Chapter 289 - 280: Unsatisfied, Just Get It Done
Chapter 289: Chapter 280: Unsatisfied, Just Get It Done
Han Bin also glared at Chu Zhengxiong.
"Hold on, why are you so dead set on stopping this? You dare say you don’t have your own motives?"
"What motives could I have? He’s still just a kid who just started university. He hasn’t even been enrolled for half a year, so why are you so determined to drag him into this?"
"Xingwu University has so many students, and he’s not the only one with talent!"
"Can’t you just pick a few others and be done with it?"
Chu Zhengxiong’s voice gradually grew louder as well.
Just as Han Bin was about to argue back...
BANG—
Meng Yuan slammed his palm on the table.
His gaze swept back and forth between Chu Zhengxiong and Han Bin.
"What’s all this shouting? Aren’t you ashamed of yourselves?"
"What exactly is going on? One at a time. Han Bin, you go first!"
"Yes, Captain Meng!"
Han Bin smiled and nodded, even shooting a provocative glance at Chu Zhengxiong.
"It’s like this. We first met Lin Yi back in the Old District!"
"He was just a high school student back then, but he had already demonstrated extraordinary talent and abilities!"
"I didn’t choose him blindly. The main reason is that the kid has great talent and potential for Demon Hunting. I was thinking of taking him under my wing to help him gain some experience!"
"This is supposed to be a good thing. He’s bound to join our Demon Hunting Bureau in the future anyway!"
"Isn’t this just like training him in advance? But Old Chu insists on standing in the way, completely against it. Even if he’s just a kid, he’s a legal adult, isn’t he?"
"Besides, he tested his way out of the Old District. You know how dangerous the Old District is, don’t you, Old Chu?
He grew up in that environment and still became the district’s Martial Arts Examination Champion Scholar!"
"What do you think a little danger like this means to him? Besides, it’s not like I’m sending him to handle a case by himself. I can take him with me..."
After Han Bin finished speaking.
Meng Yuan nodded, his gaze falling upon Chu Zhengxiong.
"I think Captain Han has a point. Since he’s such a promising talent, why are you standing in his way?"
"If you have some selfish reason, just say it. Obstruction doesn’t look good, does it?"
Chu Zhengxiong didn’t speak, just glanced at Han Bin.
He said directly, "Han Bin, fine. You really want to play dumb with me, is that it?"
"Then let me ask you, do you know that Lin Yi is Elder Yi’s grandson?"
Hearing this, Meng Yuan’s expression changed drastically.
Before Han Bin could answer, he hurriedly asked, "Elder Yi? Which Elder Yi?"
"The Taigu Yi Family. The grandson of Yi Nanshan, the nephew of Yi Xiaoying, the younger cousin of Tang Qinru, the nephew of the Southeast Restricted Area’s Garrison General Yi Xiaotian, and the nephew of the Northeast Restricted Area’s Garrison General Yi Xiaowu..."
"Oh, right, Tang Baichuan of Xingwu University is his uncle-in-law. And Yi Zhao, Yi Heng, and Yi Xi are all his cousins!"
"Captain Meng, now do you understand why I had to stop this?"
After Chu Zhengxiong finished speaking.
Meng Yuan’s expression gradually became incredibly dramatic.
He looked at Chu Zhengxiong in astonishment and said, "You’re saying Lin Yi is Elder Yi’s grandson?"
"That’s right. The last time in the Old District, Lin Yi participated in a few major battles with us. One time he got injured, and his cousin, Tang Qinru, looked like she wanted to swallow me whole!"
"And Elder Yi... although he didn’t say a single word of blame, if looks could kill, I’d have been sliced to ribbons. Especially Lin Yi’s aunt, Yi Xiaoying—she’s the director of the Weapon Workshop!"
"Our Demon Hunting Bureau and the Weapon Workshop have always had a cooperative relationship, haven’t we?"
"And both of his uncles are Garrison Generals on the Restricted Area Battlefields. You know how short-tempered military men can be!"
"Everyone in the New District knows how fiercely the Yi Family protects their own."
"So... even if we want Lin Yi to intern at the bureau, now is not the time!"
"We should at least wait until he’s a sophomore, or maybe even a junior, right?"
"That way, the Yi Family won’t have any objections. The semester has only just begun..."
After Chu Zhengxiong finished.
Meng Yuan’s attitude changed instantly.
He glanced at Han Bin and Mo Ya.
"I think Captain Chu is right. He’s still a kid and isn’t suited to participate in a case like this!"
"Besides, Xingwu University has a rule that first-year students can’t join a Demon Hunting Team. They have to wait until at least their second year, after a full year at the university, to join as interns!"
"Captain Han, there are plenty of people at Xingwu University. You should just pick someone else!"
"There’s no need to be fixated on one person, right?"
Meng Yuan lost his nerve.
Even with the entire Demon Hunting Bureau behind him.
He really couldn’t afford to go head-to-head with the Yi Family.
The main issue was that if the Yi Family truly got angry, the Demon Hunting Bureau would never actually back him up.
In the end, he, the captain, would be the one to bear the Yi Family’s wrath.
In truth, Elder Yi, Yi Xiaotian, and Yi Xiaowu were all considered reasonable people.
The truly difficult ones were the mother-daughter pair, Yi Xiaoying and Tang Qinru.
If you infuriated those two, the matter would never end.
Chu Zhengxiong knew this from painful experience. Even now, whenever Tang Qinru saw him, she would give him a look of utter disdain...
Han Bin laughed.
But his smile contained a hint of anger.
He nodded and said, "Fine. I’ll pick someone else!"
With that said, Han Bin turned to leave.
His eyes met Chu Zhengxiong’s for a moment.
Chu Zhengxiong clearly caught the flicker of unsuppressed anger in their depths.
At that moment, his brow furrowed deeply.
Ever since Han Bin had returned from the Old District, he’d given off an indescribably strange vibe.
It was like he had become a different person.