Hao Jian obviously didn't expect that Zhao Cheng would show up with so many people so late.
Of course, the three of them couldn't do it.
Besides, they didn't come here to fight.
The fat man said, "What's the point? We're just here to meet some pretty girls, why do we have to fight and kill?"
Hao Jian immediately said, "Yes, we're here to see Miss Xia. What does this have to do with you, Zhao Cheng?"
The thin man also said, "Why don't we ask the beautiful woman's opinion first? Maybe she's willing to go with us. Aren't you meddling in other people's business?"
He said this, looking at Xia Mian with a hint of meaning. "Beautiful girl, are you going out to chat with the brothers alone?" He looked around and said with ill intent, "Why don't we just have this chat in front of our classmates?"
Xia Mian stood up, playing with the Walkman in his hand, and said calmly, "There's nothing I can't tell anyone. I've always been open and honest. Why don't we just talk about it?"
Hao Jian said meaningfully, "Can we talk about how you ended up in police custody?"
There was a slight noise around, and many people looked at Tian Xueya, seemingly unable to tell who was right and who was wrong.
"Sure." Xia Mian tilted her head and said, "It's a good opportunity for me to find the source of the rumor. After all, Tian Xueya just said that she had a good relationship with you. I heard this from you. I want to know who told you that?"
Tian Xueya, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, didn't expect Xia Mian to suddenly call her name. Her heart suddenly began to lift again. As one of the famous beauties in the first year of high school, she had of course been blocked by Hao Jian.
As expected, Hao Jian immediately looked at Tian Xueya accurately, winked at her, and said with a smile, "Miss Tian, we have a very good relationship. How about going out to play together?"
Tian Xueya was so scared that her face turned pale. She shook her head and hid behind him, "I won't go! I won't go!" Then she turned around and lay down on the table, not daring to look up again.
Hao Jian didn't care. After all, her was not their main purpose for coming here today. However, in comparison, Xia Mian seemed much more exciting.
"Xia Mian, I want to save your face." Hao Jian said, "Are you sure you want to say this here?"
"Are you sure?" Xia Mian said expressionlessly, "I beg you to tell me quickly, don't say it's a dog."
Her reaction was so unexpected that Hao Jian choked and chuckled, "You really won't cry until you see the coffin. Isn't it obvious why you're in jail?"
His eyes swept over Xia Mian's chest, and he smiled obscenely at the fat man and the thin man, "Look at this slut, seducing men everywhere, what else could it be?"
In this conservative era where children are all picked up from trash cans and roadsides, there are very few couples holding hands on the street.
Most high school students were relatively pure-minded. They just intuitively felt that what the fat man said was not a good thing, and did not react at all to what Hao Jian meant.
But suddenly there was an abrupt cry from the front row of the classroom.
Everyone couldn't help but look at Tian Xueya who made the sound, and saw that her face was flushed and she looked at Xia Mian in disbelief.
This reaction alerted everyone, and they all looked at Xia Mian in surprise, with disbelief in their eyes.
Xia Mian was not affected at all. She narrowed her eyes and continued to ask, "Please explain clearly, why is it?"
"Of course, because I sell it!" The fat man seemed a little impatient. They had been in society for a long time, and compared to Hao Jian's implicitness, they were much more direct.
The fat man sneered, "I've seen a lot of girls like you. They look like innocent schoolgirls, but when they take off their clothes, they're really... "
"Fuck your mother!" Zhao Cheng couldn't stand it any longer. He immediately stepped forward, grabbed the fat man's collar, and punched him. "I'll make you spew shit out of your mouth."
Sun Yuexin turned around and pointed at Tian Xueya, who seemed to be at a loss, and said angrily, "What? They are also your acquaintances, Tian Xueya? You know them so well, and you know them when others don't know."
Tian Xueya's eyes suddenly turned red with grievance.
Unfortunately, Sun Yuexin can no longer take care of her.
The fat guy over there was being held down and beaten by Zhao Cheng. Seeing that the others were about to come over, the thin guy immediately said, "Xia Mian, if you don't want us to spread your story everywhere, you'd better tell them to stop! Otherwise, I guarantee that you won't be able to stay in Yan City anymore!"
