Chapter 415: Situation Escalates

Lu Cheng dared not be negligent; if we really let this group of Educated Youth come to the Capital City to cause trouble, especially at this critical moment of National Day, the Railway Bureau would be held accountable.

He hurriedly pushed his bicycle out of the school Car Shed, just as he rode toward Beijing Station, when Yang Yin suddenly appeared from somewhere, opening both arms to block his path.

"Move, move, you almost hit me."

Yang Yin wouldn't let him go: "Where are you going? Zheng Guoping said you have an emergency; then when can you come back? We had agreed to go to Tiananmen together to watch the flag‑raising ceremony."

Yang Yin's little mouth chattered, and Lu Cheng now had no mood to go watch the flag‑raising ceremony.

"You go ahead. That group of Educated Youth is causing trouble again; this time it's quite serious, they probably won't be able to return."

Lu Cheng turned the handlebars, but Yang Yin stepped forward again to block him: "I'm going too."

Lu Cheng inhaled, pointed at Yang Yin and said, "Move out of the way quickly; this is an emergency mission, I don't have time to play with you."

"I'm not playing; I just want to help you. You said the Educated Youth were causing trouble, and I already thought of a solution for you earlier."

Yang Yin didn't bring it up, and Lu Cheng was almost forgetting about this matter; mainly this girl never says anything, each time she has to set conditions, and after stating them she still stays silent, as if deliberately stringing people along.

So Lu Cheng just treats it as if she never actually came up with a solution at all.

"Then what solution do you have? Let me tell you, the situation is urgent now; stop giving me conditions."

Yang Yin thought for a moment; she was afraid that if she spoke, Lu Cheng would drop her again and not take her along.

"Then it's okay if I speak, but you have to take me with you first, and we can talk while walking."

Sure enough, she started setting conditions again; this time Lu Cheng didn't compromise, turned the bike around again and prepared to leave.

"Ah, I say, I say, but you can't abandon me after I've spoken; once I say it, you have to take me with you…"

"Speak first."

"Then you have to agree with me first… okay, okay, I'll just say it." Yang Yin saw Lu Cheng pull his face down, so she had to first state the method she had in mind.

"The plan I thought of is actually… remember last time you pretended to be sick and fooled that group of Educated Youth, thereby successfully buying time; so this time, just say you died…"

Lu Cheng frowned, "What the heck, I die?"

Yang Yin quickly waved her hand, "No, no, it's pretending that you died, the same logic as your fake illness last time. This time we say you died while helping the Educated Youth return to the city; they were moved last time, so saying you died now will move them even more."

Then go negotiate with them; it will surely buy us a few more months…

Noticing Lu Cheng furrow his brows even deeper, Yang Yin tentatively asked, "You, what do you think? Isn't it pretty good?"

Lu Cheng came back to his senses, "What a load of crap, what a rotten idea."

"How can you call it a rotten idea! No, no, it's not a rotten idea; your previous two were also rotten ideas. I'm just building on your rotten ideas and refining them a bit."

Yang Yin argued slyly.

Lu Cheng was speechless, "The point is, how did you say I died? I'm alive and well."

Yang Yin waved again, "No, no, I meant the former Minister Lu died, not you."

Lu Cheng understood Yang Yin's words: "Since this Minister Lu has died, there's no way for me to step in; you have to face those Educated Youth alone. Can you handle it?"

Yang Yin immediately patted her chest, "Don't look down on me; women can hold up half the sky."

Lu Cheng found it funny, "Alright, alright, let's say your method works."

Yang Yin was about to be happy, but Lu Cheng continued, "But now it's useless; a couple of days ago a group of Educated Youth were arrested, the situation escalated, and no one will listen to you properly anymore."

Before, Lu Cheng could still play the emotional card; those Educated Youth, seeing his high leadership, were willing to calm down and listen.

But now, arresting people only provokes greater emotions.

"The plan is useless! What now?"

Seeing Yang Yin's worried face, Lu Cheng tugged her hair; Yang Yin also knew her curls didn't suit her, so she quickly straightened them back.

"What are you worrying about? If you're worried, it's my worry, it has nothing to do with you; hurry up and go to class."

Lu Cheng just pedaled a bit, but Yang Yin grabbed the back seat and jumped up, "Then I'm going too; we agreed earlier that once I reveal the plan, you have to take me over."

Lu Cheng sighed helplessly, "When did I ever agree to that? Besides, your plan is already useless."

"Then I don't care, I said it anyway."

"Get down quickly, or I'll beat you."

"It's National Day, there are hardly any classes, the holiday's in two days; just take me out to have fun, I've never been out of town."

Yang Yin truly had never left the Capital City since childhood; this rare chance to go out was a precious opportunity.

"Get down quickly, I'm not going to play."

"I know you're not going to play; you focus on your work, I can have fun on my own, I won't disturb you."

"No."

Yang Yin sat in the back, refusing to get down: "You have two choices now: either take me with you, or drop the bicycle and run to the station yourself."

"Hey, you're even threatening me…" Lu Cheng just raised his hand to slap, but Yang Yin pressed the back of her head against him.

"Go ahead, hit me hard, give me another scar; I already have one, another won't make a difference."

"……"

Seeing Yang Yin act like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water, Lu Cheng couldn't help but laugh out loud.

As Yang Yin brushed aside her hair, the scar became visible.

Lu Cheng took a deep breath and quoted his sister's line: "What sins I committed in my past life, this life I met you."

"I'm the one who sinned, okay? If it weren't for dragging votes for you, I wouldn't have this scar. Now you won't even let me take you out, you say you…"

Lu Cheng hurriedly reached out to stop her, "Alright, alright, I'll take you, okay?"

"Really?"

"But there's one thing: you must not get involved in my work."

Yang Yin immediately raised her finger, "Don't worry, I definitely won't disturb you; I just want to experience riding a train."

Lu Cheng had no other choice, so he took Yang Yin to request leave first, then rushed to the Traffic Police Unit.

When they arrived at the Grand Courtyard, Lu Cheng secured the bicycle and told Yang Yin, "Wait here for me; I'll go ask our captain about the details."

This time Yang Yin obediently nodded.

After Lu Cheng left, she started surveying the courtyard and realized this was the place where Lu Cheng worked.

There was a blackboard on the wall; Yang Yin stopped in front of it. It still displayed the previous Police Chief assessment scores, blurred by rainwater, but Lu Cheng's column was clearly full of blanks.

That's the last place, right? How did the last‑ranked person become Police Chief? They must have used a back door.

Over there, Lu Cheng pushed open the office door; Lei Zhan Ge was seated behind the desk, and Bureau Chief Tang Qiusheng was also present.

It is enough to show the General Bureau's level of concern for this Educated Youth disturbance.