Chapter Thirty-One: Lian Ruoxin Thanks Fourth Master

  "Hey, Ruqin, don't mind those two, can you spare some time?" Looks like I'm the only one who's going to bring this up.

  "Hmm...I don't know what you want from me." Yuqin's voice was a little weak and fragile, the kind that made people want to protect her as soon as they heard it.

  "Yu Xin, you go first, I need to talk to Ruo Qin about something." I saw Yu Xin was still here waiting for us to finish talking, this can't let her know.

  "Don't... I also want to listen, can't let me call my sister immediately." Yu Xin actually used her sister to threaten me... I looked at Ze Hong and asked them to think of a solution. As a result, he just kept staring at Yu Xin and Ruo Qin, rubbing his hands... Shi Teng was the same. How ridiculous!

  "Alright, I'll go in then." It seems like Yu Xin was also scared by Ze Hong and Shi Teng.

  "Don't go, why are you leaving?" Ze Hong shouted when he saw Yu Xin walking in. This shout made Ruo Qin want to leave too.

  "Hey, Ruoxin, don't be afraid, they're not bad people. I don't know how to explain it to you..." I quickly grabbed onto Ruoxin, worried that she would be scared off by the two of them. "Zehong, you explain instead."

  "Uh-huh, I'm saying... that Yuqin, do you have a boyfriend? What do you think of my junior brother?" This is said between where and where...

  I saw Ruoxin lower her head and say shyly "Nothing..."

  "No, no, no, Ruo Qin, I'll say it, don't mind them two." I didn't expect those two to return to normal anyway. "Uh...Ruo Qin, do you believe...that there are ghosts in this world?" I really couldn't think of how to start the conversation, so I said something that would sound ridiculous to ordinary people.

  "If you don't believe me, what do you want to do?" I saw Ruoxin start to get scared, which wasn't good. If she didn't even trust us, how could we ask for her help? "Hey! Zehong! Hurry up and transform into a ghost!"

  "Are you crazy? How can I turn into a ghost in broad daylight?" Ze Heng's sentence directly woke me up, yeah, broad daylight... I saw Ruo Qin turning around to leave, probably thinking we three are mentally ill.

  "We are soldiers! We advance with the speed of a stormy cloud! All who oppose us will be lined up in front!"

  No choice, I had to use the technique Master taught me to make her believe, and then I rushed in front of her, scaring her... "You... how did you run so fast!" Did I run fast? I think I ran fast too!

  "Ruò Qín, you have to believe that we are not ordinary people. Now there is something that endangers your safety, so we must come to help you." I really didn't know how to convince her. "Yes, yes, Ruò Qín. Believe us." Hearing Ze Hóng and the others say this, I thought I had just wasted my effort. The two of them looked like this, how could they make people believe?!

  "It's a mental illness!" Zhang Ting tossed out this sentence and walked in, leaving the three of us looking at each other.

  "What's going on? Can't you two be calm for a moment!" I looked at Ze Hong and let him think of a solution.

  "Who knew beautiful women all had bad tempers..." He still blamed others for having a bad temper. "If you were to encounter someone with ill intentions staring at you, wouldn't you be afraid? Never mind, let's go find Director Jiang and have him handle it." I pulled them along as we headed downstairs, and just as we reached the stairs, those few troublemakers who had been looking for a fight were nowhere to be seen.

  Rushed directly to the office, as soon as the door opened, I saw Director Jiang and the vice president sitting inside, with a man with a bruised nose and swollen face standing beside them. Isn't that the person we just beat up?!

  "Zi Jiang, how's it going?" Director Jiang saw me coming and asked about my progress. The one who was beaten saw us a few of us over there excitedly jumping up, shaking his head and saying "It's them! They're the ones who harassed our school girls, we helped the girls defend themselves, but they ended up beating us!"

  Are we teasing girls? Ze Hong and Shi Teng heard it and wanted to rush up and beat him, but I held them back.

  "Zi River? Really?" Director Jiang also heard him say this and asked me.

  "Director Jiang, do you believe me?" I believed Director Jiang still knew my character, he turned around and walked over to the vice principal saying: "It turns out your students were beaten by my people, look at them, they're so badly hurt we should compensate for their medical expenses, or report it to the police?"

  The vice president listened and quickly stood up with his waist bent, "Eh, where's the word, Director Jiang brought people to inspect our school style... It must be my nephew who is causing trouble."

  No need to call the police then... We should pay for the medical expenses, I don't know if those people's hands are sore from hitting. Wang Zhi quickly apologized." I saw that the vice principal was scared stiff by Director Jiang's words, he didn't dare offend Director Jiang, and I couldn't help but admire Director Jiang's way of speaking, it was too formidable.

  That guy named Wang Zhi was also confused by his uncle's behavior, "Still not going to apologize!" The vice principal slapped him and he slowly walked in front of us and said sorry before running out, "Hey! Yuxin, do you dare to provoke me again?" I quickly pulled him back, "I don't dare... I won't dare anymore."

  "Sorry, a few young brothers, my nephew usually likes to cause trouble, are you guys okay?" I saw the vice principal walking over and asking us, we didn't want to make things difficult for him. I went to talk to Principal Jiang about Ruoqin's reaction just now, "Alright, Zichuan, I'll go persuade her." "Uh...go call Ruoqin over." Principal Jiang directly called the vice principal that...