Zhao Cheng suddenly felt hesitant to act rashly. Xia Mian frowned and said, "Alright, stop fighting for now."
Zhao Cheng pushed the fat man angrily. The fat man staggered a few steps and stood right in front of Xia Mian.
He thought Xia Mian was scared, so he touched his burning cheeks. Thinking that he had been beaten for nothing, he was so angry that he rushed forward to grab Xia Mian, "You stinky girl, if you don't accept my toast, you will be punished. Come with me!"
Xia Mian quickly ran to the side and dodged, "Why should I go with you? Where are you taking me?!"
Hao Jian seemed to find this cat-and-mouse game somewhat interesting, so he came over from the other side and said with a grin, "Let's go to King, our new nightclub in Longcheng District. It's fun, I guarantee you won't regret it!"
Zhao Cheng and the boys he brought with him protected Xia Mian together. Xia Mian dodged left and right, and the three men couldn't catch him at all.
"You scum! I won't go with you!"
The fat man sneered, "I advise you to behave yourself, then we can treat you better. Otherwise, we will post your selling information all over the school tomorrow, and I will see if you can stay here..."
Xia Mian stopped immediately. She stopped Zhao Cheng and the others and looked at him and asked, "What's the best way?"
Seeing that he had caught Xia Mian's weakness, the thin guy stopped the irritable fat guy and played the good guy. "That's a lot of benefits. You can walk around freely in school from now on. The brothers will also cover your living expenses. How about fifty a month?"
Xia Mian asked, "Why should I believe you?"
"Do you know Qiao Jianyu? He's our boss. Whatever his grandfather says, the top officials in Longcheng District have to listen." Hao Jian said proudly, "How is it?"
As he said this, he pounced on her, and tried to take advantage of the situation with his claws.
The fat man over there also came up unexpectedly to block her.
"aestivation!"
"Asumiun, be careful!"
Zhao Cheng, Sun Yuexin, Li Lizhen and others rushed over hastily, thinking that Xia Mian was going to be taken advantage of by the two thugs, but they saw Xia Mian calmly raise her arm and swing it gracefully.
Hao Jian suddenly covered his head and screamed, staggering two steps as if he was drunk.
Before everyone could react to what was happening, Xia Mian turned around and attacked. The fat man who was rushing up from the other side also screamed in pain, and followed in the same steps as Hao Jian and fell to the ground with a bang.
"Xia, Xia Mian..." Zhao Cheng was stunned when he saw the blood flowing down the foreheads of the two men.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the thin man was about to run out. Xia Mian shouted, "Zhao Cheng, don't be dazed, block him, don't let him get away!"
Zhao Cheng and the others subconsciously did as they were told, and then five or six young men pressed the thin man to the ground together.
Xia Mian finally realized what he had done. He was so scared that he threw the brick in his hand, which happened to hit the thin man's nose, causing blood to flow out immediately.
Zhao Cheng and the others looked at her in shock.
Xia Mian also looked frightened, sobbing, "I'm scared to death, these people are so mean, I'm scared."
"Ahhh... What should I do if it bleeds?" Xia Mian looked at a loss.
Everyone: ...
Didn't you smash it all? We were scared too!
Zhao Cheng was afraid someone might die, so he quickly said, "Why don't we send them to the hospital?"
"Don't move them." Xia Mian said, "With this kind of injury, even a small matter can become a big deal if we accidentally move it. Let's just call an ambulance."
She looked at Hao Jian, who was about to wake up, and said, "Hold them down and don't let them move. Otherwise, if one of them dies, I'll be a murderer."
Sun Yuexin said, "Please don't make it sound so scary."
Li Lizhen asked, "What should we do now?"
"Don't worry, it's okay." At most, it's a slight concussion.
Xia Mian took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed 110 directly, "Hello, police officer, I want to call the police."
"Someone broke into Yanda High School and lured and coerced female students into prostitution at a nightclub."
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"Well, three members of society were injured during the students' protest. Do we need to call an ambulance?"
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"Well, Senior High School Grade 1, Class 3, please come quickly, police officers! We are scared."
After hanging up the phone, Xia Mian patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay. Just keep an eye on them and wait. The police will be here soon."
Everyone was stunned by her series of actions.
