Rebellious Game C9.1

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Chp9. part1

Although Tong Jia was forced to stay at the police station for an extended period, she wasn’t having a bad time. She insisted that she had only made a false police report and hadn’t done anything else.

A veteran police officer, upon seeing this, privately remarked that, if she were a criminal, her mental fortitude would be incredible.

After several searches confirmed that there were no bomb fragments at the scene, the policewoman deeply regretted misunderstanding the hero. She began buying him boxed lunches every day- two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes, the kind she herself wouldn’t eat.

With good food, no psychological pressure, and no work to do, Tong Jia gained weight within a few days.

The investigation results were released.

The captain pulled Tong Jia out for one last question: “Why did you make a false police report?”

Tong Jia repeated again, “The boss is incredibly stingy. The building’s beams are cracked and no one’s fixing them, the mirrors in the guest rooms are broken and he doesn’t care. When my colleague told me, I was terrified. I felt this building was extremely unsafe.”

“If the building is unsafe, we can have someone inspect its construction. If there are indeed safety hazards, we will require the hotel to cease operations until the issues are rectified. But you skipped that step. Even if it’s a false report, the customers should be told to leave the hotel immediately.” The captain looked directly at Tong Jia and said, word by word, “It’s as if you have a premonition that the building will collapse.”

“Yes!!” Tong Jia nodded frantically. “I had a really bad feeling. It was like a sixth sense telling me I had to get out, or something terrible would happen.”

“I don’t know how to describe that feeling. It was the first time in my life I’d felt that kind of heart-wrenching fear.”

“One of my colleagues was a girl, and she was terrified too. She even called the police, hoping they would notify the hotel and evacuate the guests quickly. But the operator didn’t believe her at all, saying she was just scaring herself.”

“I really had no other choice! If the operator had believed her, I wouldn’t have had to make a false report.”

The captain, “…”

Good grief.

He asked, “Why were you so sure an accident would happen, even willing to make a false report to evacuate the crowd?”

She replied, “If the operator hadn’t been so unreliable, I wouldn’t have had to make a false report.”

While the events were indeed as described, wasn’t your answer a bit off-topic?

But this wasn’t a criminal; she was a hero who risked her life to save over seventy people. He couldn’t be too harsh on her and use the interrogation techniques he’d use on a criminal.

“Officer, when are you finally going to let me out?” Tong Jia said pitifully. “I just made a mistake on a whim.”

“And strictly speaking, it was just a tiny mistake. But I saved so many people, that should make up for it, right?”

“The police station won’t give me a banner or an award, fine, but keeping me locked up like this isn’t right, is it?”

“The news media heard about this, and some people want to interview me.”

Tong Jia said, pointing to her index finger, “Officer, actually I’m quite busy, I can’t live in this place every day…”

The captain began to wonder what kind of environment had produced such a person. In just a few words, she had used threats, played the victim, negotiated, and tried to clear her name- she had it all.

“I called you in for a routine questioning,” the captain said sternly. “The accident investigation results are out, you’re fine, you can go.”

“Really? I can go home?” Tong Jia was overjoyed and quickly stood up, not forgetting to say, “Thank you, officer.”

The captain also stood up, intending to escort Tong Jia out.

As they entered the lobby, a veteran police officer shoved a young man in a hip-hop shirt into the room, cursing, “You little brat, what can’t you do? Why do you have to steal like that? Aren’t you ashamed? You’ve disgraced your ancestors for eighteen generations!”

The young man remained silent.

As Tong Jia passed by them, the young man suddenly broke free of the veteran officer, wrapped his left arm around Tong Jia’s neck, and pulled a small knife from his pocket with his right. “Don’t come any closer!!”

The veteran officer panicked. “Don’t do anything rash. You only stole a small item, you’ll be released in a few days. Injuring someone is much more serious than stealing.”

“I don’t want to be locked up,” the young man said fiercely. “You all go over there, I want to get out.”

The veteran officer and the captain moved in coordination.

The young man stared at them, his eyes unblinking, as if afraid someone would attack.

At that moment, Tong Jia grabbed his wrist, holding the knife with her right hand and elbowed him hard in the abdomen with her left.

Caught completely off guard, the young man cried out in pain and released his grip, half-kneeling.

Tong Jia whirled around and kicked him in the shin. “You went after nobody else in the whole hall except me? Do you think I’m easy to bully?!”

She continued kicking him.

The policewoman quickly intervened.

The veteran officer swiftly subdued the young man, half-dragging, half-pulling him away.

The captain’s expression was complicated. “I’m sorry, you were frightened.”

“It’s alright,” Tong Jia said, tossing her hair. “Luckily, I’ve trained before.”

The captain looked at the policewoman and gestured, “Take her out.”

The policewoman understood and quickly escorted Tong Jia out of the police station.

In a corner, the hip-hop young man lay on the floor, grimacing. “Boss, you didn’t tell me she was this fierce. Wow, she really hit hard.”

Lifting up his shirt, he saw that the area where he had been hit was completely bruised.

“You have the nerve to say that?” the captain glared at him. “If you can’t even beat her, how are you going to protect citizens on duty?”

The hip-hop young man’s lips twitched. “Citizens this strong, why would I need to protect them?”