Arrest and Take Away

Xiao Wei furrowed her brows, her face saying, I've read plenty of books, so don't try to fool me.

"Martial arts—martial and arts. You cultivate the martial way, while I practice the art way. We're all fellow practitioners from the same roots, so why are we fighting each other?"

A psychologist's foul mouth could turn even a lunatic into a normal person. Li Bai's ability to lie through his teeth had already reached the pinnacle.

"You actually practice the arts? As expected, you're incredibly formidable!"

The Great Demon's shameless words made Xiao Wei cover her mouth and laugh, her cheeks burning. This young psychologist she had only met today was really something else. Is he this glib when treating patients, too?

The heroine's guess was not entirely accurate, but it was not far off either!

She had yet to witness the scene of the Great Demon Li frightening Master Zheng, who had gone berserk, into a docile little boy with nothing more than a strip of paper two fingers wide sent to the authorities. It had been unbelievably savage.

Xiao Jiangnan wore a bitter smile. A true master did not show off, and those who showed off were no true masters. He had fought the head instructor of Tianlan Jidao Hall until he was drenched in sweat, and had merely managed to hold his own. Yet he could not withstand a single snap of this young psychologist's fingers.

Gao Jie suddenly toppled face-first to the ground without warning, but anyone could tell that it had something to do with Li Bai's snap.

The Tianlan Jidao Hall students' ghostly expressions and the Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center students' absolute disbelief made Li Bai sigh inwardly. I'm telling the plain truth. Why don't any of you believe me?

When the Otherworldly Realm Art Way had flourished, the martial way had declined. Now, this world had completely reversed that situation, and had even gone further. The art way had long since vanished without a trace, while Martial Artists had entirely replaced the term "martial arts."

Looking at the three unconscious men on the floor, Xiao Jiangnan, whose breathing had finally steadied, asked worriedly, "Doctor Li, are they all right?"

Li Bai glanced over them and said, "They're fine. At most, they have minor soft-tissue contusions. They don't even have concussions. They'll wake up soon."

He had exercised great restraint. He did not want to hold tonight's dinner gathering in a detention center.

As soon as he finished speaking, the three people from Tianlan Jidao Hall began groaning one after another.

The short and stocky Jin Zhouyi and another tall, burly student gritted their teeth as they crawled up from the floor. Head Instructor Gao Jie slowly opened his eyes, braced himself against the ground, and sat up, looking bewildered. Clearly, he still had not come back to his senses.

Police lights flashed outside the entrance of the Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center. Three police officers walked in, one of them carrying a gun.

"Did you people call the police just now?"

The armed officer scanned everyone and could roughly tell that something had happened here.

"Police! Someone came here to cause trouble!"

The receptionist, Miao An'an, immediately came forward.

"Was it people from Tianlan again? You should settle this sort of minor matter among yourselves. Why call the police? Police resources are tight right now. How can we waste them on something this trivial?"

The other officer clearly already knew about the dispute between the two fitness centers. He had no desire to get involved in a commercial struggle over business interests and was about to turn and leave.

The third officer inspected everyone, wanting to confirm whether anyone had been injured.

Xiao Wei hurriedly called out, "Wait! The troublemakers are mentally ill. You can't just ignore them, can you?"

With Doctor Li, a psychologist from the Seventh People's Hospital, here, she was shamelessly borrowing his authority.

"Mental patients? You're not joking, are you?"

The officer who knew about the conflict between the two fitness centers clearly did not believe her.

"I'm Li Bai, a psychiatrist at the Seventh People's Hospital. Based on my on-site assessment, these three mental patients are suspected of having manic schizophrenia and display obvious aggression."

Li Bai began filling in the hole he had dug for himself.

"You—you can't just say that! How could I have a mental illness?"

Head Instructor Gao Jie trembled all over and finally came back to his senses.

Li Bai gave him a cold look and said, "Would a normal person run into someone else's place for no reason? Would he launch an unprovoked attack on strangers he doesn't know?"

Wasn't attacking other people for no reason simply a sign of mental illness?

Everyone at the scene retreated a step in unison. Even the students from Tianlan Jidao Hall were no exception. Anyone could see that Instructor Gao and the two men beside him were in for trouble. If they did not want to be dragged into it, they had better stay far away.

If it had been anyone else, Gao Jie truly would not have been afraid. But the other party happened to be a psychologist with the authority to speak on such matters. Gao Jie's face turned deathly pale, and he was rendered completely speechless. He knew there was nothing wrong with what the other man had said. This had nothing to do with challenging the gym. The psychologist was not a member of the Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center, so their previous argument about commercial competition simply did not hold up.

