Chapter 88 Faking a Record

  The boss said our luck was pretty good, this time we met a good policeman who was willing to help us. The boss said that in the past there were similar things like ours, and someone also called the police, but the police all said that there was insufficient evidence, so they didn't catch them. Ma Jingjing retorted to the boss saying "Maybe it's because we have evidence this time, that's why the police helped us".

  "Are you referring to those recordings?" The old boss sneered and said "What if the other party says it was just a joke?"

  After listening to the boss finish speaking, I sensed that this matter was definitely fishy. The one called Old Zhu had already revealed his identity, and those police officers seemed to be quite wary of them as well. As an older policeman, he would naturally be more familiar with their identities. He absolutely wouldn't go out of his way to appease the local snakeheads for the sake of us few young strangers.

  It seems there's something strange about this matter, but I don't know who is being strange.

  Shi Meng also sensed something and quietly asked me, "Is the boss implying that Li Yaqi's identity is not simple?"

  "Maybe," I nodded uncertainly.

  We hadn't left the night market yet when Qiang Ge arrived in his car, bringing two people with him. They looked like thugs. Seeing that we were safe and sound, Qiang Ge's heart finally felt at ease. He walked over to me and asked "Where are they?"

  "They're gone," I said, looking at Qiang Ge.

  "Are you leaving? They didn't bully you?" Qiang Ge asked me with some disbelief.

  "They were taken away by the police, and we reported it to the police." I smiled awkwardly. "My friend also went to the police station with them, and I'm a bit worried, Qiang Ge, why don't you drive me there to take a look?"

  "Good", Brother Qiang nodded, because the car could still squeeze in one more person, so Brother Qiang pulled Gao Sheng up. I knew that Brother Qiang had his reasons for pulling Gao Sheng onto the car.

  When I arrived at the police station gate, I hadn't gotten out of the car yet, and I saw that older policeman, as well as Old Zhu and those thugs. I pointed to them and said "Qiang Ge, it's them."

  "That's strange, why are they chatting with that police officer so happily?" I furrowed my brow and muttered to myself.

  "What's going on?" Qiang Ge asked, seeing me looking perplexed.

  "At the night market, the police didn't want to bother us anymore, but this older policeman stepped in and helped us, taking that guy who was bullying us away in a police car. But why is he now hanging out with those thugs? And they seem pretty familiar too." I furrowed my brow "From what I understand, these thugs should be looking for revenge against this policeman as soon as they got out of the police station, right?"

  "Brother Qiang shook his head, 'People on our side of the street always give the police some face, even if they don't leave us any room for mercy, we wouldn't dare retaliate against them, as long as they don't go too far.'"

  "Want to give him a cigarette?" I shook my head speechlessly, watching Old Zhu light a cigarette for the older policeman. In an instant, I felt that Old Zhu had no integrity at all.

  "Let's go take a look at your friend first, these people are from the Shengshi Lianhua Bath Center across the night market and Mr. Xue, it's better for us not to provoke them for now." Qiang Ge said with some difficulty, "Let's go, see how your friend is doing?"

  We had just gotten off the car when we saw Li Yaqi and Liu Shuai come out, I anxiously asked them "Did they give you a hard time?"

  "No, I just made a simple record," Liu Shuai said with a relaxed smile.

  Li Yaqi's face didn't look good, I asked Li Yaqi "What's wrong, is there something going on?"

  "I...I suspect that the police are in cahoots with them," Li Yaqi said with a difficult expression.

  "How is that possible? Obviously the police helped us, how can you say those police and those thugs are in cahoots?" Liu Shuai refuted Li Yaqi in disbelief.

  "I have grounds for this, the police officer who took our statements in front of the 'Ju Shu Ge' building, he was just pretending, he didn't write anything down, he was just faking it." Li Yaqi said with a furrowed brow.

  "Are you sure?" both I and Gao Sheng asked almost simultaneously.

  "Uh-huh, I saw it clearly. I can tell the difference between writing and pretending." Li Yaqi nodded, affirming "They really didn't make a record, they just pretended to do so for our sake."

  "But why did they have to deceive us?" Liu Shuai said in confusion. "It's better to just make up a reason and ignore it at the night market."

  Who is he afraid of? And who is he pretending for? Liu Shuai and I had the same question in our minds at the same time.

  "Alright, since nothing's wrong, I'll send you guys back then." Brother Qiang interrupted our thoughts and called his two younger brothers to hail a taxi to leave. He also sent us back to school. After returning to school, I grabbed Brother Qiang's arm, and he asked me "Anything else?"

  "Uh-huh." I nodded, letting Liu Shuai and the others leave first. After they left, Qiang Ge handed me a cigarette and insisted that I smoke, saying that smoking could be beneficial for thinking. Although this logic was not very scientific, I didn't refute Qiang Ge's intention.

  "Go on, what's up?" Gang Ge asked me lightly, exhaling a puff of smoke.

  "It was those few people, when we were at the night market, they came over and asked us where we were from." I had just gotten to this point when Qiang Ge furrowed his brow and cut me off. "Did you tell them your identities?"

  "It wasn't me who said it, it was one of my brothers, his name is Shi Meng, he had a lot to drink at the time and in a moment of impulsiveness, he revealed his own identity." I swallowed hard, looking at Qiang Ge's serious expression, I knew that those thugs might be tough to deal with.

  If it's a good deal, I reckon Brother Qiang would have taken action to teach them a lesson when he saw them earlier. Since Brother Qiang chose to avoid them, it means that the identities of these people are quite formidable.

  "Are you worried that they will go to school to take revenge on your brother Shi Meng?" Qiang Ge asked, looking at me with a serious expression.

  I nodded, and Strong Brother said, "Generally speaking, they won't go to the school to find you directly. After all, a school is a very solemn place, and it's easy to stir up trouble if you make a move inside."

  "They might call you out of campus to take action, if that happens, remember to give me a call, got it?" Gang said to me.

  "I understand." I nodded.

  "Also, pay attention to the big brother Hei Zi in your school. Hei Zi's backer is one of them." Qiang Ge furrowed his brow "When necessary, you can come to me for help. Although your brother warned me not to interfere with your affairs at school, but when facing Hei Zi, you're still too tender."