As Amos predicted, Harley was called into his superiorâs office at the same time.
âWhat do you think about the news?â
His superior, Morgan, was very calm and had even asked for Harleyâs opinion. Harley pursed his lips and said, âItâs not like that. Amos is my best friend!â
Morgan nodded and said, âCould you stay away from him for the time being?â
Harley remained silent, thus Morgan continued, âOf course I believe you, but the media is putting us under a lot of pressure now. The publicâs opinions are extremely important to a department like ours. Iâm also taking your future into consideration. You are already the most capable junior in our department at such a young age. Your future is limitless. Iâm just asking you to stay away from him for a period of time, so youâ¦â
âI refuse to!â
Before Morgan finished speaking, Harley interrupted him.
âAmos is my best friend. When I met him, he had not become the president of Valiant East and the TEM Company yet. Weâve been through hell and back together. Why didnât anyone put pressure on us at that time? The people we protect arenât fools! They will not be swept up into this chaos just because of a few words from the media.â
Morgan touched his forehead and said, âI knew you would say that and I also believe that the people arenât fools. However, no matter how smart they are, there will always be a buffer time. Looking at the current state of the media, Iâm just asking you to stay away from him for a while. When the situation becomes stable, you two can hang out againâ¦â
âThereâs no way Iâll agree to that!â Harley spoke with gritted teeth. âWhat are friends for? Boss, I believe that Amos is also being investigated, just like I am! He hasnât given up, and neither will I!â
After that, Harley took out his badge and gun, putting them on the table.
âI request to be suspended!â
Morgan frowned and said, âHarley! Why are you so capricious?â
âIâm sorry, but this is what I need to do!â
After saying that, Harley saluted Morgan, turned around and left.
Outside Morganâs office, several of Harleyâs colleagues gathered around and asked, âHow is it? What did Boss say?â
Harley shrugged and said, âNothing. He didnât say much. Itâs just that Iâve been a little tired recently, so Iâm applying for a vacation! Donât miss me too much!â
Everyone was stunned and said, âOfficer Louisâ¦â
âAlright, enough with the talking! Although the recent cases in your hands arenât too major, you should also pay attention to them! You should handle them properly. If anything goes wrong, I will not spare you when I return!â
âYes, weâll give them our utmost attention!â
âThatâs good! If you handle them well, Iâll feel proud!â
When Harley walked out of the entrance, many people were gathered outside with banners to protest.
Their red banners were filled with white letters that said, âPunish those who behave rashly! Give the people clean law enforcement officers!â
âNever forgive those who know the law and yet still break it!â
Looking at the group of people, Harley suddenly felt all forms of criticisms piercing his heart.
âThe people we protect are not fools!â he reassured himself once again.
However, he had no idea when they would regain their rationale!
While Harley was deep in thought, a loud voice broke out from the crowd, crying, âThatâs him! Heâs working with businessmen behind our back!â
As soon as someone shouted, the rest of the crowd suddenly surrounded Harley.
âDonât you know that weâre talking about you? Itâs because of law enforcement officers like you whose conscience has been taken away that ordinary people like us are treated unfairly all the time.â
âWhat conscience? How could people like them have consciences? They only have evil hearts. For their own interests, they wonât care about the peopleâs welfare!â
Someone shouted, âBeat him up! Beat him to death!â
Then, the swarm of people gathered around Harley started hurling their fists at him.
Subconsciously, Harley raised his hand to defend himself, but he accidentally exerted too much force. The man who had tried to hit him fell two steps backwards. Harley was startled and then tried to hold him in a hurry.
Fortunately, the man only took two steps back but failed to fall to the ground.
Unexpectedly, the man deliberately sat down on the ground and shouted, âCome and see, everyone! A policeman is beating us up!â
His words ignited more hatred. More people rushed over towards him in waves, punching and kicking Harley.
Harley was still at the entrance of the police station. Although he was strong, he no longer dared to fight back due to the situation that had occurred just then.
He could only protect his head and shout, âEveryone, please calm down! We are investigating this matter. Please give us some time!â
âGive you some time? Youâre deceiving us! Youâre waiting for us to forget about this and then youâll cover it up! Since youâve dared to hit us today, it means that you arenât a good person after all!â
Harley gritted his teeth and his fists trembled slightly.
Someone shouted again, âYou still want to hit us, donât you? That punch just now wasnât enough for you, eh? You still want to hit us? Come on, do it! If you have the ability, then just beat us up! Itâs better for you to kill us all! That way, no one will be able to tell other people about what you did!â
Harley put down his clenched fist as he was still wearing his uniform and he could not act recklessly.
He could not smear the reputation of the police!
Just as that thought popped into his mind, the man who had shouted just now took another step forwards and punched Harley in the face.
âSince youâre not punching us, then Iâll hit you instead! Iâll avenge the people who have been hurt by you!â
Upon seeing the scene unfold, the swarm of protestors all joined in. Soon, Harley was drowned by the crowd!
â¦
After Amos finished talking to Eudora, he prepared to call Harley to ask about the situation on his end.
However, his phone had been switched off. As soon as he opened the news, he saw the news of the publicâs protest in front of the police station.
It had taken place at the entrance of Harleyâs workplace.
The situation had turned out just as Amos had expected, The consequences that Harley was suffering was much more serious than his own.
Amos immediately got up and drove away, leaving his residence.
He drove speedily towards the police station. When he arrived there, the peak of the protest had just started. Harley was surrounded by a group of people, getting punched and kicked.
Harleyâs colleagues had come out and tried to stop the crowd.
However, before they could do anything about it, someone immediately shouted, claiming that all who govern are the same, and none of them were good people.
The faces of Harleyâs colleagues darkened as they truly wanted to help Harley, but how could they stop the protestors with just their bare hands? Thus, they froze for a moment.
Several of his colleagues had even gotten beaten up!
Reality had proven that no matter how strong and skilled they were, if they did not retaliate the attacks, then they would not be able to win.
In a fit of anger, Amos directly drove the car towards the crowd and tried to separate the crowd.
He was not a policeman, so he had no other worries. With a little more force, the crowd quickly parted.
When he finally reached Harley, the man was on the verge of collapsing.
Harley laid on the ground with blood all over his face. However, those people still hit him as hard as they could, as if they were venting out all of their displeasure in life on him.
Amos gritted his teeth and pulled the person, who was still punching Harley, away.
He yelled, âStop it!â