Chapter 21: Anger? Bail.

  Collecting tickets... Collecting tickets...

  On a summer night, the air was refreshingly cool, with a gentle breeze blowing by, stirring up some of the city's unique trash and dust. On the sky bridge, a rather awkward battle was unfolding - perhaps it shouldn't be called a battle at all. In the sky, a figure clad in a black cloak floated about, their face obscured, their gender unknown. On the bridge stood a woman as lovely as an angel, her face, untouched by worldly cares, etched with worry and joy. She gazed out at the deep chasm that was once a massive lake, where a handsome young man with a youthful face was climbing up, his teeth gritted in determination. These three people were none other than Ling Fei, Xiao Lian, and the mysterious Guardian of Thunder. Just as Ling Fei was only a few meters away from reaching the shore, he panted heavily and cursed loudly:

  "Damn it, you rabbit in the sky, don't move! I'm coming right now! You've gotten me all wet! I'll pull out your intestines and strangle you to death!"

  That man in black still didn't dare to move, afraid that Ling Fei had other abilities besides the strange energy decomposition, and he would be killed as soon as he turned around.

  He wasn't without the thought of attacking, after all, who wants to stand there and wait for death? But his strength was already almost exhausted, and he still had to use his remaining strength to smash against Ling Fei's strange sea, which was absolutely abnormal. After weighing the pros and cons again and again, he finally decided that survival was key, escape!

  As soon as he thought about it, the man in black accelerated to his maximum speed, with lightning crackling all over his body. He transformed into a pale purple afterimage and flew towards the eastern horizon...

  Xiao Lan didn't bother with him either, and just walked away. As long as Ling Fei was fine, that's all that mattered. Xiao Lan quickly jumped off the sky bridge, and a silver light appeared in mid-air, catching her body and slowly descending...

  Xiao Lan's feet were firmly on the ground, and Ling Fei also climbed up, with mud all over his hands and body. He looked up at the sky, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly burst out in anger: "You little rabbit! I'm going to crush your head!!"

  Xiaolan quietly looked at Lingfei's face stained with mud, stretched out her hand to wipe it clean for him. Lingfei hesitated for a moment, then dodged away, revealing a faint smile. "Xiaolan, what are you doing here? It's the middle of the night and you didn't go home to sleep. Aren't you afraid of being taken advantage of by some bad guy?"

  Xiaolan saw Ling Fei dodge, a faint sense of loss appeared on her face. After hearing the second half of Ling Fei's sentence, she couldn't help but smile, "Boss, you're not joking, are you? I won't grind him into powder if I don't...".

  Ling Fei looked at Xiao Yan ambiguously, "Huh? What was going on just now? Why didn't you crush that rabbit into powder?"

  Her face flushed with two red clouds, fortunately the dark night concealed her embarrassment. She cleared her throat and said: "This young lady didn't want to deal with him, otherwise he would have turned into a pile of dust long ago. What's the point of you showing off now, humph!"

  Ling Fei didn't say anything, nor did he ask any further questions. He spoke softly and said: "Alright, now that you're the Heavenly Music Goddess Xiao Yan, you're also a public figure after all. You should go home and get some rest early. If those paparazzi find out we're together again, they'll write another big article about it and put it on tomorrow's headlines..."

  Xiao Lan snorted and laughed, "Are you mocking me? You've fulfilled your own wishes, successfully becoming a teacher, while I... also achieved my dream of singing..."

  Ling Fei didn't respond, but gave a faint smile, "How's Xiao Ya doing..." Xiaolan's body trembled slightly as she looked at Ling Fei, her expression hesitant to speak.

  Ling Fei smiled indifferently and looked up at the sky, "It's okay, I know you're very fond of her. Even if she's spoiled rotten, it doesn't matter. As an older brother, I'm really too irresponsible... Fifteen years..."

  Xiao Yan looks like a little girl who has done something wrong, pouting and lowering her head to play with the hem of her clothes. If there were fans standing here, they would definitely jump off the building collectively. The usually cold but affectionate, unapproachable goddess Xiao Yan shows this side in front of a man, it's simply testing the hearts and self-esteem of all fans and men...

  Ling Fei gently patted her head, "Take good care of Little Ya, and bring Little Ya to see me when you have time. I teach at the Eighth High School, and I still have work tomorrow, so I'll leave first..."

