Chapter 34: The Strong

  "Hey, kid, what do you want?" The principal glared at Qin Di fiercely. It was not easy to reach a tacit understanding on this matter, but this little thing didn't dare to let go, and the principal felt that he had somehow indulged Qin Di's arrogance. He said angrily: "Don't be greedy, you haven't lost anything today, listen to me, everyone takes a step back, and that's it."

  Qin Di opened his mouth, revealing a set of pearly white teeth, and assumed an air of fearlessness: "I can let you off the hook, but you have to owe me one."

  "No way." The principal was furious, with a sense of unfulfilled revenge.

  "Let's talk about it when Naoko comes, anyway I'm not in a hurry, what are you rushing for?" Qin Di said calmly. He was not unaware of the good and bad, but he didn't want to retreat and give in, only that this little fox seemed to be more capable than Principal thought, and he understood that if he showed weakness now, there would definitely be trouble later on.

  Today, the two officials suffered a great loss and will definitely find an opportunity to retaliate. Although Ming might not dare to do so openly, he will certainly use underhanded tactics. Qin Di is not stupid, and let's not forget that there is still Tie Nan, who is as cunning as a poisonous snake wearing glasses. Now, in front of the leaders and police, it is impossible for Qin Di to take drastic measures to ruin his reputation. Therefore, Qin Di can only resort to second-best tactics, which means he will help him remember a lesson: you can seek revenge from me, but never again put me in a difficult position.

  Means, ruthlessness, Qin Di has all that now. What Qin Di lacks is a strong backing; a backstage that can not only calm the officialdom but also calm down the likes of Tie Nan. And the Ji family is undoubtedly Qin Di's backstage. He wants everyone present to know that the Ji family attaches great importance to him. At least before Old Man Ji recovers, as long as he doesn't go crazy and harm innocent people, the Ji family will maintain his position.

  "You're just a lone genius." Tang Ziyin's imposing aura suddenly dropped, and his eyes didn't have a hint of anger, but instead had undisguised admiration. Sometimes, the knife needs to be unsheathed to intimidate people; if not, it will only make them feel uncomfortable, but if you cut off the unnecessary parts with precision and replace them with strength, what's left is only reverence and fear.

  However, the principal was not a fool either and said: "I won't mention others, but Zhang Zhe that kid, I think we can just let him off this time, leave some room for everyone to meet in the future, after all, are you still reading this book?

  The principal also didn't forget to threaten Qin Di slightly.

  Qin Di didn't intend to beat a drowning dog, but revealed an unbecoming sly smile and said: "Shouldn't we make it clear? The girl was greatly frightened this time. Look, her face is swollen from being beaten. Such things are a brutal blow to her spirit, can't just let it go like that?"

  Tang Ziyin swallowed his saliva, he really regretted not taking down this beast earlier. He said: "Others have losses too, you see how heavy your hand is, why don't we just let it go..."

  "I want compensation." Qin Di was getting impatient.

  "You're really a beast and a man of spirit!" Tang Ziyin gave him a white eye, not moving at all, seemingly very approving of Qin Di's actions. Then he turned around and told Zhang Chengmin about Qin Di's request.

  "He must pay compensation." Zhang Chengmin and Zhao Ming said in unison.

  Tang Ziyin nodded slightly with a somewhat depressed expression.

  Zhang Chengmin was getting impatient, it's really infuriating. This kid actually dared to ask for compensation, if anyone should be compensated, it should be our Zhang Zhe! Zhang Chengmin said angrily: "I'll go talk to him!"

  "Old Zhang, hold on, you must hold on!" Zhao Ming grabbed his arm and persuaded him with a bitter tone: "He's not afraid of you wearing shoes, you don't have to die together with him. Besides, he didn't want to compensate himself, I also think it's not excessive to give the victim some compensation... In my opinion, let Principal Tang talk to him again. As long as the conditions are not excessive, saving Zhang Zhe is the most important thing."

  "Director Zhao's words are reasonable. The young girl is so pitiful." Tang Ziyin thought for a moment and firmly stood on Zhao Ming's side.

