46: Chapter 46 Young Heroes, Righteous Spirit

"Comrade? A silk banner?"

Hu Gualing and Wu Yingying exchanged glances, both seeing a hint of confusion in each other's eyes.

Wu Yingying spoke up, "Please come in."

As soon as the door opened, they saw that the area outside the hospital room was packed with people.

Looking over, what caught Hu Gualing's attention first was a bright red silk banner, with someone holding a camera standing next to it.

Since the silk banner was folded and held against someone's chest, the content embroidered on it couldn't be seen.

However, looking at the scene, it didn't take much thought to realize it likely had something to do with his recent injury.

Besides that, Hu Gualing also noticed the fat man standing to the side. Dressed in a suit with a potbelly, combined with that signature receding hairline, it was easy for him to recognize this as the General Manager of Jinkai Factory, Wu Yingying's father, General Manager Wu Jinkai.

Behind General Manager Wu Jinkai were a group of security guards carrying fruits and milk.

The first to speak was the stranger holding the silk banner, "Comrade Hu Gualing, is it convenient for us to come in?"

Hu Gualing had always slept in dormitory bunks where anyone could kick the door open, making it no different from a decoration. Even when he worked as a security guard at the factory, he had never been asked so politely by employees entering or leaving, so his favor for this stranger holding the silk banner increased greatly. He sat up straight and said, "Please come in, don't be polite!"

Having received permission, the group at the door walked into the hospital room with light footsteps.

Wu Yingying noticed that only after the middle-aged man holding the silk banner entered the room did the others follow, even her father was no exception, and she had a guess about the identities of this group in her heart.

She whispered, "Dad." General Manager Wu Jinkai noticed her, his expression turning sour, but presumably due to the crowd, he didn't say anything.

The middle-aged man walked to the bedside, reached into his jacket with one hand, and pulled out a small booklet, handing it to Hu Gualing, "This is my identification, please take a look."

Hu Gualing opened the identification, confused. Investigation Team, Team Leader, Team Leader Shen Ming.

"Team Leader Shen Ming, hello, hello..." Hu Gualing handed the identification back to Team Leader Shen Ming, feeling secretly guilty.

Although he hadn't done anything bad, if the abnormalities on his body were discovered, he wouldn't be able to explain them away.

Fortunately, Team Leader Shen Ming didn't have any other intentions; after revealing his identity, he casually put the identification away.

Then he unfurled the silk banner in his hands, gripped both ends of the banner rod with both hands, and solemnly extended it toward Hu Gualing.

Hu Gualing looked and saw eight large characters on the face of the banner—Young Hero, Righteous Qi.

On the left, a line of small characters read, Presented by the Jiangsu Province Development Zone Investigation Team to Young Hero Hu Gualing.

Even though Hu Gualing hadn't read many books, he could feel that the meaning of the eight characters on the silk banner was significant, and for a moment, he didn't know if he should accept it.

It was Wu Yingying standing to the side who gave him a look and said, "He has an injury on his back and is not convenient to move, let me accept it on his behalf first."

"Alright, alright, it's my negligence. I'll hand it to Young Miss Wu first," Team Leader Shen Ming handed the silk banner to Wu Yingying and looked at Hu Gualing with concern, "Comrade Gualing, how is your injury?"

"It didn't damage the bone, it's not serious. It will be fine after resting for a while," Hu Gualing replied, secretly casting a look of gratitude toward Wu Yingying.

"That's good, that's good."

With the silk banner delivered, Team Leader Shen Ming didn't look as serious anymore. He sat down by the bedside in a very friendly manner and began to tell him about the relevant situation.

It turned out that after their overnight investigation, the matter of the Black-Clad Men had largely been concluded.

Those four Black-Clad Men had acted with organization and premeditation, targeting Wu Yingying.

This point could be proven by Wu Yingying's driver who had already fallen victim to their foul play.

That group of Black-Clad Men didn't know where they got the news that Wu Yingying was at the factory. After five o'clock in the afternoon, they had occupied the Bentley that picked up Wu Yingying and laid an ambush in the car, intending to make their move when Wu Yingying got off work and boarded the vehicle.

But they hadn't expected Wu Yingying to work overtime until midnight.

