Chapter 262: Chapter 262

In the moment when Li Xianglu was dazed, more than a dozen people had already surrounded her. Qin Xi strode over and pulled her in, her small hand cold in his grasp, his heart tightened but his face remained unchanged.

Soon, everyone began to search quickly above and below the chairs, and some were checking Li Xianglu’s backpack, but found nothing. Next, the bomb disposal team began to move back, not sparing any spot. At this moment, the police had already come over and asked, "Are you Li Xianglu?"

Li Xianglu nodded, and the police said, "Come with me to the back."

Anna was there too, she was also asked to stay, so several people quickly followed the police to the back, and the scene that came into view was astonishing.

Iro looked somewhat perplexed, and Li Xianglu, with a face full of terror, said, "Iro, you’re amazing, how did you find out?"

Qin Xi didn’t understand the intricacies between them and did not speak, but he always felt that Li Xianglu was hiding something from him, something very important.

At this moment, a group of personnel who were clearing the danger rushed in, and quickly, an unfamiliar man was taken away, while the staff asked them to also go and give a statement.

Just at the entrance, Lu Xun from the Lu Family arrived, as well as Mr. Li.

Li Xianglu saw someone dressed in a uniform, looking somewhat familiar—it was Yu Wei’s father.

He smiled upon seeing Li Xianglu and Anna, saying, "Very good, it’s fortunate that you two girls were alert and reported early, otherwise, we wouldn’t have caught him so quickly."

Li Xianglu smiled and nodded. Iro, who had been restrained, was now released. Anna then said, "Can my classmate change her clothes? She’s not dressed properly to give a statement." Iro’s white dress was splattered with a lot of blood.

The escorting police officer frowned, but then heard Yu Wei’s father say, "They had reported it beforehand, let them change clothes first, no need to worry."

Although Iro did not understand what happened, she knew Anna and Li Xianglu were looking out for her. Thus, without saying anything, she silently went with them back to the dormitory to change.

On the way, Li Xianglu was vigilant about her surroundings, while Anna detailed the sequence of events.

Three days ago, when Li Xianglu insisted something was amiss, they had called their families through He Family’s phone.

They reported that Iro had noticed something wrong with a teacher at school and intended to monitor him, hoping that their families could investigate as well, because the school was about to host a speech by a leader, and the schedule couldn’t be canceled. Hence, upon learning this, both families immediately got in touch, Mr. Li also contacted higher authorities, quickly deployed additional manpower, and started a thorough investigation.

At this point, Iro was surprised and opened her mouth wide. Anna, slightly angry, said, "Why are you unwilling to trust us, do you think we would harm you?"

Iro, in a panic, shook her head and explained, "No, I didn’t trust you, it’s just that the explosives were brought in by me, I thought I couldn’t escape, and I didn’t want to implicate you, so I planned to kill Jiang Xinhua before he could act!"

Anna did not expect Iro’s reason for her silence; Li Xianglu, however, understood the situation clearly—that the time bomb in the backpack was unknowingly brought in by Iro, who was threatened. If this matter was exposed, she couldn’t avoid being implicated.

But now that the explosives were gone, it would be unwise for Iro to mention this matter, so Li Xianglu quickly paced up, grabbed Iro, and instructed, "Iro, listen to me, the explosives you brought in are gone. The bomb disposal team has already checked and found nothing; please do not bring it up again, do you hear?"

The explosives were gone? Iro’s mouth fell open in shock, while Anna, unaware of the specifics, knew that any association with explosives would complicate matters for Iro. RouteServiceProvider even the police would be involved in such investigations, and even the Lu Family couldn’t protect someone accused of attempting to assassinate the Prime Minister.

On their way, the two quickly briefed Iro on the story: she was the first to suspect Jiang Xinhua, so she went undercover close to him, pretending to be his girlfriend to gather useful information. Iro then shared these suspicions with her close friends, Li Xianglu and Anna, which led to the early report made by them to their families.

Next, Iro, regardless of her own safety, wounded the criminal.

The walk to the dormitory was brief; not daring to delay, the three changed clothes and hurriedly headed to the assembly point.

Together, they went to the police division to give their statements. Li Xianglu was asked simple questions since she had already informed her family beforehand, so it was just a matter of verification.

Anna as well, with the intervention of the Lu Family, she and Li Xianglu ended up being credited as heroes.

The last one to come out was Iro; she didn’t look very good, her eyes slightly red, but she wasn’t as nervous as before, and a female police officer was comforting her.

At this time, Li Xianglu and Anna finally breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed nothing had gone wrong.

On the way back, Lu Xun informed them about attending the evening party at the Li family, taking Anna and Iro with him to leave first.

Li Xianglu and Qin Xi sat in the car sent by Su Yan; Mr. Li was in the front, his face not looking very good.

Li Xianglu looked worriedly at Qin Xi, but seeing him shake his head, they both remained silent until they reached the courtyard house. The driver let them out and left, Mr. Li stormed in angrily, shouting, "Everyone inside!"

It was already past four in the afternoon. Su Yan was cooling off under the shade of a tree on a rocking chair, watching Li Huai Ren march into the house angrily, followed by two somewhat frightened children; she laughed so hard that her flowers quivered: "Serves you right, didn’t you use your brains?"

Li Xianglu pouted—kicking someone when they are down is the most detestable behavior—but thinking of her rarely angry grandfather, she felt scared.

As the two entered the house, Mr. Li had already taken off his short-sleeved shirt and was wearing a vest, drinking cool tea. On seeing them enter, he hummed.