Chapter 50: Your Uncle Is Still Your Uncle!

Just as Old Man Zhao Shizhe was calling his son, the netizens in the live streaming room were laughing hysterically.

"Judging by what the old man's son said, he isn't even driving! Who goes out looking for engine oil dozens of kilometers away?"
"He's probably driving in a club!"
"It's obvious the old man drove out himself again, and when trouble happened, he wanted to get his son to take the fall!"
"An old man is always an old man! Last time he got caught for drunk driving, he went so far as to forcefully feed his few-year-old grandson several gulps of raw liquor just to frame Officer Tan's breathalyzer for being broken! And now he's trying to throw his own son under the bus again!"

After quite a while, a taxi pulled up.
A middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket and tucking a briefcase under his arm got out of the car.

"Son! You're finally here!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe immediately stepped forward upon seeing him.
"Dad, what on earth is going on here?"
The son asked in a low voice, taking in the array of law enforcement officers at the scene.
"Can't you see? The traffic police are checking for drunk driving right over there!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe motioned with his chin toward Tan Ping and the others.
"What's there to be scared of about a drunk driving check? I didn't even drive today!"
The son replied dismissively.
"You didn't, but your dad here did!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe said.
"What? You drove drunk and you called me over?"
The son was dumbfounded upon hearing this.
"What's wrong, son? Did you drink too?"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe's expression changed instantly.
"I was treating a client to dinner today. Could I possibly get away without drinking? Before the meal even started, I slammed down half a jin of hard liquor!"
The son said.
"Then we're finished!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe instantly wilted.

At that moment, Tan Ping walked over, pointed at the middle-aged man, and asked, "Old man, is this your son?"
"No! He is not my son!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe immediately and flatly denied it.
"Hahaha! The old man won't even acknowledge his own son!"
The netizens in the live stream found this hilarious.
"Oh, mother dearest! I knew it! I knew I wasn't your biological child! No wonder you used to beat the living daylights out of me when I was a kid!"
The middle-aged man cried out with intense emotion.
"Calm down, sir! Please calm down!"
Seeing this, Tan Ping immediately stepped forward to soothe him.
"How can I possibly calm down now? A father who raised me for decades suddenly tells you he's not your biological father!"
The son's emotions became even more agitated.

"Stop! Son, don't get excited! That's not what I meant! The only reason I just said you aren't my son is because you've been drinking too—and you drank half a jin! This drunk driving check is just like playing mahjong; me taking a tiny sip is like a trivial win, but you drinking half a jin is equivalent to hitting the grand jackpot with a full house and a flush!"
Realizing his son had misunderstood and was about to pull out his phone to question his mother, Old Man Zhao Shizhe hurriedly explained.

Tan Ping asked with a smile, "Old man, which of you two actually drove this car?"
"I drove it!"
"I drove it!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe and his son shouted in unison.

Hearing his son claim he drove it, Old Man Zhao Shizhe immediately shoved his son on the head. "Are you out of your mind? You drove? You've had half a jin of alcohol!"
"What else can we do? You're getting up there in years, am I supposed to let you go inside and suffer?"
The son said helplessly.

Tan Ping walked over to the middle-aged man and asked, "Are you certain you drove this car?"
"Positive! I drove it!"
The son nodded.
"Drove it your foot! Where did you even drive it from?"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe couldn't help but ask.
"I have no idea! I don't even know where you wandered off to today!"
The son replied helplessly.
"I'll come clean! I drove this car!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe raised his hand.
"Officer, just take me away!"
"Old man! I'm not here to arrest you! We just need to go through the standard procedure. What is the owner's name?"
Tan Ping explained patiently.
"Zhao Jun! My son's name is Zhao Jun!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe glanced at his son as he spoke.
"Alright! Please blow into this!"
Tan Ping took out the breathalyzer.

Old Man Zhao Shizhe, having experience with this, moved his head close, closed his eyes, and blew with all his might.
The breathalyzer remained completely silent!
"What's going on?"
Everyone present was puzzled.
In the live stream, netizens began sending a barrage of comments:
"What is happening here?"
"Is Officer Tan's breathalyzer broken?"
"It's possible! Officer Tan caught over a dozen petty thieves today, and he might have damaged the breathalyzer during the scuffle!"

After blowing into it, Old Man Zhao Shizhe resigned himself to fate and said, "Officer, take me away! I'm guilty, I shouldn't have driven after drinking!"
Tan Ping smiled. "What did you drink? This breathalyzer didn't register a single thing!"

"No reaction?"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe pondered this for a moment.
Suddenly, he slapped his forehead hard. "Oh! The moment I saw the traffic police officers, I lost my mind! I remember now, I didn't drink anything at all today!"

In the live stream, the netizens burst into laughter.
"So the old man staged a whole farce all by himself!"
"Still, the old man isn't entirely innocent, right?"
"That's right! He was driving without a license!"

Sure enough, Tan Ping said to Old Man Zhao Shizhe with a serious expression, "Old man, the alcohol test just proved you were barking up the wrong tree, but next, we need to inspect your driver's license!"
"Driver's license? I don't have one!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe confessed honestly.
"Officer, as long as it's not drunk driving, we'll gladly take the punishment! Fine us whatever amount is required!"
Seeing that his father hadn't been drinking, the son breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward.
"Our purpose today isn't to issue fines, but to make traffic participants realize that this kind of behavior is wrong!"
Tan Ping looked at the son and said earnestly.
"Right! Exactly! We were wrong! Officer, you should lay on a heavier fine this time to give my dad an unforgettable lesson!"
The son nodded repeatedly, opened his leather bag, unzipped it, and started pulling out cash.
"I know the law! For something like what my dad did, the fine ranges from two hundred to two thousand yuan. Let's not be modest—let's go with the maximum..."
With that, the son pulled out a thick stack of banknotes, counted out twenty bills, and tried to shove them into Tan Ping's hand.

Tan Ping immediately stepped back and looked at the son. "Your attitude is wrong! Our goal is not collecting fines!"
"Right! Son, collecting fines isn't their goal; their goal is strictly to collect fines!"
Old Man Zhao Shizhe chimed in from the side.
"I understand! We get it! This isn't money; this is a lesson!"
Thinking the money wasn't enough, the son pulled out a few more bills.

At that moment, Wang Xingyun walked over and handed the written ticket to Old Man Zhao Shizhe, which stated a fine of 200 yuan.
The old man pointed at the ticket and said, "Son, look at how professionally the police handle things—you need to learn from this! One plays the good cop, one plays the bad cop, and even the fine makes us convinced and willing to pay!"
"..."
Wang Xingyun.
"..."
Tan Ping.
In the live streaming room, the netizens were amused: "This old man is truly a character!"
"Officer Tan is completely speechless today!"
"There's just no responding to that logic. 200 on the ticket is already the minimum!"