  Zhang Chengmin stamped his foot heavily and walked in front of his son with a face as pale as iron.

  "Dad, you have to stand up for me!" This beast obviously didn't see the situation clearly and thought I was taking his side. He became excited and cried loudly: "Dad, he knocked out several of my teeth, you must severely punish him!"

  "First, I'll deal with you!" Zhang Chengmin was furious, his whole body trembling. He kicked his son and scolded: "Can't you just give me less trouble?"

  "Dad, why did you hit me?!"

  Zhang Zhe was stunned.

  "Shut up and get out of here, I'll deal with you later!"

  Zhang Chengmin had already made preparations to let things go, and as long as it was within the scope of what he could tolerate, he would unconditionally accept. He turned around, just about to find Qin Di to talk to, when a group of about seven or eight people came rushing over in a mighty manner.

  "Who? Who hit my son? Come out and tell me, what right do you have to hit someone?" A man in his 40s, wearing a suit, walked over, followed by a secretary and several police officers. He glanced at his son lying on the ground.

  His anger grew even more intense.

  "Dad, why did you come so late! I almost got killed." Qiao Mu was tearful at that moment, a spoiled child always relies on his parents. His father's arrival undoubtedly gave him hope in despair. "Dad, this time I thought I would never see you again!" Qiao Mu cried loudly and rolled on the ground, as miserable as he could be. This wasn't him pretending to be pitiful to get sympathy from his old man, it was completely genuine, he was crying tears of joy at being saved in the nick of time.

  "How did Fudan University educate students to become violent thugs who commit murder?" The middle-aged man's face suddenly turned cold, scanning the surroundings and spotting Zhao Ming and Xiong Songmao, his anger intensified, saying: "And what about you police officers, are you just eating and doing nothing? Have you caught the murderer for me?"

  The newcomer was none other than District Secretary Qiao Jian. He wasn't usually so blunt and heavy-handed, but he couldn't contain himself after his son had suffered such a huge loss - both of his arms had been broken. Anyone would be furious in his shoes. A surge of anger drove him to recklessly berate Zhao Ming, pointing at him and shouting: "Director Zhao, what's going on here? Why didn't you send the injured person to the hospital right away? Are you trying to show off your power? You have to give me an explanation for this today!"

  "Idiot!"

  The principal didn't take this district committee secretary seriously, he curled his lip and ignored his fierce aura.

  "Can't tell what's going on!"

  Zhang Chengmin was too lazy to care about Qiao Jian's move.

  Zhao Ming was the only one who faced the scolding of this big boss, sweating profusely, and was about to go up and explain the situation.

  A cold and icy voice sounded behind Qiao: "What a big official tone!"

  "What official power? As the father of the victim, can't I even ask for justice from the school?" Qiao Jian was furious. He turned his head and saw a woman with a man in his thirties wearing a suit walking slowly towards him from the other end of the shaded path.

  Without any arrogance or pretension, Ji Zhuxin's calm and peaceful gaze swept around the room in a circle, finally settling on Qin Di, where she smiled slightly, seeming to breathe a sigh of relief.

  Zhang Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and he let out a bitter laugh. What was bound to happen had finally happened.

  But Zhao Ming's foot that had stepped out, stiffly withdrew back in.

  Ji Zhuxin coldly glanced at Qiao Jian and said lightly, "What victim's father? I think it's the kidnapper's father."

  "What are you talking about? What qualifications do you have to speak like that?" Qiao Yan fiercely retorted, clearly not having seen the suit-clad man standing behind Ji Zhu Xin. Flustered and exasperated, he said: "You say kidnapping just because you want to? What evidence do you have... Ah, who are you anyway! This isn't a place for you to chime in! Can't you see the police are handling the case?"

  "I'm nobody, and I don't care about what's going on here. Justice is in people's hearts, I don't need to care, someone else will take care of it!" Ji Zhu Xin gave a glance to the man in suit behind her.

