I saw a malicious little ghost face on the escalator in Hyatt City.
Actually, when the couple and the married couple started arguing, he was already happily lying on the handrail.
He kicked the husband in the leg and groped the couple from time to time. As the conflict escalated, he even took advantage of the two women trying to stop the fight, snatched the baby and threw it downstairs.
Fortunately, I had been keeping an eye on his movements. As soon as he made a move, I rushed downstairs. Finally, I managed to save the baby without any real danger.
I only had time to glance at the little ghost. Then the married couple grabbed me and thanked me profusely, insisting that I go to the hospital to have my arm checked.
I was extremely busy today. I didn't have time to go to the hospital.
Just as we were entangled, the former security manager of Hyatt City rushed over with a doctor from the mall's infirmary.
"Which one is the brave lady who got injured?"
They were almost scared to death when they saw the baby being thrown off the escalator on the surveillance.
Although there had been fights in the mall every week before, they were all ordinary civil cases, usually resolved by paying compensation.
Today, it was obviously a situation where someone could die. Thanks to me catching the baby downstairs, a very bad - influence incident was averted.
The security manager saw me constantly holding my arm and immediately offered to take me to the hospital for a CT scan.
"It's okay."
I moved my arm a little and found that I wasn't injured, so I declined the security manager's kindness.
The two couples left, thanking me again and again.
The onlookers around also dispersed.
But the security manager's phone suddenly rang. He took it out, took a look, quickly put on a more enthusiastic smile and answered the call, "Director Wei, what are your instructions?"
Director Wei?!
I was a bit surprised. Were there so many people with the surname Wei in the capital? It felt like there were always General Manager Wei, Director Wei, and Young Master Wei everywhere...
"Yeah, yes, the brave young lady is right beside me... Okay, okay, I'll come right away."
The security manager answered respectfully. After the other person hung up, he looked up at me with a beaming smile and said, "Miss, may I ask your surname? Our group's Director Wei would like to meet you."
"Meet me?"
Alarm bells rang in my mind. I had made a full - set of disguises when I went out today.
I not only wore a big black mask but also a big baseball cap on my head. I was wearing an old - fashioned shirt given by the noodle shop owner's wife. No one should be able to recognize me, right...
"I'm not going!"
I shook my head, slung my backpack over my shoulder and was about to leave.
"Please give me some face. Our Director Wei said he must invite you over. Otherwise, I... I won't be able to explain myself."
The security manager and his two subordinates didn't dare to stop me. They could only patiently persuade me from behind.
The roads in Hyatt Mall were almost all circular. After I walked only two small streets, I lost my sense of direction. After walking a few more steps, I actually returned to the escalator where it all happened.
"Miss, you..."
The security manager was trying hard not to laugh. He said in as steady a voice as possible, "It seems you're here in Hyatt City for the first time. Well, where would you like to go? I'll accompany you."
After walking around for a while, surrounded by the air - conditioning, my mood gradually calmed down.
I probably wasn't recognized. It was the cameras everywhere in the mall that captured the scene of me saving the baby. And by chance, Director Wei saw it. To thank me for eliminating a big crisis for Hyatt City, he wanted to meet me...
"Rui Bai Coffee." I thought for a while and still told him my destination.
"Rui Bai Coffee!"
The security manager looked like he knew all about it. He said to me, "You're here to chase stars, right? Song Yixuan has a promotion event at Rui Bai today."
I nodded. I didn't understand anything about star - chasing or promotion events. I was just here to find someone.
"You're a bit early."
The security manager then made a "please" gesture, indicating for me to follow him. As we walked, he said, "Song Yixuan's schedule today is to come here at 6:30 p.m. It's only a little after 5 p.m. I can arrange a suitable seat for you."
"Thank you." I always liked to reciprocate the kindness shown by others. I even smiled at him under my mask.
The security manager led me around a few times and finally we arrived at the door of a coffee shop with a green decoration, simple yet fashionable.
There was still more than an hour before Song Yixuan's arrival, but there were already three layers of young people gathered here. Most of them were young girls, holding light boards and posters, laughing and playing outside the warning line. But few of them went into the coffee shop to consume.
I had never seen such a support scene before and didn't understand why people would be so infatuated with a deliberately created persona.
The security manager led me around the crowds in front of the store and directly entered the coffee shop through the back door.
The Rui Bai Coffee in Hyatt City was very large. Not only was there a long solid - wood high - table with long benches in the lobby, but there were also seven or eight extremely luxurious booths on the retro corridor behind the bar.
"Miss, please."
The security manager led me to a four - person booth with ease.
This should be the most secluded yet best - view location in the whole coffee shop. The dark - green leather booth was inlaid on the ebony chair supports. In front of it was a solid - wood ebony long table about one and a half meters long, with a dark - green table runner embroidered with dark - gold passion - flower patterns.
There was a man sitting on each side of the booth. The first person that caught my eye was a middle - aged man in his fifties. His slightly plump figure was dressed in a beige polo shirt, and he wore a pair of black - framed glasses. He was smiling like a Maitreya Buddha.
And in the shadow by the window opposite him sat a tall and thin young man. His jet - black hair was neatly combed on his head, with a strand casually hanging on his forehead. His slightly squinted peach - blossom eyes had their tails slightly upturned, with a hint of cold smile.
When I saw this person, my heart almost stopped beating!!
I involuntarily turned around. I wanted to run away!!
I didn't expect to see that guy again so soon!
Si Jiangchen! Why was he here?!
"Director Wei, Mr. Si, I've brought the brave young lady here."
Just as I was about to turn around and run away, the security manager standing in front of me had already started introducing me to the two men.
"Oh!" The middle - aged man called Director Wei smiled, got up from his seat very warmly and politely extended his hand to me, "Thank you for helping our mall resolve a public - relations crisis."
My mind was completely occupied by Si Jiangchen in the shadow by the window. I didn't even notice the hand Director Wei had extended.
Director Wei wasn't embarrassed either. He continued to ask with a beaming smile, "Miss, may I ask your surname and where you work?"