Song Ning immediately grew even more curious.
"Han Xiao... and Chen Liang both went over? What could have warranted sending both of them?"
"At ten last night, the Qingbei Laboratory called Xiangyang Police Station. Wei Jinjun happened to be there. He didn't want to disturb your rest, so he passed the message to me. I was worried a delay might cause problems, so I sent Han Xiao to take a look. Only when Han Xiao arrived did he find out that Kong Jianming was looking for you. He said you'd told him to contact the Qingbei Laboratory if anything came up, and someone there would notify you!"
"Did Kong Jianming discover something? Is that why he was looking for me so late?"
"Kong Jianming beat up Lin Xiaoming!"
"What?" Song Ning was astonished.
"Kong Jianming... beat up Lin Xiaoming?"
"Yes! Kong Jianming called the Qingbei Laboratory from the police station outside Songnian Alley. He wanted you to go get him out!"
Song Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
In theory, Kong Jianming was the classic sort who bullied the weak and feared the strong. Lin Xiaoming might have looked delicate, but he was still a soldier.
Under normal circumstances... Kong Jianming wouldn't have dared lay a hand on Lin Xiaoming.
He had probably gone to Songnian Alley to carry out the "mission" she had given him, which was why he had thought of her after being arrested.
Gu Zheng continued, "Han Xiao then rushed to the police station outside Songnian Alley. Kong Jianming was being held on charges of picking quarrels and provoking trouble! The police said Kong Jianming and Lin Xiaoming had gotten into an argument over Wu Tao Ying, and Kong Jianming had hit him! But Kong Jianming told Han Xiao that Lin Xiaoming had started