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Time had progressed to the afternoon.
Wu Bin had intentionally changed into a brand-new hospital gown and sat upright in the hospital room, waiting for the arrival of Teacher Luo Xiang.
Seeing Wu Bin take the matter so seriously, viewers in the live stream were all quite astonished.
"This is the first time I’ve seen Brother Wu so serious. Could it be that this Luo Xiang is really that impressive?"
"I was a law student of his before. Let’s just say that Teacher Luo has a nickname, known as ’Lawless Madman Zhang San’."
"For real? Can our country even allow such an awesome person to exist?"
While the netizens were buzzing with speculation, Luo Xiang had already arrived at the hospital room, led by Xu Wenyao and Li Guotai.
Upon seeing Luo Xiang, Wu Bin immediately stepped forward, warmly shaking his hand.
"Teacher Luo, welcome, welcome," he said.
Before Luo Xiang could react, Wu Bin pulled out paper and pen he had prepared earlier.
"Teacher Luo, I am a fan of yours, would you please give me an autograph?" he asked.
Luo Xiang was stunned by Wu Bin’s actions.
All he did was teach law, Wu Bin’s enthusiasm was a bit excessive.
"There is no need for such courtesy, Wu Student. I had already learned about your situation online before coming, and you are remarkable, a role model for contemporary college students," Luo Xiang told him.
Luo Xiang’s words were not mere flattery.
He was a lawyer who genuinely held a sense of justice and philosophical ideals.
And everything Wu Bin had done was quite to Luo Xiang’s liking.
Luo Xiang even thought Wu Bin had put himself in the thick of it, sacrificing himself to draw public attention to certain dangerous issues and to raise corresponding crisis awareness.
For example, the recent fire incident led Metropolis to conduct a large-scale inspection of fire safety hazards across the city.
More than a hundred restaurants and banquet halls that failed the fire inspection, regardless of size, were all ordered to shut down.
The wealthy owners never dreamed that it wasn’t competition that brought them down, but a frail college student.
After some simple pleasantries, the group discussed the upcoming appeal.
Xu Wenyao’s opinion was that money wasn’t important, regardless of what it took, they needed to send those people to prison, the longer the sentence, the better.
Wu Bin’s view was that it wasn’t important whether they went to jail or not, the more money they could compensate, the better—to ensure his future living conditions.
After hearing this, Luo Xiang took just one minute to come to a conclusion.
They needed to bankrupt those people through compensation and make sure they rotted in jail!
"The court session is scheduled for next Monday. Considering your physical condition, Wu Student, you’ll only need to appear in court to testify," Luo Xiang advised.
Wu Bin nodded his understanding.
"Alright, then I’ll take these few days to go back and properly organize the materials. You, Wu Student, rest well," Luo Xiang said as he stood to leave.
Watching Teacher Luo’s retreating figure, Wu Bin felt very confident about this round.
Once this lawsuit was over, he even considered being bolder and starting to look at some houses in the suburbs of Metropolis.
Just as Wu Bin was preparing to lie down and continue resting, his phone suddenly received a strange text message.
["Wu Bin, I will remember you! You made me suffer so much, I will make sure you pay it back double!"]
Staring at the mystery message, Wu Bin fell silent.
He couldn’t help but send one back.
["Lu Young Master? Where are you now, Lu Young Master? I think there’s a misunderstanding between us. Why don’t you give me your address, and we can clear things up face to face?"]
The reply came back in an instant.
["Talk crap! Just keep your neck clean and wait for me! In no more than two years, I will kill you!"]
Lu Ping was clearly infuriated by Wu Bin.
Wu Bin carefully analyzed Lu Ping’s current psychological state and felt that Lu Ping was likely preparing to flee the country by illegal means, feeling resentful and sending a threatening message.
But with Lu Ping’s pig-headedness, it’s possible that once the heat from this incident died down, he might indeed return to exact his revenge.
No, this kind of thing must not happen!
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Wu Bin looked at Li Guotai and asked, "Director Li, you said earlier that Lu Ping has not been found. What about Lu Peihua? Can’t he be found either?"
Li Guotai replied, "Lu Peihua can be found, but he just won’t say where Lu Ping has gone."
"Based on police speculation, it’s likely that Lu Peihua paid to have his son smuggled out of the country. The police are examining six aspects of his finances, trying to find some clues, but if Lu Peihua used cash, it’s going to be difficult to trace."
Wu Bin felt a sinking feeling inside.
So it seems unlikely that we’ll be able to catch Lu Ping any time soon.
Wu Bin sighed, realizing he had no choice but to use his skill.
Ding.
[Revenge Flame effect has been activated]
After activating the skill, Wu Bin said to Li Guotai, "Since it’s smuggling, there should be police at all the docks and ports, right?"
"Have them look more closely in those areas, they might find something."
Li Guotai looked at Wu Bin with a puzzled face.
"What’s the matter with you, kid? Do you know something again?"
Wu Bin chuckled sheepishly.
"What could I possibly know? I’m just worried about Lu Ping taking revenge on me later."
Li Guotai nodded, feeling that this was a possibility.
"Leave the catching to the police. Don’t overthink it — get some rest."
...
In Modu, at a small dock.
A smuggling boat was already prepared.
The captain, wearing a purple floral shirt and holding a cigarette in his mouth, looked displeased at Lu Ping, who was running towards him from a distance.
"What took you so long in the toilet?"
Lu Ping said with an embarrassed face, "Sorry, I had a bit of diarrhea."
The captain curled his lip in disdain.
"You rich folks always have too many problems."
"Come here, body search."
At the captain’s wave, two snakeheads stepped forward and searched Lu Ping thoroughly.
When they found a mobile phone on Lu Ping, the captain was even more displeased.
"Didn’t I tell you before? No mobile phones allowed. Are you deaf?"
Right in front of Lu Ping, the captain threw the mobile phone into the sea.
"Alright, let’s set sail. Once you’re abroad, buy yourself a new phone."
The snakeheads opened a partition in the cabin and instructed Lu Ping to crawl in.
Underneath the partition were others like Lu Ping, all smuggling themselves.
The space was cramped, and the smell was offensive.
Lu Ping clenched his teeth and crawled down.
After closing the partition, the captain started the boat and moved away from the shore.
It was then that the captain asked, "Why didn’t A-Chang come this time?"
One of the snakeheads replied, "He said he consulted Mazu, and Mazu revealed that it was not a good time to go out to sea, so he stayed at home."
The captain sneered.
"What era is it, and you guys are still into this feudal superstition? If smuggling depended on Mazu’s will, what would be the use of us snakeheads?"
The two snakeheads didn’t dare to say anything but apologized to Mazu in their hearts, asking her not to blame the captain for his unabashed way of speaking.
Just then, a scream came from the compartment.
"Fire! There’s a fire!"
