Chapter 57 — Shen Yushu's Glorious History

She had simply been bored stiff, so she told Zhong Yongliang that Gu Mengyao wanted to hear some firecrackers for a bit of excitement. As a result, Zhong Yongliang took Gao Xiaofu and Zhang Naipao to the fireworks market, and half an hour later came back to the school with several migrant workers hauling a five-million-shot giant roll.

At once the once-quiet playground sounded as if thunder were bursting overhead, crackling and popping without pause. Classes became impossible. No one could hear a word the teachers said. The students all crowded around the windows, watching Zhong Yongliang and his crew standing not far from the firecrackers on the playground, grinning smugly, grinning smugly...

That was five million shots... The string kept going off all morning without finishing. Intimidated by the sheer power of the giant roll, the teachers did not dare go near it. Left with no other choice, Ding Binggong called the fire department, who drove in a fire engine and doused the still-crackling monster with high-pressure hoses, finally bringing the farce to an end.

The negative fallout was not great, after all. The school had suffered no damage and no student had been hurt, so Ding Binggong quickly hushed it up before it could draw the attention of the board.

But you cannot do this again and again. This time Ding Binggong was truly furious. He stood up, walked to the window, pulled open the blinds, and looked down at the playground, only to be stunned by what he saw.

On such a vast playground it was usually hard to make out details, but by now no one was doing the school break exercises. The students had scattered into a wide circle, and in the center of that circle Ding Binggong spotted several burly street thugs, along with Zhong Yongliang and his gang and one student in school uniform...

Ding Binggong's cheek twitched, and he nearly lost his grip on the windowsill and toppled from the upper floor.

That was no firecracker but a gunshot. Seeing what was in Brother Black Panther's hand, Ding Binggong felt his heart nearly leap from his chest. Only after looking closely and confirming that the injured man was not a student of the school did he breathe a sigh of relief. With no time to think further, he grabbed the phone from his desk and rushed out of his office...

Gangsters causing trouble with a gun inside the school, once this blew up, it would be far beyond anything he could take responsibility for. Forget about applying for model high school status, even Ding Binggong himself would be packed off and out of a job.

Fortunately, for the moment there seemed to be no casualties, which eased Ding Binggong's mind a little. As he hurried downstairs, he ran straight into Wang Zhifeng rushing up. "Principal, this is bad, something terrible has happened..."

"I have already seen it. What is the situation now?" Ding Binggong waved his hand to cut off Wang Zhifeng's useless chatter and told him to get straight to the point.

"It looks like Zhong Yongliang brought in some people from the streets to make trouble for a student named Wei Zhao, but Wei Zhao knocked them flat. He himself seems to be fine," Wang Zhifeng explained concisely.

"Wei Zhao?" Ding Binggong felt the name sounded familiar.

"The student Director Chu introduced to us..." Wang Zhifeng reminded him.

"Ah, it is him." Ding Binggong started inwardly, thinking, thank goodness Wei Zhao was all right, otherwise the consequences would have been unthinkable. Hearing Wang Zhifeng's explanation, Ding Binggong felt less panicked. Street punks deserved whatever they got, as long as the student was safe, all was well.

The two hurried to the playground, only to see Qiu Lingshan escorting Wei Zhao onto a police car. A man of Ding Binggong's standing naturally knew Qiu Lingshan, and he stepped forward at once with a fawning smile. "Captain Qiu, why are you taking my student away?"

Ding Binggong was not exactly afraid of Qiu Lingshan, but once Wei Zhao was taken away, the impact on the school would be enormous, which was why he was smiling so obsequiously. Especially since Wei Zhao had been introduced by Gu Pengzhan, Ding Binggong had to be all the more cautious.

"Principal Ding, he is suspected of involvement in a violent brawl. We need to take him back to assist with our investigation," Qiu Lingshan said coldly.

Seeing Qiu Lingshan give him no face at all, Ding Binggong's expression darkened. "Captain Qiu, Captain Yang and I know each other well. How about I give him a call?"

"Be my guest, but Captain Yang is on a plane right now and probably cannot take your call." With that, Qiu Lingshan pushed Wei Zhao into the police car, and the whole squad roared away.

Ding Binggong was furious. In Songshan he was a man of status and standing. Not to mention Qiu Lingshan, he had dealt with many high-ranking leaders, after all, everyone had a child who needed schooling. Especially with his No.1 High School being a private school, not under city management but answering directly to the board, people of all backgrounds came begging him for favors. He had never expected this Qiu Lingshan to show him so little respect.

Ding Binggong dialed Yang Huaijun's number directly, but all he got was a cold powered-off tone. It seemed Qiu Lingshan had not lied to him. Yang Huaijun would only switch off his phone when he had no choice, under normal circumstances his line was open twenty-four hours a day.

Early that morning Yang Huaijun had boarded a flight back to Songshan. He had gone at the invitation of a friend in the police to help crack a case, but he had been gone only a day when a major bank robbery broke out back in Songshan, forcing him to book a morning ticket and rush back without a moment's rest.

Two of Brother Black Panther's men were also taken into the police car. Zhong Yongliang and the others had, of course, long since fled, while Brother Black Panther himself was sent straight to the hospital.

"Wei Zhao, you think you are quite capable, do you? You took a bullet just yesterday, and today you are in a gang shootout?" Qiu Lingshan was irritated just looking at Wei Zhao's indifferent air. Most people brought into a police car hung their heads in despair, but Wei Zhao alone looked as if he could not care less.

Wei Zhao rolled his eyes, glanced at Qiu Lingshan, then looked away... There was no denying it, she was beautiful, especially in uniform, enough to set Wei Zhao's imagination running wild.

"What kind of attitude is that? I am asking you a question," Qiu Lingshan snapped, even angrier that Wei Zhao was ignoring her.

"People used to say that women with big breasts have no brains, and I did not believe it. But now I do," Wei Zhao said, lifting his head and letting his eyes sweep over Qiu Lingshan.

"What do you mean? Explain yourself," Qiu Lingshan said, unnerved by Wei Zhao's stare. "Who are you calling big-breasted and brainless?"

"Whoever knows, knows," Wei Zhao said with a curl of his lip. "Anyone with half a brain could see those men came into the school to cause trouble, and I was acting in self-defense and coming to others' aid. And you go and arrest me."

In truth, how could Qiu Lingshan not know what Wei Zhao was saying? Still, no matter how you looked at it, Wei Zhao had beaten Brother Black Panther into critical condition with his fate unknown, so there was nothing wrong in bringing Wei Zhao in for questioning.

Moreover, Qiu Lingshan found Wei Zhao infuriating, and she wanted to use this chance to frighten him a little and teach him not to be so arrogant. This time he had injured gang members, but what if next time he hurt someone else?

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