Chapter 100
The police station was still bustling and holy in the evening
The lobby, already filled with noise and movement, became even more crowded with the arrival of a group of handcuffed thugs with brightly dyed hair, alongside a few clean–cut, well–dressed young men and women who looked perfectly well–behaved.
Since Briar and the others were victims, they were seated along a row of chairs against the wall. Each of them held a cup of water, and a female officer was gently comforting Ellen, who appeared to be frightened.
The group of thugs, however, received no such kindness. They were dragged to the corner and ordered to squat. Even the one with the broken arm, although not handcuffed due to his injury, was still forced to squat.
After all, those thugs had long criminal records and were already blacklisted by the local police.
The lead thug, with tears streaming down his face, pointed at Briar, who sat calmly beside Ellen. He cried out in accusation, “Officer, we’re not lying this time! It was her! She took down all of us by herself and even broke my buddy’s arms!”
“Yeah, yeah! We can all testify! She started it and injured us!”
“That’s right! She even kicked me in the… down there…”
“We really didn’t do anything bad this time, please. Officer, you have to believe us…”
“My hand hurts so bad! It was her, she’s the one who stomped on it…
The thugs squatted on the ground, crying and shouting about Briar’s “crimes.” With their pitiful expressions and loud sobs, they almost
looked like the real victims.
But the officers, being trained to uphold falmess and justice, didn’t buy any of it.
“How you even have the nerve to claim a girl like her managed to knock all of you down?” One of the officers snapped, “Enough. All of you, quiet. Tell the truth. What were you doing? Why did you block a young girl in an alley? What were your intentions?”
“Officer, we didn’t mean anything by it! We were just passing through..
“That’s right! We weren’t out to collect any debts or anything today, we were just walking by!”
“Just walking by?” The officer let out a cold laugh. “You better tell the truth. There might not be surveillance in the alley, but that doesn’t mean there’s no surveillance outside of it”
The officer added, “I don’t even need your statements. With the footage I pulled and the testimony of these college students, I’ve got enough to detain you for seven days.”
Even though the case was already quite clear, the officers still dutifully retrieved all the surveillance footage that covered the alley entrance. Combined with the statements from Frank and the other three male students, everything had already been confirmed.
ly at a loss. There was no way they could talk themselves out of this.
The thugs were completely
They looked at Briar, who stared back at them expressionlessly, then at the officers with their upright, no–nonsense demeanor, and the college students with their righteous fire in their eyes. The thugs felt utterly hopeless
Everything had completely spiraled out of their control.
They admitted they had bad intentions when they first cornered Ellen in the alley. But once that devil–like woman showed up, the entire
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situation had turned on its head
This time, they were the ones who had been beaten up.
Unfortunately for them, the officers took them inside for formal questioning
As for Briar and the others, they only needed to complete a simple registration process and verify their identities before they were allowed
leave.
AD
