[Thank heavens, officers, save her quickly!]
Netizens typed so frantically their keyboard strokes became a blur—they were also a major contributor to Di Youyou securing her footing.
“Stop right there!”
Di Youyou’s plan was perfectly timed. The entire nation’s netizens witnessed Fu Jie assaulting her, and the police officers saw it with their own eyes as well.
For Fu Jie to try and evade responsibility was absolutely impossible now.
“Little one, are you alright? Are you hurt?”
Ma Ming hadn’t expected the public’s emergency calls to be genuine. Di Youyou was trembling like a little hedgehog at the moment, and it was unclear where she might be injured.
To make the act complete and more convincing, Di Youyou still kept both small hands tightly clutching her head when facing Ma Ming and the others, appearing utterly terrified.
A young officer among them, seeing a three- or four-year-old child beaten like this by a public welfare ambassador seen on TV, felt a deep sense of irony. Seizing a moment when no one was paying much attention, he delivered several hard kicks to Fu Jie’s backside. If the captain hadn’t caught his eye and signaled him to stop, he would have wanted to land a few more blows just to vent his anger.
The pitiful true victim, Fu Jie, had already been pinned to the ground and thoroughly thrashed by Di Youyou earlier, with no way to voice his grievance. Now, after receiving a few retaliatory strikes from the passionate young officer, he genuinely fainted from rage.
“Captain, he’s faking it!”
Ma Ming also looked down on such scum. After attaining power, wealth, and status, not only did they fail to contribute to society or the nation, but they also openly bullied their own people. The other party was an outstanding young man who had just turned eighteen, nearly having his reputation ruined for life by this trash. On top of that, they had the audacity to viciously attack a three- or four-year-old girl like this. Scum like Fu Jie didn’t even deserve to be called human.
Ma Ming had initially considered that Fu Jie and his associates might have protective backing behind them. But for some reason, the entire internet now knew about their misdeeds. Any capital forces behind them would have to weigh whether their financial power could suppress the wrath of four hundred million Chinese citizens if they tried to shield Fu Jie now!
Therefore, for dealing with scum like Fu Jie, Ma Ming felt confident for the first time.
“Later, drag him out face-up. Try to wear masks and keep your heads down! The outside is definitely packed solid right now. Avoid conflicts with others as much as possible—just let the people outside get a clear shot of Fu Jie.”
They were all comrades in the same unit, so everyone understood exactly what Ma Ming meant.
“Captain, damn right it’s time to clean up these national parasites.”
As public servants, Ma Ming and his team clearly understood more than ordinary citizens.
“Alright, no need to say more. I need to take the little girl to the hospital for a check-up. This part cannot be exposed. You all make the act complete here: leave two or three people to clear a path, two to drag this piece of work into the car and take him directly to the interrogation room. Of those coming out, leave two to go find Li Jingmo! Also, bring back all witnesses from Li Jingmo’s room scene. The team responsible for that part needs to contact the station immediately for backup support and get the testimonies organized as soon as possible.”
“Yes, Captain!”
The feigning-unconscious Di Youyou couldn’t help but feel her fondness for Ma Ming and the others grow. Truly worthy of being justice-upholding police uncles!
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Over there, after the police had hotel staff use a key card to open the door, Li Jingmo and Qi Zuo were sleeping quite comfortably—one on the bed, the other on the sofa.
“Li Jingmo! Wake up now!”
Shaken awake impatiently, Li Jingmo saw a group of officers with silver epaulets crowded around his bed, which nearly scared him to death.
The female officer in charge shot him a disdainful glance.
“You were sleeping soundly, weren’t you!
Do you know your daughter is in trouble?”
Freshly awakened, Li Jingmo didn’t take the mention of a daughter seriously at all.
“What’s the matter, barging in here so late?”
Qi Zuo had already woken up earlier, thinking his brother had gotten himself into some serious trouble behind his back.
Upon hearing the officers say Di Youyou was in trouble, he immediately disregarded the heat and, wearing only his underwear, jumped over to Li Jingmo’s bedside.
“Bro, they’ve got it wrong!
They’re talking about Youyou. Youyou’s in trouble!”
All drowsiness instantly fled from Li Jingmo.
“What did you say?”
He scrambled off the bed, wanting to rush back to his own room, but Lin Xiaoyu shoved him back with a slap.
“Worrying about your daughter only now, isn’t it a bit too late?”
Lin Xiaoyu had the utmost contempt for men in the entertainment industry who fooled around, having children at a young age but failing to raise them properly, burdening them with criticism they couldn’t possibly bear at their age.
Only then did Qi Zuo remember to explain.
“Officers, it’s a misunderstanding!
The relationship between our Mo-ge and Youyou isn’t at all like those heartless gossip accounts online are spreading, claiming it’s some illegitimate father-daughter affair.
How could you all believe that too?”
Hearing Qi Zuo’s somewhat accusatory tone, Lin Xiaoyu was almost amused with anger.
“Our Mo-ge and Youbao are biological siblings, listed as the same generation on the same household register!”
Hearing this, everyone was still somewhat skeptical.
“It’s been spreading like wildfire online. Why haven’t you clarified?”
Qi Zuo was also a bit speechless.
“Because our Mo-ge doesn’t want to expose his precious little sister to the entertainment industry’s big, messy vat.”
Only then did Lin Xiaoyu temporarily let them off.
Seeing Li Jingmo was already on the verge of tears from anxiety, Qi Zuo had to help inquire about Di Youyou’s condition.
“Um, officers.
Could you first tell us, how is our Youbao doing?”
Qi Zuo wasn’t as hopeless as Li Jingmo. He had experienced the little girl’s methods several times; she basically wasn’t someone who would take a loss easily.
If someone said Di Youyou was really in trouble, Qi Zuo wouldn’t believe it either.
Lin Xiaoyu then sighed and briefly recounted what had happened that night.
After listening, Li Jingmo slapped himself hard twice. His little sister was being bullied by so many people, and he was lying here sleeping like a dead pig?
And he let his sister get hit by that beast Fu Jie?
Worried about Di Youyou, Li Jingmo wanted to go to the hospital immediately.
But Lin Xiaoyu said they had to clear out the unrelated personnel first, then proceeded to take statements from Li Jingmo and Qi Zuo, the two parties on the victim’s side.
Li Jingmo and the others truly knew nothing, so the breakthrough had to be sought from Di Youyou’s side.
Lin Xiaoyu secretly sent a message to Ma Ming.
That night, the big incident Di Youyou stirred up exploded completely.
Even the higher-ups heard about it and immediately ordered the mayor of the capital to lead a team down to investigate.
Di Youyou had resolved Li Jingmo’s streak of bad luck, so she slept soundly and peacefully without a care.
By the time Li Jingmo and the others finally arrived at the hospital, dawn was nearly breaking.
Seeing Di Youyou’s messy long hair, Li Jingmo’s mouth quivered again, on the verge of tears!
Ma Ming frowned and raised a finger to his lips in a hushing gesture.
“Don’t disturb her. The doctor suspects she suffered a concussion from last night’s injury and needs to rest in bed for a period of recovery.”