Electronic Nezha

Chapter 102 Let's discuss it ourselves.

Sister Zhao arrived in the late afternoon.

When Sister Zhao starts a conversation with "Have you heard about it?", it's usually news or rumors that others haven't yet heard about. If she says "You know it?", it means that the news has already spread and she wants to express her opinion.

"Just tell me," I said, also curious about what news could have excited Sister Zhao so much.

"The police came in the afternoon and took Zhang Biao away. He threw Chen Feng's cup of milk tea, which constitutes the crime of insulting others. The person who was helping Chen Feng move the goods secretly filmed the whole thing."

Old Wang asked, "How many years could he be sentenced to?"

Sister Zhao said, "It won't be several years. People say he'll be detained for three to five days, and someone from the market management office went to the police station with him. As soon as the police have a result, they will issue a dismissal notice."

Old Wang clenched his fist and said, "That kid Chen Feng is actually quite capable."

Sister Zhao said, "Zhang Biao is used to being arrogant and thinks everyone has to go along with him. He just needs someone like Chen Feng to teach him a lesson! Do you know that Chen Feng's shirt alone costs more than 3000 yuan and his suit jacket costs more than 3 yuan? Forget about losing money, even dry cleaning would be enough to give Zhang Biao a hard time."

I thought to myself, no wonder Chen Feng told his men not to wash dirty clothes; it's to preserve evidence.

Sister Zhao sighed, "It's true that only the rich can find ways to do things. All that fighting between you and Zhang Biao was just a 'mutual brawl.'" She looked around and asked, "Where's President Chen?"

I said, "Let's call it a day. No one will come again."

Sister Zhao said to Li Ping, "Now you regret it, don't you?"

"What do I regret?"

"A woman like you needs a man like you to protect her."

Li Ping smiled and said, "Don't worry about it."

Sister Zhao said, "You all have to be careful. Zhang Biao used to be somewhat decent when he was in a certain place, but once he comes out of the police station, he'll be a ghost."

The word "ghost" sent a shiver down my spine. I'm not afraid of ghosts, although I'd be terrified if you asked me to go to a cemetery in the middle of the night. But ultimately, I'm an atheist. I'm not afraid of Zhang Biao either. What I'm afraid of is that monster going after Liu Zhenhua at noon!

The fact that she could say my son is not human shows that she at least knows something about Liu Zhenhua. If Liu Zhenhua's father was about to be hit on the head with a teapot, wouldn't Liu Zhenhua also be in danger if he was caught off guard?
I was so slow to realize it!
I turned and headed to school. Whether or not I should ask him for leave was another matter; I needed to tell him the news first.

While I was registering at the security office, the security guard casually asked me if something had happened at home. I gave a vague answer, but as I walked towards the teaching building, I felt I needed to come up with a suitable reason.

I didn't call Wang Aili to ask her to release Liu Zhenhua because I wanted to ensure I saw him face-to-face first. Even if that monster still had the face of a popular foot massage therapist, he would be in great danger if he intercepted Liu Zhenhua on the way.

What excuse could I come up with? We were almost at the office, and in my panic, I could only think of a ridiculous one: I'd say that Liu Zhenhua's ID card was eaten by a dog! And that I'd have to take him to get a replacement.

They need their ID cards for their graduation exams, so these are very important. Letting the dog eat them sounds absurd, but there's a logic to it. Rushing into the school to get the kids replaced might leave Wang Aili with an image of recklessness, but it's better than using a reason like "the house is on fire."

It was during recess, and the playground and corridors were full of students. I walked to the office and before I even knocked, I saw Liu Zhenhua standing there with several boys and parents. I recognized two of them: Cui Haoxiang and his father.

Liu Zhenhua was arguing with a few boys when he happened to see me and exclaimed in surprise, "Dad?"

Wang Aili asked in surprise, "Dad Liu Zhenhua, I haven't even called you yet, why are you here already?"

"Something came up at home... What happened?" Seeing the Cui father and son, I could roughly guess that it was related to the car seat again.

