Chapter Fifty-Four: The Policewoman Comes to Borrow Money

  Li Tiezhu took everyone into the community hall, where he began to distribute wages. The entire hall became a sea of joy, as these migrant workers received their salaries ranging from several thousand to twenty thousand yuan, each with a smile on their face.

  Li Yang made a phone call to let Li Yao bring people to introduce to Li Tianjun and complete the handover of the entire community.

  In the following days, Li Yao led more than 200 new employees of Feng Huang Superconductor to move into Qinglin Garden community, set up property management department and sales department, and began to prepare for the sale of these properties.

  Li Yang didn't care how much money these houses could sell for, but remembering the words he said in anger at Dehou Community, he intentionally wanted to sell them at a price of 3,000 yuan per square meter. However, this was strongly opposed by Li Yao, and he had no choice but to give up.

  The average price of housing in this area is around 28,000 yuan per square meter. At the suggestion of Liyang, they started selling at a price of 25,000 yuan per square meter, which was considered a good deal. This quickly caused a stir here and triggered a hot trend of queuing up to grab houses. The 800 suites were almost sold out soon.

  Considering it would be hard to explain buying a villa to his parents, Li Yang chose the best located building and picked out a 150 square meter four-bedroom two-living-room apartment for them. He had the property management help with the decoration and planned to surprise his parents after they were discharged from the hospital.

  That night, while Li Tiezhu was happily handing out wages to the brothers, Li Yang greeted him and left his phone number before leaving.

  Looking at the villagers' happy faces, Liyang felt warm in his heart as he left. He was proud to be able to help these villagers.

  The sky had already darkened, he casually ate a bowl of spicy hot pot outside, and then turned the mining ship into a bicycle, riding it back to school.

  He slipped into the classroom through the back door just as it was time for evening self-study, and Class Director Li Ling sat on the podium correcting papers, while his classmates quietly reviewed their lessons.

  Li Yang quietly slipped into the classroom through the back door and slowly made his way to his seat, fortunately, his classmates were all diligently studying and didn't notice him.

  He let out a breath and sat down gently.

  "Li Yang, where have you been running these days? I've visited your parents in the hospital and they said they haven't seen you either." Wang Yuxin whispered beside him.

  "Ah, you went to the hospital? You don't even know my parents, how did you find them?" Li Yang asked in surprise.

  "It was your class teacher Li Ling who told me. Your father has your mother and caregivers to take care of him, so you don't need to help out. The high school entrance exam is coming up soon, you should focus on studying."

  "You also know my academic performance, how was the high school simulation test last time? It should be a full score. With my level, staying in school is also a waste of time. Yuxin, when you visit my parents in the hospital, what do you say about our relationship?"

  "What's our relationship? Of course we're classmates!"

  "Oh... haha, you're in trouble now! My dad and mom will definitely misunderstand, thinking you're our Li family's little daughter-in-law."

  Wang Yuxin's face turned red with shame, and she pushed Li Yang away, saying: "What are you talking nonsense about? I just went to the hospital to show some concern for your seriously ill father, what's wrong with that?"

  "Hehe, out of all the people in our class, only you went to visit my parents. What do you think they'll think? You're still so gentle and beautiful, it's no wonder my parents would misunderstand!"

  Little Wang Yuxin's face turned red like an apple, and she suddenly became speechless. She simply stretched out her foot and ruthlessly trampled on Li Yang's stinky foot, making him apologize repeatedly before she would stop.

  Their classmates nearby noticed the commotion, lowering their heads to eat and laugh. Li Ling on the hospital's podium raised her head to scan the classroom, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Lei Yang in the seat next to Wang Yuxin that had been empty for several days!

  Li Ling stood up and said angrily: "Li Yang! When did you sneak into the classroom? You haven't come to class for two days again! There are only five days left before the college entrance examination, if you don't work hard now, it's not just that you won't be admitted to a key university or a second-tier university, even a third-tier university will be difficult to get into!"

  Li Yang smiled wryly and said: "Teacher Li, you know...my father's illness..."

  Unfortunately, Li Ling had long seen through his usual tricks. It seemed that this time he was really angry and didn't plan to let Lei Yang off easily: "Stop messing around! Where did I go to see your father? He has your mother and caregivers serving him, so he doesn't need your help at all. And you haven't been to school or the hospital for some time now. Today, in front of all your classmates, tell me what exactly have you been doing these days?"

  Li Yang hammered out where, turned his face and took a look, not only Wang Yuxin's face was slightly angry, but also the surrounding classmates were very dissatisfied.

  Hmph! You're just jealous of me going out and having fun every day, aren't you?

  Li Yang was nonchalant about it and gave everyone a brilliant smile, opening his mouth several times but unable to speak.

  He can't tell them that he went to a racing track and won money, had a romantic encounter with a beautiful woman named Su Ya in a hotel, spent a night of passion. Then played mahjong and made Zhang Da Tou lose cleanly, and then slaughtered the local largest gang of over 700 million in an underground casino?

