Villain? No, I'll catch up with the protagonist after passing the civil service exam.

Sitting in the back seat of the police car, Wang Xiaohu felt as if his life was on a runaway roller coaster, plunging headlong into an abyss.

He secretly glanced up at the profile of the man sitting in the passenger seat.

That face—just yesterday he was typing out all sorts of vicious curses on his keyboard, even paying someone to Photoshop a bloody funeral portrait onto it. But now, the owner of that "funeral portrait" is sitting right in front of him, breathing steadily, expression indifferent, as if the person he just dragged out at school wasn't a cyberbully, but a lost cat.

fear.

An unprecedented, chilling fear instantly overwhelmed Wang Xiaohu's heart, which was filled with online hostility.

Online, he can spew profanities and pontificate, acting as a loyal protector of his "brother."

But when the real police officers stood in front of him, he realized that he was just a fat man weighing 180 pounds who didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

The police car sped along and finally stopped in front of an old residential building.

Two uniformed police officers were already waiting there. When they saw Lu Jingyan get out of the car, they immediately saluted.

"Captain Lu, have you brought the person?"

"Um."

Lu Jingyan nodded and pointed to the chubby boy who was almost curled up in the car. "Wang Xiaohu, take him upstairs. His parents should be home."

The door to Wang Xiaohu's house was knocked on.

The person who opened the door was a middle-aged woman with a plump figure wearing an apron. She was taken aback when she saw the several policemen standing at the door, but her face changed instantly when she saw her son sandwiched between the policemen.

"Oh dear! Officer! What's going on? Is there some misunderstanding?"

Wang Xiaohu's mother pulled her son behind her protectively, her face beaming with a fawning smile, "Our Xiaohu is such a good boy, he's good at studying, and he never causes trouble!"

Wang Xiaohu's father also came out of the house. Seeing the commotion, he frowned and said in an unfriendly tone, "Which police station are you from? What's the matter? What law did my son break that you have to come to our house?"

Lu Jingyan ignored the overprotective parents.

He walked into the house and glanced around the small living room, which was only a dozen square meters and filled with clutter.

"Wang Jianguo, Li Cuifen, right?"

Lu Jingyan took out his police ID and showed it to the two men. "I am Lu Jingyan from the Special Investigation Team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. I'm here today not for anything else, but to talk to you about the education of your son, Wang Xiaohu."

"An education problem?" Mr. Wang was taken aback. "My son is in the top ten of his class. What's there to educate him about?"

"Their grades are in the top ten."

Lu Jingyan nodded, then took out his phone from his pocket, opened the several obscene screenshots, and placed them in front of the two of them.

"But his character is probably the worst."

The couple leaned closer to take a look, and their expressions instantly froze.

On it, their "good son" used the most vicious and vulgar language to insult a policewoman he didn't know; he used photo editing software to create bloody and insulting pictures of a police officer; he incited hundreds of people to dox the police officer's family members and obtain their home addresses and contact information.

"This...this is our little tiger?"

The mother's voice trembled as she turned to her son in disbelief. "Xiaohu, tell me, you didn't do this! Did someone hack your account?"

Wang Xiaohu kept his head down, his whole body trembling, and he didn't dare to utter a single fart.

"Impossible! My son would never do such a thing!"

Suddenly, Wang's father flew into a rage, pointing his finger at Lu Jingyan and yelling, "Have you police made a mistake? Even if... even if he posted it, so what? He's still a child! Kids might say a few hurtful things online, what's wrong with that? Do you really need to come all this way to our door?"

"That's right, officer!"

Wang's mother finally realized what was happening and started throwing a tantrum, "Our Xiaohu is only in junior high school, he's still a minor! Why are you arguing with a child? What you're doing will leave him with psychological trauma! This is police brutality!"

"child?"

Upon hearing this word, Lu Jingyan smiled.

That was the first time he laughed that night, but his laughter made the temperature in the whole room drop to freezing.

"Gentlemen, it seems you have a deep misunderstanding of the word 'child'."

He put away his phone, stood up straight, and the imposing aura he exuded from years of frontline law enforcement instantly silenced the parents who were still trying to protect their child.

"The Law on the Protection of Minors is meant to protect minors from harm, not to allow them to use it as a shield for illegal and criminal activities."

Lu Jingyan's voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a hammer blow.

"Your son, Wang Xiaohu, is 15 years old and in the second year of junior high school. He has full civil capacity and criminal responsibility."

"He publicly insulted and defamed others online, which is a serious offense and has violated the Public Security Administration Punishment Law."

"He instigated and incited others to conduct doxing and leak citizens' personal information, which is suspected of being a crime of infringing on citizens' personal information."

"He even made death threats against state officials, which constitutes disorderly conduct and intimidation."

With each statement Lu Jingyan made, the faces of Wang's parents paled a little more.

They never imagined that their son would break so many laws by typing a few words on the internet.

"But... he's just a child! He doesn't understand these things..." The Queen Mother was still making a last-ditch effort.

"He doesn't understand, and don't you parents understand either?"

Lu Jingyan interrupted her without hesitation, "If a child is not taught, it is the father's fault. You only care about his grades, but have you ever cared about his personality development? Do you even know what kind of person he is online?"

"Children are not a get-out-of-jail-free card."

Lu Jingyan looked at the chubby boy who was still trembling, his eyes filled not with anger, but with a deep sense of disappointment.

"When he recklessly hurts others online, did he ever think that those he hurts are also someone else's children, someone else's parents?"

"He has already committed cyberbullying and intimidation online, and he must take responsibility for his actions."

Wang's parents were completely speechless.

Looking at the young yet powerful policeman before them, they felt the weight of the law for the first time.

"Then... then what do you want to do with him?" The father's voice trembled. "He... he won't go to jail, will he?"

"Going to jail is unlikely, since he's under sixteen."

Lu Jingyan shook his head, then changed the subject.

"However, while the death penalty may be avoided, punishment is inevitable."

He looked at the chubby boy who was so scared he was about to wet his pants, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.

"I think it's necessary to give him a vivid, profound, and unforgettable lesson in the rule of law."

"And by the way, let's teach a lesson to all those 'kids' hiding behind their keyboards on the internet."

Lu Jingyan took out a walkie-talkie and spoke into it:

"Zhao Tiezhu, I've brought him back. Notify the juvenile detention center to reserve a bed for this 'brother who protects the best'."

"Let him in and experience firsthand what 'discipline' really means."