19: Chapter 19 The Newcor Doesn’t Quite Understand the Rules 19: Chapter 19 The Newcor Doesn’t Quite Understand the Rules “Wang Yunxiao, heh, instead of diligently attending school, you’ve been goofing off on the streets again, completely hopeless.
No worries though, if you don’t like studying, you won’t have to.
Stay here for a couple of days to taste the jail food, and once this year’s docunts co through, we’ll hit the road together!”
In the interrogation room, the veteran cop closed the transcript with a smirk that was anything but warm.
This was Wang Yunxiao’s first visit to a police station of this era since his ti-travel, and although he lacked mories, he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
The case officers all knew him, but he didn’t recognize the veteran cop.
That certainly ant it wasn’t his first ti here.
The police uniforms in the police station were primarily black, but they differed significantly from those of the Republic of China Era he rembered, looking more like sothing from the Sherlock Hols blockbusters he’d seen set in Scotland Yard in the United Kingdom.
In simple terms, the outfit consisted of a waist-length tunic with a cape, which seed to be a Chinese-style mandarin jacket paired with a felt material flying saucer hat.
Wang Yunxiao couldn’t make heads or tails of it, but he was profoundly shocked.
The attire of the common people outside was quite normal, basically matching what he rembered from Republic of China Era dramas.
So why does your police station go for a retro nostalgia?
Once the interrogation was complete, the police didn’t say much else and led Wang Yunxiao and his gang mbers into the cell in grand fashion.
The cell was scrupulously clean, clearly having undergone a major cleanup last year, though it was still perated with a stench of urine and feces.
Inside, there weren’t many people, and by their looks, none seed to be major villains or criminals—it was unlikely real heroes would have survived to this day.
When the inmates saw newcors, they were initially restless, but as the door opened and more and more people were brought in, about a dozen or so—though mostly teenagers—together they had enough deterrent power to make the inmates follow their instincts and willingly give up the comfortable and clean spots.
The so-called good spots were those far away from the toilet.
Only an old man in tattered clothes with white hair lay motionless under the only window, sleeping like the dead, seemingly oblivious to the arrival of newcors.
Wang Yunxiao sat on the ground, sighing inwardly as he watched his little brothers laugh and joke around, seemingly unfazed by fear.
Before the police arrived, Youtiao had already made a deal with the Du brothers.
The Tiann City street loafers had their own Jianghu rules.
When soone opened a new business, the loafers would co to extort money without damaging or causing any trouble, simply lying down at the doorstep.
They would protect their heads and faces and let you beat them; if you killed soone, you’d have to face legal consequences.
If you didn’t dare to be lethal, and the loafer didn’t beg for rcy, in the end, you’d have to apologize, compensate for dical expenses, and continue to pay tribute during holidays.
When loafers fought, each side would pick soone to lie down and take a beating, and whoever begged for rcy first lost.
But both sides agreed not to use weapons or strike vital points, and after the fight, they had to apologize to neighbors to calm their nerves.
Loafers, that’s all they amounted to…
Of course, those were tales from the forr dynasty.
Since the new governnt was established, they conducted two major crackdowns on cri per year, coming after old and young alike, expelling all manner of demons and ghosts and feeding them peanuts.
Without people, there is no Jianghu world, and the old rules naturally dissipate like smoke.
But the behavior of these Du brothers reeked of remnants from the forr dynasty.
Wang Yunxiao couldn’t understand it, looking at their strong physiques, how could they be re rogues?
Youtiao, however, saw right through these two n.
No matter how tough they talked, the stubbornness of Tiann people was actually a traditional local custom.
Sotis, even after a person is cremated, only their stubbornness remains as hard as ever.
According to old rules, during a fight, rogues shouldn’t flash any weapons.
Like Wang Yunxiao and Guozi, uncivilized ruffians who brandish weapons without a second thought, are the ones rogues fear the most.
There’s an old saying that goes, the soft fear the hard, the hard fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear those with nothing to lose, and those with nothing to lose fear the insane.
Reliant on their robust physiques, the Du brothers often intimidated others and were no strangers to brawling with bare fists.
But having seen blood today, they realized Wang Yunxiao was no easy mark, and there was no logic in not making a quick escape.
The more experienced in the Jianghu World you are, the more you know not to ss with these teenage half-pints.
They were cold and ruthless, showing no restraint in their strikes.
Although they acted all tough, like a dead pig not fearing boiling water verbally, in reality they dared not fight back and could only just take the beating one-sidedly.
Once the other party had finished beating them and their anger had dissipated, gaining a little verbal advantage was a win-win situation for them.
While onlookers called the police, Youtiao squatted down to say a few words for the sake of appearance, giving the brothers an out, which they gratefully accepted.
An unspoken agreent was reached, and when faced with police interrogation, both sides claid it was rely a verbal disagreent.
Matters of the Jianghu should not be ddled with by the Governntal Office, this was an unwritten rule among the Jianghu People.
Since it wasn’t a big deal, as long as both sides gave a little ground, the Governntal Office wouldn’t pursue the matter excessively.
The only pity was that they hadn’t been able to reel in the financial backers behind them.
According to the old rules, once a grudge was settled by both parties, the police wouldn’t even bother with it.
After all, it hadn’t caused a severe social impact, and if it were any more serious, they would just inform the families of both parties at most.
But after several hours of waiting, there was still no sign of movent outside, and the brothers began to grow restless.
“Big brother, sothing doesn’t seem quite right,”
Youtiao said nervously to Wang Yunxiao, “By all accounts this wasn’t a big deal, we should have gone ho after making our statents.
Is it possible that those two brothers turned on us and are trying to blindside us?”
Normally, by the rules of the Jianghu, disputes should be settled within the Jianghu.
After a fight, and an agreent reached, isn’t it outrageous to suddenly backtrack once you’re inside the station?
Jianghu People value their reputation most, so if you dare to do such a shaless thing, never mind how others will settle the score with you later, what kind of image will you have in others’ eyes?
It seems unlikely under normal circumstances.
But you can’t rule out those who are abnormal.
Moreover, step back and consider that it was Wang Yunxiao who pulled a knife first, breaking the rules of the Jianghu.
It’s not impossible that the others went back, pondered over it, got angrier and then decided to turn around and bite back.
But whether or not those brothers turned isn’t really a concern, as Wang Yunxiao also had witnesses on his side to prove that they had acted like Rogues, which is a far more serious charge than simple assault and battery.
They shouldn’t fear an investigation, and if one really were to take place, it’s uncertain who would suffer.
The problem is, it was nearly ten o’clock and there was still no sign of movent from the school.
Wang Yunxiao had arranged for soone to report back, yet Principal Zhou had not shown up.
Was he delayed by sothing, or…
Wang Yunxiao didn’t like this feeling of the situation slipping out of his control.
Locked up here, he had no idea what was happening outside.
Since that was the case, why not go out and see for himself?
With this thought, his gaze couldn’t help but drift toward the door.
What a joke, how could I, a law-abiding good citizen, ever think of slipping out or picking locks…
Okay, fine, I picked up a little bit from watching so videos on that short video app Xiaobaike.
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