Chapter 224 - 149: Is There Still an Imperial Family in Your Eyes

Chapter 224: Chapter 149: Is There Still an Imperial Family in Your Eyes

Beside them, Andre remained silent, his face grim.

’At a time like this, it was best to keep a low profile. Better yet, find a crack in the ground to crawl into.’

Shu Yao quickly pulled her hand back, a playful pout in her smile. "What brings the Commander-in-Chief all the way out here?"

A playful light danced in Qin Shiwei’s dark green eyes. "The investigation team and I are here to recover the Mecha that has found its way into my wife’s possession."

The two played their parts, all the while surreptitiously flirting with their eyes.

"First come, first served," Shu Yao said. "I’m afraid I’ll have to ask the Commander-in-Chief and the members of the investigation team to wait patiently for a moment. I must first attend to these officers from the Zone One Traffic Police Headquarters."

With that, Shu Yao used her biometrics to open the cabin door of the ’Big Bee,’ then turned to Andre’s trio, who stood rooted to the spot.

"The three officers from the Zone One Traffic Police Headquarters, if you please." Seeing them stand there as if they’d been hammered into the ground, a cold smile touched Shu Yao’s lips. "Weren’t you here to inspect my Flying Machine? If you don’t find any issues, I expect you to lift my flight ban the moment you get back!"

"You’ve been grounded?" Qin Shiwei asked, slightly surprised. His expression turned icy as he faced Andre. "Andre, explain yourself."

Andre’s face was ashen. His mind was a complete muddle; he couldn’t for the life of him figure out why he’d run into the Commander-in-Chief and the investigation team today.

Under normal circumstances, he would have been deeply honored.

But right now... he was utterly terrified!

"I... We received a public complaint that Miss Shu’s Flying Machine was involved in a serious traffic accident two days ago. W-we came to investigate the situation..." Andre stammered.

"A complaint? Or did you receive orders from someone?" Qin Shiwei’s voice was dangerously cold, his presence overwhelming. When he spoke again, his words carried a bone-deep chill that made one tremble. "His Majesty has already ruled on this matter. Did the Austin Family Master fail to properly convey His Majesty’s decree? To disregard the will of His Majesty... do you hold any regard for the Imperial Family at all?!"

"No..." Andre was terrified. "I-we were just following procedure!"

"Andre, the Imperial Family’s punishment of the Austin family was not merely for show," Qin Shiwei said coldly. "The Imperial Family is not a protective umbrella for the Austin family, and Federation Law doesn’t exist just for them!"

"Commander," a member of the investigation team stepped forward, "I can’t find any record of a public complaint in the Zone One Traffic Police Headquarters’ system. I also can’t find any dispatch record for Andre."

The color drained from Andre’s face. His knees buckled, and he swayed on his feet, barely able to remain standing.

He muttered in a panic, "No... impossible! I have a dispatch record! I only came because I was ordered to!"

He frantically tried to pull up the authorization on his Light Brain, only to discover in horror that the proof he had shown the patrol officer at the Fourth District station had been wiped from his records, leaving no trace!

The investigator looked at him with a touch of pity. "Looks like the Austin family has abandoned you."

Sure enough.

The investigator pulled up the latest statement released by the Zone One Traffic Police Headquarters.

For the crime of dereliction of duty, Andre and his two subordinates had been dismissed from the Traffic Police Headquarters.

Having also just received the notification of their dismissal, Andre and his men were in a daze, unable to process what had just happened.

An investigator remarked dryly, "They saved us the trouble."

"Why is this happening...?" Andre couldn’t understand.

"You don’t understand?" Shu Yao decided to enlighten him out of the ’kindness of her heart.’ "The three of you were nothing but tools for someone to use against me. Now that you’ve bumped into the investigation team, you’re not just useless—you’re a liability. Of course they’re going to cut you loose and wash their hands of you completely!"

"Take them away."

At Qin Shiwei’s command, the investigators placed the trio in special handcuffs and escorted them onto a Flying Machine.

"My wife, you must have been frightened," Qin Shiwei said, as if to comfort her.

Shu Yao shot him a playful glare. "The thing you’re looking for is next door."

"Next door?" Qin Shiwei feigned ignorance. "And what place is that?"

Shu Yao rolled her eyes up toward the artificial dome.

"My husband’s home!" Happy now?

The man’s lips curled into a pleased smile.

Shu Yao, meanwhile, was gritting her teeth in mock frustration.

’Is this man really not afraid of exposing us?!’

Qin Shiwei surveyed the Big Bee Flying Machine, seemingly unimpressed. "It’s too flashy."

"My son likes it," Shu Yao said, inviting him, "Want to come inside for a look? Once the Commander-in-Chief himself inspects it and says it’s fine, I doubt anyone will dare to complain about it again."

’Who would dare question the Commander-in-Chief!’

Before Qin Shiwei even stepped inside, he used a faintly glowing laser to etch a security clearance mark onto the hull.

With this security mark, exclusive to the Imperial Family, not even the Zone One Traffic Police Headquarters could question it.