Chapter 9: Chapter 9: A Slap to Remember
"Hello, elder brothers, I've just arrived and hope for your care." Xiang Yu finished speaking and then found a corner to sit down.
At that moment, five inmates from the prison slowly approached Xiang Yu. All of them were repeat offenders who had spent some time there and hence had certain dealings with the prison guards. They could understand every move and every word of the guards.
Since the guards had dumped this kid here, it was quite clear...
Inside the Jianghu Bar.
"Well, did you figure it out? What's this kid's background?" A middle-aged man sat on a sofa with a cigar, who was none other than Fang Kuohai.
"That kid had just arrived in our city a few days ago. On his first day, he beat up a policeman, and furthermore..." Shi Jian paused before continuing, "and now he's locked up in prison."
"What, he got into prison within a day?" Fang Kuohai was somewhat amused. When Xiang Yu left, he had seriously said that he must not do anything illegal, yet here he was, in jail just a short while later.
Shi Jian recounted the whole story, and Fang Kuohai nodded in approval, "This kid really has the temperament of our peers."
In the Public Security Bureau, Wang Ming was playing with a computer, a smile occasionally gracing his face, looking quite pleased.
"Ah, Linlin, you've come. I've got something to tell you." Wang Ming's face was beaming with a bright smile, but to Su Linlin, it clearly had a malicious intent.
Su Linlin glanced at her clothes unconsciously. With the experience from last time, she had developed a bit of a mental shadow, periodically checking to see if her clothes were well-protected. "Please call me by my full name, I'm Su Linlin." Su Linlin said grumpily.
Wang Ming was startled, not knowing where he had offended this miss again, "Linlin, I have to tell you something, I've taken revenge for you." Wang Ming looked at Su Linlin happily, hoping to see some joy on her face, but he was disappointed.
"What did you do to him?" Su Linlin still spoke without expression.
"I locked him up in prison, with those repeat offenders. He's going to suffer this time, we'll see if this kid will remain arrogant." Wang Ming said proudly.
"Nonsense, aren't you messing things up, how could you do that?" Su Linlin obviously knew the character of those repeat offenders; if that kid stayed with the repeat offenders, he would inevitably get beaten up, he might even have been maimed already.
Seeing that Su Linlin was not happy but rather angry, Wang Ming felt an indescribable taste in his heart.
"Quick, get him out of there." Su Linlin said and walked straight towards the outside.
Wang Ming tidied up his clothes reluctantly and slowly. Just then, a black sedan suddenly stopped at the door, and a middle-aged man stepped down from the car.
"Director Lei, you've arrived."
"Oh, I heard that someone named Xiang Yu was arrested?" Lei Tingfeng said. Lei Tingfeng was the director of this bureau, and he usually didn't come to work unless something happened.
"Director Lei, hello, I arrested that guy." When Wang Ming saw that Director Lei was asking about this matter, he quickly stepped forward to show off, "Director Lei, you don't know, that kid was too cunning, it took me a lot of effort to catch him." Wang Ming boasted proudly.
"Where is he?" Director Lei asked with a cold expression.
"..."
"That kid is locked up with the felons, and I was just about to get him out," Su Linlin said hurriedly when she saw Wang Ming at a loss for words.
"What? He's locked up with the felons? What crime did he commit?" Director Lei obviously hadn't anticipated the situation to be this serious.
Su Linlin pulled him into the car, and Wang Ming also got in. In the car, Su Linlin and Director Lei went over the events. After hearing this, Director Lei glared at Wang Ming—it was a blatant case of personal vendetta.
They arrived at the prison, and Su Linlin and Director Lei quickly got out of the car and headed inside. Meanwhile, another sedan quietly stopped behind them.
"Officer Wang, where is the prisoner I brought last time?" Wang Ming asked the prison guard with a wink.
Seeing that even the head of the police station had arrived, the guard knew the severity of the situation. He quickly led the group inside the prison. "If anything really happened, you'll have to answer for it," Director Lei said sternly.
Wang Ming merely lowered his head and said nothing.
The iron door opened, and Su Linlin stepped forward, walking inside. "The second room is their cell," the guard said.
Su Linlin rushed over and suddenly froze in place. Seeing Su Linlin's expression, Wang Ming knew something had happened and was feeling smug. Yet, when he approached and looked inside, he was also dumbfounded.
All he saw were several people lying haphazardly inside the jail, while Xiang Yu was comfortably sleeping on the only bed.
"Which one is Xiang Yu? Hurry up and get him out for me," Director Lei demanded as he glanced at the men on the floor, checking who had the most severe injuries—the most injured, naturally, would be Xiang Yu, who had just been brought in. In the past, they often used this method to deal with disobedient prisoners, and he had always turned a blind eye.
At that moment, Xiang Yu also woke up. Seeing so many people, he quickly got up. "Wow, quite the crowd! What's going on?" After stretching leisurely, he noticed Su Linlin was also there. He couldn't help looking at her chest. "Linlin, you came to see me too, huh?"
Su Linlin's face flushed red when she saw him looking at her chest. "I came to see if you were dead yet?"
"Not dead yet, no need to worry. You caring so much about me makes me a little embarrassed," Xiang Yu said with a chuckle.
"You shameless jerk," Su Linlin said and turned to leave. She had been genuinely worried that Xiang Yu might have been beaten to a cripple by those men, but it seemed his spirits were still quite high.
Wang Ming stared blankly at the men lying on the floor. These men were all perverted bullies, and he had often exploited them, but today these guys had turned surprisingly "fragile."
"So that's Xiang Yu?" Director Lei was also quite surprised as he sized up Xiang Yu. He had thought that the one with the worst injuries would naturally be him, but this guy seemed completely unharmed.
"Who are you? I don't know you, you're not here to see me, are you?" Xiang Yu asked puzzled.
"Quit your nonsense. This is our chief, get out here," Wang Ming, wanting to impress his boss, naturally charged forward and grabbed Xiang Yu, ready to handcuff him.
"Smack!" To everyone's astonishment, Xiang Yu suddenly slapped Wang Ming. "You're no good, this slap should teach you a lesson," he said.
By then, the other felons had already gotten up and sat in the corner. Seeing Xiang Yu slap the arrogant police officer in front of them, they couldn't have been happier. They all looked up to Xiang Yu with great admiration.