Old Hu just casually asked a question, but when Xiaogang heard it, he almost jumped up from his seat as if his tail had been stepped on. The chopsticks in his hand slipped to the ground.
In the Tianyuan Youth Training Team, the training rules for daily team mbers are quite strict. Without proper reason, going out at night is not allowed, lights out at 9:30 pm, no staying up late. Several team mbers who sneaked to play King’s Glory late into the night have been publicly criticized and disciplined by the team.
Seeing Xiaogang’s strong reaction, Hu Changsheng squinted his eyes and stared straight at Xiaogang, waiting for his explanation.
This guy, definitely hasn’t slept all night. The bloodshot eyes were not lying.
"I didn’t... stay up all night! I just had a bit of insomnia, couldn’t sleep!" Xiaogang answered slowly but dared not look Hu Changsheng in the eyes.
"Didn’t stay up all night? Can insomnia make your eyes this red? What made you lose sleep? You’d better give a convincing explanation today, or you won’t get away so easily! There’s been a lot going on in the team these days, are you playing tricks with again?" Hu Changsheng said quite seriously.
Feeling the captain’s intense gaze, a battle went on in Xiaogang’s mind. Confess? Or keep holding out and wait for the incident?
Old Hu had no intention of letting him off the hook, just quietly waiting.
About twenty seconds later, Xiaogang’s reason prevailed, and the wishful thinking in his heart was completely defeated.
"Captain, I screwed up!"
Hearing the words "screwed up," Hu Changsheng was sowhat surprised.
Breaking rules at most leads to internal notice of criticism, it shouldn’t use the term "screwed up."
"Screwed up? What did you do?"
"I... I sneaked out last night to the underground passage and slashed Wang Xiaomin with a dagger, then ran away!"
Upon hearing this, Hu Changsheng felt a buzzing in his head.
Han Luofeng brought people to kick the pavilion at Tianyuan Youth Training Team, though everyone indeed had so resistance, it hadn’t reached the level of hatred. At most, it was just so small business competition.
From Wang Xiaomin’s hospitalization to Yue Feng’s arrival to the transfer to Beijing, Hu Changsheng was following as one of the parties involved.
Hu Changsheng never thought that the attacker last night would be Xiaogang,
but now, the thief exposed himself without pressure! The incident last night was done by Xiaogang!!
"Co to the office with !" Given the seriousness of the matter, Hu Changsheng couldn’t bother eating anymore and got up, putting down his food.
Half an hour later, Hu Changsheng sorted out the chain of events from last night. Seeing Xiaogang looking down with regret and remorse, Old Hu took out his phone and called Leng Xiaojun.
Soon, Leng Xiaojun arrived at the office. After asking once more to confirm the situation, he lit a cigarette and began to smoke in silence.
After finishing a cigarette, Hu Changsheng couldn’t help but ask, "Old Leng, what do you think is the right way to handle this?"
Leng Xiaojun furrowed his brows and thought for a mont: "With Yue Feng’s current connections, finding out the truth is just a matter of ti!
Xiaogang thinks he’s clever, but the roads are full of CCTV caras, there’s no way to hide it!
Is Wang Xiaomin’s injury serious?"
Hu Changsheng: "For ordinary people, it could be considered a minor injury. The tendon repair doesn’t significantly affect the normal use of the arm!
But for soone like Wang Xiaomin, a professional angler, this injury is more serious, with tendon damage to the thumb, index finger, and middle finger!
More seriously, it seems the related nerves are also affected! He has now gone to Beijing, and I haven’t had the chance to call and ask about the surgery!"
"Why don’t you call to ask about the surgery before we make a decision?" Leng Xiaojun tentatively suggested.
"This, doesn’t seem appropriate. Wouldn’t that completely offend the other side?" Hu Changsheng was a bit hesitant.
Hu Changsheng’s concerns were not unfounded. Asking about the surgery as a backdoor maneuver and then deciding on the subsequent handling plan might make sense rationally, but emotionally, it’s a bit sneaky and not very honorable.
Leng Xiaojun sighed and shook his head helplessly: "From the mont the attack happened yesterday, it turned into an offending matter! The truth will inevitably co out!
If the surgery goes smoothly, we’ll have Xiaogang surrender himself. Here in Han City, my master’s friends have so resources, we’ll try to get Xiaogang a self-surrender leniency! Actively compensating might reduce the impact to the minimum!
If the surgery is not ideal and has a big impact, we need to consider whether to surrender, if the intentional injury is serious and the other party doesn’t relent, it’s a tricky situation!"
"Do you think Yue Feng lacks money? Wang Xiaomin is the youngest and most potential team mber he brought out. In just a few months, there have been two vicious incidents! Zhu Lin is still lying in the hospital, and they haven’t even found out who did it!"
Leng Xiaojun continued: "That’s exactly why we need to send Xiaogang in! It might actually be a protection for him! My guess is, Yue Feng must be arranging people to investigate everywhere! They didn’t report last night’s incident to the police, did they?"
"Yeah, correct, they didn’t report to the police!"
"Then that’s settled! Following my approach! Since he is our team mber, we must manage the situation. But there isn’t much room to maneuver here, we’ll just do our best!
If worst cos to worst, I’ll apologize on behalf of the club, pay compensation! Even if they look down on us, at my master’s level, they’d still give so face!"
Hu Changsheng didn’t rush to make a statent, he turned his gaze to Xiaogang, who hadn’t spoken all along: "Xiaogang, did you understand what I and your Brother Leng said? You keep quiet usually, and when you ss up, it’s a big one, making it hard for us to help you!"
Xiaogang hung his head low, "Am I going to jail?"
"If they don’t relent, if it ets the standard of intentional injury, you will certainly have to serve ti, but we’ll do our best to negotiate with the other party. If needed, I’ll have my master help plead for leniency!
If they ease up, then we’ll try to arrange probation for you! Keep yourself stable for a few years, and it will be over! This situation is severe, it’s not child’s play, not just a spat, so prepare yourself ntally!"
Hearing talk about going in and probation, Xiaogang’s face turned white, the Damocles sword hanging over his head had finally dropped.
"Okay, I’ll call my family!" Xiaogang’s voice trembled.
...
After a brief discussion, Hu Changsheng braced himself and made a call to inquire about the surgery, receiving relatively good news.
So, at one in the afternoon, Hu Changsheng and Leng Xiaojun drove Xiaogang directly to the police station at the site of the incident, where he surrendered and truthfully confessed his wrongdoing.
Almost in sync, within half an hour, Brother Peng arranged for a friend to check the surveillance along the way and found sothing.
At the intersection two blocks away from the starting point, a photo of soone resembling Xiaogang was captured, matching the features of the person at the cri scene, casting huge suspicion.
They imdiately sent the captured photo to Yue Feng’s hands.
Just as the statent was completed, a call from Yue Feng ca through to Leng Xiaojun.
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