The thin guy was only hit on the nose. He was clear-headed at this moment. When he heard the police were coming, he immediately struggled, "Xia Mian, Xia classmate, we are sorry, we were wrong. We didn't mean anything else, we just wanted to make friends."
"If you don't want to, forget it. We won't dare to do it again."
"No," Xia Mian said fearfully, "If you spread rumors about me everywhere, I won't be able to go to school. I still believe in the police uncle."
The more satisfying it was to threaten someone before, the more regretful the skinny guy felt now.
This girl looks so weak, but she is so cruel!
Xia Mian worriedly instructed, "Hold all three of them tight and don't let them escape, otherwise if they want to retaliate against us, it will be troublesome."
The teenagers had never experienced this kind of scene before. They always turned pale when they mentioned gangsters, but now they were pinning them to the ground and rubbing them. It felt so good.
Suddenly everyone became extremely alert.
Zhao Cheng and Sun Yuexin thought they were brave enough because they came from a wealthy family, but they didn't expect Xia Mian to be even more awesome. It was so cool what he did.
Xia Mian looked back at his classmates who were also shocked, tilted his head and said, "It will take another ten minutes for the police to arrive. I'll use this time to give you some legal knowledge about what happened today."
As she spoke, she walked to her seat, picked up a book, slowly walked to the podium, and held the book up.
The words "Criminal Law of the Republic of xxx" are clearly visible to everyone.
Xia Mian's gaze fell on Tian Xueya's face. "Didn't Tian Xueya say that I personally said that I was involved in some criminal case? I'm going to tell everyone about it today, and by the way, I'll also resolve the rumors."
Tian Xueya said stubbornly, "Everyone just heard it. It was Hao Jian and the others who said that about you..."
Xia Mian smiled gently, "Don't be nervous, I won't wrong you."
She simply opened a page of the Criminal Code and began to read:
"Article 246 of the Criminal Law stipulates that intentionally fabricating and spreading false facts that are sufficient to defame another person's personality and destroy their reputation, and the circumstances are serious, constitutes defamation."
"The object of defamation is the same as that of insult, namely, the personal dignity and reputation of others. The criminal offender is a natural person. The act of fabricating certain facts, that is, the content of the defamation is completely fictitious."
Xia Mian looked up and around. "I thought I had already clarified this point. Everyone knows it. But I clearly state again that the story about me being in police custody is completely fictitious. Therefore, this incident has caused serious damage to my personality and reputation!"
The classmates' eyes all fell on Tian Xueya, who looked aggrieved.
Xia Mian ignored him and continued to read with his head down: "The act of spreading fabricated facts. The so-called spreading means spreading them openly in society. There are basically two ways of spreading: one is verbal spreading; the other is written spreading, that is, spreading through big-character posters, small-character posters, pictures, newspapers, books, letters, etc."
Xia Mian looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Tian Xueya's face, "Did you hear that? The evidence for defamation includes verbal dissemination."
"This shouldn't be too difficult for the police officer, right?"
Tian Xueya's aggrieved expression became stiff.
"Defamation must be directed against a specific person, but it does not necessarily have to be named. As long as the victim is known from the content of the defamation, it constitutes defamation."
After Xia Mian finished reading, he tilted his head and smiled, "See? The law is very strict. It blocks the way for some people to quibble. After all, now even the gangsters have come to me because of this rumor."
"Since this crime is in the Criminal Law, it naturally requires sentencing. Let me tell you what kind of punishment the person who spread this rumor will receive."
Xia Mian turned a page: "Fabricating facts to slander others with serious circumstances constitutes this crime. ... Serious circumstances... include fabricating facts to cause serious damage to another person's personality or reputation; fabricating facts to slander another person to cause adverse effects; slandering another person to cause mental disorder or lead to the victim's suicide, etc."
Xia Mian raised his head and said, "My personality and reputation have been damaged. Anyone who is not a fool can see it, right?"
"I'm a decent student, but I've been labeled a criminal for no apparent reason!"
"As for the adverse effects..." Xia Mian pointed at the three people pinned to the ground, "Let me ask you, if it wasn't me today, but you who encountered this kind of thing, what would you do?"
"Because of a rumor you casually spread for unknown reasons, I was believed to have a history of prostitution and was then coerced by members of society!"