  If all these things were to be told, I reckon Class Director Li Ling and Class Monitor Wang Yuxin, as well as the entire class of classmates would all be shocked to death.

  Thinking carefully, what Li Yang has done is not like a high school student at all, but rather like a grand knight or a spy like 007.

  "Hey, Liyang, you'd better speak up! If you don't make things clear today, I'll take you to your parents and let them criticize and educate you!" Li Ling said aggressively.

  "I... I, head teacher, these past few days I've really been dealing with something very important..." Lei Yang stood there, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

  "Is your learning more important than anything else?"

  "Learning is important, but...but...", Li Yang stuttered and didn't know how to respond.

  "Excuse me? Is Li Yang taking classes here?" Just as he was extremely embarrassed, a clear and pleasant female voice suddenly sounded from the doorway at the front of the classroom.

  Li Yang was shocked and looked again, and found that the person standing at the classroom door was actually Police Flower Liu Xia!

  She was dressed in a crisp black and blue police uniform, wearing a stylish and elegant police hat, with a shiny badge on her chest, looking like a spirited and refreshing female police officer.

  Li Ling said in surprise: "Officer, Li Yang is having class here. What do you want to find him for? Did he commit a crime?"

  "No, Teacher Li, you misunderstood me. I'm a friend of Lai Yang's and I need his help with something," Liu Xia said with a gentle smile.

  "Help? He's just a high school student, what can he possibly help the police with?" Liu Ling shook her head in confusion.

  "Teacher, this involves a big case. To protect the safety of those involved, we need to keep it confidential and it's not convenient for me to tell you." Liu Xia said with a serious face.

  As soon as he saw Liu Xia, Li Yang's eyes lit up and thought that this was the perfect shield.

  He smiled lightly at Wang Yuxin, shouldered his backpack and walked forward. He said to their class teacher Li Ling: "Helping the police solve cases is a duty that every citizen should fulfill, right Teacher Li? Officer Liu, let's go."

  Liu Ling glared at him and said: "Li Yang, you must first clarify what happened before you can follow the police officer."

  "Teacher Liu, some things are kept secret to protect the parties involved, I'm not at liberty to tell you!" Li Yang had just learned this sentence from Liu Xia and was now using it on Li Ling.

  "Li Yang... you... you! Alright, Officer Liu, I'll hand Li Yang over to you. Just make sure he's back in school as soon as this is all settled, okay?" Li Ling cautioned.

  "Uh, okay. Actually, I just asked Li Yang a few things, it won't take long..." Liu Xia explained.

  "The police can't solve cases that quickly, Officer Liu, let's hurry up and not delay the students' studies."

  "Hum!"

  The classroom was filled with whispers, and his classmates looked at Li Yang with disdain, who had found another chance to escape class.

  They are all envying, jealous and hateful. They are also high school graduates in their third year, but while Li Yang is out having fun every day, they have to sit in the classroom until their buttocks are sore, studying until their heads are spinning, it's just too unfair!

  Li Ling watched helplessly as Li Yang followed the policewoman away. This time, he had actually forgotten to ask for leave for himself, and it was really unknown how many days this would take.

  "Officer Liu, why are you so free to come to our school and find me today? Can't you just call?" Li Yang asked softly as soon as he walked out of the classroom with Liu Xia.

  Liu Xia didn't have the calmness she had when facing Li Ling earlier, her face anxious: "If making a phone call would work, I would have made one long ago."

  "Li Yang, we are dealing with a kidnapping case where the kidnapper is demanding a ransom of one million. If we don't pay up immediately, they will kill the hostage! The police department's budget is extremely tight right now and it's impossible for us to come up with that kind of money. Even if we did manage to get the money, if we can't catch the suspect, it would all be a waste. That's why the chief won't approve the funds, he just ordered us to crack the case as soon as possible."

  "You still want the horse to run fast, but you don't let it eat grass! Liu Xia, isn't the director your father? Can't you ask him?" Li Yang exclaimed in surprise.

  "If begging worked, would I still need to come here to find you?" Liu Xia glared at him.

  "You mean I have to pay this one million?" Lei Yang suddenly understood.

  "I've only known you as a rich country bumpkin, who else would I look for? You can easily take out a gold brick worth 30 million, it shouldn't be too hard to take out this one million, right?"

  "If I really gave the ransom to the kidnappers and you guys are too stupid to catch them, then who am I going to ask for this money?" Lí Yáng said with a flicker of his eyes.

  "We will definitely catch these culprits! In fact, we didn't dare to give him the entire million, but just wanted to give a part of it to keep the hijacker's stomach tied up, so he wouldn't harm the hostages, and give us police precious time to crack the case."

  "Oh, I see. The money is no problem, but I have a condition, you must agree with me."

  "What conditions? Let me tell you, Leyang, helping the police crack the case is every citizen's bounden duty. Don't be ridiculous and ask for absurd conditions!"

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