Xia Weilan had been on the phone. At this moment, she quietly slipped her phone into her pocket without hanging up the call.
"Miss Xia, come with me."
Xia Weilan felt the dagger on her neck get a bit closer. It landed gently on her skin, fortunately without drawing blood.
Xia Weilan didn't dare to make any other moves. Following the man's instructions, she walked out through the back door.
Behind the restaurant was a very narrow alley with few people around.
The man took Xia Weilan to a nearby shabby room. It was in a state of disrepair.
"What do you want to do by bringing me to this shabby place?" Xia Weilan wasn't sure if the phone in her pocket was still on the call. But she still mentioned every turn she took, hoping that Rui Li could figure out her location.
"Stop blabbering!" The man closed the rickety iron gate, picked up a rope from the side, and tied Xia Weilan's arms and ankles tightly, leaving her no chance to escape.
After that, the man snatched Xia Weilan's bag and started rummaging through it. Fortunately, he found a black card not long after.
Xia Weilan couldn't see the man's face the whole time. Her head was covered, and it was pitch - black in front of her eyes.
Hearing the rustling sounds of rummaging, Xia Weilan knew that the man was after money. She thought to herself that since the man didn't want her to see his face, he probably wouldn't hurt her physically. He just wanted to take the money and run.
Humph, Xia Weilan sneered in her heart. Run? Was it that easy?
"It's actually a black card. You're really rich. Quickly tell me the password of this card!" the man said in a gruff voice. Xia Weilan's bag had been rummaged through and was casually thrown on the ground. His eyes were filled with excitement. As long as he got the money, he could move to a new place to live, and no one would find out what he had done.
This was also what Sun Meimei had promised before. They would split the stolen money fifty - fifty, and as for Xia Weilan...
"The password is..." Xia Weilan didn't want to anger the man, so she softly told him a password. Then she said weakly, "You've already got the money. Can you let me go now?"
She heard the sound of footsteps on the ground.
"Before I let you go, there's still one more thing to do!" With that, the man suddenly raised the dagger in his hand and waved it towards Xia Weilan's face.
Yes, Sun Meimei had said that she wanted to teach Xia Weilan a lesson, a lesson that she would never forget for the rest of her life.
Xia Weilan felt a sense of danger. A sudden gust of wind rushed towards her face. She gasped and quickly shrank back.
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion of footsteps in the room, followed by the man's shrill scream.
When the black cloth in front of Xia Weilan's eyes was removed, she saw a man curled up on the ground. Rui Li was looking at her with a worried expression.
"Are you okay?" Rui Li helped her up from the ground and untied the ropes on her body.
"I'm fine," Xia Weilan said softly, but her breathing was a bit unsteady, and her face had turned pale from the scare.
"Ah! Ah!" The man on the ground kept screaming.
Hearing the scream, Xia Weilan looked over and found that the man's wrist was bleeding profusely. It seemed that his whole hand was ruined.
The man looked ordinary. He was the kind of person who would be hard to recognize in a crowd. He was tall and burly, over 1.8 meters tall, and was wearing coarse cloth clothes.
A chill ran through Xia Weilan's heart. Thinking that this was the man who had almost disfigured her just now, she walked over, squatted down, and asked coldly, "Who sent you?"
"I'm sorry. Please let me go. I'm just so poor that I had no choice," the man pleaded with wide - open eyes.
"Humph, did you have to disfigure someone just because you had 'no choice'?" Rui Li stood aside and kicked the man hard in the stomach without mercy.
If she hadn't arrived in time just now, Xia Weilan might have been disfigured.
Xia Weilan frowned but didn't stop Rui Li. She just stared coldly at the man on the ground and continued to ask, "Tell me, who sent you?"
"No one. It was my own idea," the man mumbled incoherently.
Just then, the sound of a police car came from outside. A look of panic flashed across the robber's face. He never thought that his first time doing such a thing would end up like this.
Xia Weilan was about to ask something else, but hearing the sound of the police car, she shut up. She decided to let the police handle the investigation.
Not long after, several policemen rushed in and took the robber on the ground away.
The siren of the police car outside attracted a lot of onlookers.
Fan Ming, the female class - monitor, and Le Gao also came out to watch. They immediately saw Xia Weilan and Rui Li about to get into the car in the crowd.
Fan Ming pushed through the crowd and walked over immediately. "Weilan, what's going on? What happened?"
There was a pool of blood on the ground, and Fan Ming couldn't help but feel worried.
"It's okay. We just met a robber. We're just going to the police station to make a statement," Xia Weilan explained as she looked at her friends who were walking over.
"Then I'll go with you," Fan Ming said, still feeling a bit worried.
So Fan Ming, the female class - monitor, and Le Xin all went to the police station.
In the police station, after Xia Weilan finished making her statement, she walked out, shrugged helplessly, and said to her friends, "Famous people are prone to trouble, just like fat pigs are easy targets. The rich are prone to being targeted by thieves. Sigh."
But Fan Ming wasn't in the mood for joking. He calmly asked, "What did the police say?"
"They said the robber hasn't said a word. He's currently undergoing surgery," Rui Li said as she walked out from behind Xia Weilan.
Le Xin said with lingering fear, "It's good that you're okay. That scene just now really scared me. I thought someone was dead."
The group walked out of the police station.
In the yard of the police station, there was a black Maybach parked. Mo Beichen got out of the car. His eyes quickly swept over Xia Weilan.
"Didn't I tell you not to come? Why did you still come?" Xia Weilan said helplessly as she looked at Mo Beichen.
Mo Beichen strode towards her, opened his arms, and directly pulled her into his embrace.
In public, Xia Weilan felt really embarrassed. She tried to break free from his embrace, but then she heard Mo Beichen say in a deep voice, "Let me hold you for a while."
Xia Weilan stopped struggling.
The female class - monitor and Rui Li very consciously looked up at the sky.
Le Xin, however, stared at the two of them with great interest, her eyes twinkling. She was probably daydreaming about a romantic story.
Fan Ming quickly reacted. He grabbed Le Xin's collar and dragged her to a distance, not allowing her to make a scene.
"Hey! Why are you dragging me?" Le Xin shouted loudly. She stared at Fan Ming without any reservation. But after staring for a while, when she saw Fan Ming's handsome face, she stopped glaring and became gentle instead.
Hearing Le Xin's shout, Xia Weilan was really too embarrassed. She withdrew from Mo Beichen's embrace.
Her friends left them some private space.