Chapter 087
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Chapter 087 I’m Not Leaving
Police Officer Xiao Liu, who was standing nearby, looked at Ye Binglan with some surprise!
After all, this was a task personally assigned by the deputy director of the district bureau. Although he himself was dissatisfied, he would never dare to openly defy his superior’s orders! But what was wrong with Captain Ye? She completely disregarded Wang Zhongjian! He had just left, and Ye Binglan immediately wanted to release the person!
“It seems we are the same kind of people.”
Hearing Ye Binglan’s words, a look of admiration flashed in Su Rui’s eyes, genuine and undisguised.
Ye Binglan’s expression was firm, showing no hesitation. Openly defying her leader’s orders would have serious negative consequences for her, but this “flower of the police force” showed no fear and directly chose to stand on the side of justice, which meant standing with Su Rui.
“Let’s not talk about this anymore. You should leave quickly, and I’ll explain things to Director Wang.”
Su Rui looked into Ye Binglan’s clear, bright eyes and replied just as seriously: “Precisely because I chose to stay voluntarily, I cannot leave. That would only cause more trouble for you. I’m someone who doesn’t like to inconvenience others, so I appreciate your kindness, but I’ll stay.”
Ye Binglan said anxiously: “Su Rui, this situation is actually very clear. The students your companion beat up must come from influential families, otherwise Director Wang wouldn’t be working so hard on this. Once they mobilize their connections, I might not be able to help you. The longer this drags on, the harder it will be to control. If you don’t leave now, you might not be able to leave later.”
Su Rui smiled: “Binglan, don’t try to persuade me. This is my own decision.”
“First, if I leave, my comrades will face consequences, and both you and this police officer will be disciplined. That’s not what I want to see.”
“Second, if I stay, I can uncover who’s behind this incident. I must make these human scum in disguise answer for their actions.”
Seeing Su Rui’s fearless and confident demeanor, Ye Binglan’s eyes flickered slightly.
“Third, don’t worry too much. Trust me, everything will be fine.”
Hearing his words, Ye Binglan shook her head: “This is a police station. There are some things you might not understand…”
“Don’t worry, I know what you mean,” Su Rui said. “I’ve experienced much darker things than this. Nothing will happen.”
To dispel darkness, I am the sun.
That’s where the name Apollo comes from!
However, the Chinese language is truly profound. If interpreted deliberately, “sun” is also equivalent to “ri” in Chinese. If you called Su Rui the “Ri God,” he would probably go crazy.
“Um, let me borrow your phone again,” Su Rui extended his hand with a smile.
“Sure.”
Ye Binglan handed him her phone without any hesitation. Meanwhile, Officer Xiao Liu walked to the door and gently closed the interrogation room door.
At this moment, Qin Canlong’s shouting could still be heard from another interrogation room!
This arrogant young man was still defiant, screaming at the top of his lungs for at least half an hour.
“What an idiot, doesn’t he get tired?”
Su Rui took the phone, said something softly, then hung up. Afterward, he tapped on the screen a few times, as if sending a text message.
Neither Ye Binglan nor Xiao Liu could hear clearly what he said; they only saw his lips move slightly.
“Here’s your phone back,” Su Rui continued smiling.
Seeing that smile, Ye Binglan inexplicably felt her mood lighten. She took the phone and was about to put it in her pocket when she instinctively glanced at the screen.
There was a line of text!
It read: Beautiful lady, after this is over, may I have the honor of taking you to dinner?
If Chen Dawu, Cao Tianping, or others who knew Su Rui well were present, their jaws would have dropped to the floor! Even in this situation, this imprisoned guy still had the mood to flirt! No matter how beautiful the girl was, he should be figuring out how to escape first! This was practically risking his life to pick up a girl!
Ye Binglan looked up and met Su Rui’s expectant gaze. She looked down at the screen again and finally couldn’t help but break into a smile!
“Yes,” Ye Binglan said, her eyes brightening as she looked at Su Rui.
Officer Xiao Liu was completely confused, not understanding what these two lovebirds were up to. However, he had worked with Ye Binglan for nearly a year and had rarely seen her smile. This smile looked like one reserved for a lover.
Su Rui said, “You’re really beautiful.”
Ye Binglan smiled, “So are you.”
Su Rui continued, “I really feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before.”
Ye Binglan nodded, “I have that feeling too.”
Su Rui was delighted: “I’m serious.”
Ye Binglan pursed her lips: “I’m joking.”
…
Zhang Yuanxing looked at his son lying face down on the hospital bed and felt his lungs were about to explode with anger!
