Supremely Talented Tyrant-Chapter 1503 - 1702: Can You Give Me a Reasonable Explanation?

However, just as everyone was eagerly waiting for Hao Jian to speak about something related to Yu, what he said next left everyone present stunned.
Hao Jian took the microphone and suddenly shifted his focus to Yan Chen.
Hao Jian said, "In all my years of living, I've done a lot of things, including making bets. Of course, I'm not claiming some impossible perfection like never losing a bet. After all, a bet involves wins and losses. When I bet, I might gain something, but if I lose, naturally I lose something — it all depends on the nature of the bet."
After a pause, Hao Jian said, "Nevertheless, I'm mentioning this to emphasize a point. What I want to say is, regardless of the bet's content, as long as I lose, when I accept the bet, I will definitely fulfill its terms. Otherwise, it would be breaking my word!"
When he said this, those in the know realized he was talking about Yan Chen.
At this point, Yan Chen's veins were already bulging. If it weren't for the presence of so many superiors, he would have rushed up to assault Hao Jian.
Hao Jian continued, "Amongst all of you, there's someone who just received an award who recently bet with me. The bet was to see who would solve the Murderer case first. The loser would kneel down, knock their head on the ground three times, and call the winner 'grandpa' thrice, and furthermore, avoid encountering Officer Liang whenever they saw them!"
"As for the outcome, you're all aware — I was the one who solved the Murderer case first. So now, I'd like to ask Officer Yan down there, have you fulfilled your promise?" Hao Jian asked.
At this point, Yan Chen couldn't hold back any longer and stood up.
He shouted at Hao Jian, "Stop trying to mislead everyone, get down here now."
The host saw Hao Jian openly stating this, which seemed to implicate Yan Chen as part of the police force. Acting this way would tarnish the force's reputation, spreading the notion that the police were not trustworthy. So, he rushed over to try to pull Hao Jian down.
But before he got close to Hao Jian, a leader stopped him with a shout.
The director said, "Who told you to act? Get back!"
The male host had no choice but to retreat and did not dare say anything further.
Then the director turned to Yan Chen and said, "Who told you to stand up and shout? Do you have no discipline?"
Yan Chen had no choice but to sit back down angrily.
If it weren't for the presence of so many leaders, he would have rushed up to kill Hao Jian.
Hao Jian chuckled and then said, "Thank you, leader."
He then turned to look down and stared at Yan Chen, saying, "Officer Yan, is there anything not truthful in what I said?"
Yan Chen did not speak, his head bowed.
The director sternly said to Yan Chen, "Stand up and answer the question."
Yan Chen had no choice but to stand up.
The director then asked, "Is what Mr. Hao Jian said true?"
Yan Chen nodded. Aside from the higher-ups, this was something almost everyone knew, so there was no hiding it — he had no choice but to tell the truth.
"Outrageous!"
The director suddenly raised his voice several notches, frightening some of the more timid individuals who trembled slightly.
The director said, "How ridiculous — did you not absorb anything from the police training? How could you do such foolish things?"
Under the leader's reprimand, Yan Chen stood there with his head lowered.
He vowed that the humiliation Hao Jian caused him today would be repaid a hundredfold.
The director said to Yan Chen, "Apologize to Mr. Hao Jian!"
An apology!
Normally, Yan Chen would never do such a thing, but since it was the director asking, and since he had worked so hard to join the police force to make a name for himself — having finally reached the starting point with limitless potential ahead — he didn't dare to offend the director.
Thus, with the director instructing the apology, he had no choice but to comply.
Yan Chen bowed his head and said to Hao Jian, "I'm sorry!"
Then he sat down, cursing Hao Jian hundreds of times in his heart.
The apology was so low that Hao Jian barely heard it.
At this moment, the director said to Hao Jian, "Yan Chen is one of our police force, and his actions have brought shame to us all. Consider this an error on our whole police force, so I apologize to you on our behalf!"
Upon hearing this, Hao Jian's face showed a slight cold smile. An apology — it's never that simple, he thought, clearly recognizing the cunning stratagems at play.
Then the director suddenly said, "Since Yan Chen personally apologized to you, and I also apologized on behalf of the police force, please do me a favor, Mr. Hao Jian, and let this matter be."
"Hehe!" Hao Jian chuckled silently.
