Chapter 181: Scared The Gate Almost Open
In the hospital.
“Doctor, how are the children?” Bei Batian Liu Xiangting asked.
The doctor’s face was filled with sorrow, and he sighed, “You sent twenty-one children in total. Nine of them are in relatively good condition; although they have injuries, they will slowly recover after disinfection and bandaging.”
“Two children have fractured legs. After setting them, with proper rest, they won’t have any lasting problems in the future.”
“For two other children, although their bones have been broken for a while, there is still hope for recovery. We will do our best to treat them.”
“But for the remaining seven children… sigh~~ we don’t have many good options.”
Bei Batian Liu Xiangting’s heart ached. He understood the doctor’s meaning; the remaining seven could no longer be fully recovered,
meaning they would be permanently disabled.
Bei Batian Liu Xiangting’s anger intensified. He said in a deep voice, “Alright, I understand. Thank you, doctor. You’ve worked hard.”
“It’s my duty,” the doctor shook his head. Although he didn’t know exactly what had happened, he could guess with a little thought that these children must have been victims of those damnable human traffickers.
He hesitated for a moment, then kindly reminded him, “Mister Cao, forgive my bluntness, but although you saved them, their treatment and subsequent costs are not insignificant.”
No era lacks people with good intentions; after all, hearts are made of flesh.
However, living in troubled times, it’s already very difficult to take care of one’s own family, so where would there be extra capacity to help others?
And especially twenty-one children at once!
Treatment costs, nutrition costs – these all require money!
The doctor also had a good heart, but he felt that his own good intentions simply couldn’t support such expenses.
He could see that Mister Cao was kind-hearted, and seeing that Mister Cao was wearing the clothes of the common people, not looking like a wealthy person, he didn’t want Mister Cao to be dragged into a quagmire by these children.
It wasn’t that he was heartless, but that the times were difficult; what could be done?
This was reality!
“Don’t worry, doctor, I know what I’m doing.” Although Bei Batian Liu Xiangting considered himself not particularly wealthy, after all, the money he had before was just enough to buy a piece of Ming Yongle porcelain.
But to say he was broke wouldn’t be true.
A mere twenty-something children were just a drop in the bucket for him.
“Please rest assured about the treatment costs for these children, doctor. Don’t be afraid of the expenses. I will pay thirty silver dollars for the treatment costs now, and if it’s not enough, I will send someone later.”
“I only have one request: do your best to treat them and don’t leave any lingering ailments.”
“That’s enough, thirty silver dollars should be sufficient.” Since the other party said so, and he had kindly offered his reminder, the doctor naturally had nothing more to say.
Bei Batian Liu Xiangting nodded and handed over a slip of paper with the police station’s phone number. “That’s good. I’ll leave this to you, doctor. I have other matters to attend to. If anything comes up later, you can call this number and say you’re looking for Bei Batian Liu Xiangting, Patrol Officer.”
The doctor was surprised as he took it. So this person in front of him was actually a patrol officer from the police station?
He was so young?
More importantly, he was a patrol officer with a kind heart!
“So you’re the boss. I apologize, sir. I was short-sighted just now.”
“You’re too kind, doctor. Please take good care of them. I’ll be going now.”
The doctor hurriedly said politely, “Boss, please go ahead. My name is Zhu Liwen.”
Clearly, he had the intention of forming a connection.
To be a patrol officer at such a young age, his background must be extraordinary, and he was also so kind; perhaps he might be useful in the future.
When Bei Batian Liu Xiangting returned to the police station, it was rather deserted.
The other patrol officers hadn’t received the news early like Little Ear and his group to prepare, so most of them hadn’t returned yet.
The crucial point was that this news couldn’t be leaked in advance, lest villains like the Old Hag get wind of it and hide.
“Big Brother Cao.” Not long after he returned to the police station, Little Ear arrived with his men, escorting a man in his fifties with a scar on his face into the station.
“Who is he?”
“Bei Batian Liu Xiangting, he’s the leader of the Azure Dragon Society, Jiang Haichao.” At this point, Little Ear snorted, “This old bastard had the nerve to convene the Azure Dragon Society members to violently resist arrest!”
“Fortunately, we were prepared, and with our previous stockpile of firearms, we brought more guns. When this bastard saw we deployed firearms, he still dared to resist!”
“We exchanged fire, killing two of them, and then we successfully apprehended him.”
“Oh?” Bei Batian Liu Xiangting raised an eyebrow and looked at Jiang Haichao. “Master Jiang, Jiang Haichao, is it? You have quite a bit of courage, daring to resist with a gun?”
“Hmph! So you’re that brat Bei Batian Liu Xiangting! I’m telling you, don’t get too cocky! Do you know who’s backing me!” Although he had been captured, Jiang Haichao was completely fearless, his attitude arrogant.
“Now that you’ve captured me, believe it or not, you’ll have to release me by tonight?”
“I’m telling you, if you’re smart, you’ll let your Master Jiang go, otherwise, when Master Jiang gets out, humph, humph…”
Jiang Haichao’s face was not ugly, even somewhat handsome, but the large scar running diagonally from his left cheek to his right cheek made his face look somewhat peculiar.
