Qi Tongwei: Can I be young again?

But at that moment, a sound came from underground.

Immediately, all the police officers drew their guns, pointed them at the ground, and tensed up.

"Don't shoot."

"Don't shoot."

Suddenly, Zhao Donglai thought of something.

Fortunately, no shots were fired.

Otherwise, Hou Liangping would have been riddled with bullets.

It turned out that Hou Liangping had been locked in the cellar ever since he was captured by the smuggler.

The cellar has a lid.

It was that one layer of cover that allowed Hou Liangping to escape the spotted tiger and save his life.

When he was rescued, he had lost a lot of weight.

Upon seeing Zhao Donglai, she hugged him, tears streaming down her face, clearly feeling incredibly wronged.

"Stop crying! What kind of man are you, whining like that!" Zhao Donglai was already annoyed, and his crying made him even more annoyed.

But Hou Liangping didn't care.

He continued to cry.

She cried even louder when she saw the corpses of the snakehead and Zhao Ruihu.

"Team Leader Zhao, you have no idea, Zhao Ruihu is no human being. He smashed a bottle over my head and threatened me with an axe!"

"They died; that was retribution."

"Woo woo woo, I'm so scared!"

She cried while wiping her nose with Zhao Donglai's clothes.

Zhao Donglai couldn't take it anymore, so he had someone take Hou Liangping to the hospital first, while he stayed behind to investigate the scene.

Even after arriving at the hospital, Hou Liangping remained a worry, continuing to howl at the top of his lungs.

His voice could be heard throughout the entire inpatient ward.

Just then, Zhong Xiaoai returned from Jingzhou and frowned slightly upon hearing the crying.

"The man below!"

Following the sound of crying, she pushed open the door to the ward.

The moment Hou Liangping saw Zhong Xiaoai, he stopped crying, straightened his back, and casually smoothed his hair.

"The man below, is that really you?"

"Xiao Ai, it's me, Hou Liangping. It's so good to see you."

As he spoke, Hou Liangping stood up, asking for a hug and some comfort.

But what awaited him was Zhong Xiaoai's merciless slap.

"Hey you, stay away from me, you stink!"

Hou Liangping covered his face and said aggrievedly, "Little Ai, I've been locked in the cellar for several days, how could I not smell bad?"

"If you stink, go take a shower. Stop howling here. If you disturb Tongwei's rest, I'll deal with you!"

"Xiao Ai, you're being unfair!" Hou Liangping said unhappily. "I'm injured, and instead of caring about me, you're trying to punish me. What about our friendship?"

"Come on, you bastard, being classmates with you is the worst thing that could happen to me."

"Extreme, Xiao Ai, that's extreme. You only have eyes for your senior, so you can't see me, who is on par with him. Don't forget, I am also one of the Three Heroes of Handong!"

"I haven't forgotten!" Zhong Xiaoai scoffed. "Many times, I've wondered how Tongwei, who is so outstanding, could be on par with you. Then I realized that Mr. Jin Yong wrote in his books, 'Qiao Feng of the North is a peerless hero, while Murong of the South is utterly vulnerable!'"

"so what?"

"So you are that Nan Murong, and being on par with Tong Wei is the greatest honor of your life."

"Nonsense!" Hou Liangping was unhappy again. "Your senior is excellent, but I'm not bad either. Back in school, I was always at the top of my class in every subject!"

"What does that prove?"

"That proves I'm excellent!" Hou Liangping said proudly. "My academic performance at school is well-known, and I was even the student council president. So, I'm not bad at all."

“Your biggest problem is that you lack awareness. You always talk about your grades in school, but you haven’t achieved anything in society. The worst part is that you love to cry, just like a little wife, full of resentment.”

"You... you're slandering me! I'm not a submissive wife, I was forced into this situation!"

"Who forced you?"

"Teacher Liang!" Hou Liangping shifted the blame to Liang Lu, "If Teacher Liang weren't so controlling, I wouldn't be in this situation!"

“Sigh…” Zhong Xiaoai sighed and shook her head. “Your younger brother, being with Teacher Liang was your own choice, you can’t blame anyone else! To be honest, you used to be really good! But after being with Teacher Liang, you really are… utterly… useless!”

"I, I, I..."

Hou Liangping stammered, speechless.

He couldn't argue.

Because Zhong Xiaoai was incisive and spoke the truth, he had lost the most basic dignity of being a human being since he got together with Liang Lu.

If dignity is gone, then nothing else matters.

"Hey, don't be too upset. You gain some and you lose some. You lost your dignity, but you gained Teacher Liang's favor, so it's not a complete loss."

"I've lost a lot." Hou Liangping lowered his eyes, about to cry again. "Xiao Ai, I've fallen out with Teacher Liang. He's tormenting me, making me drink foot bath water, and he's even trying to block my career. Why don't you... talk to her and ask her to let me off the hook?"

"You want me to plead on your behalf with Teacher Liang?" Zhong Xiaoai was surprised.

"Yes, Teacher Liang will definitely listen to you."

"You bastard, where do you get the nerve to think I'd help you?"

"Because we're classmates!"

"Forget it, you downstairs guy, you should clean up your own mess."

Zhong Xiaoai turned and left...

Chapter 83 Your Love, I Cannot Bear It

I had just come out of Hou Liangping's ward when I turned around and ran into Qi Tongwei.

"Why did you get up?" Zhong Xiaoai asked, supporting Qi Tongwei's arm with a slight reproach.

"This little injury is nothing to worry about," Qi Tongwei forced a smile. "By the way, Xiao Ai, weren't you going to Jingzhou today?"

"I've already been there!"

"So fast?"

"Mm." Zhong Xiaoai nodded. "I went there this morning, had a meeting, and came back as soon as it ended."

Jingzhou is not far from Iwadai City.

Even if she took a taxi, it would take four hours to go back and forth. Zhong Xiaoai barely had a moment's rest during the round trip, excluding meeting time.

Moreover, some meetings are simply unavoidable.

Take today as an example.

Zhong Xiaoai, in her capacity as a member of the ZY inspection team, held a separate meeting with Xiao Hongyun, Zhao Lichun, Liang Qunfeng, and Public Security Bureau Chief Jiang Hui.

The meeting content was also very simple.

It's about the security situation in Handong.

Although Zhong Xiaoai is only a section-level cadre, her visit to Handong this time represents the will of the Party Central Committee.

At the meeting, Jiang Hui was thoroughly criticized and forced to write a self-criticism.

To be honest, Zhong Xiaoai had already witnessed the state of public security in Handong, but she had never found an opportunity to intervene.

But last night was different.

In broad daylight, seven axemen nearly killed Qi Tongwei, and she herself was almost implicated.

Can you not be angry?

During the meeting, she made it clear to Jiang Hui that ZY has a zero-tolerance attitude towards local organized crime! If a similar incident occurs again, it will not be as simple as writing a self-criticism.

As for the position of Director of the Public Security Bureau, Jiang Hui should serve if he is capable, and if he is not, he should be replaced.

There is a meeting room with a total of five people.

Among them, Xiao Hongyun, Liang Qunfeng, and Zhao Lichun all knew Zhong Xiaoai's identity and background.

Only Jiang Hui treated her as an ordinary ZY inspection team leader.

After being reprimanded multiple times, Jiang Hui also became a little angry.

But every time he tried to refute, he was interrupted by Liang Qunfeng and Zhao Lichun.

After the meeting, Jiang Hui felt like his lungs were about to explode with anger.