Chapter 42 Compromise (Part II)

solutely certain that someone else had been in this room!"Come out. I won't make things difficult for you."Wang Zheng held the gun and surveyed places that could hide a person, but in his heart, he sa...Chapter 42 Compromise (Part 2)

"Do you know why you are here tonight" Zhu Qihua asked.

Liu Xuan smiled slightly: "I know why I am here tonight, but I don't know why you are. Logically speaking, the Secretary-General of a municipal government shouldn't be in an interrogation room."

Zhu Qihua sighed: "You really have no idea about what happened tonight"

"I've been here all night; how would I know what's happening outside"

Fixing his gaze on Liu Xuan’s beautiful eyes, Zhu Qihua said only when he saw that she wasn't pretending: "Zhu Feng was targeted by someone and is in the hospital now."

Liu Xuan laughed, a smile filled with great pleasure: "Good hit."

Ignoring Liu Xuan’s attitude, Zhu Qihua frowned and asked: "Tell me, who did this"

"Secretary-General Zhu, if I say that I don't know who did it, would you believe me"

"No."

"Hmph." Liu Xuan snorted coldly: "Although I don’t know who did it, I can help you speculate. Your precious son has caused so many scandals outside; the number of girls he's left pregnant and abandoned could be counted in double digits. The families and friends of these girls wouldn't have any love for your son Even if they hire someone to do something to him, would that be unreasonable"

In fact, Liu Xuan had no idea whether the phone call she made today would work.

Putting aside her one-time encounter with Wang Zheng—who saved her and helped her fight a battle and then tortured Zhu Feng for her—this time, she was facing the Secretary-General of the municipal government, Zhu Qihua. He wasn't just an ordinary person; based on his position, he could mobilize powerful forces to serve him. Therefore, Liu Xuan had no assurance that Wang Zheng would help.

However, when she thought about how that man held a bottle of alcohol and passed it to her, saying with authority "Go hit him," Liu Xuan couldn't help but smile. How could such an enthusiastic man bow down to evil勢力？

However, everything seems to be heading in a positive direction.

Looking at Zhu Qihua's expression, it was clear that his son had suffered severely; otherwise, he wouldn't take the risk of coming to the police station personally for an explanation.

It must have been Wang Zheng. It has to be him.

Thinking about their first encounter, Liu Xuan couldn't help but smile involuntarily.

"You know who did this, don't you" Zhu Qihua lit a cigarette and looked at Liu Xuan's distracted expression. "I want to talk to him; arrange it for me, and I will let you go."

Liu Xuan knew that the longer she stayed here, the worse the negative impact on this Secretary Zhu would be. Given his nature, he wouldn't merely satisfy himself with beating Zhu Feng.

"I really don't know." In an instant, Liu Xuan made up her mind; her choice was to believe in Wang Zheng.

Zhu Qihua seemed somewhat surprised because, from his perspective, there was no reason and no leverage for Liu Xuan to act this way.

Looks like my son's promiscuity has brought a lot of trouble.

Zhu Qihua hesitated.

Should he take the enormous risk of sending this girl to jail for two or three years, making him and his family live in constant fear and vigilance against endless retaliation Or should he compromise now and settle things

To be honest, after witnessing tonight's shocking scene and seeing his son covered in blood, Zhu Qihua felt a shiver down his spine. It was an unprecedented fear. If someone could just walk into their home and torture the family before leaving, would there still be any sense of security left

Zhu Qihua couldn't bear this humiliation, which made him very conflicted.

"Director Ge," Zhu Qihua offered a cigarette to Pingjiang分局局長葛才華 (Note: "平江分局局長葛才華" should be translated as "Director Ge of Pingjiang Branch", but I kept the original name as it was in your request).

Gě Chuáicái somewhat felt honored to receive it and said, "Secretary Zhu, this is what I should do. What's your opinion next"

The meaning behind Gě Chuáicái’s actions was to gauge Secretary Zhu Qihua’s stance, seeing how the girl should be interrogated. He had also gone over the interrogation record himself; if it matched reality, then the female student named Liú Xuán indeed acted in self-defense. As for later using pepper spray on Secretary Zhu’s wife, even that wouldn’t constitute a crime—she could at most get detained for a few days and fined.

Zhu Qihua was silent for a long time before saying, "Let's wait and see. Keep her in custody for two days."

What Zhu Qihua meant was to wait and see what the other side would do next. If he backed down now, he wouldn’t be able to accept it; how could someone who had been at a high position all along swallow such an insult so easily

If he backed down now, he wouldn’t be able to look his son or wife in the eye.

