The few delinquents chasing behind became even more furious, wishing they could catch Xie Heng right away. Even if it meant a fight where both sides got hurt, they wouldn’t let him go.
Wasn’t it just a fight? And he went to call the police? Did he have no sense of honor?
He was the school tyrant of Mingli! If word got out about this, how was he supposed to show his face again?
Some people, upon hearing that Xie Heng was heading to the police station, started to hesitate.
They were just having a fight; they didn’t want to blow things up and have their parents find out! What if their allowance got cut off?
So, a few of them stopped in place, thinking about backing out and giving up on chasing Xie Heng.
But someone grabbed them and shouted fiercely, “Run my ass! You dare to run? I’m telling you, that brat Xie Heng wouldn’t dare go to the police station. He’s always hated going there, he’s just trying to scare us! Let’s go after them!”
“Yeah! Look, they’re not even running in the direction of the police station!”
The group took a closer look—sure enough, they weren’t.
They knew where the police station near Mingli was; they should have gone right. But instead, Xie Heng took the fork in the road and turned left.
However, they weren’t students of Mingli and didn’t know that just last month, the police station had relocated to another street, to the left of that fork.
Song Siyang and the others were well aware. While running, Song Siyang rolled his eyes at Xie Heng. “Brother Heng, are you seriously going to the police station? Are you crazy? It’s not like we can’t beat them!”
Xu Jiaming, his face slightly flushed from running, but still breathing evenly, said, “Xie Heng is injured right now. His combat strength is down. Even if we beat them up, we wouldn’t come out unscathed.”
He glanced at the sprinting Xie Heng, then at his stomach.
Song Siyang was a bit slow to react, but he soon realized—
Oh yeah, Xie Heng just had surgery. What if his wound reopened?
But… was there really a need to go to the police station? They could just pass the school gate. Those idiots wouldn’t dare chase them inside, would they?
Still, he couldn’t be bothered to argue. If they fought, they fought together. If they ended up in the police station… well, they’d go in together!
It was dinnertime, and the snack street near the west gate was packed with Mingli students. Some were sitting inside shops, some had already bought their food and were walking toward the school gate in groups.
Before long, they all saw three groups of people sprinting down the street, leaving them stunned.
No one recognized the delinquents from the other school, but the three people in the frontmost group were all big names at Mingli—especially Xie Heng, who had just spoken on stage a few days ago.
Who in the school wouldn’t recognize him?
As for the group behind the delinquents, they weren’t running fast, but they were clearly adults—tall and sturdy.
They were the bodyguards sent by Xie Yizhao to protect Xie Heng.
Not long ago, Xie Heng had been behaving himself, staying out of trouble, avoiding bad crowds—so Xie Yizhao had pulled back the bodyguards. It was only after Xie Heng was discharged from the hospital that he assigned them back, fearing something might happen to him.
Xie Heng never liked having bodyguards following him, always pulling a sour face whenever he saw them.
So, the bodyguards had no choice but to keep their distance, trying not to let the young master notice them.
Just now, when they saw their young master in trouble, they were about to rush in to help. But before they could even reach the alley entrance, he and his friends had already burst out, yelling about going to the police station.
The bodyguards were stunned.
But seeing that the young master looked full of energy, running like the wind, and that the people left in the alley were the ones who had gotten beaten up, they didn’t intervene, just followed from behind.
But… was the young master seriously going to the police station to report this?
No matter what others thought, Xie Heng was dead set on running straight there.
He had already been there once before with two little kids, so he was familiar with the way. It was only a five-minute walk from the school. Running would make it even faster.
The delinquents chasing behind were exhausted.
One of them, who had been kicked in the stomach earlier, was out of breath. He stopped and cursed, “Damn, did he really have surgery? How the hell is he running so fast?”
If Xie Heng had heard that, he would have laughed himself to death.
This wasn’t even his full speed. He was deliberately slowing down to avoid tearing his wound open. If that happened and he got scolded by Ms. Lu, it wouldn’t be worth it.
Just thinking about reaching the police station filled him with boundless energy.
Good times always seem to fly by.
Before long, Xie Heng and his two friends reached the police station entrance.
Song Siyang hesitated a little, but when he saw Xie Heng striding in with head held high—like he was there to accept an award—his scalp tingled, and he quickly dragged Xu Jiaming in with him.
Before Xie Heng could even step inside, Officer Zhang, who was standing at the door on the phone, looked up and froze.
Wasn’t this that kid, Xie Heng?
He had a deep impression of him, especially that head of blue hair.
Xie Heng also spotted him. His eyes lit up, and he trotted over eagerly. Without beating around the bush, he said, “Officer Zhang! Someone’s chasing me! They want to beat me up!”
