No Ulterior Motives C21
by MarineTLChapter 21: Ended Up in the Station
Tian Wenhao got arrested for fighting?!
When Jiang Ning first heard the news, she was stunned.
With how timid Tian Wenhao was, the idea that he could get into a fight and end up at the patrol station was simply unbelievable.
Yet, the Jiangzhou Academy Patrol Station had personally called, so she had no choice but to believe it.
Something was definitely off.
At home, after calming her aunt down, Jiang Ning picked up her phone and tried to recall a number.
She dialed.
Beep… Beep… Beep…
After several rings, a soft and sweet voice finally came through the receiver.
“Hello~”
“Senior Yao Yao, this is Jiang Ning. I have something I’d like to ask you about…”
“Mm, go ahead…”
A moment later.
Inside a government residential area.
Yao Yao sat on her bed in a daze, hugging a large teddy bear.
After a while, she couldn’t hold back anymore and picked up her phone to dial another number.
“Hello, Aunt Shen? It’s me, Yao Yao…”
“Mm… I need to talk to Brother Mingwei…”
“Mm, it’s just a small matter…”
“Mm, okay…”
A long silence followed.
Then, when a deep voice finally spoke from the other end of the line, Yao Yao simply said—
“Jiang Ning is at the Jiangzhou Academy Patrol Bureau…”
And with that, she hung up.
After ending the call, Yao Yao suddenly buried her face in her pillow and started crying softly, as if she’d been terribly wronged.
At this moment, inside the Jiangzhou Academy Patrol Bureau.
Jiang Ning was comforting her aunt, who was wiping away tears while tending to the blood on Tian Wenhao’s arm.
Seated next to Tian Wenhao was their cousin-in-law, Xiao Mingxiu.
Mingxiu looked uneasy, clearly unsure how to face Tian Wenhao’s mother.
Just then—
A couple walked out of the interrogation room.
Upon seeing Tian Wenhao sitting there, the man sneered viciously.
“You little bastard, you’re done for!”
“You’re fucking finished for life!”
“You dare lay a hand on me?!”
“Tomorrow, I’ll bring my people over and ruin your woman!”
The moment those words were spoken—
Jiang Ning saw Tian Wenhao suddenly explode with rage.
Like an enraged bull, he charged at the man.
Clearly, the man hadn’t expected Tian Wenhao to attack in the middle of the station.
He was knocked to the ground in an instant.
The woman beside him also got hit and fell.
Bang! Bang! Two heavy thuds drew the immediate attention of the patrolling officers inside the interrogation room.
Within seconds, four or five officers rushed out and forcibly separated the two brawling men.
But as soon as they were pulled apart, the man immediately started shouting.
“Look at this dog bastard! He still dares to fight in the station!”
“Arrest him! Lock him up right now!!”
The woman beside him joined in, angrily cursing—
“Arrest them all! Lock them all up!”
“Enough!!!”
A middle-aged officer with a darkened expression stepped forward and snapped at the man.
“Wang Dayong! You think I didn’t hear everything from inside?!”
At his words, Wang Dayong immediately shrank back.
But he quickly turned his glare toward Tian Wenhao, who had been pulled back by Jiang Ning and the others.
“And you! Fighting in the patrol station?!”
“You think this is some kind of playground?!”
His angry reprimand made Xiao Mingxiu want to say something, but Jiang Ning pulled her arm, stopping her.
With that, the conflict temporarily settled.
The middle-aged officer then spoke in a serious tone.
“Are you resolving this through mediation, or do you want to take it to court?”
“Press charges!” Wang Dayong immediately roared.
The officer turned to Tian Wenhao’s side.
“And you?”
“Mediation.”
Jiang Ning’s aunt and Xiao Mingxiu answered almost simultaneously.
But before they could even finish speaking, the woman on the other side sneered.
“Mediation? My man’s hurt this badly—what are you going to compensate with?”
Xiao Mingxiu looked embarrassed, but Jiang Ning’s aunt still forced a smile.
She spoke softly, “Please don’t be mad. The kids were just impulsive…”
At the same time, she reached into her small handbag, pulling out a few worn hundred-yuan bills.
She offered them over with a strained smile.
Unexpectedly, the woman slapped her hand away.
In an instant, the five hundred-yuan bills fluttered to the ground.
At that moment, an intense anger surged in Jiang Ning’s chest.
But years of experience allowed her to suppress it.
She silently lowered her head and helped her aunt pick up the scattered bills.
Meanwhile, Tian Wenhao, now seething with rage, broke free from Xiao Mingxiu’s grasp and charged toward the couple again.
But this time—
Jiang Ning had had enough.
She snapped.
“Get back!!”
For a brief moment, the entire room fell into silence.
Everyone instinctively turned to look at the schoolgirl standing there.
Tian Wenhao had never seen Jiang Ning so angry before.
To him, his cousin had always been warm, sweet, and unflappable.
No matter the situation, she never lost her composure.
But this time—
Something was different.
And at that moment, he instinctively stopped in his tracks.
Under Jiang Ning’s icy gaze, he hesitated, then stepped back.
Once Tian Wenhao was under control, Jiang Ning took a deep breath.
By the time she turned back, she had once again put on her usual sweet and gentle smile.
She already knew the full story.
It was all about their market stall.
That couple had set their sights on their stall while Tian Wenhao had been busy with renovations.
Seeing Xiao Mingxiu alone, they blatantly bullied her—
Not only occupying the space but also damaging several plush toys.
Xiao Mingxiu had been so distressed that she almost cried.
Just then, Tian Wenhao returned.
Thinking the girl he liked was being bullied, he didn’t hesitate—he simply beat the man up.
And that’s how things escalated to the patrol station.
Jiang Ning believed the root cause of this mess was her.
So, she had to be the one to resolve it.
She smiled warmly and spoke to the man—
“Hello, I’m his cousin. Can we step aside and talk for a moment?”
Hearing this, Wang Dayong shifted his attention to her.
In fact, he had noticed her from the moment she arrived.
A slender figure, delicate features, and dressed in a school uniform—
She looked like she had stepped right out of a calendar.
Now, this beautiful girl was asking to talk privately.
Of course, he was happy to oblige.
Without hesitation, he turned and walked toward a nearby hallway.
Jiang Ning didn’t follow immediately.
Instead, she found a female officer and whispered a few words before heading over.
By the time she reached the hallway, Wang Dayong was already sitting on the stairs, smoking a cigarette.
Seeing him, Jiang Ning wasted no time.
“5000. Mediation. Deal?”
Hearing that, Wang Dayong raised an eyebrow, looking her up and down.
“Well, well. Little missy, quite rich, huh?”
“Throwing out 5000 just like that?”
“Aren’t you just a student? Where’d you get the money?”
Jiang Ning wasn’t in the mood for nonsense.
“If you agree, I’ll get you the money right now.”
Seeing that she was serious—and considering her stunning looks—Wang Dayong’s mind suddenly filled with a different kind of thought.
A certain impulse took hold.
Standing up, he grinned and slowly stepped toward her.
Watching his sinister expression—
Jiang Ning suddenly realized she had made a terrible mistake.