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As dawn broke, Hu Ruoyun tried to reach Lai Wen, a reporter from the Jiangcheng Evening News, at the front desk of the guesthouse. It was still early, and he should have been tucked away in bed, his voice thick with sleep when he answered. However, upon hearing Hu Ruoyun's name and the situation, he immediately perked up. "I'll be right over!"
Hu Ruoyun knew this was a common trait among professional journalists.
After that, Hu Ruoyun called the police at 110 to report that two auxiliary officers from the Garden Road Police Station had barged into her room last night with three others for questioning and searching. After they left, she discovered that 500 yuan in cash was missing from her bag!
The city's police department had just begun its commitment to a "five-minute response" time, and now they were dealing with a case involving police officers. Instructor Zhao Peijie from the Garden Road Police Station personally brought two officers along.
While they were taking notes, Lai Wen rushed in, firing off questions that left Zhao Peijie speechless: Who was on duty at the Xifeng Road Police Station last night? Why were auxiliary officers allowed to respond alone? Was there any record of their response? Were their actions legal?
It turned out that Zhao Peijie was indeed on duty last night but had not dispatched anyone! This meant the auxiliary officers had acted on their own (which did not qualify as an official police action), changing the nature of the incident entirely.
After calming down the complainant and appeasing the reporter, they all returned to the station for further investigation. The two auxiliary officers who had responded were summoned. Before Instructor could even slam his hand on the table, one of them—a chubby fellow—slumped his head and spilled everything like beans from a bamboo tube: The student council at the Post and Telecommunications School had requested assistance in maintaining school discipline, targeting a newcomer from the countryside known as "Vegetable Gourd." He even leaned in and whispered that it would be "a good show."
Instructor Zhao was nearly furious; if this got out, not only would he face severe consequences, but his superiors would also be in hot water!
He pressed on, "What authority did you have to search her bag? And to take her 500 yuan? What kind of behavior is this? Are you enforcing the law or robbing her?"
The chubby officer protested vehemently, "We didn’t search or take any money!" After thinking for a moment, he added, "It was that guy named General Qi who searched her bag; he must have taken the money!"
Lai Wen asked, "Who is General Qi?"
The chubby officer eagerly deflected blame, "He’s an officer in the student council at the Post and Telecommunications School... He was the one who got us involved."
General Qi hadn’t achieved his goal last night and had seen two auxiliary officers being humiliated in front of Hu Ruoyun. He felt a twinge of worry but never expected to be formally summoned!
He sat in the interrogation room, sobbing and sniffling as he confessed: He harbored resentment towards Mao Na, a female classmate. He believed she would spend the night with her boyfriend at the guesthouse and concocted this farce of a room check out of spite—thinking if he couldn’t have her, he’d ruin her reputation instead...
He continued to cry injustice, claiming they merely rummaged through Hu Ruoyun's bag looking for Mao Na's clothes... but insisted they didn’t take any money!
Hu Ruoyun stood firm: There had been 500 yuan in her bag given by her mother-in-law to buy clothes! After they searched her bag, the money went missing!
With no other option, the police station notified the head of the Student Affairs Office at the school.
In ordinary circumstances, whether at the police station or school, people would typically try to mediate the situation, downplaying major issues into minor ones and ultimately seeking a peaceful resolution. However, now there was a reporter from the Jiangcheng Evening News demanding an explanation.
This made things complicated.
The school approached Mao Na for assistance. Upon hearing that Hu Ruoyun had been taken to the police station, Mao Na panicked and began to cry before she even fully understood what had happened. This outburst left the teachers trying to manage the situation at a loss for words.
The instructor could no longer bear it and reported the situation to the station chief, helplessly escalating the "public sentiment" issue. The heads of both the Post and Telecommunications School and the Student Affairs Office also communicated the situation to their respective institutions.
Both organizations began to reach out to Lai Wen's superiors for intervention.
The director of the news department at Jiangcheng Evening News Agency called Garden Road Police Station to inquire about Lai Wen. Lai Wen quickly responded, "Director, do you remember that news piece you signed off on last night about an act of bravery? The person involved in this incident is the same one from yesterday's story!"
The implication was clear: this was a significant news story that required no planning!
Eventually, the incident escalated to discussions among high-level officials from the municipal bureau, the Post and Telecommunications School, and the Evening News.
The next day, in the social news section of Evening News, it reported on Garden Road Police Station's disciplinary actions, stating that several auxiliary police officers with inadequate qualifications had been dismissed...
However, the internal handling report was not so lightly worded: ...the station chief and instructor at Garden Road Police Station were ordered to submit written reflections on their management responsibilities!
As expected from an educational institution, related events were not published in the news, but an internal notice was issued stating that a student from Class 93 named Qi had severely violated school discipline and was placed under probation.
The head of Jiangbei Postal and Telecommunications School's guesthouse was dismissed as well.
Additionally, Hu Ruoyun received 500 yuan in compensation from General Qi.
Returning to the story, after leaving the police station, Hu Ruoyun thanked Reporter Lai. Lai refused her gratitude, explaining that not only did her wallet contain cash yesterday, but also her ID and press credentials. She expressed her appreciation for Hu Ruoyun's act of bravery and for providing her with a news tip today!
Seeing Mao Na approach with tear-streaked cheeks, Reporter Lai felt both sympathy and affection. She took Mao Na's hand and comforted her for a while. As noon approached, they decided to go out for a meal together... thus Reporter Lai became known as "Sister Lai" to Mao Na, promising to meet again when possible.
Saturday turned out to be mostly wasted; their planned trip to Forest Park fell through.
Since Mao Na often joined her sister's husband during visits for meals in their dormitory, she discussed with Hu Ruoyun about taking this opportunity to return the favor.
Hu Ruoyun readily agreed and arranged for them to go to Dong Sheng Li Du as mentioned by General Qi's brother.
At the dinner table, the group of women couldn't help but discuss yesterday's events. After several large glasses of draft beer, Di Rong from Mao Na's upper bunk angrily spilled some tea: "That bastard General Qi! We took a long-distance bus together during registration; he sat next to me pretending to sleep while leaning against me and even touched my leg! It almost made me sick!"
She then poured herself another drink: "Later on, when he saw I wasn't interested, he started flirting with girls from our two classes! Damn it! I need to send back our school's handling report about him to Huangchuan so he can be publicly shamed—what a scoundrel!"
Later on, Hu Ruoyun heard from Mao Na that Di Rong realized her mistake the next day and quietly pulled her aside: "Sister, did I say too many inappropriate things in front of my brother-in-law yesterday? You should have stopped me... sigh, my image as a lady is completely ruined!"
For a long time afterward, it was common to see Lu Meixin sitting on her bed, holding a cup of water and imitating Di Rong with great flair: “... He sat next to me, pretended to be asleep while leaning against me, and even put his hand on my leg. It almost made me sick... that worthless, good-for-nothing brat.”
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