The Beauties Help Me Become the No.1 Official

Chapter 700: Chapter 700 Idealism and Pragmatism

"Release them, all of you let go of your hands!"

Lin Fan glared coldly at the people dragging Cui Ronglian, his fierce demeanor instantly made them release their grip, and only then did Cui Ronglian clearly see the person in front of her and immediately grabbed his arm excitedly.

"County Magistrate Lin, you’ve finally come!"

"Principal Cui, are you alright?"

Lin Fan, looking at Cui Ronglian with her disheveled hair, had yet to clearly discern her appearance.

"I’m fine... but a few of my students have been detained by them, you must hurry and arrest them, and rescue my students."

It seemed like Cui Ronglian had found her backbone, pointing at Huang Mao and his subordinates, while Lin Fan’s gaze also turned towards them.

"County Magistrate Lin... didn’t expect you... to also be here... if you’d informed me earlier... I have many familiar girls here."

Huang Mao, who had seen Lin Fan the night before, naturally did not dare to act rashly and could only rub his hands together, smiling nervously at Lin Fan.

"Principal Cui says you’ve restricted people’s freedom, what do you have to say about this?"

Lin Fan faced Huang Mao with a stern expression.

"County Magistrate Lin... this is a misunderstanding... how could I have the courage to do that, it was those girls who came to me voluntarily, begging me to take them in, I definitely did not kidnap them, you can ask them yourself if you do not believe me."

Huang Mao quickly tried to defend himself.

"Fine, then bring them over, and I’ll ask them myself."

Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, had he not encountered this situation, he wouldn’t have interfered, given that he was only newly established. However, now that he had stumbled upon this, he couldn’t ignore it without betraying his conscience.

"No problem, bring the people here, and let County Magistrate Lin ask them himself!"

Huang Mao quickly waved to his subordinates, who ran to a nearby house, and soon brought five or six girls to their midst.

"Are these the people?"

Lin Fan looked at their attire, they appeared to be the same young girls who had just entered the room.

"Yes... it’s them... they are my students... Xiao Die... why aren’t you attending school but instead come here?"

As Cui Ronglian spoke, she moved towards the girls, but this action frightened them into retreating repeatedly, like mice seeing a cat. Seeing this, Lin Fan hurriedly grabbed her arm.

"County Magistrate Lin, why are you pulling me... they are my students, I need to take them back!"

Cui Ronglian turned around, looking puzzledly at Lin Fan.

"You told me they were under Huang Mao’s control, but now it seems like you’re more eager to control them. Let’s clarify this first."

Lin Fan stepped towards the hesitant girls, looked into their wavering eyes, and took a deep breath.

"Don’t be afraid, I am the newly appointed Deputy County Magistrate of Red Flag County, I just want to ask you one thing, has this Huang Mao restricted your freedom? If so, simply nod, and I promise on behalf of the County Government to ensure your safe departure, and that you will no longer be harassed or targeted for retaliation by them, you can absolutely trust this."

The alley fell silent at his words, a few girls glanced at Lin Fan and then at Huang Mao, but they didn’t speak.

"Xiao Die, speak up, he’s the County Magistrate, and with just one phone call, he can send these guys to jail, don’t be afraid, tell County Magistrate Lin if your freedom was coerced."

Cui Ronglian urged anxiously.

"Brother Huang... didn’t force us... we came voluntarily..."

After a long silence, Xiao Die raised her head and timidly spoke to Lin Fan. noveldrama

"Are you sure you are here voluntarily? Just tell the truth, and I can fully ensure your safety."

Lin Fan waved his hand to stop Huang Mao who was about to speak, and asked again.

"Yes... we came here voluntarily... we don’t want to go back to school... nor do we want to go home... we want to stay here!"

Xiao Die nodded bravely, but her words deeply shocked Cui Ronglian.

"Xiao Die, have you gone mad... do you know what staying here entails... you have access to education, why do you degrade yourself like this... you... are you being base... you’re so young, do you intend to do this forever?"

"Principal Cui... I’m not cut out for school... stop causing trouble... I won’t go back to school with you... and you don’t need to seek out my parents, they’ve long given up on me... even if I degrade myself, isn’t it my born right to be lowly... just stop coming..."

Suddenly, Xiao Die ran off in tears, and the other girls quickly followed her, watching their youthful figures, Lin Fan frowned and pulled back Cui Ronglian who was about to chase after them and said, "Principal Cui, the truth is now clear, and you should stop coming here as well."

Unexpectedly, Cui Ronglian jerked her arm away from Lin Fan and retorted, "County Magistrate Lin... your words are like farts, don’t you know what kind of place this is, they’re so young, clearly they’ve been seduced by evil, and as the County Magistrate, not only do you refrain from arresting them, you shelter them, are you still human?"