This caused the few Black-Clad Men to get tired of waiting. Seeing that there was no one around at night and the security room was just a bunch of the old, weak, sick, and disabled, they simply took the initiative to strike, first threatening the security guards, then heading straight to the Office Building where Wu Yingying was located.

What happened afterward was exactly what Hu Gualing had experienced firsthand.

The reason they had solemnly presented the silk banner to Hu Gualing was that all four Black-Clad Men were wanted fugitives on record. One of them, nicknamed the "Rainy Night Madman," had been on the run in many places, with the bounty rising all the way from two thousand to the current thirty thousand, finally falling into the hands of Hu Gualing.

Because Wu Yingying insisted on taking care of Hu Gualing, she hadn't gone to the investigation bureau last night, and naturally didn't know the identities of the Black-Clad Men. So when she heard the name "Rainy Night Madman," she turned pale with fright and subconsciously leaned toward Hu Gualing.

General Manager Wu Jinkai caught a glimpse of this scene and turned his head to the other side with an ugly expression.

After Team Leader Shen Ming finished explaining the basic situation, he took an envelope from his companion, "The total bounty for the four of them is forty-eight thousand, plus the two thousand yuan courage award from our investigation team, totaling fifty thousand yuan. Shall we leave it with Young Miss Wu for safekeeping first?"

"Okay, I'll hold it for now." Wu Yingying hadn't fully recovered from the fright, and without thinking much, she weakly agreed and took the envelope.

Hu Gualing could only swallow his saliva while looking at the thick envelope.

General Manager Wu Jinkai watched this scene, feeling even more uncomfortable.

At this time, Team Leader Shen Ming rubbed his hands, "Alright, the main business is done. Next, there is a small request. I wonder if Comrade Gualing could agree?"

Hu Gualing said, "Team Leader Shen Ming, just say it. As long as it's something I, Hu Gualing, can do, I certainly won't refuse."

A smile appeared on Team Leader Shen Ming's face, "It's not a big deal. It's just that the TV station heard about your deeds and wants to film some footage, interview you with a few questions, and make a news report promoting righteous courage. I originally planned to wait until you recovered from your injury, but seeing that you are in good spirits today, why not do it today?"

Hu Gualing already had a good impression of this Team Leader Shen Ming, and answering a few questions wouldn't take much effort, so he immediately agreed readily, "Fine, let's do it today. Interviewing now is fine too."

Team Leader Shen Ming laughed and waved to the side.

The Young Reporter holding the video camera beamed and said, "Thank you for your cooperation, Hero Hu! Then I'll turn on the camera now?"

Huh? Hu Gualing was stunned.

So the camera hadn't been on? Then hadn't he been sitting so straight for nothing?

"Oh... turn it on."

"Alright!" The Young Reporter excitedly set up the camera, framing Hu Gualing's whole body in the shot. Just as he was about to ask a question, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked carefully at the lens for a moment, "Hero Hu, how about we put on some clothes?"

Hu Gualing looked down and instantly realized. Appearing on the news bare-chested like this was indeed unseemly, but the clothes he wore last night were already gone. Did he have to wrap himself in a quilt to record?

Just at this moment, General Manager Wu Jinkai suddenly laughed, "Wait a moment, I have a way!"

He shouted once, then trotted to the door of the room, took a piece of clothing from the hands of a security guard, then trotted back to personally drape it over Hu Gualing. Then he looked him over, nodding and praising while saying, "Not bad, not bad, very spirited."

One didn't know if he was praising Hu Gualing or the piece of clothing.

The people present were speechless.

Because what General Manager Wu Jinkai draped over Hu Gualing was the security uniform with the name of Jinkai Factory printed on it.

Team Leader Shen Ming frowned and shook his head. Even at a time like this, he didn't forget to seek some benefits for himself; he truly lived up to being a capitalist.

The Young Reporter also felt it was a bit inappropriate, but on second thought, Hero Hu's original identity was a security guard at Jinkai Factory, so wearing a security uniform wasn't too much of a problem.

Only Hu Gualing looked at the security uniform that was a bit tight on him and suddenly realized.

Isn't this Captain Tiao Zi's uniform!