From the beginning, he knew what the director was really up to. On the surface, he appeared angry and demanded an apology from Yan Chen, but in reality, he was helping him. Then, he made an apology on behalf of the police force, leaving Hao Jian with nothing to say. If the entire police force is apologizing to you, what more do you want? Do you still want to say it's not enough?
The leader's tactics were deep, aiming to easily erase Yan Chen's responsibility while preventing Hao Jian from causing further trouble for him.
This was about leveraging his experience and the entire police force to pressure Hao Jian, making him give up on publicizing the matter.
In response, Hao Jian could only smile.
From the very start, he knew it wouldn't be so simple, and indeed, it was just as he expected.
Hao Jian said, "Apologize? Is it that simple!"
The director lowered his voice and said, "Can't you give me this face?"
Hao Jian smiled and retorted, "Face? How much is your face worth!"
This completely infuriated the director. He slammed the table in front of him, angrily saying, "Mr. Hao Jian, I ask you not to go too far!"
Going too far? Hao Jian never felt this way. If fighting for one's rightful interests is considered going too far, then pressuring me to maintain your interests, isn't that going too far?
Hao Jian saw all this clearly.
If intimidation could buy sweets, the director would surely have plenty to eat.
Hao Jian said indifferently, "Don't try to pressure me. Do you really think you can?"
At this moment, Liang Yuwei in the audience nervously watched Hao Jian. Even though she knew Hao Jian was right, she didn't want him to say anything more, feeling extremely anxious for him.
Hao Jian continued, "Actually, I don't need an apology today, but there's one thing that needs an explanation!"
The director, already agitated by Hao Jian's previous words, had never faced someone speaking to him with such tone and language in all his years. Was it any wonder he was angry?
But thinking Hao Jian was now speaking more calmly, he felt the matter was temporarily resolved.
High-ranking officials usually control their temper well, having filtered through matters in their minds beforehand.
So the director quickly changed to a calm demeanor and said to Hao Jian, "Speak out about the matter. What needs explaining, I will have the relevant personnel clarify for you."
Since the director had spoken, Hao Jian no longer hid anything.
Hao Jian slowly took out his phone, opened the message interface, and calmly displayed the message concerning Yan Chen.
Some things were prepared in advance for just such a day.
In the audience, Yan Chen hadn't yet seen the message, but seeing Hao Jian take out his phone, he immediately realized and bore an expression of anger and regret.
No matter how much he planned, he didn't expect this misstep.
The distance from the stage to the audience was too far to clearly see the phone screen. Fortunately, there was a projector on stage, so Hao Jian used it to project the phone's content onto the auditorium wall.
Now, everyone could clearly see the message's content.
"Hao Jian, right? I advise you to stay away from Yuwei, so you don't get yourself dirty. If you don't give me face, I won't give you face either. Just wait. I'll have Yuwei, that b****, eventually. If soft methods don't work, I'll use hard ones. As for you, you'd better watch yourself lately, or else losing an arm or leg would be unfortunate."
The message was displayed word for word in front of everyone.
At this moment, everyone present was shocked. Some who originally thought well of Yan Chen, believing him to be a just person, instantly changed their view and attitude 180 degrees after seeing the message.
Yan Chen suddenly stood up and loudly said, "No, this message is fake. He's slandering me, and slander can land you in jail!"
Then he pointed at Hao Jian, saying, "Do you believe I'll sue you for slander!"
Hao Jian, nonchalantly waving his hand, said, "If anyone doubts this message is fabricated, feel free to check if this number belongs to your esteemed Officer Yan. If it does, everything is clear."
With Hao Jian's words, Yan Chen's face immediately changed.
He now realized that a small oversight had ruined everything.
Thus, people in the audience quickly took out their phones, entered the number from the projected screen, and sure enough, it was indeed Yan Chen's number.
Everything fell apart without effort.
At this point, Hao Jian said, "Of course, there will still be those who doubt the message's authenticity. But if you don't believe it, go check Officer Yan's phone. I believe, judging by Officer Yan's nature, the text is likely still saved on his phone without being deleted."
Yan Chen's face dramatically changed.
Those who were still skeptical saw Yan Chen's expression and could guess the truth.
At this moment, Hao Jian turned to look at the director and said, "I wonder if this is enough to give me a reasonable explanation!"