Hang Jiabai graduated from the police academy at the age of 20 and has been a criminal police officer ever since, rising step by step to the position of squad leader. In his years of practice, he had met many reporters.

Some reporters were very good, with principles and conscience, knowing what to write and what not to write.

Some unscrupulous reporters focused on sensationalism, writing about anything explosive, completely disregarding the well-being of the victims.

Many victims survived the harm of the perpetrators but couldn’t escape the invisible killing pen in the hands of reporters.

He had read Lin Shuyue’s last article about Duan Taoyong. It was not only factual but also protected the victim’s information very well.

It was also because of this that Hang Jiabai revealed the matter of the internet addiction school involving deaths to her this time.

“This is what we should do, it’s our duty,” Hang Jiabai said.

Lin Shuyue left. Before she left, Hang Jiabai gave her the medal and bonus awarded to her. The bonus was not small, three thousand yuan, which was already a high amount for a “Heroic and Righteous Act” award at the time. Any higher would be for those who had sacrificed their lives.

This time, Hang Jiabai escorted Lin Shuyue to the reception hall on the first floor.

The reception hall was already crowded at this time. Many parents who had received the news had arrived.

They saw their children covered in cuts and bruises, and the parents who loved their children held them and cried loudly.

But there were always a few oddballs in a group.

Take the bald middle-aged man closest to Lin Shuyue, for example. He didn’t think it was a big deal that his child had been beaten by the people at the internet addiction school. He said to his son, “A real man should be able to endure beatings and hunger! Didn’t your dad grow up being hungry and beaten too? Why can’t you handle it? Stop crying! Where’s your manhood?”

After he finished speaking, he frowned at the messy scene. Seeing Hang Jiabai, who had come down with Lin Shuyue, he walked out of the crowd and approached Hang Jiabai. “Officer, why did you investigate this internet addiction school? My son is disobedient at home. No matter how we teach or discipline him, it doesn’t work. We were counting on this school to manage him for us. Now that you’ve investigated this school, what are we parents supposed to do?”

People who had the same thoughts as the bald middle-aged man also followed over, chiming in with their support. “Yes, yes, what this brother says is right!”

“Children are tough. What’s a few beatings and a few days of hunger? Everyone went through that. The most important thing is obedience!”

“That’s right, the son of our neighbor was also sent to this school. Their child became obedient and well-behaved after returning home. We want that kind of child, not this kind of rebellious brat.”

Lin Shuyue looked at these parents and then at their children, who had initially thought they were rescued but were plunged back into despair after seeing their parents. She closed her eyes in pain.

This was the reason why, in her previous life, even though internet addiction schools had a notorious reputation, they still sprang up one after another like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

Some parents give birth but don’t raise, or raise but don’t teach properly. Or when they discover that their child is different from the child they expected, their first thought is not to embrace their diversity, but to smooth out the child’s edges and force them to grow into the image they desire.

If they can’t smooth them out themselves, then they hand their children over to outsiders to wear down, they don’t care how much harm the child suffers during this process, they only care whether the final result is what they want.

If it is what they want, they will publicize it widely. If it’s not what they want, they will jump higher than anyone else, hating that their child is not up to par and hating that outsiders are not capable enough.

Anyway, in short, all in all, it’s never their fault.

Lin Shuyue didn’t dare to think about how desperate those children must feel.

She turned her head to look at Hang Jiabai.

Facing the parents’ siege, listening to their nonsensical and suffocating remarks, his face was as heavy.

After they had all expressed their opinions, Hang Jiabai finally said, “The actions of the principal and instructors of the internet addiction school have already constituted suspected criminal offenses.”

While some people sided with the bald man, even more people stood on Hang Jiabai’s side. As soon as he finished speaking, the parents who had just heard the bald man and others’ idiotic remarks couldn’t sit still.

“That’s right, exactly! I entrusted my perfectly fine child to their hands. They promised to use military-style and traditional Chinese cultural methods to teach them, to make them quit internet addiction from the bottom of their hearts. But what methods did they use?”

“Does the army use steel bars to beat soldiers? Does the army use electroshock on soldiers? Does the army starve soldiers? They are just swindlers!!!”

“They deserve to die! My perfectly healthy child, I haven’t even dared to lay a finger on them since they were little!! What right do they have to beat my child like this?”

“My poor child!!!” Some parents cried out in pain at the end.

Lin Shuyue didn’t want to listen to their bickering anymore and turned to leave the Public Security Bureau.

At the door, she encountered Zhou Bingrong, who had been picked up by his parents.

Lin Shuyue was now using her real appearance. Zhou Bingrong didn’t recognize her, only glanced at her a few more times, and then got into a Jetta sedan under the gaze of a serious-looking man.

Lin Shuyue withdrew her gaze and went directly to the newspaper office.

Because she had gone to the Public Security Bureau first, it was already past ten o’clock when she arrived at the newspaper office.

The girls who were busy working saw Lin Shuyue and greeted her with great surprise. Lin Shuyue replied to them one by one and then went to Wang Mingzheng’s office.

Wang Mingzheng wasn’t in a good mood.