  "Uh-huh... okay, you guys wait a bit, I'll send someone to call right away." I saw the vice principal walk out, and we few people just sat inside waiting.

  After a while, the vice principal brought Ruoxin in. Ruoxin saw us three and was stunned for a moment, but didn't dare to leave. "Alright, you go out first, we have something to discuss." Jiang Ju directly asked the vice principal to leave...

  "Hey, you two be serious for a moment." I whispered to Zehong and Shiteng, afraid they would ruin everything.

  "If you're done, then sit down. This is my ID card. I'm the director of the Ma Kou Public Security Bureau." Director Jiang handed his ID card to Ruo Qin, who took a look at it and then looked at Director Jiang again before looking at us. I thought to myself, "Look at us, we're not even needed here."

  "Jiang Ju saw her nod, 'Ruo Qin, you should also know that there have been three murder cases in our city recently, right?'"

  "Hmm... these days our school's students are all talking about it." Ruqin replied weakly.

  "Uh, it's not that I'm scaring you, but our investigation shows that you might be the next victim."

  "Is it okay to start like this? I saw Ruò Qín suddenly become flustered."

  "You might not believe what I'm saying, but our police have been secretly protecting you since yesterday. There are plainclothes police officers around your school, and now we need you to cooperate with us." Director Jiang saw that Ruo Qin was getting scared, and didn't give her time to calm down, continuing to speak.

  "Ah... is this true?! Why are you framing me, do I even know that person?" Yuqin's words carried a hint of panic, it seemed that Director Jiang's words had truly frightened her.

  "You don't know him, we're looking for him now, but he's hiding, the only way is to get him out with your help."

  "What did I bring out? How did I bring it?"

  "It may be a bit dangerous, but this is the only way, otherwise you won't be safe either." I didn't mean to scare her, it's just that there's no other choice. I saw Ruqin constantly fidgeting with her clothes, "But don't worry, we'll always protect you." I nodded towards Zehe and Shiteng, "Them?" Seeing Ruqin look at Zehe and Shiteng with a hint of suspicion in her eyes.

  "Don't worry, Ruo Qin. Even if something happens to us two, we won't let anything happen to you." Sheng Teng patted his chest and became serious, seeing them like this made me feel at ease too.

  "Hmm... just do what you say is good..." Yuqin gave us an answer that made us admire Jiangju's rhetoric, and I asked Jiangju later "How did you do it?"

  "Treat her like a prisoner and grasp her psychology." Alright, you treat other people's daughters like prisoners...

  "Uh, Ruoqin, you go back to class now. It's only afternoon, we'll come pick you up when school lets out this afternoon." After seeing that everything was settled, Director Jiang prepared to leave. I told Zehong and Shiteng to head back to the hotel first, while I accompanied Ruoqin to her classroom... I still need to shut Rain Xing's mouth too.

  "Zi Chuan... I know you'll let Ru Qin go with me." Shi Teng said this and left me bewildered, originally thinking I wanted to do something with her. I hastily explained that I was going to find Yu Xin, only then did they reluctantly believe me. Ru Qin and I walked on the road, it's quite awkward, just walking like this.

  "Are you a local?" It's quite embarrassing to just walk away like that.

  "Not... it's XX city."

  "Oh, I'm not either. Why did you believe what that director said just now?" Actually, I'm quite curious about this too, it shouldn't be just Director Jiang's psychological tactics at play.

  "I don't know either, because I feel what he says is right, and I feel like he can give me a sense of security." Ah, Master also told me that Director Jiang has a strong sense of justice... maybe this is also one of the reasons why people can't doubt him. "Actually, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a police officer too, because my grandfather used to be a soldier and he would always tell me stories about what happened to him, so I became interested in being a police officer, but I didn't do well on the college entrance exam, so I gave up." If Ruqin chose to become a police officer, maybe she'd be a policewoman? Hmph, what am I thinking...

  When I went upstairs, I saw that guy named Wang Zhi smoking again. When he saw me, he hastily retreated and said "Don't smoke here from now on, got it?" I intentionally scared him a bit, and he seemed to be quite afraid of me, hastily throwing the cigarette butt on the ground and running away...

  "Ruo Qin, don't worry, we won't let anything happen to you tonight. If anyone asks you about this, just don't say anything, got it? Alright, go back to class now, we'll come pick you up later. Oh, and can you call Yu Xin out for me?" I sent Ruo Qin back to the classroom, and soon Yu Xin ran out. "You're done for! Brother-in-law, what have you been hiding from my sister?"

  "This, this... Yu Xin, let's discuss something, okay? Don't tell your sister, I absolutely didn't do anything to wrong her..." Yu Xin deliberately glanced at Ruo Qin and smiled slyly at me: "Really? Then what did you want with Ruo Qin?"

  "This...this doesn't mean you know, anyway I didn't mess around."

  "Alright, I was just kidding with you. When Ruò Qín first came in, I asked her and she said she didn't know you guys. But I'm also curious why you don't know her but still look for her? Never mind, if you don't want to say then forget it. However, if you want me not to tell my sister, you have to promise me one thing."

  "Hmm... you said,"

  "I haven't thought it through yet, haha, I'll tell you once I've figured it out."

  "Just don't let me go crazy, okay? You go to class now, I'll leave first."

  "Uh... okay."