Chapter 221 The Humbleness of Love
The full name of Jiangchuan Traffic Police Brigade is Jiangchuan Public Security Traffic Police Brigade. In the early 90s, it was very small, with only a few hundred people, mainly responsible for traffic and vehicle management in urban and suburban areas. Traffic was mainly directed by the signal lights in the "bird cage".

"Bird cage" refers to the round glass sentry box at that time.

At that time, there were only about 10 glass booths in Jiangchuan City. Two traffic policemen were on duty in each booth. One traffic policeman sat in the booth and controlled the traffic in the east, west, south and north directions through the fully automatic signal control lights that had just been upgraded from manual signal lights. Another traffic policeman was responsible for on-site command, and they took turns every two hours.

Today, Ma Lin is in charge of on-site command at Chunfeng Road.

In 1991, he retired from the army. Since he had previously worked in the army's motor vehicle company in traffic and automobile management, after his retirement, he used his family connections to continue his "old job" as a traffic policeman.

It was the rush hour for workers to get off work, and the huge army of bicycles covered the entire road like black ants, which was particularly spectacular in the cold winter.

As a traffic policeman, Marin suffered particularly hard.

At that time, there was no advanced equipment such as electronic capture to help deal with traffic violations, and ordinary people had little safety awareness. People were not afraid of being hit by cars, and cars were not afraid of being hit by people. They ran recklessly on the motor vehicle lanes, even like animals, and there were many violations. Ma Lin, whistling and waving his arms, could not take care of it at all. Like other traffic police, he only hoped that there would be no traffic jams and no accidents, and everything would be fine. For the rest, he would not look at anything that he could avoid.

After directing for an hour or so, the number of bicycles gradually decreased. Malin was already tired and cold. The north wind was blowing hard, and without the shelter of houses or trees, the cold penetrated into his neck, bringing a bone-chilling chill.

This winter is especially cold!

The afterglow of the setting sun high in the sky was extremely beautiful. Malin stood on the road and looked at it from afar. At this moment, he couldn't help but think of Zhang Xiaonan, the woman who was annoying but made his heart warm. Ever since he met her at Zhang Guoxiang's house, he had been completely obsessed with her. All he thought about was her. He tried every way to be nice to her and her family, but most of the time she treated him coldly.

Sometimes, he would feel discouraged and want to give up and let it go, but the problem was that he had no way to go against his heart and force himself not to think about her or look for her. In fact, his colleagues at work often introduced girls to him, but he rejected them all, because it was not easy to compromise! He could only keep telling himself in this bittersweet state of mind that people's feelings would fluctuate and change, and as long as he treated Xiaonan sincerely, there would always be a dawn.

As he was thinking, a car driving by in the distance brought him back to reality from his sad thoughts.

It was an extremely eye-catching luxury car. Many pedestrians on the road stopped and looked at it. Even Marin, who had a clear view of the front of the car, opened his eyes wide in surprise. He had seen this car in a magazine before. It was a Mercedes-Benz S320, and the license plate was Hunan 08·88888.

With the deepening of reform and opening up, the lives of Chinese people have changed with each passing day since the 90s. Bicycles are no longer one of the "three major items" in fashion. In the 60s, people imagined communism as "upstairs and downstairs, electricity and telephones", which has become a joke in the eyes of the younger generation at this time. However, the means of transportation for most Jiangchuan citizens is still Phoenix Forever -bar. Jeeps are extremely rare, not to mention this million-level imported luxury car.

Marin couldn't help but feel a little envious. Men are born to love speed and passion. When he was in the army, he loved tinkering with cars and dreamed of owning a car of his own one day, but he never dared to dream of such a luxury car.

In just a few seconds, the Mercedes-Benz came rushing over. Marin thought it would disappear from his sight soon, but what happened next made his face turn very ugly. The Mercedes-Benz actually turned around, swerved sideways, and drove in the wrong direction on the road in front of him, a traffic policeman!

