Chapter 28: A Unique Encounter
Yang Ming was excited. After all, he was still a teen experiencing puberty. He still hadn't experienced sex and he felt his heart itching when he looked at the innocent junior in front of his eyes.
Lin Zhiyun realized that Yang Ming was hesitating. She knew that he was tempted. However, this was her first time and she never did this before. Although she was forced into it, there wasn't any girl who wished to offer her virginity to a stinky uncle. She felt that Yang Ming wasn't a bad person and he was even handsome. Since she was selling her body in the end, it would be better to offer it to Yang Ming.
If the one standing here wasn't Lin Zhiyun but rather an experienced prostitute, Yang Ming wouldn't have been approached. This was because Yang Ming wasn't wearing any fancy clothes. It was obvious that he was a poor kid.
Lin Zhiyun struck while the iron was hot and said, "Three thousand! Three thousand is enough..."
"Ha?" Three thousand? She even demands three thousand? Yang Ming opened his eyes widely. This isn't even a business but highway robbery! Yang Ming may not have engaged in prostitution before, but he roughly knew the price. The better ones at most were 300 yuan. This girl demanded the price of three thousand. No matter how chaste you acted, it wouldn't even be worth this price.
Lin Zhiyun noticed Yang Ming's expression. After thinking a few moments, she understood why Yang Ming felt that way. She further explained, "This... This is my first time." As such, three thousand yuan wasn't that expensive. If it wasn't the situation, she wouldn't have done something like that.
"First time? Does that mean you are still a virgin?" asked Yang Ming as he stared at Lin Zhiyun. This year, there were a lot of prostitutes that pretended to be a virgin. Do you think I am stupid enough for you to con me?
"..." Lin Zhiyun felt a bit embarrassed as she nodded her head.
Yang Ming stared at Lin Zhiyun for quite some time. After a few moments, he slowly asked, "Since it is your first time, why would you still do it?"
According to the saying, 'the eyes were the gate to the soul', no matter how proficient a person's acting was in both behavior and facial expression, the gaze of the eyes would reveal the truth.
In matters of deception, Yang Ming could be deemed a master. With the exception of his parents, Yang Ming's act of deception was flawless in front of others. He was articulate and eloquent.
After a closer look, Yang Ming felt that the girl wasn't lying. In her eyes, Yang Ming could sense some bitterness and helplessness.
Lin Zhiyun didn't want to share too much information about her personal matters but she uttered, "I need money to save someone's life." She was determined that she would do it only once. She didn't want people to look for her in the future.
"Saving a life?" Yang Ming looked at her and he felt that while she was thin, she did not look thin because of severe sickness. He couldn't help but be curious and ask, "If you can explain clearly what you mean, I will pay for... your service."
Lin Zhiyun hesitated a while. Initially, she heard that the price per trick was only three to five hundred yuan. Three thousand yuan was definitely an exceptional price that she could get on a rare occasion. If she rejected him, it wouldn't be possible to have another customer that would pay such a price. Thus, she took the plunge and revealed what had happened. "My dad was hit by a car and the driver escaped from the scene. Most of the money at home was used to pay my father's hospital fees. However, the amount of money we had wasn't enough. The hospital said that if the three thousand yuan fee is not paid by tomorrow, they will stop treatment..." Lin Zhiyun burst into tears.
Yang Ming looked at her. Even though he wanted to bed this girl, he knew that this action would be barbaric. Yang Ming knew that he may not be a good person, but he was determined to avoid being a person that took advantage of others' helpless states.
"Haih!" Yang Ming left a sigh. He thought he made some great money today. It never crossed his mind that the money would leave him so soon after coming into his pocket.
Yang Ming took out the four thousand yuan that he obtained from the wizened man. He took out the two hundred yuan that was originally his, stuffed the remainder into the girl's hand and said, "Take it to cure your father. Never lay foot in this place again."
This time, Lin Zhiyun was dumbfounded. She looked in wonder at Yang Ming's back as he left. He just gave me this money and left? Over these past few days, she experienced and noticed the fickleness of this world. Her cousin didn't care much about her father. The hospital didn't offer any leeway for her father's treatment fee. However, a random stranger just handed her this amount of money?
