Several members of the campus emergency response team, dressed in uniforms, arrived panting, and upon seeing the scene before them, collectively gasped.
The captain leading them was a middle-aged man in his forties named Wang Defa. Normally, he was quite imposing, catching Students without school badges or managing illegally parked cars on campus. But today's situation made his legs feel a bit weak.
At the entrance of the teaching building, a dozen or so muscular men from the fitness club, who usually strutted around the school, were now lying haphazardly on the ground like a pile of broken sacks.
Some were clutching their arms, others their legs, groaning and whimpering one after another, like pigs waiting to be slaughtered.
And at the center of the storm, the Student named Liu Ming was curled up in an extremely distorted posture, his hands tightly covering his vital parts, emitting screams that no longer sounded human. Wang Defa even felt a chill down his lower body upon hearing them.
Looking at the other side, the Student who was surrounded stood tall and straight. Not only was he uninjured, but not a single strand of his hair was out of place. His face even carried a hint of bored indifference.
Is this something a Student could do?
Wang Defa swallowed, forcefully suppressing the shock in his heart. He put on a business-like demeanor and took two steps forward, but then very cleverly stopped at what he considered a safe distance.
"That Student! Don't move!" he shouted, feigning bravery. "You are suspected of engaging in group fighting on campus, a serious offense. We have already called the police! I advise you not to offer futile resistance!"
Several young team members behind him also emboldened themselves, pulling out rubber batons, but their feet seemed glued to the ground, none daring to actually step forward.
Are you kidding? The strong men lying on the ground, any one of their arms was thicker than their thighs, and now they were all laid out, weren't they? With their small frames, they would probably just be offering themselves up.
More and more Students gathered to watch the commotion, their phone cameras like long and short barrels, snapping away furiously.
"We all saw it, and we've already called the police!"
"The police officers will be here soon!"
The jeers from the crowd gave Wang Defa a bit of confidence.
Lu Xuan glanced at the nervous security guards and found it somewhat amusing.
"Officer, which eye of yours saw me engaging in group fighting?"
He spread his hands, his tone as calm as if he were asking about the weather. "I was acting in self-defense. They, a dozen of them, blocked me. I couldn't just stand there and take a beating, could I? As for why they're lying down, perhaps they consumed too much protein powder and are too weak, unable to withstand a touch."
As soon as he said this, several stifled snickers came from the surrounding crowd.
The fat on Wang Defa's face twitched. He thought, are you even speaking human language? Weak? So weak that they could surround you without you getting a single scratch?
"Student, what you're saying is useless!" Wang Defa stiffened his neck. "Whether it's self-defense or not, you can explain that to the police officers! For now, you must come back to the security office with us!"
After saying that, he himself retreated half a step, fearing that Lu Xuan might also strike him if he disagreed.
Lu Xuan frowned, his gaze sweeping over the crowd of onlookers. "So many Students here are watching. They were the ones who started it. Everyone can testify for me."
However, wherever his gaze fell, Students lowered their heads or averted their eyes, pretending to look at their phones. No one wanted to get into trouble.
In this awkward silence, a clear voice spoke up.
"I can testify!"
The crowd automatically parted, and a male Student wearing a blue and white checkered shirt and black-rimmed glasses walked out.
He looked refined, even a bit thin, but his eyes were exceptionally firm.
Lu Xuan recognized him. The last time he exposed Shen Yahui and that scoundrel, it was this Student who voluntarily stepped forward to help him project the evidence onto the big screen.
This Brother, he's truly reliable.
Li Yifan walked up to Lu Xuan, first nodding vigorously at him as a greeting, then turning to Security Captain Wang Defa.
"What this Student said is true. I saw everything from beginning to end. It was these people on the ground who first provoked trouble, blocking this Student and preventing him from leaving, and then initiated the attack. This Student's actions fully comply with the legal definition of self-defense."
When Wang Defa saw another Student jump out, he immediately felt his authority challenged. His face darkened: "Who are you? What business is it of yours? You say it's self-defense, and it's self-defense? Do you know the law better than the police?"
Li Yifan pushed up his glasses, a glint of intelligence reflecting off the lenses. He said, neither humble nor arrogant: "Officer, I am a third-year Student in the Law Department of the Law School. Do you think I understand the law? Moreover, there are high-definition surveillance cameras right at the entrance of the teaching building. Whether it was provocation or self-defense, we can just check the footage and know immediately."
"You..." Wang Defa was so choked up he couldn't utter a word, his face turning a pig-liver color.
Lu Xuan smiled and said to Li Yifan beside him: "Thanks, Student. What's your name?"
Li Yifan was immediately excited to hear Lu Xuan speak to him, his face flushing with a smile: "My name is Li Yifan! Brother Xuan, I know you! The last time you exposed those scoundrels, it was simply too cool!"
He then looked at Liu Ming, "This is how you deal with people like this! Cleaning house for our Yan University!"
"Brother Xuan?" Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, that's what we all call you privately. Now on the forums, they call you 'Yan University's Only Brother'!"
Wang Defa listened to the two Students chatting as if no one else was there, feeling increasingly embarrassed as he was left out.
He cleared his throat, trying to save face: "Alright, alright! I'm just a security guard, I don't understand what you're talking about! Anyway, what we say doesn't count. Everything will wait until the police officers arrive; let them decide!"
He now just wanted the police to arrive quickly and take this hot potato off his hands.
Just then, the sound of police sirens could be heard approaching from a distance.
Wang Defa felt as if he had been granted a great pardon, while Liu Ming and the others wailing on the ground felt like they had heard their death knell.
Especially Liu Ming, not only was he in excruciating pain in his vital parts, but he was also terrified that the police would find out about his cross-dressing scam. That wouldn't just be social death; he would truly be going in to "step on the sewing machine" (a euphemism for prison labor)!
Lu Xuan, however, remained calm, even watching the flashing police lights in the distance with interest.
The police are here?
Perfect, he had some other matters he wanted to ask the police officers for help with.
