Chapter 750: Chapter 570: Farewell
Calculating the time, Sui had almost left his defense area, Yang Xiao dialed the phone and reported the situation here to Director Nalan, who ordered him to wait in place, as there were already nearby captains rushing over.
"Director, I’m sorry, I’ve let you down." Nalan Shuo didn’t rebuke him, which made Yang Xiao feel even more guilty.
"As long as no one is hurt, that’s good." Nalan Shuo sighed, lamenting, "This person first let Beibei Yushu go and now didn’t trouble you either, abandoning his stance goes beyond kindness and duty."
"Director, when the reinforcements arrive, I’ll make sure to capture him with them and save face for our Lin’an Patrol Office." Yang Xiao repeatedly expressed his determination.
Unexpectedly, Nalan Shuo’s tone suddenly became serious, "No, he didn’t trouble you, so you owe him this favor. Now if you lead people to pursue him, how is that different from repaying kindness with enmity? Let’s stop here, our Lin’an Patrol Office will not get involved any further; his fate will be up to him."
"Then, how would you explain this to Yiling Academy?" Yang Xiao asked quietly.
At this, Nalan Shuo sneered, "Explain? What are they, that they dare ask my Patrol Defense Office for an explanation? I’ve had three brothers injured, shouldn’t they give me an explanation too?"
After hanging up, Yang Xiao silently marveled; no wonder his director could rise to such a high position at his age, aspiring to become a man just like him.
In less than 20 minutes, footsteps sounded outside the door; there were quite a few people, led by Yang Xiao’s old acquaintance, Qu Muzhi.
"Captain Yang, how are you?" After meeting, Qu Muzhi first expressed his concern, and from his gaze, Yang Xiao knew that this care was genuine.
"Ashamed." Yang Xiao smiled bitterly, "I was inferior, there’s nothing more to say."
In the following time, Yang Xiao told Qu Muzhi everything he could: how he was beaten unconscious by Sui Chengguo, dragged into this shabby house, and how his belongings, especially food and medicine, had been taken by the other party.
At this moment, the vagabond who had passed out was forcibly woken up by people Qu Muzhi brought. As soon as the man opened his eyes and saw suddenly over a dozen people in the room, some armed, all with serious expressions, he nearly cried out in fear, immediately confessing he was just greedy and had stolen a few sweet potatoes from a roadside field, claiming it wasn’t that serious.
"Don’t be scared, I’m asking you, do you remember how you passed out?" Qu Muzhi’s deputy, a young girl with a ponytail, was decisive in her actions, just like Qu Muzhi.
"I... I was just making the stolen... borrowed, fires roar high, then baking the sweet potatoes, humming a song, not long after they smelled so fragrant, I just picked one up, hey, baked just right, oozing oil, I just peeled it open, and before I could eat, I just... suddenly, then... then I knew nothing."
The vagabond hung his head, eyes darting over the scattered sweet potato skins on the floor, still unclear about what exactly happened. Could these people have barged in just to get his few sweet potatoes?
"From start to finish, you didn’t see anyone, right?" The ponytailed girl stared at him, pressing further.
Under the girl’s eagle-like gaze, the vagabond felt uneasy, and could only nod, "Yes, it was... just like that."
Before his words died away, another group of people hurriedly arrived, led by a burly middle-aged man in a leather coat with a scar on his cheek. After being introduced by Qu Muzhi, Yang Xiao came to know these were people from Yiling Academy responsible for pursuing Sui.
From the traces left on the scene, one could tell that the suspect had refilled his food supplies here and had made use of the medicine taken from Yang Xiao to roughly dress his wounds.
After hearing Yang Xiao recount the whole story, a sinister-looking elder standing next to the middle-aged man suddenly spoke, "Captain Yang, the man is already at his limit, and you were defeated without injury but still ended up providing him with the desperately needed food and medicine, this... is damaging to the reputation of your Patrol Defense Office."
"I’d say it’s damaging to the reputation of your Yiling Academy, letting one man steal from an entire team and allowing him to run for so long, disturbing our Rongcheng’s public order. In my opinion, you’re no better than me," Yang Xiao sneered.
"How dare you!" The elder instantly widened his eyes, a surge of Evil Qi spreading out.
"Oh?" Yang Xiao also got angry, jumping up from the ground instantly, "I can’t handle that guy, but I can’t handle you? You really think this is Yiling?!"
Things escalated into a dispute unexpectedly for both parties, seeing that the Patrol Defense Office’s people were giving no face to their Yiling Academy, the middle-aged team leader had to step forward to mediate between the two sides, "Captain Yang, Captain Qu, Elder Pu is just anxious as this matter concerns the face of our Yiling Academy, the thief has injured a young lord of the Sheng Family, and pressure from above is high too, please grant us some convenience."
Seeing that the other party had put it this way, Yang Xiao could not well persist. At that moment, the crowd blocking the door dispersed, and more people arrived.
"Director." Seeing the newcomer was his own Director Nalan, Yang Xiao immediately stood straight and greeted.
"Director Nalan." Qu Muzhi also nodded in greeting.
Nalan Shuo came forward, first exchanging some polite words with Elder Pu, both parties at least appearing very cordial on the surface. At the same time, Nalan Shuo introduced Elder Pu to Yang Xiao and Qu Muzhi as the external elder of Yiling Academy, the real leader of the tracking team.