Sure enough, as soon as Cui Haoxiang's father saw me, he pointed at me and complained to Wang Aili, "It was him! Yesterday, he brought his son to my house to apologize. He brought the bicycle seat but then took it away. He was extremely arrogant!" Why are they still bringing up this old story? My anger surged, and I stepped into the office, saying, "First of all, let me clarify one thing: yesterday we went to find out what happened, not to apologize. Secondly, Liu Zhenhua and I picked up that bicycle seat. Since you can't prove it's yours, of course we have to take it with us."

Wang Aili said, "The current situation is that these boys all say that it was Liu Zhenhua's idea to remove Cui Haoxiang's bicycle seat." She pointed to a man in the office and said, "This is the school's academic affairs office, and he's here for this matter."

Liu Zhenhua had been calm and collected while arguing with them, but now that I was protecting him, his face turned red, and he bit his lip and remained silent.

I said directly, "Wasn't it Zhang Jingxuan's idea?"

A tall, seemingly well-mannered boy panicked and said, "It wasn't me!"

The man next to him said, "My son is first in his grade, does he have time to dismantle other people's bicycle seats?"

Another parent chimed in, "My son is also a top student in the grade, and he's always busy with tutoring. He wouldn't do something like this unless someone encouraged him to."

Some of the boys around Zhang Jingxuan looked up at the sky indifferently, while others looked down at the ground with shame. I could roughly guess what had happened: Cui Haoxiang's father was so angry that he took the matter to the teacher. Those boys were originally a small group, and seeing that the matter had alarmed the academic affairs office, they were afraid of being punished, so they found a student with average grades and no presence to take the main responsibility.

I waved and said, "Liu Zhenhua, come here."

Liu Zhenhua floated lightly to my side.

Wang Aili said, "Say what you have to say, don't hit him!"

I put my arm around Liu Zhenhua's shoulder and said to everyone in the office, "Call the police and check the surveillance footage."

Cui Haoxiang's father said, "Don't keep threatening to call the police. The teachers are very busy. I only have one condition: you and Liu Zhenhua apologize to us. The others have already apologized, and it's just the two of you who are left to apologize." The other parents echoed his sentiments.

I said impatiently, "Either you call the police, or you discuss this further and see if you want to continue dragging my Liu Zhenhua into this. Then tell me the result and I'll handle it—" I turned to Wang Aili and said, "Teacher Wang, I didn't come here today for this matter. I wanted to ask for a leave of absence for Liu Zhenhua. Do you think we can leave now?"

Aliens are attacking Earth! Me and the human savior will chat with you about car seats?

Zhang Jingxuan's father said, "Let's finish dealing with this before we leave. What's so difficult about apologizing? My son is the top student in his grade, and he apologized too, didn't he?"

I completely ignored him, and I didn't want to subtly suggest to Zhang Jingxuan that men should be responsible. Liu Zhenhua's grandfather had said those things to me, and I had said them to Liu Zhenhua. I'm not Zhang Jingxuan's father; I have no such obligation. I continued to look at Wang Aili, seeking her opinion.

Wang Aili seemed a bit embarrassed. The teacher from the academic affairs office had probably seen this kind of thing many times, and remained silent with his hands behind his back.

At this moment, Mr. Gao, the math teacher who was sitting in the corner grading homework, spoke up: "Although Liu Zhenhua is a bit childish, he doesn't have any bad intentions. He shouldn't make his classmates go home with their butts sticking out."

Wang Aili said, "Since you have something to do, you should go first. I'll find out more about the situation."

"You guys discuss it." That's what I said to those parents.

After saying that, I grabbed Liu Zhenhua and left. The corridor was already crowded with students who had come to watch the commotion. They started cheering, laughing, shouting, and clapping. A pretty little girl with messy hair rushed up to me and exclaimed, "Uncle Liu, you're so cool!"

I laughed and said, "Chen Zihan, you're cool too. Pay attention in class!"

He didn't perform well, and the last sentence was full of fatherly sarcasm...

(End of this chapter)