At that intersection, during morning and evening rush hours, auxiliary police are stationed, always holding a stack of tickets.

The morning I was caught, I didn't have time to fix my hair, and I was biting on a piece of bread crust.
The auxiliary police officer was a young guy, probably new on the job, with a face as sharp as a salute, and he shouted at me: "Where's your helmet?!"
I said I was running late, and it wasn't intentional.
He didn't reply, just tilted his chin to the side and said: "Get off, push the bike, give me your ID."
I thought, this is the end, no full attendance bonus this month, and I’d lose fifty bucks.
He looked over my old electric bike inside and out three times, and the pancake and fried dough I bought this morning in the basket had already cooled down.
He opened the seat cushion and underneath was my reflective vest and helmet, which I hadn’t had time to pack after my night shift last night.
He paused for a moment, then asked me: "Which construction site do you work at?"
I said it wasn’t a construction site, but a nearby logistics park where I do night shifts sorting packages.
He looked at my helmet again, then at my worn-out work uniform that had been washed white, and the ticket in his hand hesitated before tearing it up.
He returned my ID and suddenly asked: "Is your bike’s brake responsive?"
I said it was responsive.
He nodded and said: "The brake lever on your left is a bit crooked, when you pass by the repair stall ahead, have someone fix it. I won’t fine you for the helmet this time, but that brake lever, you must fix it today."
I was stunned.
He added: "Your life is more important than a full attendance bonus."
Later, I was fired by that courier company, switched to a day shift, and when I passed that intersection again on my bike, he had already been transferred.
I specifically went to the repair stall and asked the owner, who said that the young guy had resigned at the beginning of the year and gone back to his hometown to take the civil service exam.
The owner, tightening a screw, said: "Before he left, he specifically came here and left a hundred yuan. Said that if young people like you come to fix brakes in the future, he wouldn’t charge."
I wore a new helmet and replaced the left brake lever on that broken electric bike with a new one.