Liu Hao had already guessed Liu Yutong's identity.
The young heiress of the Righteous Union Society.
A girl with darkness running through her veins.
But what Liu Hao hadn’t expected was that this girl, whose bloodline was so tainted, only needed to say a few words to the leading officer.
And just like that, cold silver handcuffs were slapped onto his wrists.
Meanwhile, the gang of thugs who had just been beaten down by them walked away completely unscathed.
Seriously, what the hell?
Is there no justice left?
Liu Hao wasn’t completely ignorant of the law. In cases like this—large-scale brawls—the usual procedure was to punish both sides equally. Everyone involved should have been hauled away.
But the scene before him was the exact opposite.
The other side got off scot-free, while he was the one headed for jail.
The injustice burned inside Liu Hao.
But no matter how much it gnawed at him, it wouldn’t change the fact that he was about to be locked up.
Besides him, a few of his lackeys who had joined in beating up Zhao Zhu and the others were also cuffed.
The leading officer, who looked to be at least a captain-level figure, gave a deep, scrutinizing look at the group behind Liu Yutong.
“A life of crime never ends well.”
He could tell Liu Yutong was a good kid. He just couldn’t understand why she was mixed up with these thugs who had criminal records.
So he couldn’t help but warn her—don’t let yourself sink deeper.
Liu Yutong smiled sweetly. “Uncle, I’m a law-abiding citizen, you know!”
She was the one who had reported the incident. And this officer wasn’t just anyone—he was the same one who had previously investigated Yun Cheng and his crew’s records.
His name was Qi Wei.
A truly upstanding officer.
A graduate of a prestigious law school with a master’s degree, he currently served as the deputy chief of Wushui County Police Department, doubling as the captain of the public security team.
Though his rank wasn’t sky-high now, it wouldn’t be long before he soared up the ranks.
With his education, sharp investigative skills, and a major case he would later crack, his career would skyrocket.
And no, it definitely wasn’t because his former university mentor had been transferred to Bright Pearl City as its top official.
Liu Hao and his crew were taken away.
Yun Cheng, on the other hand, remained calm as ever—he was the type with nerves of steel.
Ma Da and the others, though, had barely dared to breathe earlier. Not because they were afraid of jail, but because they worried these officers had come from Bright Pearl City to hunt them down.
During the internal gang war, they hadn’t taken sides. Instead, they and a dozen brothers had chosen to leave and search for their young mistress.
But they’d heard about what happened afterward.
The cops had moved in, arresting many from the gang. The worst offenders had even been executed.
They weren’t afraid of jail time, but they didn’t want to end up with a bullet in their heads for no reason.
They also knew their young mistress seemed desperate to keep them out of prison.
Of course, that was because she cared about them.
But now, after another fight, they should’ve been looking at a few days behind bars at the very least.
Yet, to their shock, their young mistress had only exchanged a few words with the lead officer—and not only were they untouched, but the guys they’d beaten down were the ones hauled away.
A single thought echoed in Ma Da and the others’ minds:
“You can play it like this?”
If they hadn’t known their young mistress’s background, they’d have suspected she had connections in high places.
They were starting to understand what she meant by “the rule of law.”
Fight—but leave no evidence.
Then cleanly send your enemies straight to jail.
That was the rule of law!
Using the law to crush your foes!
Yeah, that had to be it!
After the officers and the later-arriving ambulances left, Ma Da couldn’t hold back anymore.
“Young Mistress, I get what the rule of law means now!”
“But I think we still need to study more!”
He understood the first part—but how to actually “law” their enemies? That part still eluded him.
Liu Yutong smiled approvingly. “Good, Ma Da. You’re quite sharp. Since you’ve grasped the concept, I won’t explain further. Let’s head back.”
“Yes, Young Mistress!” Ma Da beamed.
He’d been praised!
Clearly, his brain worked just fine—he’d instantly grasped the core of her teachings.
Hmm, he’d have to stick close to her from now on.
After all, in his eyes, aside from the young mistress, he was the smartest one here. Well, and Yun Cheng.
With Liu Hao suddenly arrested, the remaining vocational high school seniors—soon to graduate—were left in disarray.
It was like they’d lost their backbone.
In their eyes, Liu Hao had been a big shot—someone with connections to gang bosses in Bright Pearl City.
But now? He’d been taken down by this group of clearly well-connected thugs, with even the cops siding against him.
That alone proved these people were no small fry.
Maybe following them would lead to a brighter future.
After graduation, most of them would likely be forced into menial jobs. But since they wanted to live the gangster life, factory work was the last thing they wanted.
Being a gangster was way cooler!
Just as Liu Yutong and the others were about to get into their cars, one of the students suddenly called out, “Wait!”
Liu Yutong, Yun Cheng, and the rest paused, turning to look at them.
“What? Want another beating?”
The student quickly waved his hands. “N-no! I just wanted to ask… are you guys from the Righteous Union Society?”
These young delinquents were a curious bunch, always eager to learn about underworld figures and gangs.
Most only knew the local players, but not everyone was clueless about Bright Pearl City’s factions.
Take Liu Hao—he’d known a bit about the gangs there. In fact, his foothold in the Youth Plaza Internet Café Street had been built on his fabricated identity as a Bright Pearl City gangster.
His clueless lackeys had bought it, thinking he was their ticket to glory.
But now, they saw the truth—he’d been all talk, full of hot air.
These people in front of them? The real deal.
Not just tough, but with pull in high places.
This was the image of true gangsters they’d always imagined.
Yun Cheng nodded. “That’s right.”
The moment they got confirmation, the first student suddenly dropped to his knees with a thud.
“Let me join you!”
Almost instantly, the remaining twenty-something delinquents followed suit, kneeling en masse.
“Please, let us join! We’re begging you!”
Yun Cheng and the others instinctively looked to Liu Yutong—she was the one who called the shots here.
Truthfully, they had no respect for these greenhorns. They couldn’t fight, and they were practically useless. What would they even do with them?
Just as they expected their young mistress to refuse…
Liu Yutong surprised them all.
“Alright.”
Her agreement came from two considerations.
On one hand, Yun Cheng and his crew had already established a steady business in seafood reselling, and they were short on manpower—these students could help fill the gap.
On the other hand, in her past life, while handling a case involving vocational high school students, Liu Yutong had once spoken with a principal who told her, "For every student we enroll, there might be one less child in juvenile detention."
Those words had deeply moved her.
In the eyes of many, these vocational school students were kids abandoned by their parents and teachers.
But Liu Yutong believed that with proper guidance, they could still grow into pillars of society—or at the very least, law-abiding citizens.
When the students heard Liu Yutong agree to take them in, they were overjoyed.
By now, they knew her identity—she was rumored to be the young mistress of the Yihe Society, likely to become its future leader.
Sticking close to someone so influential? Their futures were practically guaranteed to skyrocket!
Even Ma Da was surprised. He’d assumed the young mistress wouldn’t want these students, yet she’d accepted them.
But he quickly grasped her intentions.
Who said the young mistress lacked ambition?
Who claimed she had no interest in leading the syndicate?
This was clearly her building an army, preparing to march back to Bright Pearl City, conquer all rivals, and restore the Yihe Society to its former glory—or even greater heights!
Young Mistress, you’re a legend!!!
