The security guard at the entrance patched through a video call to a small building inside the residential area.
"Fan Er Shao, the Fen Tai Tai registered as your relative, and you also let her in."
"Now there's someone outside looking for her and Fen Xian Sheng, and they've been making a scene for a long time..."
The security guard sent Fan Chengxin the recorded video of Zhu Bangxiong crying and making a fuss.
Fan Chengxin had just had surgery on his knee.
Although the medical pod at Li's Hospital was incredibly expensive, Fan Chengxin gritted his teeth and used it once to prevent his leg from becoming crippled.
Now the bullet had been removed, the knee bones were bonded, and the nerves were reconnected, but it would still take some time to fully recover.
This level of surgery was not a problem in the Beichen Empire.
But the recovery process was still quite uncomfortable.
Fan Chengxin was feeling irritated by the injury to his knee.
Fen Tai Tai had a younger sister who married into the Fan Family, so Fen Tai Ni had the opportunity to get to know Fan Chengxin.
Fen Xian Sheng watched the video and said in a panic, "It's this man! He's been following us for two days!"
"He's that Zhu Yingying's father?"
"Yes, it should be."
"Does he have a background?"
"Probably not, his family lives in that old building area in the North District, they're not rich, but..."
Fen Tai Tai then remembered the two men she had glimpsed in Li's Hospital that day, who seemed to have extraordinary auras.
When she was questioned by the Punishment Department in the morning, she had also quietly inquired about them.
After thinking about it, she cautiously said to Fan Chengxin, "However, they seem to know people from the Special Security Bureau..."
"What?! Why didn't you say so earlier!" Fan Chengxin's pupils shrank suddenly, "Are they very familiar with the Special Security Bureau?"
"...This, I don't know, I just met them at the hospital that day, they were taken there by people from the Special Security Bureau."
Hearing this news, Fan Chengxin finally made a ruthless decision.
He first comforted Fen Tai Tai and Fen Xian Sheng, saying, "Fen Yi, I'm sorry to Tai Ni this time, and I'm sorry to you, I didn't want this either, look, I'm also injured."
The gunshot wound on his knee was not fake, and Fen Tai Tai knew this, which made it even more difficult for her.
Who could she blame? She could only blame her daughter for being unlucky.
Fan Chengxin continued, "Our Da Fu Prefecture Fan Family never mistreats its own people. Don't worry, I'll call my family right away, and this year all the packaging bag business for our Fan's Clothing will go to your family."
As soon as Fen Xian Sheng heard this, he rubbed his hands and stood up excitedly, saying, "Fan Er Shao, are you saying, all the packaging bag business for your Fan's Clothing?"
"What are you thinking? Just the Mulan City area." Fan Chengxin said unhappily, "Our Fan's Clothing sells well throughout Guiyuan Star, even if we give all the packaging bag business to your small workshop, can you handle it?"
Fen Xian Sheng hurriedly flattered, "Fan Er Shao is right! I'm just asking! The packaging bag business for the entire Mulan City is also very large! Who doesn't know that Fan's Clothing is the best-selling brand on Guiyuan Star!"
Fan Chengxin smiled smugly and said, "I'm going to rehabilitation, I'll have someone send you back in my private Flying Vehicle, so you don't run into that madman."
This was a hint to leave.
Fen Xian Sheng and Fen Tai Tai didn't mind, and they quickly said goodbye.
After leaving Fan Chengxin's house, Fen Xian Sheng's mood improved a lot.
Fen Tai Tai was still very sad, she cried and said, "...Is that it? Tai Ni was fine, she was going to go to college next year!"
Fen Xian Sheng was silent for a while, then whispered, "I'm also very sad about Tai Ni's matter. But people always have to look forward. Besides, we still have two children, Tai Ni's death can bring a big business to the family, and her younger siblings will be grateful to her."
...
Late Sunday night, Zhu Bangxiong, who had been making a scene in the luxury villa area in the west of Mulan City all day, got off the Inner City Maglev Train drunkenly, intending to go home.
As soon as the maglev train left, an old-fashioned motorcycle suddenly darted out of the darkness.
Bang! Zhu Bangxiong was hit by the motorcycle and flew high into the air, flying four or five meters before falling down.
When he fell, unfortunately, a brick was thrown over and landed on the ground.
Zhu Bangxiong's head hit the brick, and he immediately bled.
Mulan City's winter this year is particularly cold.
In the past, the temperature at night would be at most minus ten degrees Celsius at this time.
But now, on winter nights, the temperature drops directly to minus thirty degrees Celsius.