In the past few days, his son’s rebelliousness had become even more serious! He was no longer satisfied with playing computer games at home and had started going to internet cafes. If he said a few words to him, his son would always have a hundred rebuttals.

He had even dyed his hair! Wang Mingzheng wasn’t a rigid person. If his dyed hair was a normal color, it would have been fine, but he had dyed it purple!

Wang Mingzheng’s blood pressure almost shot up when he saw it.

Just this morning before leaving for work, Wang Mingzheng had another argument with his son, Wang Xingyang.

On his way to work, Wang Mingzheng had already decided not to wait for Lin Shuyue’s undercover investigation results. He was going to send his son to an internet addiction school, today!

Wang Mingzheng had never had high expectations for his son. He didn’t ask him to be outstanding, as long as he was obedient and didn’t make him angry, that was enough.

But for some reason, the phone number for the internet addiction school had been busy all morning. During this time, he had also called home. The call was answered by the maid at home. The maid said that his son was playing games again today and hadn’t eaten. When she went to call him for dinner, he completely ignored her, only making strange noises while talking to the people in the game.

Wang Mingzheng patiently dealt with his work and then looked at the time, preparing to leave early.

When Lin Shuyue knocked on the door and came in, his hand had just touched the briefcase on his desk.

Seeing that it was Lin Shuyue, he put the bag down again.

“Xiao Lin is back?”

“I came back last night, but it was too late, so I didn’t come to the company,” Lin Shuyue said, sitting down across from Wang Mingzheng’s desk as if she knew the place well.

The glass door of Wang Mingzheng’s office closed automatically.

Wang Mingzheng picked up the cup on his desk and took a sip. The cold water made him frown. He put down the cup and asked Lin Shuyue, “How did it go? Was it smooth?”

Lin Shuyue nodded and then shook her head. “The undercover investigation went very smoothly, but Chief Editor, this internet addiction school is worlds apart from what it advertises. I already reported it to the police yesterday. Last night, the Peng City police dispatched officers overnight and rescued 89 students from the school. The staff, including the principal, have been taken away by the police for investigation.”

Lin Shuyue’s words caused a drastic change in Wang Mingzheng’s expression.

Lin Shuyue didn’t notice his expression and just handed him the evidence, asking him to take a look.

Wang Mingzheng hurriedly reached for the evidence.

The first scene that appeared was in the sports field, where students were being beaten by instructors with rulers and Dragon Whips.

In the blink of an eye, the scene changed to the tragic image of students being fixed to iron frame beds and receiving electroshock.

Looking further, the scene moved to the student dormitory, where students were being beaten by instructors and forced to take unknown drugs.

With each frame of the video, Wang Mingzheng’s face became more and more grim.

Especially with Lin Shuyue’s explanation beside him, and particularly when he heard that someone had died because of this and someone else had become disabled, he slammed his fist on the desk with a bang.

Lin Shuyue was startled. Even if she was slow-witted, she knew something was wrong with Wang Mingzheng. “Chief Editor?”

Wang Mingzheng pressed the pause button and held his head in his hands. “I’m sorry, you must be laughing at me. I’m fine, just let me calm down for a moment.”

Lin Shuyue sensibly stopped talking. After a good while, Wang Mingzheng returned to normal.

He looked at the young girl in front of him, who wasn’t much older than his son, took a deep breath, and said, “Thank you, Xiao Lin.”

Lin Shuyue was stunned, not understanding why Wang Mingzheng was thanking her.

Wang Mingzheng picked up his teacup and took a sip of the cold tea. The cold tea had made him frown just now, but now, with a mouthful of cold water, his mood calmed down a bit.

“I have a son named Wang Xingyang. He’s sixteen this year. He also likes to play computer games. Every day after school, he locks himself in his room to play games and make friends. He’s becoming more and more rebellious and disobedient.”

“To be honest, I can’t control him anymore. This morning, I made up my mind to send him to an internet addiction school. After coming to the office, I made several calls to the internet addiction school.”

Wang Mingzheng and his wife were childhood sweethearts. They only had one son, Wang Xingyang. When Wang Xingyang was five years old, his wife fell seriously ill, and despite his best efforts, he still couldn’t save her life.

After his wife passed away, he never remarried, not even had a girlfriend, for fear that bringing someone else back would be bad for his son.

Over the years, he had been both a father and a mother, willing to give his son the best of everything.

He wanted him to go to the best schools, and whatever he wanted, whatever he wanted to eat or use, he gave him the best within his ability.

If it hadn’t been for his extreme rebelliousness in the past year or two, Wang Mingzheng wouldn’t have even considered sending him to an internet addiction school!

He hadn’t expected that this thought would have almost harmed his son.

Wang Mingzheng was extremely grateful that he couldn’t bear to be apart from Wang Xingyang before and had always hesitated. He was even more grateful that he had agreed when Lin Shuyue wanted to go undercover at the internet addiction school.

Just imagining those suffering students in the video as his son made his heart ache so much that he couldn’t breathe.

The thought of his son suffering such hardship made Wang Mingzheng want to beat all those instructors to death to vent his anger!

At this moment, Wang Mingzheng felt that it didn’t matter that his son wasn’t obedient or well-behaved. At least he was healthy, and that was more important than anything else.

Lin Shuyue remained silent.