CHAPTER 550: CHAPTER 332: INTERROGATION / CAUSING A SCENE

Feng Tianzhi sat across from the mother and daughter, lounging lazily on the sofa, and slowly began, "The man in the room... who is he?"

"Captain Feng, you are only here to take my daughter’s statement, are you also in charge of other matters?" Wang Qingli wanted to speak toughly, but upon meeting Feng Tianzhi’s icy gaze, she immediately changed her tone.

"Are other matters... related to the case I’m investigating?" Feng Tianzhi shrugged his shoulders, spreading his hands with a smile: "If I’m not mistaken, he should be a member of the long-distance running team, a friend of Su Dingfang, and now, he appears in your dear daughter’s room. I can’t help but think more about it."

Luo Ye glanced at Wang Qingli with disgust, kicked a broom next to him, and flew it against the door of the room where the man was, shouting, "Come out now!"

"You... you all..." Li Ruotong’s face flushed red as she abruptly stood up: "I... I am going to the school to report you, this is... lawlessness!"

Luo Ye narrowed his eyes at her, sneering: "Exposed and furious now? Accepting bribes to frame others, but you feel entitled now?"

"Who... framed who?" Li Ruotong pointed at the man walking out of the room: "He is in the sports team, but he and my mother are truly in love, is that not allowed?"

The man, full of anger, retorted Li Ruotong’s words: "You bully them because they are orphans and widows without support, do you deserve those uniforms you wear?"

"Come here and sit." Feng Tianzhi waved at the man: "Whether we are bullying them or living up to these uniforms, you should be clear in your heart." He then tossed a folder onto the coffee table: "Take a good look at this and avoid wasting time on a pointless dispute."

The three of them leaned in, and seeing "suddenly cleared a two-year loan," the mother and daughter exchanged a panic-stricken glance. Had they known, they wouldn’t have rushed into this.

Feng Tianzhi kept an eye on their expressions, seeing the right moment coming, he narrowed his eyes: "If the man in the bedroom isn’t Li Xindong, I wouldn’t interfere, but as it happens, I’ve researched all members of the sports team, and I suspect Su Dingfang is involved in this.

As Su Dingfang’s best friend, Li Xindong, appearing in a room of a woman nearly fifty, isn’t this interesting?" Feng Tianzhi said, smiling at Luo Ye: "Luo Ye, in the future, the things you’ll deal with will be hundreds of times fouler than this, so you should get used to it. I won’t hide it from you."

"I understand." Luo Ye looked in disgust at Li Xindong, who was cowering on the sofa, and kicked: "Is this mess your doing? Speak!"

Feng Tianzhi’s mouth twitched, lightly touched his nose, and looked nonchalantly at the three: "If you want to go to the police, I can call for a police car right away."

"No! No! No!" Li Xindong frantically waved his hands, losing his earlier bravado, pleadingly looking at Feng Tianzhi: "I’ll tell you, please don’t report it to the team, okay?"

Feng Tianzhi glanced at him sideways: "You have no right to negotiate terms with me. The difference between speaking and not is for you to decide whether you want leniency or severity."

"Auntie, Ruotong..." Li Xinqi hesitantly looked at the mother and daughter: "Just tell them, all right?"

What a mess this relationship is! Luo Ye immediately got goosebumps; such a wimp, yet he managed to hold a position in the sports team, no wonder Yan Han is so indignant and biased!

...

GF Brigade Five office.

Li Xiaotian and Wang Bao had bandages wrapped around their arms and hanging in front of their chests, heads dabbed with medicine here and there, occasionally grunting. Their parents sat beside them, yelling at Hang Menglin until their voices were hoarse.

Their central argument was one; their sons were beaten so badly, yet the perpetrator was still at large. They wouldn’t accept this, if it wasn’t resolved soon, they would take legal action!

"The school is thoroughly investigating this matter and will provide you with an explanation," Hang Menglin said, visibly troubled, silently cursing Feng Tianzhi’s meddlesome ways.

"Thorough investigation?" Wang Bao’s mother raised her eyebrow, scoffing: "The facts are clear, what is there to investigate? You’re obviously just delaying to suppress this matter."

"That’s right, look at our child, how severely he was beaten, are they soldiers or bandits?" added Li Xiaotian’s mom.

Li Xiaotian’s dad stood up: "Captain, let’s settle this matter quickly. If it can’t be resolved here, we’ll go to the principal, and if the principal can’t handle it, we’ll go to someone who can. We can’t believe that in this fair world, there’s nowhere to reason."

"These two kids grew up together, though they might be mischievous at times, they would never commit a serious crime like kidnapping a young girl. Captain, this issue has even landed their grandpa in the hospital!" another dad also stood up.

Hang Menglin glanced at the two bruised faces resembling pig heads, then at the four furious parents, "Alright, you can come with me to the principal’s office."

...

