What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Who could it be at this time of day? Ding Detu put down his bowl and stood up, saying, "Who is it? I'm coming, I'm coming."

Although Ertou Village wasn't particularly affluent, it was obvious that Ding Detu's family was quite well-off. At that moment, he stood up from the table and walked out to the courtyard gate.

Soon, the courtyard gate was opened, and just as Ding Detu was about to say something, he saw several people standing outside. One of them was a town government official, and the other two were wearing police uniforms.

Though a bit surprised, Ding Detu didn't think too much of it. After all, he had been the one stabbed before, so he assumed that the police were here to investigate something in the village again.

While it was not very common, this was the usual procedure: when the police came, they would first seek out the town government personnel or village cadres, who would then guide them.

So, Ding Detu spoke up, "Director Wang, what's the matter... Is there another issue?"

As he spoke, he had already started offering a cigarette from his pocket.

However, Director Wang didn't respond; instead, it was the nearby officer who gestured with his hand and said, "You're Ding Detu, right, one of the committee members of the Ertou Village Committee?"

There was something slightly off about that remark; Ding Detu's hand, which was offering the cigarette, stopped midway as he furrowed his brow and said, "Ah, yes, I'm Ding Detu. I've worked at the village committee for more than ten years now. What... What's going on?"

The officer stepped forward and announced, "Ding Detu, you are hereby notified by Changlu County People's Court that, on suspicion of the crime of intentional property destruction, you are now criminally summoned by the Changlu County Public Security Bureau according to law. This is the summoning notice; please sign here."

"Also, is your family at home? Call them out, so we can notify them as well."

What? Ding Detu was stunned on the spot. Even if he didn't understand much about the law, he knew what a criminal summons meant!

And they were actually saying he was suspected of intentional property damage!

"No, Director Wang, what... what does this mean? How have I intentionally damaged property? And why is this so formal? What exactly is happening, Director Wang? Please, say something!"

Ding Detu panicked as he saw the situation unfold and called out to Director Wang.

Director Wang exchanged a glance with the nearby officer and finally said, "Well, old Ding, as a member of the village cadre, you should cooperate with the work of the public security organs..."

Such empty words after all this time? Ding Detu wanted to say more, but the officer in front of him stated firmly, "Alright, Ding Detu, there will be plenty of time to explain at the station. Hurry up and call your family members out to inform them; we need to head back to the city today."

Director Wang had already walked into the courtyard, and after calling out a few times, Ding Detu's wife came out, her face also showing surprise.

Upon learning that Ding Detu was suspected of committing a crime and was to be taken away, she too was dumbfounded.

"Officer, Director Wang, this... there must be some mistake, my husband Ding has always been staying peacefully in the village; he couldn't possibly have gone out and destroyed anyone's property!" Ding Detu's wife cried out.

As she spoke, she approached, intending to prevent him from being taken away.

The two officers looked at each other, and one of them promptly pulled out silver handcuffs from his belt, shouting at Ding Detu, "Ding Detu, as a member of the village committee, please cooperate with our work, and don't make this difficult!"

However, the officers had miscalculated. Ding Detu and his wife genuinely felt wronged.

The whole affair came out of nowhere—it was truly a case of "trouble coming from the sky." The police had arrived to arrest someone for seemingly no reason at all, especially when they hadn't done anything wrong!

"I won't go. You want to cuff me, is that it? Go ahead then; I'm telling you, if I didn't do it, then I didn't do it!" Ding Detu was shouting at the top of his lungs.

The noise was too much, and the surrounding neighbors all came out to see. One of the officers said, "Can you stop shouting? You didn't do it? Wasn't the fruit orchard owned by Huang Licheng torn down by your village committee?"

What? It was because of this? Ding Detu, who had been loudly insisting that he could never have made such a mistake, was once again taken aback.

He had never dreamt that it would be over this matter!

And he immediately thought of Tang Fangjing. But something wasn't right—if Tang Fangjing had gone to report the incident, hadn't the police directly refused to file a case?

Besides, even if it was about that incident, what did it have to do with him?

Thinking this, Ding Detu said directly, "So what's the big deal about that? The land in the village is managed by our village committee. Huang Licheng's contract had expired, and he didn't renew it. We had to take back the land, so what's wrong with demolishing the orchard?"

"There was a village representatives' meeting at the beginning, and we have records of that meeting. On what grounds are you arresting me?"

"At the time, Huang himself stabbed me several times; I was nearly killed, and now you're telling me that demolishing his orchard is a crime?"

As Ding Detu spoke, the surrounding villagers also began to chatter among themselves, surprised that the incident involving Huang Licheng from several years ago was being dredged up again.

"Based on the fact that you're one of the village committee members, that's enough. Ding Detu, I'm giving you your first warning: Ertou Village Committee is suspected of corporate crime, so all of you committee members must go back for investigation!"

"You must come with us now; otherwise, we will have to take coercive measures!"

If it had been anyone else, they would have been handcuffed and taken away without any explanation, but this was Ertou Village, and more and more villagers were gathering around, so there still needed to be some explanation.

Corporate crime? Ding Detu actually didn't know what 'corporate crime' meant, but he suddenly had a feeling that he was... as if he had been set up.