Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
âYouâre doomed. How dare you assault an officer!â Xu Nan, being fearless, continued to give Ye Lingchen an icy stare.
Ye Lingchen shook his head, âThe way you handle this is just too disappointing!â
âLilâ Xu, whatâs the matter?â
Another slightly chubby middle-aged police officer came into the bus.
Ye Lingchen released the female officer.
âWang Dui, the criminal assaulted an officer publicly!â The female officer joined him.
Wang Dui first looked at Ye Lingchen, then asked in a calm and collected manner, âCan someone run me through the whole story?â
Very quickly, he pieced together the entire incident after receiving various input from the crowd.
âWang Dui, itâs already evident that this guy is trying to scam and hurt someone. Furthermore, he dared to assault an officer. He needs to be severely punished!â Xu Nan threw a scornful look at Ye Lingchen.
âHow many times have I told you, we must follow the proper procedure. We must not let our subjective bias and emotions get in the way, otherwise, we would easily resort to irrational decisions.â Wang Dui shook his head, then walked towards the middle-aged man. âPlease show your IDs as well.â
The female officer pouted. To have the victims show their ID, that was just a redundant procedure.
However, the middle-aged man and old woman dilly-dallied for some time, unable to show their ID.
âYou need your IDs to board the bus. Itâs impossible that you forgot to bring it along right?â Wang Duiâs eyes narrowed slightly.
Finally, both of them produced their IDs.
Wang Dui gave them a quick glance, then his eyes turned cold, âThese IDs are fake! Who are you?â
With the sudden change, everyone was caught off guard, at a loss for words with the ensuing shock.
The next moment, the middle-aged manâs eyes showed a murderous flash. He took out a flip knife that he prepared in advance, then put it to the neck of the besuited young man that was nearest to him.
âNobody moves! Move away from me!â
The young manâs face turned white as chalk, almost passing out directly. He begged, âBro, youâre a good man! Itâs none of my business! I was on your side earlier, spare me please.â
âShut the f*ck up! Another word and Iâll kill you!â The middle-aged man roared, his knife trailed down the young manâs neck, leaving a scratch mark in its wake.
âNo more, Iâll say no more. Please donât kill me...â The young manâs tears fell like a rain shower, his whole body shaking.
This... this...
At first, all the passengers on the bus hastily criticized Ye Lingchen, but at that moment, words failed them.
Those that were near shrunk away, wanting nothing more than to hide under their seats.
âWang Dui, this...â The female officer was flabbergasted, clueless on what to do.
âSave your words, just back off...â Wang Dui replied with an ashen face.
âBack off all of you! Let us down the bus! Iâll kill those that get in my way!â The middle-aged man held onto the young man, slowly making his exit.
Along the way, the young manâs legs shook, a stream of liquid flowed forth.
He peed his pants!
âBig... big brother, this really has nothing to do with me. I donât want to die...â The young man wanted to just kneel down and kowtow to him.
âLet the hostage go. I will guarantee your safety. Otherwise, no matter where you go, you wonât escape!â Wang Dui advised.
âIf I canât escape, Iâll at least bring someone along with me! Itâs not my loss!â The middle-aged manâs eyes were filled with murderous rage. He looked at the police vehicle nearby, âGive me the car keys of the police car. Let me go!â
âOfficer, please, please help me!â The young manâs pants were soaked, they reeked of a foul stench.
During the standoff, Ye Lingchen made his way over slowly, then casually said, âIâm the one you should hate. Why not, I will be your hostage in his place.â
All eyes were on Ye Lingchen. Their gazes showed extremely complicated feelings.
The young woman bit her lip and looked at Ye Lingchenâs back, a sudden daze came over her.
The middle-aged man looked at Ye Lingchen, his eyes flashed with a bone-deep feeling of vengeance. Through gritted teeth, âSure! You get over here. Donât try to pull any funny tricks!â
Just as Ye Lingchen was half a meter away from the middle-aged man, his murderous intent exploded forth. The knife in his hand stabbed directly towards Ye Lingchenâs neck!
âB*stard! Go to hell!â
âBe careful!â The female officer and the young woman both warned at the same time.
Ye Lingchenâs expression remained unchanged. He jumped, seemingly floating as he executed a roundhouse kick. The kick landed heavily on the middle-aged manâs head.
Bang!
Without warning, the middle-aged man was immediately knocked out.
Ye Lingchen shrugged as if it was nothing.
âBrother, nice move!â Wang Dui exclaimed his praise and walked towards him immediately.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Seeing the besuited young man that peed his pants from the traumatic experience, he frowned slightly, âLilâ Xu, make a call. Thereâs a victim here in shock, have someone come over to get him.â
âAlso, take a picture of these two and send it over to HQ. Have them investigate their background.â
âAlright.â Xu Nan nodded, then took a glance at Ye Lingchen, âWang Dui, what the heck just happened?â
âBrother, youâre the one that caught them. You explain.â Wang Dui smiled at Ye Lingchen, âLilâs Xu just graduated from the Police College and is still an intern. She lacks experience so I hope you do not mind.â
Xu Nan blushed, looked embarrassingly at Ye Lingchen while remaining silent at the side.
âItâs fine.â
Ye Lingchen nodded, then explained, âNormally, parents would take great care of their child. If the child cries, they will be worried.â
âHowever, the child was crying for a full 30 minutes until the childâs voice turned hoarse, yet those two people were unconcerned. That was very suspicious.â
His words caused the passengers to be embarrassed, especially the young lady. She was sitting next to Ye Lingchen, yet she thought nothing of it.
âAfter that, I purposely threw a tantrum just to test their reaction.â
âWho would have known that they did not even carry a bottle. Most importantly, they even secretly stuffed biscuits into the childâs mouth hoping to stop the childâs cries!â
Xu Nanâs expression changed, looked towards the childâs mouth. She discovered biscuit crumbs, then scolded, âThose scumbags!â
âHow could an infant eat biscuits? This child is obviously not theirs!â Ye Lingchen continued his deduction, âI continued to play up the matter, and when they heard someone mention calling the police, they were clearly flustered. With that, I guessed that they are very likely traffickers!â
Ring ring ring!
At that exact moment, Wang Duiâs phone rang.
âHello, itâs me... hm, alright. I understand.â
Wang Dui ended the call, âThese two are confirmed traffickers. They are from the group of traffickers that have acted most savagely in the vicinity of Beijing. They have been wanted by the police for five years, and they have already kidnapped more than a hundred children!â
âWith these two under arrest, we might be able to track them down and destroy the entire organization in one fell swoop!â
Such words roused everyoneâs heartbeat, transforming the way they viewed Ye Lingchen.
Xu Nan stared at Ye Lingchen, awestruck. She had learned about solving crime in the Police College, but she knew full well that she would not be able to see through everything as he did.
Thinking back on how she tried to arrest Ye Lingchen right off the bat, she felt a strong sense of shame burning.
Wang Dui raised his hand and saluted at Ye Lingchen, proclaiming, âBrother, I thank you in place of all the family members of the victims!â
âItâs just a coincidence. Wang Dui youâre being too kind.â
With criminals around, Wang Dui did not dare to delay. He escorted the criminals off after a few short exchanges.