Four broken vertebrae, severe spinal injury, unable to move while lying face down, his entire body wrapped in bandages like a zongzi!
This was all the result of being struck down by Qin Canlong with a bench!
Moreover, when Zhang Zhenyang fell, his face hit the curb, requiring more than ten stitches on his chin!
This was his only son! How could Zhang Yuanxing not be heartbroken at this sight! How could he not be furious!
He was the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau in Ninghai, one of China’s four direct-administered municipalities, a deputy department-level official. Such an incident happening in his territory completely unleashed his anger!
Therefore, as soon as he saw his son, he called Wang Zhongjian, the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation at the Ningnan District Bureau, ordering him to thoroughly investigate the matter and not let any suspects go!
Wang Zhongjian was his trusted subordinate. Zhang Yuanxing had many unsavory matters handled through him, so he was the first choice when this incident occurred.
However, after his initial rage subsided, Zhang Yuanxing calmed down. Having navigated Ninghai’s political scene for twenty or thirty years, he had seen too many dark dealings and was entangled in numerous murky interests. He wondered if some political rival with a grudge against him had orchestrated this attack on his son.
Zhang Yuanxing began to carefully consider all his enemies, everyone he had offended, but after much thought, he had no leads—almost everyone was a suspect. That’s how the political world worked; someone might act like your brother to your face but stab you in the back when you turn around!
However, Zhang Yuanxing was now ready to act. He knew he had only one son, and whoever harmed his son had crossed his bottom line. Since this was a public security matter under police jurisdiction, he would use the power of the Public Security Bureau to get to the bottom of this! When it came to fighting tough battles, few could match him!
“Dad, you must avenge me!”
Zhang Zhenyang felt pain throughout his entire body, especially his back, which felt like it had been forcibly torn apart!
“Dare to scheme against me, I’ll make sure you suffer too!”
With that, Zhang Yuanxing left the hospital room and had his driver take him to the Ningnan District Bureau!
Sitting in the back seat of the car, Zhang Yuanxing looked out the window with a gloomy expression and took out his phone, saying, “Bring some capable men over.”
“Director Zhang, I’ve already brought people to wait at the entrance of the Ningnan Bureau. They’re all our trusted subordinates, very efficient!”
“Good. I’ll be there in half an hour. You can go in first.”
After hanging up, a cold smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Yuanxing’s mouth.
“I don’t believe I can’t force whoever is behind this to show themselves!”
…
However, Zhang Yuanxing was overthinking this matter. There was no mastermind behind it at all. It was simply that Zhang Zhenyang’s behavior had triggered Su Rui and Qin Canlong’s anger.
Since he was already thinking in complex terms, his subordinates would certainly handle the matter in a complex way as well. This was almost a certainty.
At this moment, outside the Ningnan District Bureau, Xiaoling and several other girls were anxiously waiting. Su Rui and Qin Canlong had been detained for standing up for them, and these young women were not ungrateful—they wouldn’t leave until the two were safely released.
“Xiaoling, we owe them so much for this,” said the girl who had been slapped to the ground by Zhang Zhenyang, both fearful and grateful. Her face was still slightly swollen.
Xiaoling nodded, looking at the police bureau sign in silence.
“Zhang Zhenyang and his friends have always thrown their weight around at school because of their family backgrounds. Xiaoling, even if you don’t say it, I know he’s tried to force himself on you many times before, and you’ve always refused him. It seems he had the same intention today…”
“Yes, if those two hadn’t shown up, we all might have been in danger,” another girl said with lingering fear. “I’ve heard that Zhang Zhenyang’s father has a lot of influence in the public security system. With their power, even if they had forced themselves on us, we probably wouldn’t have anywhere to seek justice!”
Xiaoling nodded: “But have you considered that while we may have escaped danger this time, they beat Zhang Zhenyang and his friends severely. Will Zhang Zhenyang’s father let them off?”
Hearing this, the female students fell silent. Being university students, they understood many social realities quite well. Clearly, they had also guessed the likely outcome of this incident.
The girl who had been slapped said angrily: “This world is so unfair! Good people don’t get rewarded, while bad people always get away with everything!”
“If only people like Zhang Zhenyang could be locked up! Do you know why Wang Yi, who used to pursue Xiaoling, has a broken leg? It wasn’t a car accident at all—Zhang Zhenyang hired people to do it! Later I heard he also had people trash Wang Yi’s home! Wang Yi could only swallow his anger!”
“That’s outrageous! How could he do such things!”
At this moment, several men in plain clothes had quietly positioned themselves behind the girls and said with cold smiles: “Little sisters, what are you talking about?”
