"Please disperse for now and don’t interfere with our police officers’ regular duties. Besides, I still need to help the police with so finishing tasks. Can we talk about everything else later?"
Noticing the subtle signal from Commissioner Bai, Zhang Beixing understood the hint and addressed the crowd.
Although the crowd expressed regret, they understood and nodded respectfully before dispersing.
Before long, the previously bustling and overcrowded police station finally cleared up.
The only ones left were Zhang Beixing, his acquaintances and friends, and Commissioner Bai and his officers.
Seeing this, Commissioner Bai breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to Zhang Beixing and said, half-congratulatory and half-teasing, "Grandmaster Zhang, you really are a superstar now, with such strong rallying power. Good grief! If people knew they were here to welco you, that would be one thing. If they didn’t know, they might think they were here to attack our Shishi!"
"Commissioner Bai, that’s not the case. Everyone is a law-abiding good citizen. How could we do such a thing? This isn’t about my rallying power. It’s just that I’m fortunate to be so esteed by everyone!" Zhang Beixing said with a sheepish laugh.
Hearing that, Commissioner Bai didn’t linger on the matter but instead bid farewell, saying there was no need to see him out, and went back into the station to handle other matters.
Sophia Zhou couldn’t help but feel puzzled by this.
She turned to look at Zhang Beixing, her large, limpid eyes filled with deep confusion.
"Beixing, didn’t you say you were going to help the police with so finishing tasks? Why now..."
"Sophia, it’s clear that Beixing said that just to deal with those people. Think about it, with so many people, if they all wanted photos and autographs, how long would it take to finish?" Chen Rourou interjected with a reminder.
Hearing her words, Sophia Zhou understood and didn’t say anything more.
anwhile, Zhang Beixing looked towards Liu Yi and asked, "Teacher Liu, weren’t you in Yanjing earlier? Why are you here now?"
"Isn’t it because the trouble you’ve stirred up is just too huge?" Liu Yi grumpily responded. "Killing soone on the martial arts stage—you’re quite daring. But... well done. You’re truly the disciple I taught, the youngest Grandmaster Martial Artist of Great Xia!"
Patting Zhang Beixing on the shoulder, Liu Yi looked at him, extrely pleased with what he saw!
Even though this kid is a bit unreliable and has a sowhat bad temper, when it matters, he really steps up. That’s true character!
"Haha, that’s also credit to your fine teaching!" Zhang Beixing returned the complint.
This imdiately drew a hearty laugh from Liu Yi.
Then, Zhang Beixing suggested, "Teacher Liu, since you’ve co back from Yanjing, why don’t we find a restaurant and have a al together? Since I left Yanjing, we, master and disciple, haven’t really gotten together."
"Get together..." Liu Yi furrowed his brow and pondered for a mont, then looked at Zhang Beixing aningfully, patted his shoulder, and said, "So other ti. I have things to do in the next couple of days, and I’m going out of town. Wait for my return. I’ll call you, and maybe I’ll have a surprise for you. How about that?"
"Ah? You’re busy again? What are you so busy with? And you have a surprise for ?" Zhang Beixing asked in confusion.
To this, Liu Yi only smiled mysteriously. "It’s a secret. If it works out, it will be entirely beneficial for you, with no downsides!"
"Well... alright then!" Hearing Liu Yi say that, Zhang Beixing didn’t press any further.
Afterward, they chatted for a while before going their separate ways.
Liu Yi hurried to catch the high-speed train to go out of town.
Zheng Jituo and the other two headed back to their respective hos to process the day’s events.
Lin Siqi still had work to attend to.
Chen Rourou and Sophia Zhou, however, didn’t have anything pressing.
Sophia Zhou had wanted to invite Zhang Beixing to go shopping to help him take his mind off things.
But because today’s events were so significant and had caused such a stir, Zhang Beixing needed to hurry ho to tell his family about it and reassure them. So, he politely declined Sophia Zhou’s invitation, promising, "Next ti for sure."
...
Sitting in the Chen Family’s car.
「Half an hour later, at the Zhang residence on 466 Harvest Road, Fuqiang Village.」
As expected, after returning ho and briefly warming up from the cold, Zhang Beixing was imdiately t with his mother’s scolding.
The gist of her rebuke was ’How could you do such a thing?’, ’What were we to do if sothing had happened to you?’, and ’Do you have any idea how worried we’ve been?’.
Thankfully, his paternal aunts and uncles had all co and were there to hold his mother back; otherwise, today’s scolding might have gone on for two or three hours!
After enduring his mother’s scolding, the sa Zhang Beixing who, earlier today, had ruthlessly slain two ’Black Ghosts,’ now sat on the sofa like a perfectly well-behaved, obedient child.
His parents, and his paternal aunts and uncles, sat on either side of him. They looked him up and down with strange expressions, and no one spoke.
Zhang Beixing, sensing the strange atmosphere, felt extrely uncomfortable.
He looked up and noticed his father and grandfather frequently glancing toward the door.
Seeing this, Zhang Beixing couldn’t hide his confusion and asked, "Um... Dad, Grandpa, what are you two doing?"
Ever since he had arrived ho, his father and grandfather had been acting like this, as if they were waiting for soone.
He found it exceedingly strange!
After all, shouldn’t I be the one who’s the center of attention today?
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