Marin was hesitating whether to step forward and call for a stop, but the driver of the Benz seemed a little arrogant, or was deliberately looking for trouble, and drove the car directly to his feet, stopped, and slid down the window to reveal a young face with big black sunglasses on, looking at him with a smile.

Marin knew that he couldn't afford to offend a big shot who drove a million-dollar luxury car. Even if the captain of the traffic police brigade was here, he would never dare to fart for justice! However, the other party's behavior was really provocative, and he couldn't help but frown: "Comrade, please show me your driver's license!"

The comrade lowered his black-framed glasses and smiled, "No." This made Ma Lin very angry: "You dare to go out on the street without a driver's license, and openly violate traffic rules and drive against traffic regulations. Do you still take traffic regulations seriously?"

The comrade still smiled and said gently: "I'm sorry, Officer Ma, I just passed by here and saw you. I just wanted to tell you something, but I was in a hurry. Let me introduce myself, Zhang Yunqi, the boss of Liansheng and Lianzhong."

Marin's breath was suddenly stuck in his throat. The young man in front of him was not the arrogant and domineering type. Fortunately, otherwise, he didn't know how he would end the situation today. However, what he couldn't understand was why a person who drove a million-dollar luxury car would come to him for something?
Ma Lin asked: "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Zhang Yunqi nodded: "It's about Zhang Xiaonan."

Ma Lin suddenly became nervous: "Xiao Nan? What happened to Xiao Nan?"

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Zhang Xiaonan is fine, it's okay, it's you who has a problem with her, you like her, but she already has another man in her heart."

Marin obviously knew something about this matter, and his face darkened again: "What does this have to do with you?"

Zhang Yunqi said happily: "Your love rival is my brother."

Ma Lin stared at Zhang Yunqi coldly: "So you are here to teach me, your love rival, a lesson on behalf of your brother?"

Zhang Yunqi waved his hand and said, "The lesson has been learned. We are all adults and no one has the right to teach anyone a lesson. It's just that we happened to meet today and I wanted to clarify things with you. Otherwise, it will be hard for both sides to have such a confrontation."

Marin said in a very aggressive tone: "What do you want to do?"

Zhang Yunqi threw a Furongwang to Ma Lin, lit one for himself, and said, "I think there are only three things to chase a woman: looks, money, and feelings. Officer Ma, you are not bad looking, tall and big, better than my brother; let's not talk about money, this single-wheeled car, Officer Ma, I'm not trying to hit you, it's enough for you to be a traffic policeman for the rest of your life; as for feelings, Zhang Xiaonan and my brother are childhood sweethearts, we have been together since we were wearing open-crotch pants, and we have slept together many times."

Marin's eyes turned red in an instant!
He flew into a rage and said, "You are talking nonsense!"

Zhang Yunqi was not angry at all: "Officer Ma, please don't be too sad. I'm telling you something from the bottom of my heart. There are many beautiful women in the world. Why do you have to hang yourself on a tree where a beautiful woman has already been taken? If Zhang Xiaonan didn't love my brother, but you, I would have given this sentence to my brother exactly as it is! In short, you are still very good, but Zhang Xiaonan already has someone in her heart. It's pointless to force it. You will only suffer. You have to know that if you spend a lot of effort to chase a woman who doesn't like you, it's better not to chase her at all. Because, in her eyes, you and your love are destined to be humble and compromising. As a person, it's best to be good to yourself."

Zhang Yunqi put on his big black-framed sunglasses again: "Okay, Officer Ma, I'm going to speak directly, please forgive me if I'm wrong. You can issue a ticket for traffic violations, you should act according to the law, and deal with it as it should be. I will go to the traffic police team to receive education some other day. I won't accompany you now, I still have to visit your city bureau's deputy mayor of discipline. Good morning!"

With a step on the accelerator, the black Mercedes cut through the strong wind.

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(End of this chapter)