Chapter 046 The Worry-Prone Child
"squeak--"
The van slammed to a halt, and Ma Yulan didn't wait for it to stop. She opened the back door and rushed out, shouting from a distance, "Xiaobei!!!"
Niu Xiaobei was stunned when he heard the familiar shout. He squinted his eyes and looked at the person running towards him, shocked: "Mom?"
At this time, Ma Yulan had already run to Niu Xiaobei. With tears in her eyes, she pulled Niu Xiaobei up and down and looked him over. After making sure that the child was safe, the big stone in her heart finally fell.
Niu Xiaobei hadn't reacted to the situation before him. He asked blankly, "Mom, why are you here so late at night..."
Ma Yulan slapped him in the face: "You know it's late at night now? Do you know how worried I am when you haven't come back so late? And your father, do you know that he was so worried that he had a heart attack?"
Niu Xiaobei's face turned pale, and he stammered, "Uh, Mom, um, Dad, how is Dad now, he..."
"My girl!" "Lily, are you okay?"
Before Niu Xiaobei could say anything, Zhao Li's parents came running over. They pulled Zhao Li from behind Niu Xiaobei and looked her up and down. After making sure that there was nothing wrong with Zhao Li, they started to scold her with tears in their eyes.
"Lily, you made Dad and I worry to death. Do you know that we waited for you at home for a long time today and didn't see you come home? We were so anxious that we almost died. Your grandma and grandpa were also very anxious and angry. And your second uncle, do you know that your second uncle..."
The two children, Niu Xiaobei and Zhao Li, were scolded by their respective parents so badly that they almost buried their heads in the ground. The police comrades and neighbors in the compound who came with them hurried to persuade them.
"Old Ma, Old Ma, don't be angry. Talk to the child nicely."
"Yes, the child is grown up now. We have to give him some respect in public."
"As long as the child is safe, we can discuss the rest later when we get back..."
After everyone's persuasion, Ma Yulan's expression finally softened a bit. She glared at Niu Xiaobei and said mercilessly, "Wait, I'll settle the score with you when we get back!"
Shi Yue took the opportunity to speak: "Well, since the child has been found, let's go back first. It's getting late now."
It was really late. After all, they had left the Public Security Bureau around 9 or 10 o'clock. Even if the driver had stepped on the accelerator at full speed, it would have wasted a lot of time driving from the city to Xishan. It was probably almost dawn now, and it would take another two hours to get back. If they didn't hurry back, no one would be able to sleep tonight.
"No, you can't leave!" "Yes, you can't leave. We haven't paid you yet. You can't leave!"
When the two strong men who were confronting Niu Xiaobei heard Shi Yue say that he wanted to leave, they couldn't stand it anymore. One of them stood up and stretched out his arms to stop Shi Yue.
Shi Yue frowned and looked at Niu Xiaobei, "Xiaobei, what's going on?"
When Niu Xiaobei saw that these two people were still blocking him from leaving, he immediately became furious. He said angrily, "Brother Shi, let's go. Don't bother with these two people. They just wanted to kill us, but they didn't succeed!"
The burly man who was trying to stop the car refused to accept the news. He waved his arms and said, "Hey, you bastard, who are you talking about? I didn't rip you off! It was obviously you who took the car and didn't want to pay!"
"How dare you say that? When I stopped the car just now, you said it wasn't safe in the middle of the night and that you could take us home and we could just pay whatever we wanted. But as soon as we got in the car, you said it was too far to go to the city and the gas alone would cost over a hundred yuan, so we had to give you at least two hundred yuan!" Niu Xiaobei was extremely angry and said, "Two hundred yuan! How can we afford that? And you even threatened us just now, saying that if we didn't give you the two hundred yuan, you wouldn't let us get off the car. If I hadn't been quick enough to open the car door and jump out, who knows where you'd drag us to now!"
Zhao Li, who had been silent the entire time, also chimed in, "Yes, that's how those two guys threatened us just now!"
Her eyes were red as she said to her parents, "Mom and Dad, I was so scared just now. I was really afraid that he would take us away and not let us go home!"
Zhao Li's parents quickly hugged Zhao Li and comforted her, "Lili, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay, your parents are here..."
Ma Yulan patted Niu Xiaobei's shoulder. Although her child did not cry like the other girl, she could see that her child must have been scared just now.
She stood in front of Niu Xiaobei with her fists clenched. Although she was not tall and looked a little thin compared with the two tall and strong men in front of her, her aura was not weak at all.
Ma Yulan: "You've ripped off my son, Ma Yulan, so much so that I can't believe you're the one with the most powerful eyes, right? Oh, you're so bold to ask for two hundred yuan for the fare! If you didn't know, you'd think your minivan was made of gold! You're just taking advantage of the fact that there aren't any other cars in the middle of the night, and your two young children are so young and ignorant, to gouge us!"
Seeing Ma Yulan's overwhelming aura, the two men began to feel a little intimidated, but they still said stubbornly, "Don't talk nonsense. We didn't mean to rip you off. Driving from Xishan to the city is so far. Even if you calculate it by kilometers, it would cost more than a hundred yuan. I didn't ask for more!"
