe it.
Song Qiao was too lazy to waste more words.
“Don’t worry about whether I’m young or not. Since I’ve proven my identity, can you now kneel down and apologize to me?”