“I’ll go ahead. Call me if there’s anything. I’ll take them back to the office after sending them off, and we have a meeting today,” Lao Chang said, then left with the prisoners.
Tao Yu enviously glanced at his prisoners, and after he left, continued to watch her own unruly group. As soon as Lao Chang left, she felt the atmosphere change.
If earlier it was just tense, now the two sides were about to draw their swords.
She took a step back inconspicuously, her hand quietly resting on her baton.
Li Xun caught her subtle movement from the corner of his eye and said disdainfully, “What, officer? You’re going to get involved?”
“You’re bullying us, taking advantage of our boss’s absence to try to lay hands on us. Of course, we officers have to intervene!” The fat prisoner, feeling confident Tao Yu was on his side, looked quite pleased. Without considering Tao Yu’s small frame, he was already thinking about boasting about this for half a year.
“Who’s on your side? Have you forgotten who hit your face?” Tao Yu rolled her eyes at the fat prisoner. “And, that phrase isn’t used in this context.”
“The officer is right!” The fat prisoner said, raising his eyebrows at Li Xun, clearly missing Tao Yu’s main point.
Li Xun, who couldn’t stand provocation, had just felt somewhat balanced after hearing the fat prisoner’s injury was from Tao Yu, but seeing the fat prisoner’s arrogant attitude, his face immediately darkened. “What are you showing off about? Didn’t you hear he’s not on your side?!”
“Mind your own business! I’ll show off however I want!” The fat prisoner was unrelenting.
After exchanging childish insults like elementary school students, people behind them pulled out weapons – pots, bowls, ladles, and wooden sticks. Tao Yu raised an eyebrow, wondering where they had pulled these from.
The atmosphere was about to explode. Tao Yu yawned, “Could you hurry up? Didn’t you hear Lao Chang say to call me? I’m new, and if I’m late, he might give me a hard time.”
Her casual remark slightly dampened the youthful, passionate fighting atmosphere. Li Xun and the fat prisoner looked at her dissatisfied, then exchanged a glance, silently deciding to curse a bit more.
