Chapter 682 - 652: Sharp-Tongued
Chapter 682 - 652: Sharp-Tongued
It was Ji Jiajia who sneaked behind him and struck, hitting Zhu Keding on the head with the bat. Bang! Zhu Keding’s vision went black as he fell straight to the ground, and the bat flew out.Zhu Guangming saw through the slits of his eyes that his dad had been knocked out, and started crying: "Dad... don’t hit my dad..."
Chunliang raised his hands: "It’s got nothing to do with me, I didn’t touch him."
The four bodyguards looked at him — what kind of master stands by while the kids do all the work? But who cares, as long as the young miss isn’t in danger, we shouldn’t act rashly. A bunch of minors fighting — adults shouldn’t wade into this mess.
Zhu Keding didn’t know when to back down, and now he’s paying for it. Who’s he going to complain to about this smack on the head? Serves him right, meddling in a kids’ fight.
Seeing the situation nearly resolved, Chunliang called everyone to quickly make a getaway. Ji Jiajia was still thrilled about her hit earlier: "Master, I really helped you today, didn’t I?"
Chunliang replied: "You did more harm than good. If Zhu were killed by your strike, you’d be headed for prison."
Ji Jiajia pouted: "I didn’t even use much force, don’t worry, I’ll take the responsibility, it’s got nothing to do with any of you."
Fu Xuedong said, "I’m the one who hit them, I’ll take responsibility if needed."
Chunliang looked at him in a new light, surprised that this kid showed some responsibility at a critical moment.
Zhu Keding clutched his head as he staggered to his feet, shouting: "Don’t leave, kid, I recognize you!"
Chunliang and his group had already gotten into Ji Jiajia’s Toyota Alpha, leaving before Zhu Keding could catch up.
Following Chunliang’s instructions, Ji Jiajia and Fu Xuedong immediately went to report to the police, what you could call the villain complaining first.
Witty Ji Jiajia reported that while playing with a skateboard at the park’s basketball court, she encountered some thugs who spoke rudely to her. Fortunately, Fu Xuedong intervened bravely to rescue her. After barely escaping from the three thugs, they then ran into an old thug.
Fu Xuedong, with his previous education, had learned that lying wasn’t something good kids do, but Chunliang told him that in order to punish evil and uphold justice, a little lie here and there doesn’t matter; it’s called fighting evil with evil.
Actually, Fu Xuedong barely said anything. When the police recorded his statement, he confirmed that everything Ji Jiajia said was true.
The officer handling the case had already viewed the video from a concerned citizen, provided by Chunliang. It must be said that Chunliang’s videography skills had improved; the video showed that it was Zhu Guangming’s group who provoked first, and it didn’t capture Fu Xuedong’s actions. The most crucial part was that Zhu Guangming admitted to getting people to assault Fu Xuedong, even providing the names and addresses.
Chunliang awaited the police to handle the matter impartially. Previously, Zhao Xinting had brought her son to report, which was coincidentally at this same station. The police had found no clues until now when the victim, Fu Xuedong, delivered information directly, leaving the police a bit embarrassed, prompting them immediately to detain the people involved.
With Ji Jiajia there, Chunliang didn’t need to speak, and he waited outside with the four bodyguards.
Ji Jiajia said, "Officer, my brother has been bullied by them at school more than once. They even employed some thugs to block him outside school, causing him severe emotional and physical harm. You can check the report records, we reported it five days ago, and my brother’s injuries haven’t healed yet. I’m worried for his safety, so I went to pick him up from school, and unexpectedly encountered such an incident again. Can I ask if the people’s police love the people?"
The officer taking the statement nodded, "No need to ask, we will definitely handle this impartially."
Ji Jiajia said, "I’m relieved to hear you say that."
When the police were recording the case, Zhu Keding also came with his three children to report the incident, not expecting the two kids to have gotten here first. Such young kids already knew to complain first.
Zhu Keding pointed at Ji Jiajia accusingly: "It was her, she hit me on the back of my head with a bat, officer, feel this bump."
Ji Jiajia retorted, "Who told you to act like a thug?"
Zhu Keding’s face turned livid with anger: "You little girl, how can you speak so falsely? It was you two who hit my son, so I went over to stop you."
The officer handling the case already had a prior impression; after watching the video and hearing Ji Jiajia’s tearful testimony against this group, of course, everyone worries about their children being bullied in school.
The officer slammed his hand on the desk: "What are you shouting for? This is the police station, having a loud voice doesn’t mean you’re right."
Zhu Keding said, "Officer, we’re here to report; it’s them who beat my son and his two classmates."
The officer glanced at the three tall, hefty boys behind Zhu Keding, then at Fu Xuedong and Ji Jiajia.
"You’re saying the three of them were beaten by these two?"
Zhu Guangming corrected: "It was him who hit us!" He pointed at Fu Xuedong; indeed, Ji Jiajia hadn’t hit them, she only swung once, knocking out his father.
