The player is playing like a god, but their cheat code is Aatrox.

Chapter 45

Qi Lin's eyes lit up: "Xiao Yu, if I get drunk later... will you take me home?"

She winked at Cang Yu.

Cang Yu nodded:

"Don't worry, I'll make sure you get home safely."

"Yes, I believe in little Yu." Qi Lin smiled.

But as she was laughing, she suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong, Qilin?" Rose asked.

Qi Lin put down her beer, her tone tinged with helplessness:

"What else could it be? Remember Liu Chuang, the guy I talked about with you guys before?"

Rose thought for a moment: "You mean, that thug? What happened to him?"

Upon hearing Liu Chuang's name, Cang Yu also raised his eyes.

Even Yan couldn't help but turn her gaze over.

How does Yan feel about this War God of Noxing?

If you only look at the later stages, then there's no problem; this person is indeed capable.

But in the early stages, he was somewhat inhuman.

However, there were many factors that led to that decision in the early stages. Because of someone's laissez-faire approach, the other party was released on bail when he committed a crime, which led Liu Chuang to make more and more mistakes.

However, if Cang Yu were to evaluate it, he wouldn't think highly of the other party.

If you improve later and become a hero, that has nothing to do with Cang Yu.

The despicable things you did before have nothing to do with Cang Yu.

As long as the other party doesn't actively cause him trouble, he won't bother to actively seek out this God of War of Nuoxing.

"What else could it be? He got into trouble again." Qi Lin said with a look of disdain.

She truly disliked Liu Chuang.

He was a habitual criminal who bullied men and women, committed robbery and fighting.

"Just two days ago, he was collecting protection money in the Juxia South Road area," Qi Lin explained.

"If they don't give it to him, he'll smash their shop."

As she spoke, the anger in Qi Lin's eyes seemed to turn into flames, and she couldn't help but slam her hand on the table.

Bang.

"The store manager is a single mother with two children still in elementary school and a 70-year-old mother."

"They rely entirely on that little shop to make a living. Life was already tough enough, and then this Liu Chuang—"

Qi Lin gritted her teeth, as if she wished she could tear the other person to pieces.

"Just because they couldn't pay protection money, they smashed up someone's shop!"

"Later, someone called the police. When we arrived at the scene, a lot of things in the shop had been smashed, and the loss was at least two thousand yuan."

"That bastard Liu Chuang wasn't flustered at all when he saw us coming."

"We brought him back to the police station, but we haven't even started to educate him or discuss compensation yet."

"People from above came and told us to release him."

Qi Lin became increasingly angry as she spoke, and tears welled up in her eyes as she thought of the helpless single mother slumped down in the shop.

After hearing Qi Lin's story, Qiangwei fell silent.

A fire of anger was burning in her heart as well.

Although she wasn't exactly a person with a strong sense of justice, even she was starting to find it hard to tolerate.

That Liu Chuang is truly a beast.

The roses remained silent, showing little reaction.

After all, she had seen far more beasts than Liu Chuang.

As for where we met...

"Looking at that poor single mother, I really wondered what I, as a police officer, really meant to her."

Qi Lin's voice trembled slightly.

"Instead of protecting the vulnerable, they have condoned the perpetrators."

She turned to look at Cang Yu, her eyes glistening with tears:

"Xiaoyu, am I really useless?"

"I asked my dad why this kind of scum can keep getting released on bail, but my dad said it's the higher-ups' decision and there's nothing he can do about it."

"This is completely different from what I imagined police life to be... I don't know if I should continue being a police officer."

Seeing Qi Lin crying with tears streaming down her face, Cang Yu remained silent for a while, his voice gentler than usual.

"If you don't want to do it, then don't. You don't have to be a police officer to say no to injustice."

"If you feel it's wrong, then change it. If you can't, you can ask me for help."

"After all, I still owe you an ice cream, don't I?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Lin burst into laughter through her tears: "You still remember?"

She leaned into Cang Yu's arms, her face slightly flushed from the alcohol.

"Xiaoyu..."

"Um."

Cang Yu responded and did not dodge.

He let Qilin lean on his shoulder, feeling that her shoulder was still trembling slightly.

It wasn't because of the cold, but because the anger and helplessness that had been suppressed for so long finally found an outlet.

Rose silently handed over a tissue.

Cang Yu took it and put it into Qi Lin's hand.

Qi Lin clutched a tissue, but instead of wiping away her tears, she buried her face in Cang Yu's shoulder, her voice muffled.

"My dad said that some things can't be changed by just having enthusiasm."

He said that when he was young, he also thought about changing something, but later he realized that it was good enough to manage his own little corner of the world.

"But Xiaoyu, I don't want to end up like him."

"I don't want to wait until he's that age, look back, and find that I haven't changed anything."

"Then don't let it become like that," Cang Yu said.

Qi Lin looked up at him, her eyes brimming with tears.

Cang Yu's expression was no different from usual; there was neither a passionate consolation nor a deep-seated empathy.

He simply looked at her calmly, as if stating a very simple fact.

"Your dad is your dad, and you are you. If you believe you're right, then do it. If you can't, then find a way to do it."

"If one method doesn't work, try another. If one person's strength isn't enough, find someone to help you."

He paused.

"Find me, find Rose, either way is fine."

Rose nodded vigorously beside her:

"Yes! Qilin, if you need help, I will definitely help."

Yan chuckled softly, raised his beer bottle, and toasted Qi Lin from afar:

"If needed, my older sister can help too."

Qi Lin raised her head and looked at Cang Yu, whose expression was calm but whose eyes showed no falsehood. She then turned her head to look at Qiangwei.

Rose returned her a warm smile. Qi Lin looked at Yan one last time, and Yan winked at her.

Qi Lin finally smiled:

"Yes! I will definitely try my best! I still have Xiaoyu, and I have you all!"

Yan raised an eyebrow, a malicious smile spreading across his face:

"Ha, so we're just the nobody else besides this little brat?"

Qi Lin blushed and quickly waved her hand, trying to explain:

"No, no, that's not what I meant—"

Cang Yu grabbed her flailing hand: "Alright, didn't you realize Yan was teasing you?"

Qi Lin paused for a moment, then turned to look at Yan.

Yan was leaning back in his chair, legs crossed, holding a beer bottle in one hand, and the smile on his face looked absolutely smug.

Qi Lin then realized she had been tricked, her face flushed red to her ears, and she grabbed a crumpled tissue from the table and threw it at Yan.

"Sister Yan!"

Yan easily dodged it by tilting her head, and the crumpled tissue flew in a graceful arc before landing in the trash can behind her.

She shrugged, her tone utterly innocent:

"I didn't say anything; you're the one who's guilty."

"Besides, the order of 'There's Xiaoyu, and there are you guys' is you putting Xiaoyu first and us last. I didn't make that up."

Qi Lin opened her mouth, but realizing she couldn't argue with him at all, she simply gave up struggling, buried her face back in Cang Yu's shoulder, and said in a muffled voice:

"Xiaoyu, Sister Yan is bullying me."

"I saw it," Cang Yu said.

"Then help me."

"This is your battle, and you have to win it yourself."

Qi Lin gave a huff: "Hmph, I'm ignoring you."

But his head still hadn't come out of Cang Yu's arms.

Everyone who saw this couldn't help but chuckle.

Rose looked down at the bubbling beer in her hand. A strange feeling...

Is this what friends are?