Officer Zhang was stunned. He glanced over Xie Heng’s shoulder at the people behind him.
A whole group of people really came running over, yelling and shouting for Xie Heng not to run.
The old police officer hurriedly hung up the phone, straightened his face, and sternly reprimanded, “What are you all running around for in the middle of the street?! Get over here, all of you!”
The gang of delinquents shuddered.
Seeing the police uniform and then glancing up at the police station, they were all shocked.
Wait… Xie Heng actually ran here to report to the police?
Then they looked at Xie Heng himself—now completely relaxed, hands in his pockets, looking at them with an air of indifference. Standing just behind the police officer in his blind spot, he waved at them provocatively, mouthing the words: “Come on over if you dare.”
“……”
Only an idiot would go over!
Even though this group acted all high and mighty in school, picking fights and causing trouble like they feared nothing, the moment they saw the police, they lost their nerve.
Some reacted quickly and bolted, but the ones left behind weren’t so lucky.
Officer Zhang saw them trying to escape and immediately barked, “Who dares to run?! Get back here, all of you! You think you can get away?”
He was a veteran officer, exuding a natural aura of authority.
Xie Heng felt that his kind of authority was different from his Dad’s, but either way, it was intimidating.
A few managed to run, but five or six were left behind. After being shouted at, they felt chills down their spines, as if an invisible force was holding them back. They didn’t dare to flee anymore and turned around, lowering their heads as they walked toward the police station.
Only then did Officer Zhang snort in satisfaction, not bothering with the ones who got away.
If they were involved, they’d be caught eventually.
Just as he was about to take them inside for questioning, he caught something in the corner of his eye—a few more people standing not far away, sneakily watching.
With his years of experience, he instinctively felt they were connected to the situation. He raised a hand and pointed. “You lot! Get over here too!”
The bodyguards froze, exchanging looks.
Was he talking to them?
The leader of the bodyguards frowned and said, “Let’s go take a look. We need to make sure Young Master is fine.”
Seeing them obediently walk over, Officer Zhang said nothing and led them all inside.
Xie Heng and the other two boys lingered at the entrance, just peeking in, as if they had no intention of going inside.
Officer Zhang glanced at them sideways. “What are you waiting for? You’re the one who called the police—you’re going in too.”
Xie Heng replied righteously, “Of course I’m going in. I wasn’t planning to run!”
“……”
Inside the police station, the place was bustling.
There were people brought in for fighting, parents reporting missing children, even couples arguing…
The officers on duty handled everything methodically. But when they suddenly saw a whole group of teenagers walk in, they all froze.
What’s going on? A gang fight?
Xie Heng wasn’t here for the first time, but this time, he felt relaxed, finding everything fresh and interesting. He couldn’t help but glance around.
So this place was this busy every day…
The last time he came, he was too angry to pay attention.
But Officer Zhang’s shouting just now had been pretty impressive.
Song Siyang, the biggest gossip among them, spent the waiting time eavesdropping on a quarreling couple, listening with great interest and even sharing the drama with his two friends.
“Did you hear that? The guy was sending flirty texts to a female colleague, got caught by his girlfriend, and they fought. They were already engaged and even bought a house together, but now the girl wants his family to refund her money.”
Xie Heng and Xu Jiaming weren’t interested in this kind of thing and just looked at him speechlessly.
Officer Zhang, having just finished speaking with a duty officer, happened to overhear this as he walked over. Amused, he patted Song Siyang on the shoulder. “You just got beaten up yourself, and you’re still so nosy?”
A younger officer next to him chuckled. “Wait, who got beat up?”
These three looked perfectly fine, while the other guys all had injuries on their faces.
Xu Jiaming, with his studious and well-behaved appearance, said seriously, “They attacked us first. We were just defending ourselves.”
The two officers found this even more amusing and led them into a mediation room to get their statements.
At first, the troublemakers tried to play tough, pointing at their injuries indignantly. “Xie Heng and his guys started it! Look, they beat us up so badly!”
“Yeah! Not just our faces, our stomachs too! Xie Heng kicked me!”
“Him! That guy!” A blond-haired delinquent pointed at Xu Jiaming. “He threw me over his shoulder, it hurt like hell!”
The two officers glanced at Xu Jiaming.
With his mild demeanor, neat appearance, and clean-cut gaze, he looked completely harmless. Meanwhile, the blond guy was wearing ripped jeans and grimacing in pain.
Even though they knew they had to rely on evidence rather than personal bias, it was hard not to lean toward Xu Jiaming.
Officer Zhang was puzzled too. He knew Xie Heng, who had just had surgery not long ago. How was Xie Heng still fighting so fiercely?
But there was no need for unnecessary questioning. Once they pulled up the alley’s surveillance footage, everything would be clear.