"If I hadn't met Sun Yuexin and Li Lizhen, and if I hadn't been protected by Zhao Cheng and the others, and I had been taken away by these scum... what would have happened?"
Xia Mian carefully scanned everyone's eyes, finally landing on Tian Xueya and asking sternly, "Will insanity and suicide be my final outcome?"
"Can you bear such a responsibility?!"
Tian Xueya couldn't help but scream, "It wasn't me, I already said it! It was Hao Jian who said it, that's what he said!"
Sun Yuexin said angrily, "Look at everyone like a fool, if you weren't jealous of Xia Mian, this wouldn't have happened today!"
At first, the students didn’t think much about it. After all, they were still young and didn’t realize that things would be so complicated.
But now Xia Mian's example is right in front of us. Just imagine the malicious speculations they made about her before the rumors were clarified. Then imagine that because everyone misunderstood her, no one helped her and she was taken away by those three scumbags..."
Everyone was a little scared, and when they thought about how Tian Xueya had been adding fuel to the fire in order to prove her innocence today, they suddenly felt disgusted with her.
Tian Xueya naturally felt it, and stood up crying and said to Xia Mian, "You are talking nonsense, I didn't say that, it was obviously not me!"
It was as if to emphasize that if it wasn't her, then it wasn't her.
Xia Mian said softly, "Classmate Tian Xueya, calm down. I never said it was you."
"I know it's Hao Jian." Xia Mian turned a page and whispered, "Let me tell you what will happen to him, okay?"
"Oh, it's here... Anyone convicted of this crime shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, controlled release, or deprivation of political rights."
Xia Mian raised her head and smiled at Tian Xueya, "I've already called the police. Let them investigate this matter as well. They can lock him up for another year or two..."
"However, during the investigation, Tian Xueya, you may need to cooperate and make a statement."
"No, don't..." Tian Xueya was completely panicked, "Don't call the police, I won't go with the police..."
Xia Mian was surprised. "Why are you panicking? I'm just cooperating with the investigation and making a statement. Didn't you say it was Hao Jian who made up the rumor?"
"Don't worry, as long as you didn't do it, the police won't wrongly accuse you. Hao Jian can't lie either. We have lie detectors now..."
"No, I don't want to. I won't go with the police..." Tian Xueya's face was covered in cold sweat. She suddenly stood up and rushed out of the classroom and fled.
Everyone was surprised and didn't understand what was going on.
Xia Mian sighed and said to Gu Zhou, "Classmate Gu, please go check on her. It's so late, and she's a girl. I hope nothing happens to her."
Gu Zhou hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly called his deskmate to chase after him.
Xia Mian looked at his watch. Only five minutes had passed, and he still hadn't heard any sirens, so he continued, "Since we're already talking about this, let me give you some basic knowledge about self-defense."
Xia Mian turned the page. "According to Article 20 of the Criminal Law, ... if a person takes actions to stop an ongoing unlawful infringement on his or her own or another person's personal, property, or other rights, and causes damage to the infringer, it constitutes legitimate self-defense and the person shall not bear criminal liability."
She looked at Hao Jian, the fat man, and the thin man, who had regained consciousness, and explained, "What I mean is, you threatened me and forced me to go to the nightclub to do something illegal, and when I resisted, I cut your heads open. It was self-defense."
"To sum it up, it should be a good fight!"
Xia Mian said to the nervous Zhao Cheng and the others, "So, don't worry. As long as they don't die, everything will be fine."
The thin guy's brain was quick, and he suddenly realized, "You, you did it on purpose... you made us say so much!"
If they came and took the person away directly, it would be coercion at most, and there would be no evidence of prostitution at all. Oh no, that idiot Hao Jian even mentioned the name of the nightclub!
The thin man was sweating profusely as he fiercely threatened his classmates, "If anyone dares to testify for her, Brother Qiao will not let you off. Not only you, but your parents' jobs will be gone too!"
After he finished shouting, the students looked at each other, and it was unclear who said weakly, "We, we are not afraid of you!"
Someone immediately echoed, "Yes, we are not afraid of you. If you cause us trouble again, we will send you to the police station!"