  The man in the suit made a phone call with an expressionless face, directly to a leader of the Deep Sea City Committee, and directly stated that Secretary Ji wanted to make a move on the secretary of a certain district committee.

  The man in the suit spoke in a low voice, yet somehow managed to make himself heard.

  Qiao Qian was shocked by these words, he finally saw clearly who the man in the suit behind Ji Zhu Xin was, his face suddenly changed, and his brain exploded with a loud bang. He stuttered: "X... Secretary Xie..."

  The man in the suit didn't even bother to apologize, and showed no intention of leaving. Instead, he made a phone call that seemed to receive some instructions, then took a few steps forward, and in front of Qiao Jian, made two more calls: one to the Municipal Party Committee, and the other to the Municipal Public Security Bureau; one was about Qiao Jian's abuse of power and economic problems, and the other was about the kidnapping incident that happened tonight.

  Two very simple phone calls, it's not as easy as killing a chicken to scare the monkey, but rather a strong and unreasonable demand to take down someone.

  It's obviously and undoubtedly a one-sided defeat.

  No one will doubt this point.

  Everyone was frightened and sweating, while the man in the suit who had just made a few phone calls and immediately became radiant, hung up the phone and immediately retracted his intimidating aura, took a few steps back, and stood calmly behind Jizhong Xin.

  Ji Zhuxin walked to Qin Di's side, a smile appeared on her cold and beautiful face, she seemed not to mind flattering Qin Di at all, saying: "Don't worry, Dr. Qin, my father already knows about this matter, his intention is that he will never wrong a bad person, nor will he let go of a bad person, no matter how big the background is, there is no law."

  Then she leaned in a little closer to Qin Di and said softly, "My grandfather wants to see Dr. Qin, do you have time now? Come with me."

  "Got time, got time, of course I've got time!" Qin Di revealed a surprised and pleased expression, raised a silly smile, and said in a timely manner: "I've been working on a kind of medicinal pill these past two days that would be very beneficial for your grandfather's health. I was just thinking of ways to send it over when I encountered a few scoundrels who almost got me caught by the police. Luckily, Boss Ji arrived, otherwise being wrongly accused would have been a small matter, but if it had delayed Grandpa Ji from taking his medicine, that would have worsened his condition."

  This move is not just a simple case of returning a favor, but also has a hint of provocation.

  Furthermore, Qin Di had already slung the medical box over his shoulder and was wearing a worried expression for the patient's sake, so Ji Zhu believed him a bit more, and a surge of anger arose in her heart.

  She nodded at Qin Di, her eyes scanning the room again before finally landing on Secretary Qiao. She said coldly, "Secretary Xie, this case of kidnapping a female student must be severely punished. Don't let people think that just because they have some power in their hands, they can do whatever they want... Also, if anyone dares to use this incident to cause trouble for Dr. Qin afterwards, my family will accompany them to the end."

  After saying this, Ji Zhuo led Qin Di away, turning around and walking away with ease under the complex gaze of everyone.

  "Is Secretary Qiao done for?" Zhao Ming muttered in disbelief.

  Tang Ziyin smiled and said: "Brother Chengmin, shouldn't we consider giving Qin Di a 'Brave and Righteous Award'?"

  Zhang Chengmin felt this was a huge irony. After holding back for half a day, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence: "You take charge of this matter!"

  After some thought, Zhang Chengmin said: "Zhang Zhe's matter..."

  "Honest brother, I will definitely settle this matter for you." The principal said with a confident face, very reassuring.

  Zhang Chengmin opened his mouth, wanting to speak but hesitated. In the end, he glanced at Qiao Jian who was already completely stunned beside him, and immediately felt balanced in his heart. The most miserable and unlucky people in this matter were still Qiao's father and son.

  Because no one dared to suspect the power of those few phone calls, even Tie Nan, who had a venomous face and intended to take revenge on Qin Di after the event, had completely given up. It wasn't that he didn't dare, but rather that his fear was too strong. After all, a martial artist, no matter how powerful, would still be finished if they offended a noble, whether it took a day or an evening.