SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 24

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After spending almost two hours at the local police station, the matter was finally dealt with.

The beaten boy did not admit that he had provoked Gu Miao and only said that she chased and struck him without reason at all. Gu Miao remained silent as she lay on Gu Fei's shoulder with her eyes closed, which made it difficult for this accusation to be confirmed.

Jiang Cheng, for one, did not believe the kid's words; with Gu Miao's condition, she would be bullied no matter which school she was placed in.

However, the focus of this incident was not the reason for Gu Miao's action, and even if the boy had bullied her, there was not much the officer could have done; the focus was that Gu Miao had smashed his head, resulting in two stitches.

Fortunately, there were no other serious matters. And when the parent pressed for compensation - one that was simply daylight robbery[1] - Ding Zhuxin pressed back in a semi-reasonably, semi-threatening demeanor; midway through, the officer had even warned her several times to watch her words.

Gu Fei hadn't spoken much, and his attention was only on Gu Miao.

Li Yan, and the others, took on the job of folding their arms and looking hard, a look that perfectly matched Ding Zhuxin's threat—displaying an aura of "if you dare to act recklessly, we will definitely be reckless as well; look at us, we don't look like good people anyways."

Finally, when the arrangement was finalized and the officer let them go, Jiang Cheng let out a long sigh of relief.

At that moment, his stomach woke up and cried out in starvation - though he didn't have an appetite for any food whatsoever.

When they walked out of the station, it was the rather cold and cutting wind that greeted them.

"You guys should go back. It's been hard on you all." Gu Fei glanced at Jiang Cheng, "We can just call for a taxi and go with Wang Xu."

"Okay," Jiang Cheng nodded.

After they split with the others and got into the taxi, no one uttered a word. Jiang Cheng was a bit gloomy and reckoned that Gu Fei was also not in any mood to speak, and Wang Xu didn't so much as mention the basketball game, though he cursed and sighed heavily, only suppressing his voice immediately when Gu Fei glanced at him.

"You guys haven't eaten yet, right?" Gu Fei asked as the taxi approached the street.

"Don't worry about us, just hurry up and go back," Wang Xu said. "And there's no need to have the taxi turn around, I'll get off here since my house is just around the corner... Jiang Cheng, are you coming over to eat stuffed flatbreads?"

"Forget it. I don't want to eat anything right now," Jiang Cheng said.

Once they arrived at the crossroad, Gu Fei carried Gu Miao out of the taxi while Jiang Cheng held onto Gu Miao's skateboard. After they walked for a few steps, Gu Fei turned his head: "Thanks for today."

"There's no need to say that," Jiang Cheng looked at Gu Miao. "Have her ask for two days of leave. I saw three little boys earlier today, and those two didn't take a beating. I'm not sure..."

"Even if she doesn't ask for leave, it doesn't necessarily mean she can still return to school anymore." Gu Fei sighed, "In the morning, please ask Lao Xu for a leave for me. I have to go to Er Miao's school."

"Alright, and the reason?" Jiang Cheng nodded.

"I have a fever," Gu Fei touched his own forehead. "So hot it burns the hand, and it will last from the afternoon of today until midday tomorrow."