49: Chapter 49 Ownership of the Small Square at Night

Hearing that he needed to leave his name and contact information, Chen Sheng's mind seemed to suddenly glitch, and he blurted out, "Please call me Lei Feng."

Noticing the weird looks from the two officers, Chen Sheng smiled awkwardly. "Uh, Big Sister, there's no need for my name and contact info. Like I said, most people would hand it over to the police if they saw it. If you really want to say thanks, thank these two officers. They're the ones who found you and, in a way, saved your whole family."

Hearing this, the two officers, who were already standing straight, pulled their backs even more upright.

If one observed carefully, they could even see a "sacred" glow emanating from the two officers' faces at this moment.

"This..." Ms. Ma was at a loss, not knowing what to do.

Chen Sheng advised again, "Big Sister, there's really no need. Just live your life well and don't be impulsive. As long as you're alive, there's no hurdle you can't overcome!"

Hearing this, Ms. Ma's tears welled up again. She gave Chen Sheng a deep bow and, though her voice was hoarse, said with utmost sincerity, "Thank you, young man! Thank you!"

"It's nothing! Big Sister, you go ahead and talk with the police. I'll be heading out now." Chen Sheng looked at the officers and asked, "Officer, I should be all set here, right?"

"Yes! You're free to leave at any time."

"Great! Goodbye, everyone." Under the watchful eyes of the three, Chen Sheng quickly walked out of the Community Service Point.

After leaving the Community Service Point, Chen Sheng didn't linger and went straight back to his car. He opened the ride-hailing app again to continue his great cause of making money.

Busy times are always short, and in the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon.

Since Tianfu Park was about an hour and a half drive from Jingjiang Donghu Garden Residential Area, Chen Sheng called An Xiaonuan around 5:30 PM to tell her he wouldn't be back for dinner. After hanging up, he completed two more short-distance trips. When 7:00 PM arrived, he stopped accepting orders on the app and began heading toward Tianfu Park with all his might.

Just before 8:00 PM, the car reached the vicinity of Tianfu Park. Chen Sheng found a parking spot and then walked into the park.

As soon as he entered the park, the sounds of restless singing constantly reached his ears.

"The vast horizon is my love, flowers are blooming at the foot of the rolling green mountains..."

"The butterflies dancing gracefully in my dreams lead me to recall the years gone by like flowing water; the whispers among the flowers after waking up seem like you calling in my ear..."

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Good grief!

Looking around, the aunties and uncles had formed various small groups, dancing with their flexible bodies to the restless music.

They didn't look at all like the frail elderly who would need a full-body hospital check-up if someone so much as bumped into them.

And the smiles on their faces made it seem as if they were experiencing a second spring.

Sure enough, the small square at night was the domain of the uncles and aunties.

However, for Chen Sheng... no, it should be said that for young people, this restless, chaotic music was like noise, constantly irritating the eardrums and provoking fragile nerves.

It was obvious, as there were hardly any young people in the entire park right now. Even those passing by couldn't help but frown.

Unlucky, disgusted—in short, very annoying.

Chen Sheng endured the silent protest of his throbbing nerves and followed the intel to find the Flying Freely statue.

At this time, on the open ground next to the statue, there was also a group of energetic aunties jumping and dancing to the music.

"Who is singing, warming the loneliness? The white clouds drift, the blue sky remains, tears are wandering, living alone in that vastness..."

Don't even mention it; the statue here was named "Flying Freely," and the song the aunties were playing was also called "Flying Freely." It was quite fitting.

After scouting the spot, Chen Sheng found a leisure bench nearby and sat down, taking out his phone to scroll through TikTok.

At this moment, he was shocked to find that his follower count had actually surged to over 20,000. One had to know that yesterday it hadn't even broken 10,000.

Chen Sheng scrolled down to the works page and realized that the video he had posted earlier about the ignorant young woman hitching a ride had surged to over 500,000 views.

"Holy crap! What's going on?"

He opened the comments section.

"Checking in, came here from the official account."

"+1, I also found this after seeing the official account."

"+2, but I've seen this video before. I didn't take it seriously then, but I didn't expect such a 'treasure' to be hidden inside."

...

Chen Sheng followed the netizens' comments and jumped to Tan Tan Traffic, finding the latest video.

In the video, after learning about the situation, Officer Tan visited the scene in person to give the young woman a good lesson on traffic laws. Due to her meager knowledge of traffic regulations, she was docked six points and fined two hundred yuan.

Of course, if the video was just that, it wouldn't have been enough to make Chen Sheng gain over ten thousand followers in a day. The second half of the video was a segment of intersection surveillance footage, with Officer Tan providing a narration: "Based on the information provided by Ms. X, we have reviewed the surveillance footage of this intersection over the past few days and found that there are indeed many vehicles not following traffic laws."

"For drivers who do not comply with traffic regulations, our bureau will hold them accountable according to the law, including but not limited to point deductions, fines, and license revocations."

At the end of the video, Officer Tan also attached a screenshot showing the license plate numbers of the violating vehicles recorded during this period and the number of violations verified.

The fewest were over a dozen times, while the most actually reached over sixty times.

It was simply shocking.

Naturally, the comments section was also very lively, with everyone guessing what kind of punishment these violating vehicles would face.

Of course, there was no lack of speculation about the problems the "Big Brain" young woman would face later.

"If I lived in the same residential area as this 'Big Brain,' I'd definitely have to splash red paint on her door."

"Splashing paint? Is that all? If it were me, I'd go straight for the 'human waste' treatment."

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Seeing these comments, Chen Sheng felt completely refreshed.

That's how it should be.

Time spent scrolling through videos for fun always flies faster than usual, and in the blink of an eye, it was 8:30 PM. As the last dance ended, the small group by the statue finally stopped their "elegant" dance moves and gathered in twos and threes to exchange their experiences.

For example, how that hand-raising just now should have been followed by a turn, or how that stepping in place should have been repeated three times...

At 8:40 PM, the aunties, having finished their exchange, finally walked slowly toward the park exit with their belongings, looking satisfied.

After the aunties left, Chen Sheng immediately stood up and quickly went to the base of the statue. He scanned the ground and soon found the gold bracelet mentioned in the intel at the statue's base.

The owner of the gold bracelet clearly didn't take good care of it. The bracelet should have had a bright, orange-yellow luster, but now it felt dusty and dull.

Like a pearl covered in dust.

To be honest, if not for the intel, he really might not have noticed this bracelet.

Quickly stuffing the bracelet into his pocket, Chen Sheng pulled down his hat and turned quickly, walking toward the exit in the opposite direction of the aunties.

His figure soon disappeared into the night.

However, just as Chen Sheng's figure disappeared into the night, a chubby figure ran toward the statue at a speed completely uncharacteristic of her build.

As she ran, she muttered to herself, "Look at my brain, I almost forgot the thing."

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