"Don’t, don’t, don’t!"
Tan Wenbin immediately waved his hand, sternly saying:
"We were good buddies in our class, but after leaving the class, you are you, and we are us."
Don’t be fooled by Lin Shuyou’s naivety now, but the moment he starts talking, he immediately changes like a different person, acting all high and mighty.
Such a person, fine to use occasionally, but if he’s around Yuanzi all the time, Tan Wenbin really worries that one day Yuanzi might just clean house and sink him in the river.
By then, the one to tie rocks to his body to add weight would probably be himself.
The main issue is he’s really uncontrollable, and the times when he’s most obedient are also when he’s most useless.
"Brother..." Lin Shuyou swallowed his spit, "Brother, if I take these tricks back, my master and grandfather will have me sit in the seat of honor during the New Year’s dinner!"
"Is it that exaggerated?"
"Even the family tree might give me a separate page."
"Did you get a concussion?"
"It’s true what I said!"
"Okay okay okay, I got it, I got it. You look in good shape, can you get out of bed to pee by yourself?"
"No problem, I can take care of myself, I’ve already recovered, this time my family has helped me..."
"Oh, right, this time your face makeup on the stomach is complete, your family has also given you another lease on life, do you think your family will come to Jinling immediately, looking for you here?"
"They might... I guess."
"Let me tell you in advance, if your family comes looking, you are not allowed to mention anything about my Brother Xiao Yuan, he hates trouble."
"Alright, I understand."
"I’m gonna go first then, I’ll go pay your hospital fees in advance, remember to get a refund when you’re discharged."
"When refunding, remember to count it twice, and do it with a smile, count joyfully."
"Ah, okay, I got it."
Tan Wenbin walked out of the hospital room, outside the weather was somewhat gloomy, wind had started to pick up, and it looked like rain wasn’t far off.
He turned to look back at Lin Shuyou in the hospital room one more time.
Ever since Brother Xiao Yuan made it clear not to include Lin Shuyou in the team, he had been deliberately controlling his emotional boundaries, not letting them spread uncontrolled.
It’s like a besieged city.
Brother Xiao Yuan wanted to test his emotions in the team to find a way out, whereas he was collecting his emotions from outside.
Because that night, facing Zheng Haiyang’s family of three lying in front of him, his heart was in too much pain.
He didn’t want to go through similar pain a second time. If it’s the teammates he interacts with daily, there’s nothing he can do, but for people outside the team, as long as I don’t invest my emotions, then if you die, you’re just dead.
It’s just like the times before when he followed Mr. Li to attend funeral services, having seen enough funerals, he just became indifferent.
Tan Wenbin had just gone to preload the medical fees at the payment window, when his waist vibrated with the "beep beep... beep beep..." sound.
He pulled out his pager to see, and discovered it was the phone number of the store.
Tan Wenbin immediately ran back to the school, at the storefront, he saw a police car parked.
Standing beside the car was Officer Zhou, who waved at him.
At this moment, there were many people around the shop, and Tan Wenbin got into the police car under the watchful eyes of the crowd, and was taken away by the police.
The students started chattering, speculating what he had done.
Lu Yi, who was managing the register, couldn’t help but shout out loud:
"The officer just mentioned that my buddy is only being asked to go to the police station for some inquiry, I believe my buddy is definitely innocent!"
With Lu Yi saying this, everyone was even more convinced that the student really was in trouble.
Once Tan Wenbin arrived at the police station, he first went to his own father’s office. He wasn’t a suspect, just going through the formalities, so there were no restrictions.
"Yo, Officer Tan, got a new office, huh? Really envious of you, having such an excellent son."
Tan Yunlong put down his teacup, glaring at his son standing proudly before him.
But somehow, he couldn’t refute it, as he indeed had benefitted from his son’s success.
There had just been a celebration the previous day, and now, the date for a new celebration was being scheduled.
The main reason was that they had almost completely taken down a child trafficking gang, so many criminals were competing to expose information, fearing that if they didn’t speak up, others would. This provided a wealth of child trafficking information, allowing many children trafficked by this gang to return to their biological parents.
This was truly a meritorious deed, and it wouldn’t be long before the parents who found their flesh and blood would bring their children to the bureau with banners and perhaps even kneel down to acknowledge a godfather in thanks. By then, the publicity department colleagues’ camera shutters might be pressed so much they wouldn’t bounce back.
But for Tan Yunlong, this was somewhat torturous, because he knew the real person who had helped them wasn’t himself, yet he still had to sit there and accept it.
He wasn’t someone with a strong utilitarian spirit to begin with, otherwise he wouldn’t have been content when initially sent down to the township police station. Now, however, he had to forcibly endure the continuous roasting of his own moral sense.
Tan Wenbin immediately stepped back two steps, pointing at his father and said, "Dad, you can close the door, but don’t unbuckle your belt, okay!"
Tan Yunlong didn’t speak.
"Dad, this is a police station, according to the Law on the Protection of Minors..."
"You’re an adult now."
"According to the Law on Public Security Administrative Punishments..."
Tan Yunlong stood up and closed the door to his office.
"Dad, I advise you to keep calm, you should stay calm. It’s your first three official matters, but there’s no need to burn your own son first, I think Officer Zhou is quite good.
He parked the police car in the most crowded place and waved at me. Now at school who knows what kind of charges they are framing me with."