Chapter 59: Infighting?

Standing at the school gate, Lin Siyu’s mouth hung open, unable to close for a long time. “Xiaoxiao, did you see what just happened?”

“No... no, I didn’t.” Tan Xiaoxiao shook her head, equally stunned as Lin Siyu.

In truth, it wasn’t just the two of them. Many onlookers at the gate were utterly baffled.

A flurry of shocked voices erupted as the crowd speculated wildly:

“How did those thugs suddenly collapse? Can anyone tell me what happened?”

“The ones who should have been beaten are perfectly fine. The attackers, on the other hand, are lying on the ground with blood streaming from their heads... Can someone explain why these thugs started fighting among themselves? Were they here to block someone, or just to brawl with each other?”

“Could it be that they weren’t here to beat anyone up, but to extort money? Maybe this sudden infighting is some new, high-level scam technique?”

The incident had happened so quickly, coupled with the fact that tennis balls are small, that aside from Li Sicheng and Zeng Yi, no one understood why the thugs suddenly descended into chaos and ended up bleeding on the ground.

Given the circumstances, many suspected there had been some internal conflict among the thugs, leading to a violent fallout.

Truth be told, the chain reaction triggered by the tennis ball did look, to the observers, rather like a brawl among the thugs themselves.

Just as people were speculating about the truth, the shrill sound of police sirens approached from afar.

As the crowd parted, a police car and two police motorcycles arrived.

“The police are finally here! Hmph, what took them so long? Everything’s already over before they showed up... It’s just like in the movies!” Lin Siyu complained.

Actually, the police hadn’t been slow at all; from the moment they received the report to their arrival, only a few minutes had passed. The real issue was that the thugs were so incompetent, they couldn’t even hold out for those few minutes, giving Lin Siyu the false impression that the police had been slow.

“Damn it, Baldy and his men are all useless!” In the milk tea shop, Cheng Haoyu, fuming with rage, hurled his milk tea to the ground and stomped on it twice before heading out.

He wasn’t worried that the thugs would turn him in to the police; he simply didn’t want to linger and lose face.

He had summoned thugs to block people at the school gate, only for the intended targets to remain unharmed while the thugs ended up battered and humiliated. If that wasn’t a disgrace, what was?

However, just as he stepped out of the milk tea shop, Cheng Haoyu paused.

He noticed Li Sicheng had turned to look at him at that moment, mouthing a few words.

Cheng Haoyu could clearly read the message: “If you don’t want to die, stay put and don’t run!”

“What’s that supposed to mean? Is he threatening me? Hmph, does he think I’m scared? Afraid of him?” Cheng Haoyu gritted his teeth, his eyes nearly blazing with fury.

But anger aside, his feet refused to move.

Because he was afraid.

He had no idea how the thugs he’d recruited had been defeated, but he was certain Li Sicheng was behind it all.

Under such circumstances, how could he not be afraid? How could he not obey?

“Officer, you’re finally here!”

Seeing the police arrive, Baldy and his group of thugs, instead of cowering as usual, were visibly relieved, almost as if they’d been waiting for a savior.

Compared to the police, they feared Li Sicheng far more, and those bizarre coincidences that bordered on the supernatural.

Baldy scrambled to his feet and rushed to meet the lead officer, his face alight with the joy of seeing a loved one.

His reaction startled the officer, who barked, “Baldy, don’t pretend to be friendly with me! Behave yourself!”

This was no laughing matter—there were plenty of witnesses. Any careless move could arouse suspicion of collusion between police and criminals, and even if they were ultimately cleared, it would bring endless trouble.

“Is Baldy trying to set me up by acting so familiar?” The officer wondered, his gaze turning hostile as he snapped, “Baldy, you’ve got nerve, coming to the school gate to hurt people!”

“Officer, we didn’t hurt anyone. We’re the ones who got hurt!” Baldy pointed to the wound on his head, then to his battered men, his face contorted in misery. “Look, every one of us is injured. We’re the victims here!”

“What on earth happened?” The police stared at the thugs’ injuries, dumbfounded.

They had come because of a report about gang members assaulting students at the school gate. But this scene looked nothing like that. Could it be that Baldy’s gang stirred up trouble and enraged the students, leading to a mass beating?

Seeing Baldy trying to ‘clear his name,’ Zeng Yi couldn’t let it stand. He rushed to say, “Officer, don’t let them fool you. They’re no victims!”

Li Sicheng added, “Officer, my classmate and I had barely stepped out of the school when this group surrounded us. They carried dangerous weapons and not only tried to hurt us, but also robbed us of a sum of money!”

Baldy protested, “That money was handed over willingly!”

Li Sicheng spread his hands, looking utterly innocent. “With so many of you surrounding me, armed with knives and steel pipes, do you think I dared not hand over the money?”

Compared to Baldy’s gang of notorious thugs, the police were much more inclined to believe Li Sicheng and Zeng Yi.

Especially Li Sicheng—his striking appearance made an instant good impression, leading the officers to subconsciously regard him as an exemplary student.

With such bias in their hearts, their attitude naturally reflected it.

“Did I say you could speak? Shut up!” The officer glared at Baldy, signaling him to squat down obediently, then turned to question Li Sicheng. “You’re saying they tried to hurt you, but why are you and your friend unharmed, while they’re all injured? Don’t tell me you two know martial arts and managed to beat them all?”

“They all charged at us together, but for some reason suddenly started fighting among themselves... All the students here can testify!” Li Sicheng kept the real reason to himself.

He certainly wasn’t about to tell the police that the thugs were injured because he and Zeng Yi happened to be standing in the best feng shui spot in Yongcheng today, which guaranteed their safety.

The police would never believe such a thing!

The students, already sympathetic toward Li Sicheng and Zeng Yi, now emboldened by the police, began shouting over each other:

“That’s right, we can testify—the thugs really did start fighting among themselves!”

“I can testify too. I saw it all happen with my own eyes!”

“I recorded it on my phone. If you don’t believe us, you can watch the video!”

“Fighting among themselves?” The police exchanged glances, finding the situation utterly baffling.

But after watching one student’s phone video, they were left even more stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

“How could these two have such unbelievable luck?”

They looked at Li Sicheng and Zeng Yi as if they weren’t quite human.

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