With noon approaching, Wu Zetian sat on a small stool, struggling to stay awake. Seeing his bunkmate, Li Sicheng, intensely engrossed in a computer science textbook, he lazily poked him: "Sicheng, just focus on the key points, you can’t possibly finish by flipping from the beginning without eating or sleeping till tomorrow."

"Which are the key points?" Li Sicheng looked utterly bewildered: "Why do I feel like everything is important?"

Zhang Youhan laughed: "I’m similar to you, we’ve had little contact and it’s really confusing at first. I think, for people like us, it’s better to just set aside the selection process and start learning from scratch. We have to learn it sooner or later anyway."

"How can you give up so easily?" Wang Gang from Yishui said with a dissatisfied expression: "As long as we try hard, anything unexpected can happen."

"Dream on!" Zhang Dongjian, from this city, curled his lips and nudged Zhan Hao, who was busy writing something: "Boss, am I right?"

"Stop messing around." Zhan Hao brushed off his hand: "Everyone has their own way of doing things, don’t impose your thoughts on others."

"Exactly, the boss always speaks nicely." Wang Gang continued to bury his head in reading.

Wu Zetian approached Zhan Hao: "What are you doing?"

"Luoluo missed a week of classes, right? I’m copying notes from each subject for her," Zhan Hao continued without lifting his head. "She went with Captain Feng to check out what happened with you and Yan Han, and you didn’t even help."

"Boss, heh heh..." Wu Zetian sheepishly smiled: "I forgot to report to you, I stole your notes last night, sorted them out under my quilt, just need to find time to print them."

"Male Emperor!" Zhan Hao knocked his head: "Were you planning to keep it from me forever?"

"I... I just didn’t want to put you in a tough spot," Wu Zetian scratched his head, looking uneasy. "Luoluo is pretty much your sister-in-law, I really didn’t want to make things difficult for you."

"That won’t happen. My cousin is a generous person, and Luoluo is resolute. I’m not worried about you. You’re just timorous, not bold." Zhan Hao said, closing his notebook. "No, I should also buy a laptop later, it’s more convenient."

"Don’t worry, I just admire Luoluo, I don’t mean to do anything. I have one quality, I’m very self-aware," Wu Zetian bragged, lifting his head: "A goddess is to be revered, not loved!"

Zhang Dongjian chuckled: "You would like to love her, but the goddess doesn’t care about you!"

Wu Zetian kicked him in the butt: "Can’t you ever say something pleasant? Always dousing cold water on everything, they should call you ’Cold Water Jian’ instead."

Zhang Youhan raised his head: "How about ’Return Key’, that sounds good."

"You’re nuts." Zhang Dongjian rubbed his stomach. "Half an hour to dinner, I’m starving. Can anyone save me?"

"Chew on your own toes!" Wu Zetian said without looking up.

"You can’t spit anything nice from a dog’s mouth, forget it, I’ll go downstairs and wait, the more I think about it, the hungrier I get. At least I can enjoy some pretty girls downstairs and feel better." Zhang Dongjian spoke as he left the dorm.

"You one-sided lover!" Wu Zetian muttered watching his retreating figure, then curled his lips: "Actually, I’m the same as him, nobody should laugh at anyone else."

"Enough, Old Wu, stop being sour," Zhan Hao finished organizing his stuff, looking at a few roommates who were busy: "If you guys don’t understand something, you can ask me, or Old Wu, we two have been in touch a bit more."

"Thanks, boss." Wang Gang quickly ran over with his books: "I’m getting dizzy from reading, Boss, explain this Chapter to me."

Zhang Youhan, Li Sicheng, and Yang Yu quickly gathered around.

Seeing this, Wu Zetian brought over his laptop: "Let’s do it this way, the boss explains, and I’ll demonstrate. We need to combine theory with practice, what a pity we can’t access the internet, sigh!"

"Thanks Old Wu," everyone looked grateful. In the dorm, besides Wu Zetian, Zhan Hao, and Zhang Dongjian, the other few came from financially struggling families, so this nearly twenty-thousand-dollar laptop seemed like a big deal to them.

Just as they were busy, Zhang Dongjian came panting up the stairs, Wu Zetian teased: "Did ogling pretty girls give you energy? Looks like you don’t need to eat in the future."

"You still have the mood for jokes, Principal Xu and Yan Han are asking for you, probably about that matter, Principal Han has not returned from a meeting, what are we going to do..."

Although Zhang Dongjian’s ramblings were somewhat incoherent, the meaning was quite clear, Wu Zetian stood up: "Let’s see how long they can feel pleased with themselves!"

"I’ll go with you." Zhan Hao also stood up, seeing this, the others also stood up wanting to join, but Wu Zetian quickly stopped them: "It’s not a group fight, just let the boss and me go. You guys use the notes, don’t worry about it breaking, it’s all under warranty."

"How can this be okay?" Everyone felt somewhat awkward.

"Come on, we are soldiers, let’s be straightforward," Wu Zetian said, heading towards the door, Zhan Hao waved to everyone: "Listen to him." He quickly followed.