Xia Mian was stunned for a moment. To be honest, she had no expectations for these classmates at all. After all, they had only known each other for a few days and did not have any deep feelings for them. There was no need for them to take risks because of her.
But she seemed to have forgotten that children of this age are innocent and passionate. They may not be able to distinguish right from wrong for a while, but they also have the courage to not fear power.
She smiled and said to everyone, "Thank you, I'm really honored to be assigned to our class."
Everyone was also excited, "Well, don't worry, Xia Mian, if you need us, we will all testify for you."
"I appreciate your kindness," Xia Mian smiled, "but it's not necessary."
She picked up the Walkman she had been playing with and pressed a button:
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"...If you don't want us to spread your story everywhere, you'd better tell them to stop! Otherwise, I guarantee you won't be able to stay in Yan City!"
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"You stinky bitch, if you don't accept my toast, then you'll have to drink the wine. Follow me!"
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"Let's go to King, our new nightclub in Longcheng District. It's so much fun, I guarantee you won't regret it!"
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"I advise you to behave yourself. Then we can treat you better. Otherwise, we will post your selling information all over the school tomorrow. I'll see if you can stay here..."
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"Do you know Qiao Jianyu? He's our boss. Whatever his grandfather says, the top leaders in Longcheng District have to listen."
“…”
She looked at the thin man and whispered, "Sorry, I recorded everything. I don't need to ask for the testimonies of the classmates."
Zhao Cheng couldn't help but whistle, "So cool!"
Sun Yuexin excitedly put her arm around Xia Mian's shoulders and said, "Sister, you're awesome!"
Xia Mian put the Walkman in his pocket and said to the still dazed Hao Jian, "Do you want to know why I was in jail?"
"Because I helped catch criminals who trafficked and kidnapped women and children, and used self-defense during that period..." A lot of bricks were thrown at that time.
"People like you..." Xia Mian smiled and said softly, "Don't embarrass yourself in front of me."
Although her gaze was so nonchalant, Hao Jian felt a chill running down his spine, and he vaguely realized that this girl was not someone to be trifled with.
Of course he is not someone to be trifled with. If he were a good person, he wouldn't have taken an ambulance first and then gone to the police station.
When the sirens sounded, the door of Class 3, Grade 1 was crowded with people. Zhao Cheng and seven or eight other rebellious teenagers were so proud. It was super exciting to escort criminals with the police officers.
With Xia Mian's recording and the testimony of Zhao Cheng and others, and the fact that Hao Jian, the fat man and the thin man are obviously not good people, the matter is simple and clear.
A few more questions were asked about summer sleep:
"Why are there bricks?"
"I heard them discussing in the bathroom that they were going to come find me that afternoon. I was scared, so I picked one up just in case."
"Why didn't you think of telling the teacher?"
Of course, telling the teacher would not completely solve the problem.
"I thought I could just scare them off and leave, but I didn't expect the rumor to spread like that and things would become so serious..."
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When Xia Mian finished taking the statement and came out, the head teachers of several classes involved had all arrived.
Most of them were in disheveled clothes and had obviously come in a hurry.
The police handed the students over to the homeroom teacher and said, "These kids are quite smart. They're trying to protect their classmates. It's so late today, so let's not talk too much. Just take them all home and get some rest."
The class teachers welcomed them out with various bows and expressions of gratitude.
The homeroom teachers took their respective students away. Michael looked at Xia Mian, Sun Yuexin, and Li Lizhen and sighed, "The teacher knows everything. You did the right thing."
"But next time, I hope you can tell the teacher in advance. If you can't handle this kind of thing on your own, it would be very dangerous."
"You are all girls. It's too dangerous to go home at night. The teacher has already notified your parents. Please wait here for a while."
Xia Mian was startled. Xia Wenyue had been very busy recently and could only sleep five or six hours a day. She didn't want to make her worry.
Then she suddenly remembered that her family didn't have a phone number, and the contact information seemed to be Ning Shaobai's cell phone number.
At the time, I was thinking that if something serious happened, asking Ning Shaoyun would just be one more person to worry about, so asking Ning Shaobai would be just the right thing. I just didn't expect that he would be useful so soon...
Thinking of this, Xia Mian couldn't help but feel a little guilty. It was so late, Dr. Ning would probably scold her to death...
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