Chapter 27: Stormy Weather (14) Flying Kite Net

  Jiang Baili and Qin Guozhong exchanged a glance, nodding in unison. Qin Guozhong said, "Ao Feng is right. This is indeed a good opportunity. However, no matter what, neither you nor Keqing are allowed to go on this trip."

  "Dad! Everyone else can go, why can't I and Ah Feng go?!" Qin Keqin pouted and asked indignantly.

  Qin Keqing's mother didn't help her own daughter this time either, pulling Qin Keqing and saying: "You child, why don't you listen to your father?! He is all for the good of you two! This tour is so dangerous, what if something happens to you, how can I and your father bear it?!"

  "Mom! Just let me and Ah Feng go, okay? You don't know, Ah Feng is a direct disciple of Fujian Nan Shaolin, with him protecting me, nothing will happen." Qin Keqing pushed Lin Aofeng forward to participate in the parade.

  Lin Aofeng looked at Qin Keqing with a helpless expression, sighed and said: "So quickly sold me out! It seems that I need to be more careful in the future." Suddenly Lin Aofeng snapped his fingers, looking at Jiang Baili who was sitting opposite him with a smile, his face revealing an awkward smile.

  Jiang Baili smiled and said: "A Feng, you are really good at hiding!"

  "No! It's nothing!" Lin Ao Feng said, looking at Qin Ke Qing with a profound gaze, "Uncle and Aunt! Since Ke Qing wants to go, you should let her go! With me by her side, she'll be fine."

  "No way!" Before Qin Guozhong could speak, Qin Keqing's mother immediately vetoed: "Even if you're skilled, can you be more deadly than the guns in their hands?!"

  Lin Ao Feng helplessly shrugged his shoulders at Qin Ke Qing, as if saying to her "I've done all I can! Everything else is up to you now."

  Qin Keqing lowered her head, pouted, and tears flowed down unconsciously. Jiang Baili, who was very considerate of his juniors, saw Qin Keqing crying and softened his heart, saying: "Sister, since Keqing wants to go, let her go! I'll send two guards to protect Keqing, it should be fine!"

  Qin Keqing's mother let out a sigh of resignation, looking at Qin Keqing with an expression that said "children are big and not controlled by their mothers". She compromised, saying: "Alright! I agree." As she spoke, she looked over at her husband. Qin Guozhong smiled wryly, saying: "You've already agreed, what can I say?! Ao Feng, I'm entrusting Keqing to you. If a single hair on her head is harmed, just wait and see how I'll deal with you!"

  "Alright, Uncle!" Lin Ao Feng said, looking like a little wife, and glanced at Qin Keqing who was standing on the side with her tears already dried. Qin Keqing took advantage of her parents' and Jiang Baili's inattention to make a weird face at Lin Ao Feng.

  "Shanghai is Shanghai for Chinese people!"

  "Down with imperialism!"

  "Abolish foreign concessions!"

  On May 30, more than two thousand workers and students gathered in groups from all directions at the Jiugang Field in the morning. Along the way, they also distributed anti-imperialist leaflets on various streets and held organized speeches to expose the imperialists' crimes of killing Gu Zhenghong, arresting students, and opposing the "Four Proposals". (Note: The Four Proposals refer to the addition of printing attachments, increasing dock donations, registration of trading houses, and the so-called "Suppression of Heavy Industry Bill")

  "Mr. General Manager, you've heard their slogans outside, are you just going to let them continue like this?!" Japanese Director Sakaki Toshikazu provoked in front of General Manager Fei Xindu.

  "You Japanese have created this mess, do you want me to help you clean up?!"" Fei Xindu leisurely held the coffee cup in front of him, took a sip of coffee and said: "Let them make trouble! Even if they make a big fuss, it's impossible for them to turn the sky upside down."

  Sakaki's face turned cold, and he said: "Chairman, no matter what, this can't be a good thing. I think it would be better to let the police department take care of it and disperse them. Otherwise..."

  "No, no, no!" Fei Xun put down his coffee cup and said with a smile: "Now is the new society, the new era, not the Qing government's time. Now it advocates for freedom of speech and assembly. Let them make trouble to their heart's content! Moreover, we were also young like them, weren't we?!"

  Sakaki Toshikazu clenched his fists, narrowed his eyes and glared at Hidaka with a fierce gaze: "Since the President has already made up his mind, I have no choice. That's all I have to say, please reconsider carefully, Mr. President. With that, I'll take my leave."

  "Not sending!" Fei Xindu watched Sakuragi Takeru leave his office, pressed the bell on his desk with a cold smile. The secretary in the next room heard the bell and walked into Fei Xindu's office, asking: "Chairman, what are your orders?!"

  "Bring Commissioner McLeod and Inspector Fawcett here at once," said Fee.

  "Alright, sir!" The secretary left Fei Xindu's office for a short while, and then rushed back into Fei Xindu's office, saying: "Director General, both Chief Inspector Ma Gaoyun and Director Fei Woli are not at the police station. It is said that they have been invited by Japanese Consul-General Shigeaki."

