Sent to the Group
Yu Song’s strength was no small matter, and she didn’t hold back at all.
Xia Yuxin’s face quickly swelled on both sides.
This time, she was truly crying.
“Why are you hitting me? I don’t want to live anymore!”
She shouted fiercely, trying to climb onto the rooftop guardrail again.
Before the firefighters could intervene, Yu Song kicked her hard, knocking her to the ground.
“Are you done yet? You’ve already become a viral sensation. Look at the number of viewers in your livestream, look at how many people are gathered downstairs. Even the top city officials have shown up. Don’t talk about just our city—you’re already famous all over the internet. Still not satisfied?”
Yu Song cursed through gritted teeth, stepping on Xia Yuxin’s chest as she looked down on her from above.
Xia Yuxin was so crushed that she couldn’t even cry properly, letting out only faint, mosquito-like sounds. “I… I didn’t…”
Gu Zhiyao and the others also hated people who constantly threatened to jump off buildings, but no matter how disgusted they were, they couldn’t just stand by and watch Yu Song hit someone.
When she slapped Xia Yuxin earlier, it had drawn gasps from the crowd.
At that time, no one had fully reacted yet.
Now, some tried to pull Yu Song away, others tried to persuade her.
Even Director Hong said, “Xiao Yu, don’t be impulsive. The person’s already been saved. If there’s anything, let’s go downstairs and talk it through calmly.”
Ji Jiang first picked up Xia Yuxin’s phone and turned off the livestream, then shouted, “Yu Song, stop now.”
The special police, firefighters, and police on the scene were all dumbfounded.
The girl looked young—how could she slap so fiercely?
Netizens exploded online.
“Oh my god, although I didn’t see clearly, I heard it all perfectly—the slaps were solid hits.”
“Serves her right. Whether she wanted to be a viral star or not, she deserved it. If she wanted to die, she should have done it somewhere private, not here causing trouble for society.”
“The firefighter who saved her is so handsome. What if he fell while trying to save her? Could she afford the compensation?”
“That was perfectly done. She didn’t deserve anyone’s rescue.”
Ji Jiang turned off the livestream and revealed half of Yu Song’s face.
A bunch of people shouted, “So handsome!”
Yu Song’s few slaps skyrocketed the online buzz.
At the scene, Gu Zhiyao had already gone over to pull Yu Song away, while Huo Anran helped Xia Yuxin up and comforted her, “Are you okay?”
Tears poured down Xia Yuxin’s face.
How could she be okay in this state?
“I want to…” she struggled to stand, her words slurred as she tried to say she wanted to sue Yu Song for intentional injury.
Before she could finish, Yu Song had already taken out her phone and started filming while walking toward her.
“Xia Yuxin, good thing you’re okay. You called me here because you wanted me to wake you up, right? So, are you awake now? Want a few more slaps?”
Hearing this, Xia Yuxin instinctively hid behind Huo Anran.
Yu Song bypassed Huo Anran, holding her phone up close to Xia Yuxin’s face.
“Say something. What’s wrong with you? Where’s your desire to perform? Why do you go mute as soon as the livestream stops? Xia Yuxin, so many people rushed over to save you. Did you even say thank you? The special police and firefighters just saved you—did you thank them? I woke you up—did you say thanks?”
Xia Yuxin, already on the brink of collapse, heard Yu Song demand an apology.
She grabbed her hair and screamed, “Ah! Are you trying to drive me to death today? Fine! I’ll die for you!”
After pulling her hair, she started stomping her feet, yelling, “Ah! Why did I call you here? Why?!”
At this moment, Xia Yuxin truly seemed insane.
Yu Song laughed, “Exactly. Why did you call me here? But since I’m here, I’m definitely going to wake you up properly. See? Your head is clear in no time.”
She said this while slightly raising her hand.
From a safe distance, Xia Yuxin reflexively ducked her neck.
Director Hong almost laughed out loud.
This little girl was something else—hitting someone and still demanding an apology, even scaring the other person.
He gave Ji Jiang and Gu Zhiyao a look, signaling them to end this farce quickly.
Yu Song didn’t want to make a scene anymore.
Seeing him about to leave, she hurried to follow and asked, “Director Hong, do you still stand by what you said earlier? I didn’t want to come, but you all insisted. Now I impulsively hit her. Even though it was to wake her up, people like her don’t appreciate kindness—they’ll definitely sue me.”
Director Hong sighed helplessly. “You knew she’d sue, yet you hit her so hard?”
Yu Song laughed. “I didn’t want to hit her, but my hands just itched.”
“You said she called you to wake her up, right? That’s her problem then.”
After saying that, Director Hong quickly left, afraid Yu Song would keep pestering him to promise she’d be fine.
On the way back to the Criminal Investigation Team, Yu Song and Gu Zhiyao were in the same car.
Gu Zhiyao glanced at her through the rearview mirror. “Xiao Yu, don’t be so impulsive next time. You hit too hard.”
Ji Jiang also said, “What if she goes for a forensic examination? You’d be in trouble. Even if Director Hong’s on your side, you’ll have to settle with money.”