Lin Zhiyun simply looked at the money in her hand. It must be at least three thousand yuan. How could he not desire my body since he paid for it? Could it be that I am that bad? It shouldn't be. I am one of the campus belles and there are usually many boys pursuing me! Her thoughts made her feel disappointed.
Since the money was already in hand, Lin Zhiyun didn't want to think too much about it. She collected all her money and hastily walked towards the hospital.
Yang Ming arrived at home. It did not occur to him that his parents weren't asleep yet. His parents were watching TV awaiting his return. Yang Ming didn't want his parents to be worried. He turned his face to the side as he quickly walked towards his own room.
Father Yang asked, "Big Ming, have you treated your teacher to a meal?"
"Yup, father. There's still some money left. I will return it to you tomorrow." Yang Ming was afraid that his father would notice the bruised half of his face as he quickly walked towards his room.
"There's no need for it. Keep the money so that you can purchase more reference books later." Father Yang also said, "It is rare to have you studying so hard."
"Thanks a lot, Dad. I will be going to my room." Yang Ming swiftly retreated.
Mother Yang suddenly stood up and walked in front of Yang Ming. She was shocked as she asked, "Wait a second. Big Ming, what happened to your face?"
Yang Ming immediately covered his face with his hand. "There's... nothing much really... nothing. Mom! Dad! I'm tired and I need to return to my room to rest..."
Suddenly, Father Yang roared, "Stand right there! Turn your head around!"
Yang Ming had no way to avoid it. He could only stop his footsteps gingerly and turn his head around.
After catching a glimpse, Father Yang's face turned sour. "What happened to you? Did you have a brawl with the others again! I thought you had turned over a new leaf. How could you act like this?! Are you trying to piss me off?!"
Yang Ming wanted to explain, "Father... I..." Father Yang cut him off immediately, "Spit it all out! Where did you go goofing around today? You lied to me saying that you spent the money to treat your teacher to a meal. You must have spent it with your bad friends!"
Chapter 29: Murder Suspect
"Dad, I really did invite Sister… Teacher Zhao out for a meal!" Yang Ming may as well stop covering his face since the swelling had gone down. However, there was still a bit of a bruise which was unnoticeable if you really didn't pay attention to it. Even though Lin Zhiyun didn't see it, with the bright lights in the living room, anyone will notice it with a closer look.
"Are you still lying? You're really making me angry. What happened to your face then?" Father Yang scolded agitatedly, "If you made a mistake, it's completely fine as long as you admit it but you deny it right to my face!"
"My child's father, don't be too angry [1]. There may be some misunderstanding!" Mother Yang came to the rescue.
"Misunderstanding? Are you saying that the bruise this time is once again because of a car accident?" Father Yang smirked. "M***** F*****, don't think that I don't know anything. I already knew you were lying last time. That bicycle of yours - the repairman told me it wasn't caused by an accident but was wrecked by someone. But because I saw how hard you studied, I gave you some respect and didn't expose your lie. I never thought you would take advantage of it over and over again!"
Yang Ming now knew why his father was so enraged. Apparently, the last incident's lies were exposed! Yang Ming decided to stop lying and told them everything about meeting the robbers on the street.
"Are you sure you are telling the truth? Based on what you said, you have encountered robbers twice in a row. Isn't that such a rare coincidence that the probability is like winning a lottery?" Father Yang obviously did not believe that a person can get robbed twice in a row.
Yang Ming was thinking about how these two groups of people had completely different intentions, but he couldn't really explain that. Therefore, he nodded and said, "Yup, those are the facts."
"Do you think I would believe you? You have already lied to me once and now you want to come up with such outrageous lies to shut me up?" Father Yang's face had turned really bad.
"Yup. I have Teacher Zhao's phone number here. Dad, if you don't believe me, we can give her a call." Yang Ming suddenly thought that Zhao Ying could back him up.
Father Yang looked over to Mother Yang and she nodded. Father Yang turned around and said, "Alright then, you make that call."