Shi Yue raised his eyebrows: "Brother, it seems that you are not very good at math?"
"What do you mean?" the man asked in a gruff voice.
Shi Yue: "It's only about thirty kilometers from the city to here, less than forty kilometers. A regular taxi ride costs one yuan per kilometer. Even with the night fee, it won't be more than eighty yuan. How did you calculate this hundred-plus yuan?"
"I, I, I..." The two men were immediately at a loss for words.
They had seen Niu Xiaobei and Zhao Li walking on the side of the road and were trying to extort money from them. Their plan was that since the children were young and inexperienced, they would surely give in with a few threats.
Of course, even if the two children didn't have the money, it wouldn't matter. After all, their parents definitely had the money. As long as they could get the children into the car, they wouldn't believe they couldn't get the money. But who would have thought that before the children even got into the car, the police and their parents arrived!
The man who was trying to stop the man gritted his teeth, secretly hating himself for being a step too slow. The man next to him had already accepted his bad luck, and there were police officers here, so it was definitely impossible for them to ask for an exorbitant price.
He took a deep breath and said, "Okay, if you don't want to give me two hundred yuan, then don't give it. But we also helped these two kids for a while. You can't just not give me a penny, right?"
Niu Xiaobei took two steps forward and tried to argue: "Don't try to fool us. We got out of the car less than five minutes after we got in. You didn't drive very far, not even a kilometer!"
"How come we didn't drive far? I drove down from that beam, and it must have been seven or eight kilometers. If you don't believe me, come back with me and take a look. There are still brake marks on it!"
"What does it matter to us whether there are brake marks or not? I just got in the car!"
"Hey, you're still a student, how can you lie so well? I clearly picked you up upstairs! As expected, students who can skip classes are definitely not good students. They're addicted to lying!"
Niu Xiaobei's eyes turned red. He was young and full of vigor. Not only was he wronged, but the other person also said such harsh words. Of course he couldn't stand it. He was so angry that he waved his fist and wanted to fight.
"Hey! Kid, don't do that!" The police officer saw this and quickly stopped him: "Why can't we just talk it out peacefully? Why do we have to use violence?"
Niu Xiaobei's eyes were red, and he was panting heavily. "He was the one who started it. We didn't even get on the bus from the top of the mountain!"
He felt aggrieved. He had planned to accompany Zhao Li to Tanzhe Temple to burn incense and reassure her that she wouldn't have to worry about the college entrance exam separating them. But he'd missed the bus home because he'd just gone to the bathroom. He had no choice but to walk back with Zhao Li. The roads were difficult to navigate, and after walking all night, they hadn't gotten very far. He had no choice but to try to flag down a taxi. He finally managed to stop a passing driver, but the driver, seeing their young age, tried to rip them off.
The public security comrades also knew that he was wronged. It was obvious that the two men wanted to rip off the customer.
Captain Xu cleared his throat and said, "Well, these two comrades are right. If you take the bus, you should pay. There's nothing wrong with that."
Niu Xiaobei: "No, I..."
Shi Yue knew Captain Xu's character, so he decisively covered Niu Xiaobei's mouth, restrained him from acting impulsively, and signaled him to listen to Captain Xu's words obediently.
Captain Xu continued, "But, our police have recently been cracking down on illegal taxis. So before you ask the child to pay, could you please let me see your driver's license and operating permit?"
He said this as he slowly walked towards the van parked on the side of the road. "Is this your car? Oh, that's not right. This license plate doesn't look real to me. Are you guys a jerk?"
The two men broke out in cold sweats. The one who first tried to stop them stammered, "No, it's not □□, it's true, it's true, comrade, we ..."
Captain Xu snorted coldly: "No matter whether it is true or not, we will find out after taking them back and investigating. Disciple, go and take those two away."
The two men were so miserable that they had no tears to cry. They failed to cheat others and ended up losing themselves. It was such a huge loss!
After successfully dealing with these two unreasonable people, everyone was finally able to set out on the journey home. Shi Yue took a car with Ma Yulan just like when he came here. As soon as Ma Yulan got in the car, she started to complain non-stop.
"You're such a gutsy kid, aren't you? You skipped school to play with a girl, and you even ran off to the mountains so far away to play. You didn't even come home so late and even got into a fight with someone? Are you really not afraid of danger? You don't even look at who the other person is. Your thighs aren't even as thick as their arms. How did you get the guts to fight with them? There's not a single person passing through these mountains. Even if they really started fighting you, you wouldn't have anywhere to cry! Even if they wanted to kill you, wouldn't you pretend to admit it first, and then wait until you got into the city where there were more people and then have a good fight? Are you really out of your mind?"
Even though she started fighting without saying a word, she knew that she had more people on her side and the police were there, so the two men couldn't do anything.
Niu Xiaobei is very different from her!
This kid is so brainless and reckless!
Ma Yulan kept complaining, and no one in the car spoke up to help Niu Xiaobei.
Although Shi Yue cast a sympathetic look at Niu Xiaobei, he also did not speak to help the child.
He also felt that Niu Xiaobei was too impulsive in what he did today and it wouldn't work.
If they hadn't arrived in time, who knows what would have happened...
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