At noon, Ling Yi, Zhu Yueting, Zheng Qiyun, Liu Haisheng ate lunch in the dining car.
Zheng Qiyun is the name of the middle-aged inspector, and Liu Haisheng is the young inspector.
Zhu Yueting's neck has been bandaged by medical staff, and gauze is now applied to her neck.
Zhu Yueting is still feeling the lingering fear. The more you experience something that almost leads to your death, the more frightened you become.
The despair and helplessness I felt at that time still makes me shudder when I think back on it.
Fortunately, Ling Yi appeared like a hero at the crucial moment and turned the tide. This made Zhu Yueting feel that she could only feel at ease when she was by Ling Yi's side.
This can be considered a side effect.
It will get better after a while and you'll recover.
"Um, Uncle Zheng, I don't think this counts as excessive self-defense, do I?" Ling Yi asked Zheng Qiyun.
He had been quite ruthless earlier; if those four thieves really pursued the matter and charged him with excessive self-defense, there would be nothing he could do.
"If it were just an ordinary thief, you'd be in a real problem, but those four are fine. All four of them are wanted criminals, and they all have murder on their hands."
"The key is, this is a major achievement for you, the kind that comes with a bonus and a flag," Zheng Qiyun said with a smile.
Of course, the benefits don't stop there.
These four wanted criminals were actually the leaders of a small-scale theft ring; they had even started operating a nationwide chain.
This guy isn't a wanted criminal at all; this is merit delivered to our doorstep!
At the very least, it would be a solid second-class merit award.
"There's a bonus? How much?" Zhu Yueting asked curiously.
"The Jindu low, with the highest being 100,000 and the lowest being 20,000, totaling around 200,000."
"My God, two hundred thousand? That's way too much!" Zhu Yueting looked at Ling Yi. "So, you've struck it rich?"
"I don't want to make that kind of money," Ling Yi shook his head.
With such a high bounty, it's no surprise that these four people are not ordinary individuals; they might even have accomplices.
If we get targeted, wouldn't that be a huge problem?
Ling Yi just wanted to make money peacefully, find beautiful women to farm Vow Power Points, and farm rewards.
I don't want to get involved in this mess.
"Uncle Zheng, could you tell me who these people are?"
Zheng Qiyun nodded, full of admiration for Ling Yi. Faced with a prize of 200,000 yuan, his first thought wasn't the money, but the trouble that followed. This kid was quite something.
"These four are Li Yu, Ma Sanqiang, Ma Erqiang, and Cheng Zheng. They are the leaders of the Thief Extreme Organization Thief Extreme Organization, a very active theft gang in the last two years."
" Li Yu is the leader of the Thief Extreme Organization, with nearly a thousand men under his command and influence spanning more than a dozen cities."
"Their purpose in coming here is to establish a branch of the Thief Extreme Organization in Baihai City."
Ling Yi clicked his tongue. "What talent! Even thieves are starting to build chains and open branches, expanding and becoming stronger, creating new glories?"
Ling Yi's words were so amusing that everyone couldn't help but laugh.
"When the heavens are arrogant, disaster will surely follow; when people are arrogant, rain will surely fall. Meeting you is their just desserts, they deserve to be unlucky today," Zheng Qiyun said.
"But don't worry, now that these four have been captured, that Thief Extreme Organization will surely be annihilated with Thunder. Moreover, Dafeng City and Baihai City are not within the territory of the Thief Extreme Organization."
"Furthermore, your actions today will be kept secret until the Thief Extreme Organization is destroyed."
Even so, Ling Yi still had to make preparations.
What if some hotheads from that Thief Extreme Organization decide to seek revenge for their leader?
Ling Yi glanced at the Advancement Card in the System Space. Should he just directly advance his martial arts level?
I wonder what level of power one level above the Limit of this world could achieve.
"You're really strong! Those four guys' hands are all crippled. What kind of Kung Fu Hustle did you learn?" At this moment, Liu Haisheng, who hadn't spoken until now, suddenly said.
"I haven't trained. I'm naturally strong," Ling Yi said casually.
"It's not just about being strong; with that kind of strength in your hands, someone could die if you're not careful. You really need to be more careful and avoid getting into fights with people."
Zheng Qiyun reminded him.
Ling Yi nodded seriously. "I will be careful."
Seeing that Ling Yi had taken it to heart, Zheng Qiyun didn't say anything more. This young man was very smart and steady, so it was enough to just touch on some points.
Around 2 PM, at the Red Maple City station, Zheng Qiyun and Liu Haisheng escorted the four people off the train.
"What are your plans after you arrive in Baihai City?" Zhu Yueting asked Ling Yi after returning to her seat in the train carriage.
"Let's rent a place near the school first, and then see how things go."
"Are you renting a place? I'm looking to rent a place too, let's rent together."
Just as Ling Yi was about to say something, two "ding" sounds rang in his mind.
Two "ding" sounds meant two wishes had been fulfilled.
Zhu Yueting's wish is something she can see just by looking up.
[Current wish: I wish I could be Ling Yi's neighbor. I would feel incredibly safe and never have to worry about bad people again.]
Another wish, naturally, belongs to Yin Hailing.
[Current wish: Why isn't Ling Yi replying to my messages? Hurry up and reply!]