The next morning, when everyone found Zhu Bangxiong, he had already been frozen into an ice sculpture, stiff in death.
Xia Chujian came out of the elevator with her schoolbag, ready to go to school.
On the first floor, Aunt Chen's heart-wrenching cries could be heard.
The entrance of the Zhu family was surrounded by people.
Curious, Xia Chujian went over to take a look.
She heard a neighbor say, "It's really a sin! Aunt Chen is so unlucky, her daughter is gone, and now her husband is gone too. How is she going to live?"
Xia Chujian blinked.
Could it be that Zhu Bangxiong is dead?
She hurried forward a few steps and saw Zhu Bangxiong lying stiffly on the ground inside Aunt Chen's wide-open door, like a frost-covered man.
"...I heard he was hit by a car last night. The car fled the scene, and he was knocked unconscious. He lay on the ground all night and froze to death."
"Serves him right! That guy was never a decent person! Always beating his wife and kids!"
"Oh, what's going to happen to Aunt Chen?"
Xia Chujian had expected this.
Aunt Chen had been subjected to domestic violence by Zhu Bangxiong for so many years, and she finally fought back.
...
Xia Chujian went to school, looked at the empty seat next to her, and silently took out her smart notebook.
The students in the class were still playing around in small groups, and some came over to talk to her.
She responded absentmindedly.
Everyone realized she was in a bad mood and didn't dare to bother her anymore.
Before the first class started, Aunt Chen was led in by Wang Yixiao, their class teacher.
Aunt Chen's hair was completely white, and the wrinkles on her face were deeper, as if she had aged twenty years overnight.
She staggered to Xia Chujian's side, not even looking at her, but just stroking the desk next to Xia Chujian. Then, she took out the remaining things inside, hugged them very carefully, and pressed her face against them, as if she were holding her most precious treasures.
The students in the class were stunned by Aunt Chen's actions, and even the naughtiest students didn't dare to speak.
It wasn't until Aunt Chen left their classroom that everyone started buzzing.
"What happened? What happened?"
"Isn't that Zhu Yingying's desk? Why isn't she here today?"
"Who was that person? Zhu Yingying's maid?"
Xia Chujian's face was blank, and she didn't say a word.
At this time, Wang Yixiao, the class teacher who only came to the class once a month to answer questions, said calmly, "Everyone doesn't need to guess. Zhu Yingying... died in the private club fire last Friday."
The classroom was instantly silent.
Everyone stared at the class teacher on the podium, as if they didn't understand what she had said.
After a while, everyone burst into an uproar and began to whisper to each other.
The students around Xia Chujian were all asking her, "Chujian, didn't Yingying say she was going to see the world that day? How could she just... be gone?!"
"Yeah, yeah! Didn't Fen Tai Ni from the advanced class next door ask her to go together? Where's Fen Tai Ni?"
Xia Chujian mechanically replied, "How would I know... Like you, I thought she and Fen Tai Ni went to the private club 'Yu' to see the world, but who knew..."
"Oh! I know about that private club fire! It's been on the news these past few days! I never thought it would be related to my classmate!"
"Yeah, I was just thinking how pitiful those people who were burned to death were... Oh my god! Could Yingying have been burned to death?! And Fen Tai Ni!"
"Definitely! The news said several people died, all burned to death. The ones who were shot didn't die, just got injured!"
Although Xia Chujian's face was expressionless, her ears were perked up, listening to her classmates chatting.
Sure enough, her judgment was correct.
Her classmates all knew that Zhu Yingying had gone to the private club "Yu" with Fen Tai Ni, so she should know too.
It would be too fake if she said she didn't know at that time.
She might be exposed in front of someone like Zong Ruoan.
Xia Chujian's mental state was still very strong.
Those five men tried to gang rape Zhu Yingying, and Fen Tai Ni was the mastermind, even trying to film a video.
These people deserved to die, and she didn't feel guilty at all.
Moreover, as a Bounty Hunter, she had at least a hundred lives under her gun in the past three years, some human, some Humanoids.
She already had a strong mental endurance.
Just as everyone was inquiring about each other, the homeroom teacher, Wang Yixiao, looked towards Xia Chujian.
Although Xia Chujian was looking down, she felt the gaze from the podium.
Needless to say, that homeroom teacher was giving her a sinister look again.
Xia Chujian pouted inwardly, but on the surface, she was still obediently looking at her smart notebook.
Her aunt had listed the key points for review, and she was catching up on her studies.
But before she had read for long, Wang Yixiao directly called her name from the podium: "Xia Chujian, come out here for a moment."
