My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 48 - 0048: Go Ask Yourself

Chapter 48: Chapter 0048: Go Ask Yourself

In the interrogation room of the patrol squadron, Tang Ming was handcuffed to a fixed chair and then the lights in the room were turned off, leaving only the very bright lamp on the recording desk illuminated.

Tang Ming had seen plenty of cop-and-robber movies and knew that once at the police station, the police liked to intimidate the suspect with a show of authority, rattling off how serious the matter was to scare them.

Then they would shine the harsh lamp light directly at them, completely breaking down the suspect’s psychological defenses in order to make progress in the interrogation.

Lin Xue and another officer sat down simultaneously. Since it was she who had brought Tang Ming in, naturally, it was she who would conduct the interrogation, and the person next to her was only responsible for recording. After all, if anything serious were to come up, it wouldn’t involve the recording officer; Lin Xue would bear the responsibility alone.

Lin Xue twisted the lamp, and the glaring light shone directly on Tang Ming’s face.

"Hey, can you turn off that light? Do we really need this routine?"

Tang Ming said discontentedly.

"Fine, tell me the truth. Why did the car you sneaked away with appear at the accident scene, and did you kill those two people?"

Lin Xue turned down the light casually and then asked pointedly.

"Alright, I’ll tell you everything,"

Tang Ming said, "The black Maserati was taken by me. It belonged to Ma Gangjian and was parked at the school gate. He pulled a gun on me wanting to kill me, so I took his car as compensation and incidentally drove Liu Mengting home. But when we got to the mountain road, a Ferrari suddenly appeared and raced against me. I wouldn’t stand for it and took him on, but then, out of the blue, I was set up. That car rammed mine off the road, then those two guys got out, trying to kidnap Liu Mengting. Of course, I wouldn’t have it and fought with them. Unable to beat me, those guys had no choice but to kill themselves."

Tang Ming recounted it clearly and concisely.

"Ha ha, that’s a funny joke, beating them so they kill themselves. You watch too many movies—now you’re even coming across Death Soldiers."

Lin Xue laughed heartily, not believing a word.

"I’m not lying to you; those guys really were Death Soldiers,"

Tang Ming asserted.

"Enough already, only you could come up with such lies,"

Lin Xue clearly didn’t believe Tang Ming and asked skeptically, "Even if you took Ma Gangjian’s car to drive Liu Mengting home, tell me, the Liu Family’s villa is in the Coastal District. Why did you drive to the mountain road?"

"We came across two workers on the way who had injured their fingers and were desperately looking for a hospital, so we took them to the orthopedic hospital. Of course, the mountain road is the shortest route there,"

Tang Ming explained.

"Ha, I didn’t realize you had the heart of a hero, always ready to save people,"

Lin Xue kept believing that Tang Ming was making up excuses and continued her pointed interrogation.

Liu Mengting was worried all morning. Ever since Tang Ming was taken away, she felt very distressed, anxiously waiting without any news until lunchtime. She didn’t check her phone until she stepped out of the academic building.

"Dad, is there any news about Tang Ming?"

Liu Mengting asked as soon as she made the call.

"The lawyer has gone to the police station. But since this involves two homicide cases, and the police have a witness who can prove Tang Ming took off in the black sports car from the scene of the crime, the situation isn’t looking good, and he can’t be bailed out,"

Liu Gaoze sighed and said, "Don’t worry, daughter. I will do everything I can to save Tang Ming. You focus on your studies, and don’t think about anything else."

After Liu Mengting hung up the phone, she felt a bit pained. If she hadn’t been so eager to get home yesterday and hadn’t gotten into the car Tang Ming had stolen, perhaps what followed wouldn’t have happened. And if Tang Ming hadn’t kindly offered to take the injured workers to the orthopedic hospital, they wouldn’t have traveled the mountain road frequented by street racers. If she hadn’t been acting out of spite, she wouldn’t have let Tang Ming race against someone else.

In the end, if it hadn’t been for Tang Ming fighting those two criminals to protect her, they would not have committed suicide after their mission failed.

All of this was related to her, Liu Mengting, how could she possibly be at peace? Although, to tell the truth, Liu Mengting didn’t really like Tang Ming. She thought this guy was slick and always up to some scary business, but at the end of the day, he was still pretty responsible and lived up to his job as a bodyguard!

At noon, in the cafeteria of Tianjiao High School, Li Xiaoli scooped some thick soup into her mouth with a soup spoon and then savored it with delight.

Meanwhile, Liu Mengting, across the table, was poking at noodles with a fork while lost in her thoughts. Unaware, she dropped the noodles and didn’t even notice until she bit down on an empty fork!

"Meng Meng, you’re not even concentrating on your food. Could it be that you’re thinking about Tang Ming?"

Li Xiaoli asked with a smirk, her eyes fixed on Liu Mengting.

"Why would I think about him? I’m thinking about other things!"

Liu Mengting put down her fork and said.

"Oh, then what about Tang Ming getting arrested again—how are you going to deal with that? He’s your bodyguard, yet he gets taken away by the police all the time. He seems even more dangerous than those criminals."

Li Xiaoli said, taking a sip of her juice.

"That guy is always causing trouble. It would be good for him to be locked up for a few days and taught a lesson."

Liu Mengting said sternly, "It would prevent him from being reckless and thinking he can do whatever he wants."

"Wow, Meng Meng, you speak as if you really care about Tang Ming."

Li Xiaoli laughed and said, "And here you were saying you didn’t care about him. It seems I was mistaken."

"Mistaken about what? Tang Ming and I have nothing to do with each other. It’s none of my business if he’s in trouble."

Liu Mengting huffed in annoyance.

"Right, but this time Tang Ming’s trouble is no small matter. If he gets taken in, he might not come out again, he might even face the death penalty!"

Li Xiaoli deliberately exaggerated to see Liu Mengting’s reaction.

"Not come out?"

The color drained from Liu Mengting’s face as she asked, "How could that be? Why would the police arrest Tang Ming without any evidence?"

"It looks pretty serious; two people died! How about this, my brother has friends in the police station, and I know them too. Should I give them a call and ask?"

Li Xiaoli asked with a mischievous smile.

"What are you looking at me for? It’s none of my business what happens to Tang Ming. It’s none of my business if he gets the death penalty either! You want to ask, just go ahead!"

Liu Mengting continued eating her noodles with her fork.

Li Xiaoli took out her phone and then said,

"That’s true, it’s not our business anyway. Why be so nosy? Let’s just wait for that kid to get sorted out by the police and then be sent off to prison."

Seeing Li Xiaoli put her phone away, Liu Mengting quickly said,

"Actually, he is my bodyguard, after all. It wouldn’t be right if I didn’t ask at all. Besides, people might think the Liu Family is too heartless toward its employees! Xiaoli, why don’t you just make the call and find out whether the charges against Tang Ming are serious or not."