  Saying that, Ling Fei ignored Xiao Yan's reluctant appearance, took out the already wet cigarette, smiled bitterly, and put it in his mouth. He dryly smoked a few puffs, but only got some water stains, nothing else came out. With a sigh, he left Xiao Yan with a lonely and desolate back view. "The moonlight is sparse, my love is behind me, watching alone... The hero is melancholic, wearing a gray robe, crossing the river... Take care, boss." Xiao Yan thought to herself faintly...

  Suddenly, Ling Fei tripped and fell, cursing loudly, "What the hell is this? Who put a school bag here?" Xiǎo Yán looked over and saw that on the small path by the lake, Ling Fei had been tripped up by a school bag. He was scolding and pulling at the strap that was tangled around his foot...

  Xiao Lan's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a hint of a smile. She turned around, and with a flash of silver, her figure slowly disappeared...

  The next day, the female anchor on TV spoke in that cloying tone that made one's skin crawl, "Good morning, cloudy skies, no rain."

  Ling Fei lazily watched the antique TV playing the weather forecast, and languidly let out a yawn on the sofa. Why didn't he go to work today? The school had called him earlier, saying that the second-year students needed to use the first-year students' classroom, so all the first-year students and teachers were given a day off, leaving Ling Fei extremely bored at home watching the morning news...

  Suddenly, a news report caught his attention. The sweet voice of the female anchor said: "Now we interrupt your regular programming to bring you three breaking news stories. This morning, some residents who went to Tianqiao Lake for their morning exercise discovered that the lake water had completely disappeared, not a single drop left. The relevant departments are investigating this bizarre incident. Second, yesterday a confidential document secretly stored by the police was suddenly leaked, revealing a heinous murder case. In Huanan Park, enthusiastic citizens on their morning exercise found a pile of minced meat, thinking it was an animal carcass, but later discovered that it was a black windbreaker cut into pieces. After great difficulty, the police finally identified the victim's gender and identity, whose name is Zhang Long. The family is requested to come and claim the body as soon as possible. The police announced that they will crack the case soon... Next, we bring you our third breaking news story. This morning, at a hotel, we captured Qin Meng, the leader of the Tian Bang gang, who calls himself Ba Tian, and his girlfriend while they were having sex. They were immediately caught by the police who broke in. The police claim to have obtained evidence of Qin Meng's crimes and this time they will definitely bring him to justice..."

  Ling Fei turned off the TV, his face ashen, and his lips trembling with speechlessness. Qin Meng's girlfriend was none other than Zhang Qiana, who had been absent from school for a whole semester!

  He didn't expect that his own student would do such a thing, he picked up the beer beside him and took a sip, sighing, "The world is unpredictable, how could it be like this..."

  Ling Fei thought for a moment, grabbed a light yellow short-sleeved jacket and put it on, looked at the beer in his hand, thought again, and let out a sigh. He opened the door and rushed downstairs hastily, hesitated for a while before dialing a number. "Hey, is that Gan Feng?" A hearty voice came from the other end of the phone, "Boss, it's been four months and you're only thinking of calling your brother now!"

  Ling Fei laughed and said, "You little rascal, stop pretending to be humble. I heard that your Bird Group is doing quite well. I'm going to ask you for a favor with a thick face." Gan Feng burst out laughing on the other end of the line, "Boss, why are you being polite with me? Just give me an order, brother. Even if you want my head, I'll chop it off and use it as a rice bowl for you!"

  Ling Fei's whole body shook, "No, don't disgust me, I've found a job now, as a teacher. One of my students got into trouble and I want you to help get him out..."

  Gan Feng didn't hesitate: "Alright, tell me who it is, which prison, when you went in... Brother will take care of it for you within 10 minutes..."

  Ling Fei roughly told the content of the news and some information about Zhang Qiana. The details written in these flower registers were very detailed, and Ling Fei still wondered why the school's flower register even wrote down students' love history so clearly...

  Gan Feng sank his voice and said, "Boss, to be honest with you, this is a bit tricky. Qin Meng is a big shot who has committed heinous crimes and has been arrogant and domineering. He has offended the interests of some people in high places, and they have handed over some information about Qin Meng to the police. This time, Qin Meng may be doomed..."