Xia Chujian had no choice but to close her smart notebook and follow Wang Yixiao to the corridor outside the classroom.
Wang Yixiao looked at her expressionlessly and said, "Was Zhu Yingying's incident last Friday related to you?"
Xia Chujian never expected that this homeroom teacher, who had always disliked her, would directly point to the core of the matter!
She almost lost control!
However, Xia Chujian had three years of Hunter experience after all. Although her heart was surging, she still showed a confused expression on her face and asked, "Teacher Wang, what do you mean?"
"Can't understand?" Wang Yixiao suddenly raised her voice, "You and Zhu Yingying are so close, wouldn't you know what she was doing?!"
Xia Chujian: "..."
Impossible, she did it so secretly, how could this homeroom teacher know?
Xia Chujian's mind raced, but her face still had that wooden expression, and she said, "Teacher Wang, Yingying and I are good friends, but I really don't know what she was doing. Besides, she's eighteen, and I'm not even eighteen yet."
Wang Yixiao was immediately choked.
The girl in front of her was so tall, almost two heads taller than her.
Standing in front of her, she always forgot that she was not even eighteen years old yet.
Wang Yixiao said sternly, "Don't interrupt! Last Friday after school, Zhu Yingying went to those disreputable places with people, didn't she specifically ask you to go with her? Wouldn't you go?! Those places are so chaotic, if she was bullied, and asked you to help her, wouldn't you go? Aren't you always the self-proclaimed protector of the girls in the class?!"
Xia Chujian's eyes moved slightly, feeling that something was wrong.
She couldn't figure it out for a moment, and only said lightly, "My aunt just got out of the hospital, and I've been rushing home to take care of her these past few days. No matter how good I am with Yingying, it's not as good as my aunt. I don't know why you're so sure that I knew about Yingying's affairs."
Wang Yixiao's pupils shrank suddenly, almost unable to control her tone: "Your aunt has already been discharged from the hospital? Hasn't your aunt been hospitalized for three years?"
"Yes, she's cured, so she was naturally discharged from the hospital." Xia Chujian revealed a little bit of just the right amount of joy, and then quickly suppressed it, sighing and saying, "I'm very sad that something happened to Yingying, but I don't understand why Teacher Wang is so sure that I would go with her? It's as if Teacher Wang was there at the time..."
"How could I go to that kind of place?" Wang Yixiao looked disgusted, "Only shameless people of your lower class go to that kind of place!"
"Is Fen Tai Ni also of the lower class?" Xia Chujian finally couldn't help but retort to Wang Yixiao.
She knew that Wang Yixiao didn't like her, but for three years, Wang Yixiao had only ignored her. It had never happened before that she was singled out and confronted like today.
She didn't understand what was wrong with Wang Yixiao, and Wang Yixiao didn't know what the real Xia Chujian was like.
"You dare to talk back?!" Wang Yixiao raised her hand and slapped her without hesitation.
Xia Chujian could have easily raised her hand to block Wang Yixiao's slap, but as her arm moved, a thought flashed through her mind, and she immediately restrained herself.
Pa! A loud slap landed on Xia Chujian's left cheek.
Half of her face quickly swelled up, turning red.
The students in the classroom were stunned.
Wang Yixiao, their form teacher, had always been aloof, as dignified as a mannequin, and wouldn't even deign to smile at them.
But to strike someone directly like this was a first in three years! Wang Yixiao was also a little flustered to see that Xia Chujian hadn't fought back.
Xia Chujian was a bully in the class, and she had assumed that as long as she made a move, Xia Chujian would definitely hit back.
She never expected Xia Chujian to not retaliate...
Wang Yixiao took a step back, saying in a fierce but hollow voice, "You still want to hit your teacher?! Let me tell you..."
"Shut up. We can check the surveillance footage to see if it was me hitting the teacher, or the teacher hitting the student." Xia Chujian covered her face and coldly interrupted Wang Yixiao's attempt to frame her.
Wang Yixiao wanted to say something more, but with so many students watching in the classroom, and the surveillance camera at the door, she couldn't bring herself to say anything else.
"Alright, go inside. We'll talk about Zhu Yingying's matter later. Be honest, and don't lie to your teacher. Think it over, then make an appointment with me to talk in the office." With that, Wang Yixiao flounced away, heading straight home.
She was a little flustered and needed to go back and think about what to do, and also ask for advice...
Xia Chujian narrowed her eyes, watching Wang Yixiao's figure disappear into the distance, then went directly to the academic affairs office to request the video from outside the Senior Year Three Intermediate Class just now.
The second update will be at one o'clock in the afternoon.
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