Ling Yi checked his phone and, sure enough, Yin Hailing had sent him more than a dozen messages.
Nothing serious, I guess I was just Bored at home, and Ling Yi was the only contact on my phone, so I could only message Ling Yi to find someone to chat with Passing Time.
As for the Penguin account, it's not that it can't be used, it's just that mobile internet is ridiculously expensive these days, it's all charged by data usage, and an hour can cost tens of yuan.
Yin Hailing was reluctant to use it; she opened her Penguin account for half an hour yesterday and felt bad about it for a long time.
Ling Yi replied to Yin Hailing with a message: "The signal is bad on the train. I'll call you after I get off."
[Ding! Helped Yin Hailing fulfill her wish. Vow Power Points +1, Learning Card x1, Cash x5000]
Ling Yi also discovered that the more difficult the wish was to fulfill, the greater the reward.
Just like when they saved Zhu Yueting, they gave her 200,000 yuan in cash, 10 Vow Power Points, and an Advancement Card worth 100 Vow Power Points.
That's absolutely incredible!
Yin Hailing's little wish is easy to fulfill, but the reward is much less.
Next, it was still Zhu Yueting, the chatterbox, who did the talking, while Ling Yi occasionally chimed in.
Through Zhu Yueting's words, Ling Yi also gained a comprehensive understanding of this beautiful teacher.
Zhu Yueting is also from Dafeng City, a small county under Dafeng City.
In high school, my grades were just average, and I only got into a third-tier university, Baihai City College of Finance and Economics.
Fortunately, she had good grades in college, and after graduating in three years, she chose to stay at the university as a teacher.
In other words, Zhu Yueting is a graduate of the School of Finance and Economics this year, and is Ling Yi's senior.
In fact, Zhu Yueting was assigned a teacher dormitory at the school, but after hearing that Ling Yi was going to rent a house outside, she had the idea of becoming Ling Yi's neighbor.
"What are your plans for the future?" Zhu Yueting asked, bringing up the topic of the future.
"I'll try to get into a finance and economics university within a year, and as for whether I'll take the postgraduate entrance exam later, we'll see."
"Wow, transferring from a junior college to a bachelor's degree program in just one year? That's way too difficult!"
"Let's give it a try. If it doesn't work in a year, we'll try two or three," Ling Yi said casually.
"I also wanted to upgrade my diploma to a bachelor's degree, but that would take too long, and the principal wanted me to stay on as a teacher, so I gave up on that idea. I want to start working and earning money as soon as possible."
"You made the right choice. It's a secure job with a high salary and easy work, which is already very good. This year there will be major changes, and by the time we graduate, the school will no longer guarantee job placement. That will be truly terrible."
"The school won't be guaranteeing job placement anymore? How do you know that?"
Ling Yi sighed. How did he know? Because he was a witness to it in his previous life.
Ling Yi and his cohort of test takers were the most tragic cohort ever.
The students in the previous year were guaranteed job placement after graduation, but for Ling Yi's class, which was just one year behind, the school completely stopped caring about them.
"In fact, many universities stopped guaranteeing job placements for their students starting in 1996. Baihai City was a few years behind, only abolishing the guaranteed job placement system after 2000."
"Why isn't job placement guaranteed anymore?" A voice rang out from behind.
Ling Yi turned around and saw a middle-aged Uncle in his forties, dressed quite well.
Not only this Uncle, but many people nearby also looked at Ling Yi.
After all, this matter concerns their own future or that of their children, so they couldn't help but come over when they heard about it.
"There are two reasons. One is that the guaranteed job placement system always has its ups and downs, and some people will always be dissatisfied, which has caused a lot of conflicts. The other is that this year, universities across the country have officially expanded their enrollment."
"In the future, college graduates will be everywhere, and they'll become worthless, making it impossible to find jobs."
Everyone nodded.
The statement that college graduates are no longer valuable is hard for many to accept.
Some people countered, "Why are college graduates worthless? Even if schools don't guarantee job placement, it's still easy for college graduates to find jobs, right?"
"When I said college graduates are worthless, I didn't mean they're truly worthless. It's just that the supply exceeds demand, and the market doesn't need that many college graduates," Ling Yi explained, shaking his head.
"Since the expansion of college enrollment this year, the total number of college students has tripled, and it will continue to increase dramatically every year, but the number of employers that need college graduates is only so many!"
"In the future, many college graduates who can't find jobs will end up working as waiters in restaurants."
Everyone knew Ling Yi's words made sense, but they found it even more unacceptable. After working hard for over a decade, all he got was to become a restaurant waiter after graduating from university?
"It seems that college graduates are really worthless these days," the middle-aged Uncle behind me said helplessly.
Many people began to feel worried.
After all, these days, it's not cheap to train a college student.
Ling Yi knew he might have gone a bit too far, so he continued, "Of course, college students are college students after all, and their employment success rate is definitely higher than that of ordinary people."
"If you choose the right major, you can still find a good job."
"So what's a good major? Computer science should be pretty good, right?" the middle-aged Uncle behind me asked again.
Ling Yi shook his head. "Everyone knows that computer science is a newly emerging high-tech major in recent years. These past few years have been the Gao Feng season for applying to computer science programs, and even after graduation, the supply still exceeds the demand."
After thinking for a moment, Ling Yi adopted the theory from Teacher Zhang in later generations.