Chapter 56 — He Acted in Self-Defense!

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"Ow —" Brother Black Panther's eyes bulged outward at once... Kang Xiaobo still did not feel his anger spent, and kicked him again. This time, Brother Black Panther passed out cold on the spot.

Wei Zhao shook his head at Kang Xiaobo. That was one of the more fragile parts of the human body, and blow after blow there could easily prove fatal. Cruel as Wei Zhao might have looked, none of the places where he had struck Brother Black Panther was vital.

Wei Zhao did not want this brother he had just made at school to end up in prison for murder, so he stopped him from going on. "Stop hitting him. Hit him again and he will not hold out."

"Ah..." Only at Wei Zhao's words did Kang Xiaobo wake from the hot blood of the moment... He stared in disbelief at Brother Black Panther, whom he himself had kicked unconscious.

All along, Kang Xiaobo had tended toward timidity. From primary school to high school he had hardly ever fought, yet in his heart he had always longed to fight one good fight to his heart's content.

After all, for a man never to have fought was in itself something of a regret, but today he had done it. That wild excitement just now had left him unable to contain himself.

A piercing siren began to wail as several police cars, lights flashing and sirens blaring, drove into First High School.

Qiu Lingshan was deeply annoyed. How was it that so much had happened in Songshan just when Captain Yang was away? First the great bank robbery, and now gang members making trouble with guns inside a school.

Hearing that gang members were causing trouble with guns this time, Qiu Lingshan dared not be negligent, for this was a major criminal case. The moment she entered the campus, she ordered her fully armed men to stand ready with guns in hand and rush swiftly toward the scene.

"You people in front, listen! You are surrounded! Lay down your weapons at once and strive for lenient treatment!" At Qiu Lingshan's signal, the officer with the loudspeaker began to shout.

Wei Zhao frowned and thought to himself, why had the police come? Who had called them? Wei Zhao did not want to make things any bigger, and subconsciously he did not want to see that Song girl again. After such an embarrassing incident yesterday, anyone would feel too ashamed to meet again.

Wei Zhao raised his head with some helplessness, and sure enough he saw Qiu Lingshan gazing anxiously toward his side. Wei Zhao sighed and smiled at Qiu Lingshan. Since there was no hiding from it, he would face it openly.

Seeing Wei Zhao here also startled Qiu Lingshan. Her face flushed for no reason, and then her expression darkened at once. She had not expected the troublemaker to be Wei Zhao. Looking at the man lying on the ground at his feet, dead or alive she could not tell, and at the fearful looks of the crowd beside him, Qiu Lingshan instinctively took Wei Zhao for the ringleader of the trouble.

"Do not move! Hands up!" Qiu Lingshan drew her service pistol and pointed it at Wei Zhao.

Seeing Qiu Lingshan actually point a gun at him, Wei Zhao felt somewhat taken aback. Could this girl be trying to take revenge on him? After a moment of hesitation, Wei Zhao still raised his hands.

At this distance, Wei Zhao was fully confident he could dodge Qiu Lingshan's bullet, and confident he could subdue her as well, but were there not a whole group of police with guns standing beside her? If they mistook him for assaulting an officer, that would be no joke.

"Take them all away!" Qiu Lingshan pointed at Wei Zhao and the others and ordered her men.

"Police auntie, Wei Zhao acted in self-defense! These are the ones who came to make trouble!" Seeing the police were about to take Wei Zhao away, Kang Xiaobo grew anxious at once. No longer fearing those dark gun muzzles, he tried to run forward to explain.

Qiu Lingshan had not expected anyone to speak up for Wei Zhao in such a situation, yet hearing the words "self-defense" she could not help thinking of that scene yesterday... How broad and profound the Chinese language was... Two completely different words with exactly the same sound.

Her face turned cold again. "We will investigate what the true situation is! Take them away!"

Wei Zhao smiled gratefully at Kang Xiaobo and said in a low voice, "This woman holds a grudge against me and wants to fix me on purpose. It is nothing."

Kang Xiaobo froze. He had never imagined Wei Zhao could have a feud with Qiu Lingshan. Just as he was about to speak, Qiu Lingshan herself walked over, her beautiful eyes wide and tinged with anger. Clearly she had heard what Wei Zhao had just said.

What Qiu Lingshan hated most was using power for private gain and pursuing personal ends under a public pretext, so when she heard Wei Zhao say she wanted to use her post to get back at him, Qiu Lingshan nearly exploded with anger. If she had wanted to get back at him, would she have let him go yesterday?

At that thought, anger surged up in her heart, and Qiu Lingshan lost her head a little in rage. She seized Wei Zhao by the shoulder and said coldly, "What are you muttering about? Trying to get your stories straight? Save it for the station!"

Wei Zhao curled his lip at Kang Xiaobo, as if to say, you see, just as I said, this girl is clearly coming at me.

Qiu Lingshan really wanted to kick Wei Zhao, but in the end she held herself back. She did not want to be punished or even lose her job because of Wei Zhao.

Just then, Wang Zhifeng also rushed over, sweating profusely, together with the school principal Ding Binggong.

A moment before, he had been sitting leisurely in his office planning a bright future for the school. The board had allocated a large sum of construction funds to the school this year, and Ding Binggong intended to use the money to upgrade the hardware of the school so he could apply for selection as a national model high school...

Ding Binggong was quite capable, for otherwise he could never have taken the principal's seat in such a jointly run school. The board valued ability, and everything else was secondary. If the school did not develop, he would have to step down.

Thus the rapid development of First High School over these years could not be separated from Ding Binggong's contributions.

A shrill blast swept past outside the window, and Ding Binggong could not help frowning. How many times had he said it? No firecrackers were allowed in the school!

Ding Binggong sighed. Those rich second-generation kids in the school had always been a worry to him. It would be bad enough if they never studied all day, yet if only they would behave themselves and not disturb others, Ding Binggong would thank heaven and earth.

But some time before, during the New Year, some students had actually set off firecrackers in the school, which had greatly annoyed Ding Binggong. He had sworn to expel these bad students who ignored the school rules.

Upon investigation, however, Ding Binggong could not help feeling deflated. The ringleader in setting off the firecrackers turned out to be Zhong Yongliang of Class Five, Senior Three, and the one who had egged him on was Shen Yushu of the same class...

If Zhong Yongliang's background alone was still not enough to shake Ding Binggong's resolve, then Shen Yushu... This young lady was someone Ding Binggong truly dared not touch...

Ding Binggong was puzzled. She looked like such a pretty and clean little girl, so how could she have put someone up to such a thing? After investigating back and forth, the reason turned out to be very simple, for Shen Yushu really had no bad intentions at all...

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