Chapter 165: Playing the Connection Card?

In truth, Shen Donglai did not care at all who had injured Shen Yina. Since Shen Yina was the daughter of his ex-wife, his relationship with her was poor, bordering on frosty.

What he cared about was whether he could profit from this incident. Since it was intentional assault anyway, demanding some compensation was a given, right?

Although he had no idea who this student in the black robe was, the police had already said he was the prime suspect. They might as well just drag him away, subject him to a harsh interrogation, and extort some money out of him to settle the matter.

Besides, the hospital had stated that although Shen Yina's wound was quite deep, it was not life-threatening and would not cause any major complications, so he could not be bothered to care.

"You must be Shen Yina's father. Why don't you listen to what your own daughter has to say first?"

Qin Xuan frowned. Shen Yina had already cleared his name, yet this Bank President Shen still insisted on arresting him?

"She is just a child, how can her words be taken seriously?" Shen Donglai said coldly. "What are you waiting for? Do it!"

The three police officers immediately rolled up their sleeves and strode toward Qin Xuan.

"Don't touch him!"

Just at that moment, a slightly weak female voice came from the doorway of Shen Yina's ward. Qin Xuan turned his head to look and saw that Shen Yina had indeed gotten out of bed and was leaning against the doorframe, glaring at her father with a flash of anger.

The commotion outside the ward had been too loud, and she finally could not help but come out to take a look. Seeing that the police wanted to arrest Qin Xuan, she immediately cried out. She knew very well that Qin Xuan could never be the culprit.

"How is your injury?"

Qin Xuan was the closest to her and hurried over in two steps. All he cared about was whether Shen Yina's wound had been properly treated.

"I'm alright, Qin Xuan." Shen Yina looked at Qin Xuan, and a trace of a smile finally appeared on her face. "The doctor said the wound on my shoulder is nothing serious and will heal in a couple of days. I just don't know why my body feels so weak..."

Feeling weak was inevitable; that was because the True Mystery Sword Qi had damaged her meridians and internal organs. Although the injury was not critically severe, it would still have a lasting impact on her future, and ordinary medical treatments would be completely ineffective against it.

"Nonsense. Why aren't you going back inside to lie down? This brat is the criminal who hurt you!" Shen Donglai argued self-righteously.

"Qin Xuan is not the culprit! I can say that with certainty!" Shen Yina shot a look of disgust at Shen Donglai, then glared resentfully at the tall, thin police officer. "I am the victim, doesn't what I say count for anything?"

"Then who is the culprit?"

That was the only thing Shen Donglai cared about.

"This..."

Shen Yina was instantly at a loss for words because she had no idea who the assailant was.

Qin Xuan frowned slightly. "I know who the culprit is, but it's not convenient to tell you."

Naturally, matters concerning the Ninjas of the Solar Nation could not be conveniently disclosed to people of the secular world. Besides, even if he told them, no one would believe him.

"Hmph. Then what's with all the chatter? Arrest him!"

Shen Donglai waved his hand dismissively.

Seeing the three officers approach him once again, Qin Xuan said coldly, "You can arrest me all you want, but let me finish what I need to do, and I'll go with you in a moment."

No matter what, the Tianshan Great Replenishing Pill had to be given to Shen Yina. This so-called miraculous medicine was the size of a thumb; it had to be taken orally with water held in the mouth and allowed to dissolve slowly, making administration rather tricky.

"Finish what you need to do? What business does a dangerous element like you still have to attend to? Take him down!"

The tall, thin officer hesitated no longer and lunged at Qin Xuan.

"What a nuisance."

Qin Xuan muttered softly, turned around, and with a single-handed pull and push, sent one of the officers tumbling several meters away. Then, he unhooked the sword case from his back and struck the knee of the tall, thin officer with a sharp thud.

Instantly, the tall, thin officer let out a miserable shriek like a slaughtered pig, clutching his knee as he collapsed to the floor.

"Hmph, I didn't even use much force, don't put on such a pathetic act."

