South to North: A Prison Guard at the Beginning

Chapter 139 Conversation with Zhou Xiaobai

"Chief!" Seeing Zhou Zhennan, the surrounding police, soldiers and doctors hurriedly greeted him.

"How is he?" Zhou Zhennan asked anxiously, pointing at Yuan Mu lying on the ground.

"Don't worry, he just fainted. He will probably wake up soon," the doctor said quickly.

Zhou Zhennan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He now really felt that Yuan Mu was the benefactor of their family. He first saved him and now saved his daughter.

"Xiaobai, are you okay?" Zhou Zhennan looked at Zhou Xiaobai who was kneeling beside Yuan Mu and asked with concern.

"Dad, I'm fine." Zhou Xiaobai shook his head.

She was a soldier and also studied medicine. She was basically immune to corpses, brains, and blood. Apart from the explosion and Yuan Mu's shooting just now that scared her, she remained quite calm from beginning to end.

In fact, she could also tell that Yuan Mu had fainted, but she was too anxious at the time and didn't have the mind to check. There was also a doctor on the scene.

"Get up quickly." Zhou Zhennan walked forward and grabbed Zhou Xiaobai's arm.

"Ouch! It hurts!" Zhou Xiaobai frowned suddenly as soon as he raised his arm, and then put his arm down again.

"What's going on?" Zhou Zhennan's face changed.

Zhou Xiaobai endured the pain, touched his arm and then spoke.

"It's okay, maybe it's a broken bone."

"Hurry! Send them all to the hospital, especially this comrade, and make sure to check him thoroughly!" Zhou Zhennan ordered.

Yuan Mu was then carried away on a stretcher, and Zhou Xiaobai followed him to the hospital.

The scene still needed to be dealt with, and a large number of staff poured into the scene. The first thing they had to do was take away the bag of explosives, which was too dangerous, and then count the contents.

The leaders retreated first. They had to report the outcome of the incident to their superiors. The impact was too bad. Kyoto Railway Station was a very important hub, and foreign guests would get off here.

Fortunately, there are no foreign guests visiting today, otherwise this would have become an international incident and would have been extremely embarrassing.

After an on-site inventory, it was found that the bag contained not only explosives but also other things, including seven 7.62 bullets, ten electric detonators, forty small-caliber rifle bullets, some bulk black powder, saltpeter and sulfur, etc.

If this bag of stuff exploded here, the consequences would be disastrous. The second floor would probably be blown down. The explosives in Li Shoucheng's bag are more powerful than TNT.

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in the hospital.

Yuan Mu slowly opened his eyes, looked around, and then recalled his previous memories. He was in the hospital. Was he injured again?

It shouldn't be possible, right? He moved his arms and legs and found nothing wrong. Then he sat up slowly. Apart from a slight headache, he didn't feel any discomfort.

He touched his head, which was still wrapped in gauze. He stood up and walked around twice to make sure that he was really fine. Could he have been knocked unconscious by the explosion?

Just then, the door of the ward was pushed open and a woman with her arm in a sling walked in.

"Hey! Why are you up!" The woman hurried over.

When Yuan Mu saw this woman, he suddenly realized that this was the person who had been kidnapped.

"Oh, I'm fine. Are you injured too? That shouldn't be the case."

"I have a broken bone. You threw me away at that time. Have you forgotten?" The woman rolled her eyes at Yuan Mu.

"The situation was too urgent at that time. I'm sorry." Yuan Mu smiled awkwardly.

Seeing Yuan Mu like this, the woman immediately laughed.

"Why are you apologizing to me? I should be thanking you. Thank you for saving me. If it weren't for you, I might not be here this time."

"Hey! I'm a policeman. Protecting the people is what I should do!" Yuan Mu waved his hand nonchalantly.

The woman smiled and nodded without any hesitation. Then she stretched out her uninjured hand.

"Comrade Yuan Mu, let's formally introduce ourselves. My name is Zhou Xiaobai!"

"Oh, hello, Comrade Zhou Xiaobai, my name is Yuan Mu." Yuan Mu also hurriedly shook hands with her.

"We've actually seen it before."

"Ah? Where is it? Why don't I have any impression of it?" Yuan Mu was stunned.

"It was at Tiananmen Square in the early morning of the 3rd. I was standing next to you when we were watching the flag-raising ceremony. Maybe you were too engrossed and didn't notice me," Zhou Xiaobai reminded.

"Oh, that's it."

"By the way, we have a connection. My father is very familiar with you, and you have saved him."

Yuan Mu was stunned, and then a figure appeared in his mind.

"Are you Mr. Zhou's daughter?"

"Yes."

"Oh, this is such a coincidence. What you said is true. I do have a connection with your Zhou family. I saved your father in Ningyang, and I saved you again in Kyoto." Yuan Mu smiled and shook his head.

"So, our whole family should thank you."

"Oh! Forget about thanking me. This is what I should do. As a civilian police officer, I will save anyone no matter who they are." Yuan Mu waved his hand.

"I should thank you. By the way, aren't you a police officer from Ningyang? Why did you come to Kyoto? And I heard you say at the station that you have become the propaganda section chief of the Kyoto Railway Public Security Bureau?" Zhou Xiaobai asked curiously.

"Hey! That was all to deceive that kid. I am not the propaganda section chief of the Public Security Bureau. I came to Kyoto to study. I am serving as a section chief in the Criminal Investigation Corps of the Railway Public Security Bureau."

"Are you here to go to college?" Zhou Xiaobai was stunned and a little surprised.

"Yes, people have to keep improving, otherwise they will easily be left behind by the times." Yuan Mu nodded with a smile.

"It will take you several years to go to university. Aren't you afraid that it will delay your career? You are now a section chief and have handled two major cases. If nothing unexpected happens, your career will be very smooth. It doesn't seem to be a wise move to go to university now?" Zhou Xiaobai continued to ask.

"But with my current education, if I don't go to college, maybe I can be promoted to director level, but it will be very difficult to advance beyond that. It's better to settle down for a few years. I'm already promoted fast enough at my age. As the moon waxes, it wanes."

"The current accumulation of experience is to lay a better foundation for the future. Besides, although I am good at handling cases, I still have a lot of shortcomings in handling government affairs. I still have a lot to learn." Yuan Mu said with a smile.

Zhou Xiaobai looked at Yuan Mu in surprise. He didn't expect Yuan Mu to have so many ideas and see so far.

"Well, what you said makes sense. I think your current approach is correct. Choosing to calm down when you are at your peak may not be a bad thing. The halo around you is indeed a little too strong right now."