“Pay her money? She deserves it?” Yu Song was still angry talking about it. “She put on full makeup, wore a white dress to threaten to jump, and even livestreamed it. She made me, a hot topic person, run over to stop her. Oh, no, before that, I had to be insulted by her first. The only reason I didn’t kick her off the roof was because I have a good temper.”
Gu Zhiyao laughed, “Good temper? Xiao Yu, aren’t you saying that just to ease your conscience?”
“What’s there to feel guilty about? Did I say anything wrong?”
Gu Zhiyao and Ji Jiang both laughed.
They had never seen such a hot-tempered girl who still thought she had a good temper.
Xia Yuxin was taken to the hospital for a checkup.
Her parents arrived to accompany her.
Though they desperately wanted to hit her again, they were genuinely worried, not indifferent as she claimed.
The injuries on her face looked severe but hadn’t damaged muscles or bones.
There were no open wounds.
After ice packs and applying some ointment, she was sent home to rest.
Back at the Criminal Investigation Team, Xia Yuxin put on her victim act again.
“I was forced by He Zilu. I didn’t want to do it, but she pushed me into the barrel. I never wanted to be a viral star. I called Yu Song over to clear things up. You can check my phone—I really received messages from Yu Song.”
Her phone did have many abusive messages.
Ji Jiang checked the phone numbers; they were prepaid cards bought online.
Huo Anran immediately contacted the owner of the card, but he claimed he only helped someone else apply and didn’t know anything.
The man hung up nervously, but Gu Zhiyao had already tracked down the girl behind the screen name [Dao Dao Gui Gui].
Her name was Qu Xiaoyun.
She probably never expected to be caught—and not just at the police station but by the Criminal Investigation Team.
She barely lasted five minutes under interrogation before confessing.
The person who sent the texts to Xia Yuxin was her.
The card was given to her by a friend.
“It was Xia Yuxin who instructed me. She said if she didn’t find a way, she’d be done for. She also accused He Zilu of causing someone’s death and kept asking when I’d upload the video online.”
Gu Zhiyao asked, “Were both videos filmed by you?”
“Yes. He Zilu made me use her phone to film. She said she had a group where everyone loved watching those kinds of videos.”
Ji Jiang frowned. “What kind of videos? He Zilu beating and insulting classmates? Did she ever say if the videos were filmed to beat people, or she beat people just to film videos?”
“What’s the difference? Anyway, she always told me to film when she beat people. The videos released by Jingnan University are actually the mildest ones.”
Qu Xiaoyun wiped her tears and described He Zilu’s various violent acts.
“I was the one being forced. Most of what I said in the videos is true, but later I became He Zilu’s little follower. She’s really cruel. Xia Yuxin isn’t innocent either. She helped He Zilu pick targets. Anyone who offended them would be called out and beaten by He Zilu, with all kinds of humiliations. Some… I’m too embarrassed to say.”
Crying, Qu Xiaoyun said, “When Xia Yuxin saw the videos leak, she called me. She said this was our chance to get famous and clear our names. I said I wasn’t exposed and didn’t want to be an internet star. But she said if I didn’t listen, she’d report me to the police. The videos were filmed by me, and I encouraged her and He Zilu to bully others and filmed it repeatedly for enjoyment.”
She broke down crying, “I’m really scared, officer. I don’t want to be seen as a pervert. I never wanted to be friends with them or film videos. They forced me.”
Gu Zhiyao kept his word.
Yu Song was watching the surveillance footage outside.
Hearing this, she sighed, “Sounds like the truth. He Zilu actually filmed the videos and sent them to the Group? What Group? Paid Group or Exchange Group?”
Huo Anran was confused.
“Who would buy those videos? There are plenty of violent videos online—watching high school girls being beaten. What perverted thrill could they get from that?”
Yu Song said, “If we could understand, wouldn’t that make us perverts too?”
Huo Anran sighed, “You’re right. No need to understand them at all.”
In the Interrogation Room, Gu Zhiyao focused on the Group.
But Qu Xiaoyun only filmed videos; she didn’t upload them.
“I only know there’s such a Group. He Zilu values the people in it a lot. She didn’t tell me anything else, and I didn’t dare to ask. But I think Xia Yuxin definitely knows about it. She’s the same kind of person as He Zilu.”
Xia Yuxin was like a spinning top, refusing to tell the truth no matter how she was questioned.
She pointed to her face and insisted she was the victim.
When they heard Qu Xiaoyun’s full confession, she sneered, “How do you know she’s telling the truth? Is there evidence?”
Yu Song and Gu Zhiyao said, “Let me talk to her. Doesn’t she really want to see me?”
Gu Zhiyao glanced at Xia Yuxin in the interrogation room. “Are you sure she really wants to see you?”
“Who cares if she does or not? Am I her follower? If she wants to see me, fine. If not, then not. Gu, you wouldn’t be ungrateful after crossing the river, right? She hates me now. Her emotions won’t be stable in front of me. Let me try; what’s the worst that can happen?”
Gu Zhiyao helplessly pushed open the interrogation room door.
Xia Yuxin saw Yu Song and looked as if she’d seen a ghost. “Why are you here? What do you want?”
She sized Yu Song up, “Are you a cop too?”
“Kind of,” Yu Song smiled at her. “For now…”
Xia Yuxin didn’t hear the last sentence before she screamed, “I don’t want you to interrogate me! I want to complain about you!”