However, Zhu Qihua didn't expect that the very next day, an incident of a demonstration petition would occur at Beijing Normal University.

In Huaxia, going on street demonstrations required registering with the police days in advance. However, internal campus demonstrations and signature activities did not require these procedures.

When the young counselor told the class president about the purpose of the demonstration, they immediately got to work preparing for it. It could be said that Liú Xuán, this student celebrity at Beijing Normal University, had immense influence on campus; when men found out about her unfair treatment from Zhu Feng's machinations, each one expressed strong indignation.

Especially since the perpetrator was the notoriously infamous Zhu Feng, this further stirred up the anger of the male students. A fat guy who’s ugly and yet manages to date so many beautiful girls—wasn’t it because he had a good father Zhu Feng's numerous misdeeds long ago made the male students feel extremely unbalanced: why didn't those goddesses even look at them when they were better-looking than him, studied better than him It was all because Zhu Feng was rich and powerful!

In today’s day and age where stories of wealthy handsome men and goddesses are popular online, the jealousy and anger ordinary college students feel towards so-called official二代and wealthy二代is always present. Zhu Feng's case was a typical example; now, the male students at Beijing Normal University were going to start a resistance movement against the high-earning and good-looking.

After Liú Xuán’s class spread the word, her fearless fight against Zhu Feng was exaggerated even further. Flyers had been distributed all over campus, and some of the boys even voluntarily formed teams to hand out flyers at the busiest subway entrances in Beijing to voice their dissatisfaction for Liú Xuán.

At the entrance of the office building of Beijing Normal University, a twenty-meter-long banner was hung up, reading "Oppose Official二代Zhu Feng; Clear Liú Xuán's Name!"

The boys didn’t need to be motivated and immediately picked up pens to sign their names on the banner. The counselor hadn't expected that Liú Xuán would have such a strong grassroots support base among the male students, making the twenty-meter-long banners prepared insufficient; in just an hour, they were filled with flamboyant signatures. After signing their names, these boys didn’t want to leave and stood by the banner continuously expressing their indignation.

Someone suddenly raised their voice and shouted, "Bring down official's son Zhu Feng and restore Liu Xuan’s honor!"

The crowd reacted and followed with more sporadic shouting.

"Bring down official's son Zhu Feng and restore Liu Xuan’s honor!"

As the slogans were shouted, more people joined in. College students are a very passionate group and also an idealistic one. Few could resist such a rallying cry. Who wouldn’t want to shout for justice

Hence, a rare sight appeared at Capital Normal University: thousands of male students gathered in front of the administration building, waving their arms high as they chanted against rich and handsome men, against officials’ sons. This was what these college boys yearned to achieve.

The slogans were deafening, creating an incredible spectacle.

For some reason, even though Capital Normal University had become such a scene, no teachers or staff came out to stop it. It seemed as if the faculty and staff had been given instructions not to interfere with this matter.

No one knew who was behind all of this, but on the day of the protest, dozens of reporters from big and small newspapers suddenly showed up at Capital Normal University. These cameramen gathered together like China was holding a national congress.

When the cameras were aimed at the students shouting slogans, these young men already filled with righteous indignation became even more indignant. Many male students were pulled out by the reporters for interviews. Their faces flushed and their spit flew as they told the reporters about Zhu Feng’s misdeeds without holding back. Of course, in the reports of these college boys, Zhu Feng’s great achievements grew exponentially—such as how he had made dozens of girls pregnant when only a few were actually involved.

That day, every major news portal and Sina Weibo was filled with posts about Capital Normal University students protesting against second-generation rich men.

The situation developed exactly according to the young counselor’s expectations. Now, the Internet was awash with information about Capital Normal University, making it impossible for anyone to control the situation.

With Zhu Feng becoming more and more well-known on the Chinese Internet, people began digging up his parents’ identities—Zhu Qihua and Ye Hui. With such a background—a father who was the Secretary-General of the Municipal Government’s Office and a mother who had used her husband’s connections to start a cultural and sports company that became the designated supplier for the city government—it was enough to stir people’s anger against Zhu Feng, especially when paired with his debauchery. He was a veritable Li Zongrui of Mainland China.ing at each other for quite some time, Su Fuhua burst out laughing first. His laughter was arrogant and unrestrained.Might his juniors only see him as rock-solid stable But before Lake Chitian, who wa...