  "What?!" Fei Xindu was shocked, sitting stupidly in the chair and staring blankly. After about a minute or so, Fei Xindu came back to his senses, waved his hand to signal the secretary to leave, stood up, and walked to the window with a dejected expression, continuing to stare blankly.

  "Consul General!" Sakaki Toshikazu returned to the Japanese Consulate, bowed to Consul General Shigenori Kuroda and said: "Sir, Fei Xingzhu is really ungrateful."

  "What?!?" Akira Sakaki looked at Takeru Sakura in confusion and asked: "He doesn't agree to mobilize the police station to suppress those demonstrators?!"

  "Yes!" Takeru Sakuragi nodded and said: "And he also strongly supports student and worker demonstrations."

  Chong Guang's eyebrows furrowed tightly as he said, "Fei Xindu is an American. He has a deep background in the United States. Many strategic materials are still dependent on the US at present, so it's not time to turn against him yet. The Chief Superintendent of the Public Security Bureau, Mai Gaoyun, and Director Fei Woli are currently at the Military Officers' Club. They should be getting up now too. Go find them, they'll know what to do."

  "Hey!" Sakaki Toshikazu responded and left Akira's office. Akira looked at the door closing, muttering to himself: "There are too many Chinese! To make them accept our Great Japanese Empire's enslavement, we have to kill until they're afraid, so they don't dare to think of rebelling. This is just the beginning!"

  Around 10:30, when the procession was entering **, a large number of police suddenly rushed into the procession. The student who was giving a speech saw the police rushing over and shouted loudly: "Comrades! The running dogs of imperialism are taking action against us! Let's unite to overthrow them, don't let them take our people away!"

  The number of students participating in the parade was large, but they were faced with trained and armed police. At first, the students took advantage of their numbers to block the police and snatch back arrested students from the hands of the police, but as time went on, more and more students were injured. In just half an hour, dozens of students were taken away by the police in each section of the parade route.

  "Afeng, hurry up and save Tian Lina, she's been caught by the police!" Following Qin Keqin's pointing direction, Lin Aofeng looked around and saw two Indian policemen carrying Tian Lina, who had been beaten until her head was bleeding and she was on the verge of collapse, towards the prison cart.

  Qin Keqing saw Lin Aofeng standing still and gritted her teeth, saying: "You won't go to save him! I will!"

  "You're not accurate!" Lin Ao Feng blocked Qin Ke Qing, sighed and said to the bodyguards sent by Jiang Bai Li: "You two have worked hard, take care of her for me, I'll be right back!" After that, Lin Ao Feng turned his head and ran towards Tian Li Na.

  The three patrolmen who were beating the students saw Lin Ao Feng's fierce momentum and immediately abandoned their current target, raising their batons to strike at Lin Ao Feng.

  To save time, Lin Ao Feng also couldn't care about anything else and adopted a life-for-a-life approach. Although he was hit by the patrol officer's club on his back, the patrol officer didn't get off well either. The two patrol officers standing in front of Lin Ao Feng were each slapped in the chest by him and fell to the ground, unable to get up.

  Having settled the two in front of him, Lin Ao Feng turned around and grabbed the police baton that was swung at him again with his left hand. His right hand transformed into a knife and chopped off the arm of the patrolman. No longer entangled with the patrolmen, he took three steps to catch up with the two Indian patrolmen who were carrying Tian Lina. Feeling the killing intent coming from behind them, the two Indian patrolmen instinctively turned their heads around.

  When they saw Lin Ao-feng catching up, the two Indian policemen hastily dropped Tian Li-na and pulled out their batons to pounce on Lin Ao-feng. Lin Ao-feng's eyes widened, let out a cold hum, dodged the incoming baton, circled behind the two Indian policemen, grabbed their heads, and slammed them together with force.

  Without being stopped by the police, Lin Ao Feng, who was comforted by Qin Keqing, hastily picked up Tian Lina and rushed back to Qin Keqing's side, not daring to delay for a moment.

  "Afeng, are you alright?!" Before Lin Aofeng could put Tian Lina down, Qin Keqing, who had seen everything that just happened with tears in her eyes, ran to Lin Aofeng's side and asked.

  "I'm fine! Don't worry!" Lin Ao Feng looked around and continued, "Tian Li Na is badly hurt, let's send her to the hospital first!"

  "Afeng! Help!" Just as Lin Aofeng was about to leave with Qin Keqing and Tian Lina, Xi Junmai's miserable cry rang out. Upon hearing the cry, Lin Aofeng, Qin Keqing, and two bodyguards looked in the direction of the sound, where they saw Xi Junmai shielding Zhang Siqi beneath him, his back suffering blows from a police baton wielded by a patrolman.

  At the sight of this, Lin Ao Feng furrowed his brow and handed Tian Li Na over to a bodyguard. Then, as if by magic, a Browning pistol appeared in Lin Ao Feng's hand. He shoved the pistol into Qin Ke Qing's hand: "You be more careful yourself, I'll go now, I'll be right back!" Next, he shouted at the two bodyguards: "You take these two to the car first. If I haven't arrived within ten minutes, you leave immediately."

  Before Qin Keqing and Bao Biao could react, Lin Aofeng had already rushed in the direction where Xi Junmai and Zhang Siqi were.