Especially when he spoke, the muscles on his face twitched, resembling a ferocious centipede crawling, making people feel uneasy.
Bei Batian Liu Xiangting smiled. “Well, well, it seems I really am the destined protagonist. The villains are popping up one after another.”
He smiled playfully. “Master Jiang, you’ve got quite the big talk. Then tell me, who is it behind you?”
“If I know them, wouldn’t that be like the Dragon King Temple being flooded by its own river – a family not knowing each other?”
Jiang Haichao tilted his face upward at a forty-five-degree angle and said arrogantly, “Master Jiang, I follow Nan Batian Sun Yongzhen. Master Sun Yongzhen, you should be familiar with him, right?”
Not familiar? How could that be?
Nan Batian Sun Yongzhen, what a resounding title!
It could be said that anyone who had lived in Beiping for a while would know Nan Batian Sun Yongzhen, Master Sun!
Compared to Xi Batian Fude Cheng and Bei Batian Liu Xiangting, Nan Batian Sun Yongzhen had a slightly better reputation, but only slightly. He was still not a good person.
Nan Batian Sun Yongzhen, a local tyrant born and raised in Tianqiao, later colluded with the puppet constabulary after the Japanese occupied Beiping, seizing land and restaurants, ruining livelihoods, and engaging in many sordid dealings.
Bei Batian Liu Xiangting smiled slightly. “Damn it, among the Four Hegemons, Xi Batian Fude Cheng has already been indirectly eliminated by me. Do I need to fear you, Nan Batian Sun Yongzhen?”
However, speaking of which, he had already offended two of the Four Hegemons.
Xi Batian Fude Cheng had been indirectly eliminated by him, and now he was indirectly clashing with Nan Batian Sun Yongzhen.
In the future, would he end up clashing with the other two hegemons as well?
*Slap~*
A resounding slap landed on Jiang Haichao’s face, making his head buzz, and he couldn’t recover for a long time.
Bei Batian Liu Xiangting didn’t bother to care if he had recovered. He grabbed Jiang Haichao’s hair and pulled his head over, saying with a forced smile,
“Oh dear, you’ve scared me so much that my hands acted on their own…”
“You bastard! How dare you hit me!” Bei Batian Liu Xiangting’s strength was considerable, and Jiang Haichao cried out in pain, trying to break free from Bei Batian Liu Xiangting’s grip, but it was impossible.
“I’m telling you, brat Bei Batian Liu Xiangting, you’re finished!”
“Don’t you dare let me out! Otherwise, you’d better pray that your family members don’t meet with an accident!”
“Tsk, I don’t know whether to call you stupid or fearless,” Bei Batian Liu Xiangting couldn’t help but laugh, but his eyes were like an icy abyss.
He patted Jiang Haichao’s face, looking at him as if he were an idiot.
“You said it yourself, you so directly want to take revenge on me. Even if I hadn’t planned to do anything to you before, I can’t let you leave here alive now.”
“You dare to kill me? I warn you, if you dare to touch me, Master Sun will absolutely not let you off!” Jiang Haichao’s heart skipped a beat. His previous confidence suddenly wavered, and a sense of unease washed over him.
Qu Dong had called him, saying that they were going to move against the underworld forces in Beiping this time.
But he didn’t take it seriously, after all, what Qu Dong said was that this was just a crackdown on local ruffians and scoundrels without much backing, and it had nothing to do with him.
In his opinion, he had Master Sun behind him!
And Master Sun had close ties with the leaders of the police and military departments.
With such connections, he wouldn’t be purged.
Moreover, he had made some preparations, gathering more than fifty of his men at his courtyard house to stand guard.
But looking at the current situation, things didn’t seem too good.
Those damn cops had brought more than ten rifles and several handguns and surrounded his courtyard house. He also had a few guns, intending to intimidate the patrolmen, but they were treated as violent resistance, and two were killed outright. The rest threw down their guns and surrendered obediently.
Now, Bei Batian Liu Xiangting seemed to have murderous intent towards him.
“What bullshit Nan Batian, Bei Batian, do you think I’m afraid?” Bei Batian Liu Xiangting sneered. “You said it yourself, after I let you go, you’ll get revenge on my family. I might as well just kill you and be done with it. Wouldn’t that be more satisfying?”
“So, people can’t be too arrogant. Don’t keep threatening the patrolmen’s families all the time. You walk by the river often, and you’re bound to get your shoes wet. Encounter it once, and your life will be forfeit.”
“Little Ear, escort him to the interrogation room first and give him a good ‘welcome’! Remember, use all those ‘good stuff’ we have, and let our Master Jiang experience what it’s like to feel at home!”
Jiang Haichao’s heart sank completely. He thought, “It’s over, they’re going to get serious!”
“Alright!” Little Ear obeyed and was about to escort him away.
Jiang Haichao panicked, desperately slammed on the brakes with his feet, and shouted, “No! Master Cao, I was wrong. Let’s talk properly!”
“I was just joking with you earlier. I’ll pay, I can pay!”
He had been to the police station many times, and he hadn’t missed visiting the interrogation room. He had seen the torture instruments inside.
Just thinking about going through all those torture instruments made him so scared that he was about to lose control.