Qin Xuan sneered, put away the sword case, flicked his right hand out, and extended a single foot. The final, slightly plump officer was directly tripped, taking a heavy face-first tumble to the ground.

Many doctors, nurses, and family members of patients crowding the corridor watched in absolute astonishment. This was actual assault on police officers—and one person taking on three! Who was this young man in the long robe? He was simply too badass!

"You forced my hand."

Qin Xuan said calmly, glanced at Shen Donglai, and then took out his phone.

Although he didn't know who these three fellows answered to, that middle-aged police officer named Xu Bin should have jurisdiction, right? He could inform him temporarily; given his status as the deputy captain of the criminal investigation detachment, he should be able to suppress this situation.

Xu Bin vaguely knew that Qin Xuan had powerful backers behind him, and upon seeing that it was Qin Xuan calling him, he became extremely solemn. Hearing that Qin Xuan was actually being forcibly arrested at the hospital made him even more displeased—how could a young man who had shown such righteousness during the campus shooting ever harm a young girl?

Furthermore, he knew that Qin Xuan had saved Shen Yina during the campus shooting, so he hurriedly hung up the phone to check into the matter.

The three police officers had been instantly knocked flat by Qin Xuan, and they suddenly felt they had lost all face. The tall, thin officer was clutching his knee and screaming miserably, deliberately trying to put on as pathetic a show as possible so that this kid Qin Xuan would definitely receive a heavy sentence for assaulting the police.

"Young man, you actually dare to assault the police!"

Shen Donglai was furious. He had no idea that Qin Xuan had saved Shen Yina during the campus shooting; at his level, he was unable to access such sensitive topics as the campus shooting, and since Shen Yina had a poor relationship with him, she certainly wouldn't bother mentioning it to him.

"I already told you, you forced my hand."

Qin Xuan said indifferently. He was waiting for Xu Bin's call; once the matter was resolved, he could proceed to give the Tianshan Great Replenishing Pill to Shen Yina.

Seeing his nonchalant attitude, the tall, thin officer clutched his knee, gritted his teeth, and said, "You have guts, kid! I bet you'll be completely finished in a minute!"

"Is that so?"

Qin Xuan didn't even spare him a glance.

At that moment, the phone of the tall, thin officer rang. Police dispatch records were naturally logged and traceable, and using his position, Xu Bin quickly tracked down that the three of them had gone to the hospital to investigate the campus assault case, so he gave him a call.

"Captain Xu, I..."

The tall, thin officer answered the phone, and after listening for a moment, he felt his hands shaking.

This Qin Xuan had connections? And major connections at that? He was even a hero of the campus shooting?

"Alright, alright, we will definitely investigate thoroughly before taking any further action." The tall, thin officer hung up the phone. Seeing this, Qin Xuan let out a sigh of relief; it seemed the matter was settled.

Qin Xuan was not fond of using connections to pressure people. But under the current circumstances, he had no choice but to suppress the issue temporarily.

"President Shen, there are still doubts surrounding this case at the moment. Captain Xu said we need to thoroughly investigate further, so the arrest can be postponed..." The tall, thin officer said to Shen Donglai while wiping away sweat.

"Captain Xu? You mean Xu Bin?"

Shen Donglai frowned slightly, but soon a disdainful smile appeared on his face. "A mere deputy captain dares to throw his weight around. Playing the connection game, are we? I, Shen Donglai, am not afraid of you."

After saying that, Shen Donglai took out his phone and also began making a call.

Hearing this, Qin Xuan frowned. This Bank President Shen was truly looking for trouble where none existed. Originally, this matter would have ended right here, and shortly he would have gone to see Xu Bin to explain the case clearly. He had never expected that Shen Donglai would still want to leverage his connections to press the issue.

"Sigh, I originally just wanted to trouble Deputy Captain Xu a little. Now it seems that's not enough..." Qin Xuan sighed inwardly, remembering that people from the Zhao family had recently taken office as the Director of the Public Security Bureau. When it came to playing the connection game, there was simply no way Shen Donglai could outcompete the Zhao family.