Chapter 7 Officer Lu, it's them!

She quickly took out her phone, dialed 110, lowered her voice, and spoke very fast and clearly:

"Hello? I need to report a crime. About 100 meters east of the entrance to Shuhua Middle School, in an alley, three boys are bullying another boy. The situation is quite serious, and I've recorded some video evidence. The bullies' school badges read…" She recited the names and classes she had just noted down. The victim is wearing a school uniform and is very thin. Please dispatch officers as soon as possible!

After hanging up the phone, she let out a long sigh of relief, composed herself slightly, and returned to her previous hurried demeanor, jogging back to her stall.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting!" she apologized repeatedly, tied her apron back on, and quickly resumed making the three mango milkshakes, as if she had really just gone to the restroom.

The people in line didn't pay much attention to this little incident; their attention was entirely drawn to the delicious milkshake.

After receiving their three cups of milkshakes, which were generously filled with ingredients and smelled delicious, the three men with yellow hair immediately began to drink them in large gulps, their faces showing a satisfied expression, temporarily forgetting the classmate they had bullied.

While busily collecting money and making milkshakes, Su Xiaonuan secretly kept track of the time.

About seven or eight minutes later, just as she was about to finish dealing with this peak of passenger traffic, a familiar police siren sounded from afar.

A police car was parked on the side of the road.

The car door opened, and the first thing to step out was a long, straight leg, followed by a tall, upright figure and that cold, familiar handsome face.

It really was Lu Zheng.

Wearing a police uniform, he appeared even more broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted, exuding an imposing aura.

His sharp gaze immediately swept to the new location where Su Xiaonuan's stall had been moved, and his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

It's her again? This time it's at the middle school gate? It matches the description of the location where the police were called very closely.

The coincidence is... really quite high.

But he didn't say anything, he just suppressed his questions for the time being and turned his gaze to the location described in the police report—the alleyway.

At that moment, the three bullying boys were clearly a little flustered when they heard the police siren, but when they saw the police coming, they immediately exchanged glances and reacted very quickly.

Yellow Hair and Fatty grabbed the skinny boy by the shoulders and forcibly pulled him over, their faces plastered with exaggerated, feignedly relaxed smiles, and they even jokingly shook the boy.

"Officer, it's alright, it's alright! We were just joking around!"

"Yeah, yeah, we're all good friends, just kidding!"

"Right, Li Hao?" The blond-haired man secretly pinched the skinny boy's shoulder hard.

Li Hao's body visibly stiffened. He lowered his head, his lips moved a few times, and under the "intimate" control and veiled threat of the three people, he finally responded in a barely audible voice: "...Um, we...we were just kidding..."

Lu Zheng's gaze swept back and forth between the four men. With his rich experience in handling cases, he could tell at a glance that something was wrong. The three boys looked like hooligans with shifty eyes, while the skinny boy in the middle was obviously stiff and looked scared, not like good friends playing around at all.

But he arrived too late and didn't witness any direct bullying. Now both sides are saying it was just playing around, so he can't take any forceful measures right now.

"Is this just a joke?" Lu Zheng's voice was deep and scrutinizing. "Classmate, if you are threatened or bullied, you must speak up." He looked at Li Hao.

Li Hao trembled, lowered his head even further, and dared not look into Lu Zheng's eyes, nor into the three boys beside him. He just shook his head desperately.

Huang Mao quickly laughed it off: "Oh, officer, it's really nothing! We're going home now!" He then put his arm around Li Hao and started to leave.

Lu Zheng frowned. This was the most troublesome situation for him. He knew there was a problem, but he was troubled by the lack of evidence, and the victim dared not identify him.

He was preparing to give him another verbal lecture...

Just then, a soft, slightly surprised voice broke in:

"Oh? Officer Lu? What brings you here?"

Su Xiaonuan walked over with a freshly made, beautifully decorated strawberry milkshake in her hand, her face showing just the right amount of delight at the chance encounter.

She first greeted Lu Zheng, implying that she knew the police, and then "curiously" looked at the four boys with their arms around each other.

Her gaze swept over the three men with yellow hair, then she looked closely at Li Hao, who was sandwiched between them and looked pale. Instantly, the smile on her face disappeared, replaced by a seriousness and certainty.

"Wait a minute!" Su Xiaonuan suddenly pointed at the three blond-haired men, her voice rising slightly with a clear sense of identification. "Officer Lu, it was those three just now! I saw it with my own eyes. They cornered this student against the wall, pushed him, cursed at him, and even tried to steal his things! I saw it all clearly! It was definitely not a joke!"

Upon hearing this, the three men with yellow hair instantly changed their expressions. Their previous joking faces froze, turning extremely ugly. Their eyes stared at Su Xiaonuan with a sinister look, full of warning and threat.

Su Xiaonuan, however, was not afraid at all.

She even met their gazes, a near-provocative smile reappearing on her face, her eyes seeming to say: I told you so, so what? Go ahead and bite me if you dare! The police are right here!

Her confident, smiling yet icy demeanor only fueled the anger of the three hot-blooded, easily provoked teenagers. However, they dared not act recklessly in front of the police, and could only glare at Su Xiaonuan with such intensity that they wished they could skin her alive with their eyes.

Lu Zheng keenly noticed the sudden change in atmosphere and the fierce glint in the eyes of the three boys.

He immediately asked Su Xiaonuan in a deep voice, "Miss Su, are you sure? Do you have any evidence?"

"Yes!" Su Xiaonuan immediately took out her phone, deftly pulled up the video she had just recorded, and handed it to Lu Zheng. "I saw them bullying someone, so I secretly recorded a little bit, thinking it might come in handy. Here!"

Lu Zheng took the phone and quickly played the video.

The video is clear, and although the sound is somewhat noisy, the pushing, threatening actions and expressions are obvious and can be used as key evidence.

Lu Zheng's expression instantly turned serious and cold.

Without further hesitation, he waved to the two auxiliary police officers behind him: "Take these three back! Notify their parents and the school's administration office!"

"Yes, Captain Lu!"

The three men with blond hair panicked completely and tried to struggle and argue: "Officer! That's not how it happened! She just took those pictures!"

"We were just joking!"

"Damn it! You stinking beverage vendor, you dare to scam us!"

However, all resistance was in vain.

With witness Su Xiaonuan and video evidence both available, they were immediately handcuffed and put into a police car.

Before leaving, Lu Zheng gave Su Xiaonuan a deep look, his gaze complex and conflicted.

How many times has this happened already? The coincidences were so numerous that he couldn't help but feel a strong urge to investigate.

What's going on with this seemingly harmless, even somewhat frail little girl?