Yang Ming took out his phone book and found Zhao Ying's phone number. He then took the phone and called her. After a few ringtones, Zhao Ying's lazy voice could be heard from the telephone, "Hi, greetings..."
"Greetings, Sister... Teacher Zhao. I am Yang Ming." Yang Ming was so used to Zhao Ying that he almost greeted her incorrectly in front of his parents.
"Yang Ming? Why are you calling me so late at night? Don't you know your sister is sleeping now?" Zhao Ying furious voice came out through the phone.
"Teacher Zhao, because of the wound on my face, my dad thought I went to fight with others and didn't believe that I was in a robbery. Therefore, please explain to him..." Father Ying snatched the phone before Yang Ming could finish his sentence.
"Teacher Zhao, ah, I am Yang Ming's father. It's like this... " Father Yang hung up the phone and a smile was restored to his face. He said to Yang Ming, "Big Ming, I accused you wrongly! It was really like this; you were right. You are a man now, and even though Teacher Zhao is your teacher, she is still a girl. You defending her was absolutely understandable! No doubt you are Yang Dahai's son!"
Once he knew the cause of the incident, Father Yang was really happy. He asked Yang Ming to take a good rest and said he would make him some great dishes tomorrow.
No other words were heard the whole night.
In the next morning, Yang Ming came to school and saw a few police officers standing in front of the school gate. Zhao Ying was there as well. They were discussing something.
"Sister Ying, what's happening?" Yang Ming walked over and asked Zhao Ying. He didn't know why the police were here to find her.
"Yang Ming, it's such good timing that you are here. These police officers are here for you." Zhao Ying looked at Yang Ming and greeted him.
"You are Yang Ming?" asked the leader of the police officers.
"Yup, is there anything that I could help you with?" Yang Ming asked.
The lead policeman gave the other police officers a look and then said, "I am the captain of the criminal investigation team of the city police, Chen Fei. Please have a walk with us to the police station!"
"Go to the police station? For what?" Yang Ming pondered, I didn't commit any crime, did I?
"Officer, didn't you say you were just here to understand the situation? Why are you taking him away? He's my student; he still needs to go through his lessons in school!" Zhao Ying was obviously reluctant when she saw how they came here to take Yang Ming away.
"Yang Ming, you are a suspect in a murder case. Therefore, you must follow us to the police station for investigation." Chen Fei said with a stern voice as he took out some evidence from his pocket and dangled it in front of Yang Ming.
"Me? Suspected of murder?" Yang Ming was shocked. "It can't be. Did you all make a mistake? Who did I kill?"
"No mistake. Once you are back there with us, you would understand it yourself. No use denying it now!" Chen Fei waved his hand and the other two policemen went to secure Yang Ming's arms on either side.
"What are you all doing? I am his teacher. I won't allow you to take him away!" Zhao Ying had spent a lot of time with Yang Ming these few days and the two of them had developed a pretty close relationship. How could she allow someone to take Yang Ming away just like that?
"Sorry, Teacher Zhao, but we are executing our duty. Please don't stop us!" Chen Fei said.
"Sister Ying, you return first then. I will follow them. There shouldn't be any problem as I didn't do anything wrong. I believe things will soon be cleared up!" Yang Ming had no choice but to follow based on the current situation. Even the arrest warrant was brought over here. If he didn't follow, he would be breaking the law.
"Then you should be careful. I'll go find our headmaster!" Zhao Ying nodded her head and said.
Yang Ming nodded and said to Chen Fei, "Ask them to let go of me. I will follow you all!"
Chen Fei gave Yang Ming a look, then he said to the two people, "Let go of him."
The two policemen let go of Yang Ming after hearing that. Yang Ming followed Chen Fei and got into the police car.
Once they arrived at the police station, Yang Ming was immediately brought into an interrogation room. A policeman wanted to handcuff Yang Ming, but Chen Fei shook his head and stopped him.
Chen Fei sat across from Yang Ming at the interrogation table. Beside him was a policewoman with a notebook who prepared to jot down notes.