Chapter 1920: Cigarette Burn
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Lin Yi’s tone and attitude made the two of them uncomfortable.

They did not expect the young policeman to speak so bluntly.

No matter what, he was the vice-principal of Yucai High School and had a certain status in society. This was too disrespectful.

“You guys should be here because of Sun Peipei’s matter. Our school has also heard about this. The school leaders attach great importance to this matter and will handle it seriously…”

“Stop, stop, stop. Don’t tell me these fake words. We’re here to do an investigation, not to listen to you make a report.”

Lin Yi looked at his watch and found that it was already past three in the afternoon. He took the notebook that Gu Yiran had used to record notes and tore off one of the pages.

“Go and inform the twelve people on this piece of paper to come to the office.”

Liu Ziqiang took the note and looked at the names of the twelve people on it. He realized that they were all the people who had bullied Sun Peipei.

“Officer, it’s like this. It’s class time now. If we call them all away, they won’t be able to attend this class. They’ll probably be left behind in the later classes. That’s not good, right?”

“Right, right, right. They’re all in their third year of junior high school now, and their studies are tight. If they miss a class, it will delay a lot of things,” Zhao Huilei said.

“Are you f*cking playing dumb with me here? Do I have to get the people from the Education Bureau here and beat all of you up to feel good?”

Lin Yi’s shout completely frightened the two of them.

They did not expect this person to scold them without any restraint.

“Officer, calm down. Let’s talk things out.”

Liu Ziqiang wasn’t afraid of Lin Yi.

Although they were not from the same system, his connections in society were definitely not something a small police officer like Lin Yi could compare to.

However, he was in the wrong in this matter. Once it was exposed and caused a bad social impact, he would also be at a disadvantage, so he could not fight Lin Yi head-on.

“We are here to report the case, not to chat with you.” Gu Yiran said.

“Call all twelve of them to the office. Don’t waste our time, or I’ll take you to the police station to talk slowly.”

“Alright, alright, alright. I’ll get someone to look for them now.” Liu Ziqiang said.

“But this is not the place to talk. Let’s go to my office first.”

“Let’s go.”

The group entered the office building. Liu Ziqiang pulled Zhao Huilei to his side and whispered,

“Call everyone over and inform their parents. The police are here. We can’t let them communicate alone.”

“Got it.”

After discussing this with Zhao Huilei, Liu Ziqiang brought Lin Yi and the others to his office.

Ten minutes later, twelve people were called to the office one after another.

After entering, the dozen or so people were a little uneasy. In a country like Huaxia, the prestige of the police was unquestionable.

Lin Yi observed the twelve students in front of him without saying a word, scrutinizing their attire. They were all dressed well.

A few wore Jojo clothes, and two girls sported LV and Gucci.

Their school uniforms were worn casually, and none of them were dressed properly. One boy and one girl even had visible tattoos.

Lin Yi was puzzled. No matter how wealthy their families were, how could their education be so lacking?

“Officers, we’ve gathered the twelve students you asked for,” Liu Ziqiang said.

“Have them introduce themselves. I need to get to know them,” Lin Yi said.

“They are…”

“I didn’t ask you to introduce them. I want them to do it themselves.”

Lin Yi’s voice was cold, and the atmosphere he projected startled Liu Ziqiang.

“Go ahead and introduce yourselves. The police want to understand the situation.”

“Principal Liu, why are we here? Why do we need to introduce ourselves?”

A short-haired girl asked.

Lin Yi glanced at her. Her school uniform was tied around her waist, revealing a white shirt underneath, with a small tattoo on her arm.

Her name was Zhang Yuhan, and she was one of the ringleaders in bullying Sun Peipei.

“They’re here to investigate the incident with Sun Peipei. You all should have been involved. Go ahead and introduce yourselves.”

“Zhang Yuhan,” she said, rolling her eyes, clearly not taking Lin Yi and his colleagues seriously.

“Why bother with all this?”

Said a boy standing next to Zhang Yuhan. His name was Li Yanfeng, another main perpetrator.

“That poor girl just wants to extort money. Just tell us how much, and we’ll call our parents to settle it.”

Li Xianghui and Gu Yiran exchanged glances, feeling that these junior high school students were truly out of control.

After such a serious incident, they still spoke with such a dismissive attitude. Their parents were likely not much better.

“Compensate?” Lin Yi raised his eyebrows.

“With such a big incident, do you think you can settle it by paying compensation?”

“What else do you want? Do you want us to be sentenced?”

“According to Article 17, Paragraph 2 of the Criminal Law: Individuals aged 14 to 16 who commit intentional homicide, intentional injury causing serious harm or death, shall bear criminal responsibility. You are in your third year of junior high school, which means you should be 14 years old and must bear criminal responsibility.”

After finishing, Lin Yi turned to Gu Yiran. “Call the station, get two more cars here, and take all of them into custody.”

“Got it.”

Hearing the mention of criminal responsibility, Li Yanfeng, Zhang Yuhan, and the others were stunned.

Although they were young, they had basic common sense.

Even at their young age, they knew that facing criminal charges meant potential jail time.

Fear finally set in.

Liu Ziqiang and Zhao Huilei also began to panic.

In reality, they had been aware of this situation for a while but had chosen not to address it.

Firstly, the families of these children were wealthy, and some even had influential backgrounds. They frequently gave gifts to Liu and Zhao.

Additionally, Sun Peipei was an outsider, and her parents were merely migrant workers so the school didn’t want to deal with this.

This was as long as it didn’t tarnish the school’s reputation.

But now, this young police officer was here, threatening to take all the kids away, which seemed excessive.

“Officer, they’re still just kids. Isn’t it a bit harsh to take them all away like this?” Liu Ziqiang tried to reason.

“Kids?”

Lin Yi looked at Liu Ziqiang, picked up a box cutter from the desk, and extended the blade.

“If I find a kid to make a few cuts on you, would you still think they’re just kids?”

“This…”

Liu Ziqiang swallowed hard, at a loss for words.

Lin Yi didn’t rush. He took a cigarette from Li Xianghui’s pocket, lit it, and looked at Liu Ziqiang.

“You look quite refined, and you’re a principal, so you must have been a good student. You probably don’t know what it’s like to be burned with a cigarette, right? Should I give you a demonstration?”