Chapter 222: Chapter 143: Chun Chun Meets a Max-Level Boss
"You’re asking me? I wanted to ask you the same thing."
"You said you had something to do, so why did you show up at the station?"
Seeing Sophia Zhou’s confused expression, Zhang Beixing asked, clearly puzzled. It was like they had said goodnight to each other, only to bump into each other in a game. Except now, the location had switched to a police station, minus the goodnights. It wasn’t exactly awkward, just a bit surprising.
"I’m here to find my brother!" Sophia Zhou replied.
Upon hearing her answer, Zhang Beixing’s eyebrows raised. Coming to the police station to find her brother late at night? Could her brother have been arrested for soliciting prostitutes? Zhang Beixing’s expression became quite odd.
Sophia Zhou, unaware of Zhang Beixing’s wild thoughts, simply looked at him and asked, "Beixing, you still haven’t answered my earlier question. Why are you here too?"
"Because I acted righteously and caught a criminal," Zhang Beixing stated.
Speaking of which, he was still a bit puzzled. He and Teacher Liu had acted heroically, assisting the Yanjing police in cracking such a major case. Yet, apart from that young policewoman, the Yanjing police hadn’t shown the slightest acknowledgment so far. Never mind any reward; the least they could do was visit him and Teacher Liu and offer some words of appreciation to them, the two great contributors!
The Yanjing Police Department is being a bit petty! Zhang Beixing thought to himself. He was just about to ask Sophia Zhou for more details about her brother’s situation. However, before he could speak, Zhang Beixing looked up and was nearly startled by the scene before him.
The moment he declared himself a concerned citizen who had acted righteously, Zhao Ruchang and the others instantly turned their heads, their gazes fixed sharply on him. If it were just ordinary stares, it wouldn’t be a big deal. After all, Zhang Beixing wouldn’t lose any flesh from a few extra glances. The crucial part was, why were their gazes so intense, so fiery?
"Um... what’s going on here?" Taking an instinctive step back, Zhang Beixing looked at them and asked cautiously.
Although he knew these people were from the military, their current expressions made him feel uneasy. Especially the two middle-aged men standing beside the old man—their eyes looked as if they wanted to swallow him whole! He’d only caught five terrorists and brought them to the police station. Was it really that big a deal? He was actually starting to feel a little scared.
The group was unaware of Zhang Beixing’s inner thoughts. They were merely sizing him up. The more Wang Fengyi and Su Dakai observed him, the more astounded they became! Initially, when they heard Zhou Fan had been taken down in just two moves, they had assumed their opponent was a seasoned individual, at least in their thirties or forties. They never imagined he would be such a handsome young man! And from his conversation with the young woman, it sounded like he hadn’t even graduated yet! To possess such strength at this age was simply incredible.
Truly, heroes emerge from the young! Su Dakai and Wang Fengyi looked at Zhang Beixing, both thinking this in unison, their hearts filled with emotion. They recalled their own twenties when they were constantly being reprimanded in the army and faced relentless training every day. Yet here was this public-spirited young man, still in his twenties, who had already managed to subdue ’terrorists’ and deliver them to the police station! Su Dakai and Wang Fengyi were filled with immense admiration.
Meanwhile, while the police chief was explaining Zhou Fan’s situation to the young woman with wavy hair, Zhao Ruchang sized up Zhang Beixing, his eyes glinting. He then turned his head slightly towards Liu Pan and asked, "This young man appears physically robust, his breathing is deep and steady, and he has an extraordinary aura. He must be a martial arts practitioner. Instructor Liu, do you recognize him?"
"This... Sir, to be honest, I don’t recognize him!" Liu Pan looked at Zhang Beixing, his brow so furrowed it seemed he could crush a fly, and replied.
Hearing this, Zhao Ruchang was slightly taken aback. "You don’t recognize him? Why is that? Logically speaking, someone like him should definitely be a known martial artist. You all should have heard of him, right?"
"That’s generally true, yes, but the issue is, I genuinely don’t know him!" Liu Pan spread his hands, showing he was just as baffled.
He was still wondering when the Great Xia martial arts world had produced such a prodigy. Good heavens, this young man had managed to defeat all five individuals, including Zhou Fan, who had undergone his emergency intensive training. Even his own exceptionally talented younger brother, Liu Yi, who specialized in Yue Family boxing, couldn’t have achieved this in his twenties!
Whose disciple is he, to be so formidable! Liu Pan wondered. He mentally reviewed the disciples of all the known martial arts masters. But he found that none of them matched the current situation. Either their age didn’t fit, or their martial arts proficiency wasn’t high enough to defeat Zhou Fan in just two moves.
Just what is this person’s background? Liu Pan muttered to himself.
While these four were observing Zhang Beixing, lost in their own thoughts, Sophia Zhou had initially wanted to ask him how he had once again acted heroically and what kind of criminal he had apprehended. However, hearing her sister-in-law ask the police chief about her brother’s condition, Sophia Zhou figured Zhang Beixing was fine and shifted her attention to the police chief instead. Upon learning from him that Zhou Fan had regained consciousness and was not in any serious danger, both women sighed in relief, agreeing it was good that he was okay.
Then, the young woman with wavy hair looked at the chief and asked, "Um, I know this might be a bit forward, but... could I see him? I’m still a little worried."