Yet, unfortunately, he had chosen to attack the other man. He had practically handed him an excuse on a silver platter, and a deep sense of frustration welled up inside him.

"You're a psychiatrist from the Seventh People's Hospital?"

The three police officers sensed that this call seemed rather unusual.

"I—I'm not mentally ill! You're talking nonsense!"

Jin Zhouyi refused to let anyone pin the label of "mental patient" on him. He turned and tried to run.

Xiao Wei secretly stuck out her foot...

Smack! The short, stocky, dark-skinned man took a solid dive and landed flat on his face.

The other tall, heavyset student from Tianlan Jidao Hall was still dazed and dispirited. Clearly, the terrifying experience of having Li Bai seize his wrist and fling his entire body into the air had left him with serious psychological trauma.

"Look. If this guy weren't ill, why would he suddenly run?"

Li Bai's words were the final blow, equivalent to smashing a club into the back of Jin Zhouyi's head.

"No, no, I'm not! I'm not!"

Jin Zhouyi stammered incoherently. His earlier belligerence had vanished completely, and he looked like a frightened little animal.

"He can't even speak properly. He's definitely not mentally normal!"

Xiao Wei delivered the perfect follow-up blow.

The armed officer said helplessly, "Should we take all of them in for psychiatric evaluations?"

Li Bai took out his phone and dialed a number in front of everyone.

"Hello, Dean. Have the police station send three people over for psychiatric evaluations later. They're probably manic schizophrenics. Also notify their families. It would be best to keep them under observation in the inpatient ward for half a month. Have Vice Dean Wang give them special attention. Arrange for someone to coordinate with them. Chen Sheng has plenty of experience. Tell him that the people coming in for evaluation are my friends."

Chen Sheng was at odds with him and greedy to boot. He would definitely consign these three fools to the cold palace and fleece them for extra commissions and bonuses. As for what "special attention" from Granny Wang would mean, could it possibly be anything good?

The Great Demon, pretending to care while pushing them toward the pits of hell, was rather looking forward to seeing someone break the record of more than twenty years of harmonious stability in the harem.

The three unlucky children from Tianlan Jidao Hall looked as if they were about to cry. What do you mean, friends? Something's clearly off about your tone! Are you taking revenge right to our faces? Is there any justice left?

Having finally witnessed the power of a psychologist, the other students from Tianlan Jidao Hall were all trembling with fear. Even the police could not help sucking in a breath of cold air. What kind of grudge was this? He was determined to ruin them, yet he had done nothing technically wrong. According to procedure, they still had to escort them the entire way.

The police took away the three "Don Quixotes" who had dared challenge a psychologist. Even Xiao Jiangnan, who felt a trace of sympathy for them, could not help admiring their courage. Of all people to provoke, they had gone and rammed themselves straight into the muzzle of a gun.

The remaining students from Tianlan Jidao Hall had long since lost their earlier arrogance and swagger. As a group, they slunk out of the Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center.

As far as President Xiao of the Yongling Martial Arts Fitness Center was concerned, this new friend he had made by renting out the place for a friendly price of eight hundred yuan had more than paid for himself.

From now on, anyone else who wanted to come challenge the gym would probably have to think carefully about whether they might run into that terrifying psychologist.

The Great Demon would give a sinister grin and say: "You're sick, and I have medicine. I can even crack your skull open!"

After rearranging the employees and students, the siblings Xiao Jiangnan and Xiao Wei tidied themselves up and followed Li Bai to their dinner gathering.

It was not yet five in the afternoon, but the Grandmother's Home Main Branch on Tengfei Road already had a long line outside.

The diners who had failed to get a table had no choice but to take numbers at the entrance and wait their turn. Couples on dates were especially unfortunate. Since there were even fewer two-person tables, they had to wait longer than everyone else.

Li Bai's group arrived at Grandma's Home in Xiao Jiangnan's BMW 745, the two men and one woman together. Although they had reserved a large table, they still had to queue.

The three did not wait long before a table became available. Just then, Little Wang and Old Zhang from the task force arrived one after another. Along with the additional guests, ten people in total filled the large round table. Among the seven government officials attending the dinner was Guo Wenkai, who had personally gone undercover in plain clothes and cracked the Major Smuggling Case. When he saw Li Bai, the person who had organized the dinner, a puzzled expression appeared on his face involuntarily.