"He took on three of you by himself?"
At this moment, an officer came over, having just verified with the school. There had indeed been incidents of Zhu Guangming and his group bullying Fu Xuedong on campus.
The police had also pulled up the report from the day Fu Xuedong was beaten outside the school. The police sent to apprehend people had already detained Yuan Mingqiang, who confessed onsite to organizing people to beat up Fu Xuedong to avenge his brother, Yuan Minghui.
The officer handling the case, after receiving this call, knew what to do, directing Zhu Guangming and his friends to sit in a small room first.
Zhu Keding felt something was amiss: "Officers, they were the ones who started the fight, why are you keeping my son and the others locked up?"
"Don’t you know what they did?"
"Officers, I don’t understand what you mean. Look at this big bump on the back of my head."
"What did you do to the young girl?"
"I... I didn’t do anything?"
Ji Jiajia said, "He touched my butt!"
Zhu Keding’s face turned as red as a pig’s liver, how could this young girl talk such nonsense? "I did not! Which eye of yours saw me touch you?"
Ji Jiajia said, "Which eye of yours saw me hitting you with a stick?"
Zhu Keding was stumped. At the time, Ji Jiajia hit him with a stick from behind, how could he have seen it?
The police officer said, "Alright, don’t argue here. We will investigate the details of today’s incident, but no matter what, as an adult, you shouldn’t get involved in minors’ disputes. Although they can be exempt from prosecution for the same mistake, you will have to bear legal responsibility."
Zhu Keding broke out in a cold sweat, regretting coming to the police station. Wasn’t this just courting disaster? Offering himself on a platter, and now it seemed they wanted to settle all accounts, past and present.
Ji Jiajia and Fu Xuedong were allowed to leave first, and the police continued to interrogate Zhu Keding.
The two came outside and saw Xu Chunliang sitting with four bodyguards, drinking Starbucks.
Ji Jiajia said, "Ha, you all seem quite relaxed."
Xu Chunliang pointed to the two cups beside him: "Yours, my treat."
Ji Jiajia picked up a coffee and handed it to Fu Xuedong first.
Xu Chunliang asked, "Can we leave now?"
Ji Jiajia said, "The police still need to question them, they can’t just listen to our statements. We might have to wait a bit longer."
At this time, two small-time troublemakers full of tattoos were brought in by the police. Fu Xuedong immediately recognized them as the ones who had blockaded him outside school a few days ago.
Xu Chunliang, seeing Fu Xuedong’s expression, already guessed, and patted Fu Xuedong on the shoulder: "Trust the law."
Ji Jiajia said, "According to our country’s law, these two violated the ’Law on the Protection of Minors’ and the ’Public Security Administration Punishment Law.’ They’re facing at least ten to fifteen days of detention and a fine of five hundred to a thousand yuan."
The bodyguard sitting next to Xu Chunliang said, "The regulation applies to those under fourteen, but he seems to be fifteen."
Ji Jiajia glared at him: "Do you know the law?"
The bodyguard, slightly embarrassed, smiled and said, "I am a lawyer."
Ji Jiajia said, "Why didn’t you say so earlier? When I went in to learn about the situation, why didn’t you follow?"
The bodyguard thought to himself, you were just speaking off the cuff, only stating what was beneficial to yourself. While I’m employed by you, I can’t go against my professional ethics.
Xu Chunliang said, "They should still be detained, those bullies should at least receive a disciplinary action."
Ji Jiajia said, "A disciplinary action is too lenient, expel them. Otherwise, I’ll put the incident online and the school will be infamous."
Fu Xuedong didn’t say anything, but the cloud that had hovered over his heart for days had lifted.
Even though Fu Xuedong didn’t say anything, the gloom that had been clouding his heart for days dissipated. His father always advised him to be tolerant and lenient, but today he finally understood that tolerance and lenience only let some people push you further. Uncle Xu’s method of retaliating was correct, today he finally vented a long-held grievance.
At this moment, Zhao Xinting rushed in after being informed — it was Zhu Keding who called her. Zhao Xinting was terrified when she received the call, thinking her son had been beaten again. But she quickly realized that this time it was her son who had beaten up a classmate. Zhao Xinting found it impossible; how could her slight-built son overpower someone? But after a bit of thinking, she realized it must have been Xu Chunliang.
But, no matter what, they shouldn’t have hit those kids. It’s illegal for an adult to do so, so Zhao Xinting hurried to the police station to find out what had happened.
When Zhao Xinting arrived at the station and saw her son was alright, she felt relieved and looked at Xu Chunliang, saying, "Xiaoxu, what exactly happened?"
Xu Chunliang smiled, "Sister, I’m not quite sure either. Why don’t you ask Xiao Dong?"
Before Fu Xuedong could speak, Ji Jiajia said, "Auntie, hello, this isn’t Xiao Dong’s fault, it’s all because of me."
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