Chapter 26: The Female Driver: I'll Only Be a Few Minutes

In fact, when Su Nuan first brought a few colleagues out to break up the argument, the Cadillac owner, Qin Ou, had briefly assumed they were there to support her. She pointed a finger right at Gu Yin’s nose and proclaimed righteously:

"Just wait until you’re behind bars sewing mailbags!"

"How dare you steal my car? Have you got a death wish?"

Though the woman appeared hysterical and unreasonable, she was actually quite cunning. From the moment she arrived until now—at least twenty minutes of bickering in front of the police station—she had managed to draw a crowd of onlookers. Yet, throughout the entire ordeal, she only insisted that Gu Yin had taken her car "for no reason," carefully avoiding any mention of *why* he had actually taken it.

Gu Yin, meanwhile, maintaining his "innocent" stance that he had simply "found an abandoned vehicle," kept quiet about the reason as well.

Thus, the two remained deadlocked.

The young officer, Xiao Chen, was utterly clueless. Despite knowing that investigations require solid evidence, he spent his time uselessly breaking up the squabble instead of gathering facts. Had it not been for the presence of Team Leader Su Nuan, the situation would have truly become a farce for the bystanders.

Now...

After Su Nuan pulled the two parties apart, she immediately told Gu Yin to leave. Not only did Qin Ou protest, but even Xiao Chen grabbed Su Nuan’s sleeve, whispering, "Team Leader, isn't that against protocol?"

The guy named Gu Yin had been extremely disrespectful to him, which he found deeply offensive. Regardless of the circumstances, both sides were clearly at fault, so how could they just let Gu Yin walk away so easily?

Su Nuan remained expressionless. She turned her head, glared at Xiao Chen with a furrowed brow, and said in an icy tone:

"Xiao Chen, go inside and work on your files. The other officers and I will handle this."

"I..."

Xiao Chen was left at a loss. As the first person to handle the case, how was he being sidelined now?

Su Nuan was the deputy captain of the Security Brigade, and Xiao Chen couldn't ignore her orders. He gave Gu Yin a dark, resentful look, then gritted his teeth and retreated into the lobby.

At the very least, there was no longer anyone at the station entrance taking sides.

"Well, since there’s nothing left for me to do, Officer, I’ll be going now." Gu Yin shrugged and turned to leave.

"Hey!"

"No!"

Qin Ou, who had been momentarily silenced by Su Nuan’s authority, lost her composure again at the sight of Gu Yin leaving. She lunged forward, grabbing his arm tightly, and shrieked:

"You can't leave!"

"By what right are you leaving?!"

"You... you’re a car thief! How can you just walk away?!"

Perhaps realizing she was in the wrong, Qin Ou stopped yelling at the police and instead turned toward the crowd of onlookers:

"Everyone, look at this!"

"This man stole my car! He’s a thief!"

"The police are actually letting him go first!"

"Is there any justice left?"

"It’s broad daylight, and they’re colluding to bully a mother and her child!"

"Is there no fairness in this world?!"

The bystanders had no idea what was actually happening. They were the type to jump to conclusions, and hearing the Cadillac owner’s wailing, they began to murmur among themselves.

*What the... is she really that shameless?* Many viewers in the "Reconciling with Life" livestream were losing their patience.

"Are you all blind?" Su Nuan shouted at her colleagues. "Pull them apart!"

"Oh, right..." The officers stepped forward and pried Qin Ou away once more.

"You want justice, is that it?" To prevent the situation from escalating, the policewoman stepped forward and said bluntly:

"Tell me, where did you park your car?"

"I..." Qin Ou stumbled over her words.

Su Nuan held up her hand and began to list the woman's "crimes" one by one.

"During school dismissal, you parked your car right in the middle of a three-lane road!"

"Forget school dismissal—even on a normal day, have you ever seen anyone park their car in the middle of a three-lane road?"

"The first two lanes were already completely gridlocked. You just left your car there and walked away. Do you have any idea that because of you, the entire street behind you was paralyzed?"

"Should an entire street of cars have to wait for those few minutes while you pick up your child?"

"Do you really have no clue why someone moved your car?"

The policewoman’s voice was firm, resonant, and full of authority. Even from dozens of meters away, the onlookers at the station entrance could hear her clearly.

Suddenly, the crowd began to whisper about the Cadillac owner instead...

*Nice!* The audience in Gu Yin’s livestream cheered.

*Well said, Officer!*

*That’s our people’s police for you!*

*Policewoman: "Do you have absolutely no self-awareness?"*

...

This policewoman was truly impressive. Many officers these days preferred to play it safe, handling conflicts with the principle of not offending either party—smoothing things over whenever possible rather than directly assigning blame.

In a case like Gu Yin and Qin Ou’s, both sides clearly had some level of responsibility. Regardless of whether Qin Ou was at fault first, most officers wouldn't have been so direct.

"I... I..."

Qin Ou was completely suppressed by Su Nuan’s presence, but to expect her to just give up?

Impossible!

"I... I don't care!"

She pointed directly at Gu Yin and began shouting again!

"I only stopped for a few minutes to pick up my child! If others can park there, why can't I?"

"Even if I parked in the wrong place, does that give him the right to take my car?"

"Even if I’m wrong, is he innocent?"

"He took my car for no reason! Doesn't he need to be held accountable?"

"This is theft! Robbery!"

Who said this woman was brainless? She was actually quite adept at turning the tables and shifting the blame.

"What evidence do you have that he stole your car?" Su Nuan was reaching the limit of her patience.

"The intersection... there’s surveillance at the intersection!"

Qin Ou felt a bit guilty saying this, as the footage would clearly show her own behavior to be even more infuriating.

"Fine, I’ll show you the footage."

Su Nuan was so annoyed she laughed, and she immediately ordered her colleagues to pull up the intersection’s surveillance.

The video clearly showed Qin Ou leaving the car idling in the middle of the road and walking away, followed by Gu Yin getting into the vehicle...

"Look!"

"There’s the evidence!"

Qin Ou pointed at Gu Yin and shouted:

"Isn't this enough to prove he’s a robber and a thief?!"

With the evidence ironclad, how could Gu Yin possibly argue his way out?

Su Nuan remained unmoved, her dignified face turned toward Gu Yin. She trusted that if Gu Yin had any sense at all, he would know exactly what to say now.

Next, it was Gu Yin’s time to shine.