CH 174

Xia Weilan was in the middle of a call. At this moment, she quietly slipped her phone into her pocket without ending the call.

“Miss Xia, come with me.”

She felt the dagger positioned on her neck getting closer. It rested on top of her skin without much pressure exerted on it. Luckily, her neck wasn’t bleeding.

She didn’t dare to make any other move and walked out from the back door as instructed by the person who held her hostage.

Behind the hotel is a very narrow deserted alley.

The man took Xia Weilan to a shabby tiny room nearby.

“Why did you bring me to such a run-down place?” Xia Weilan wasn’t certain if the call on the phone in her pocket was still connected. However, she still talked in an indirect manner so that Rui Li would learn about her current location.

“Enough with the nonsense!” The man closed the shabby iron door and took out a rope. He tied Xia Weilan’s arms and ankles so that there’s no way she could escape.

After doing this, the man snatched Xia Weilan’s bag and began to flip the content. It didn’t take him long to find the black card.

Xia Weilan never gets the chance to see what the man looks like. Someone covered her head and all she saw was pitch black.

She heard rummaging sounds and knew that the person was robbing her for the money. Since the person didn’t want to expose his face to her, perhaps he wouldn’t do anything to her after all and only wanted to take the money and flee.

Xia Weilan sneered secretly. Do you think you can get away with this so easily?

“Hey, it’s actually a black card. You must be filthy rich. What’s the password for this card?” The man spoke gruffly. He had searched Xia Weilan’s bag thoroughly and he threw it on the floor. He was extremely excited from the thoughts of withdrawing the money from the card, moving to a new place and no one would know who knew what he had done.

This was also what Sun Meimei had promised him, they would split the money that he robbed equally between them.

“The password is…” Xia Weilan didn’t want to irritate him, so she muttered a password. She then asked gently, “You that you’ve got the money, can you let me go now?”

She heard the sound of footsteps approaching her.

“Before I let you go, there is one more thing I need to do!” The man suddenly raised the dagger in his hand and waved it across Xia Weilan’s cheek.

Yes, Sun Meimei instructed him to teach Xia Weilan a lesson that she would never forget for the rest of her life.

Xia Weilan sensed danger approaching her. She felt a gust of wind across her cheek and she took a deep breath and pulled her body backward to dodge.

The sound of another set of footsteps was suddenly heard, followed by the terrifying shriek of a man.

By the time the black cloth in front of her eyes was lifted, she saw the man lying on the floor huddling and Rui Li looked worriedly at her.

“Are you alright?!” Rui Li helped her up to her feet and helped her untie the ropes around her body.

“I’m okay.” Xia Weilan said softly. However, her breathing was a little unstable, and her face was a little pale.

“Ahh! Ahh!” The man on the floor kept screaming.

Xia Weilan glanced at the direction of the sound and noticed that the man’s wrist was bleeding badly. It’s possible that his hand is crippled.

A man looks ordinary, he is the type who doesn’t stand out in a crowd. He is tall with a body height of 1.8 meters and above, wearing clothes made of coarse fabric.

Xia Weilan felt a chill down her spine when she recalled that this is the man who almost wrecked her face. She walked over and coldly asked, “Who sent you here?”

“I’m sorry. Please let me go. I’m just very sick of being poor. I have no choice.” The man widened his eyes as he pleaded.

“Hmmph! You have no choice but to destroy someone’s face?” Rui Li stood beside the man and gave a hard kick toon his stomach without mercy.

Had she didn’t arrive in time just now, Xia Weilan would have been disfigured.

Xia Weilan frowned and didn’t stop Rui LI. She stared coldly at the man on the floor and continued to pursue, “Tell me! Who sent you here?!”

“Nobody. This is my own idea.” The man said vaguely.

At this moment, the sound of a police car siren was heard coming from outside. The robber was panic-stricken. He didn’t expect that his first time doing such a thing would end up like this.

At first, Xia Weilan still had something that she wanted to ask. But when she heard the police siren, she shut her mouth and decided to wait for the police to investigate.

After a while, several policemen rushed in and took the robber away.

The police siren attracted a lot of onlookers.

Fan Ming, the class monitor, and Le Xing also came out to check the commotion. They saw Xia Weilan and Rui Li who were about to be escorted into a car.

Fan Ming pushed through the crowd and immediately rushed over, “Weilan, what happened?”

Fan Ming couldn’t help from being worried when he saw patches of blood on the floor.

“I’m okay. I was robbed just now. We’re just going to the police station to record a statement.” Xia Weilan explained to her friends who walked over.

“I’ll go with you.” Fan Ming was a little worried.

And so, Fan Ming, the class monitor, and Le Xing went to the police station with them.

At the police station, Xia Weilan walked out after she gave her statement. She shrugged helplessly and said to her friends, “People fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up. (T/N: fame has its price to pay). Being rich makes you a target of thieves, sigh.”

Fan Ming was not in the mood for a joke. He asked calmly, “What did the police say?”

“They said that the robber refused to say anything. He is now undergoing surgery.” Rui Li stepped from behind Xia Weilan.

Le Xing was traumatized, “It’s good that you are okay. The scene just now scared me to death. I thought someone was dead.”

They walked out of the police station.

A black Maybach pulled up in the police station’s driveway. Mo Beichen got out of the car and quickly swept his eyes around Xia Weilan.

“Didn’t I tell you not to come here? Why do you still come?” Xia Weilan looked at Mo Beichen helplessly.

He strode towards her and pulled her into his open arms.

With everyone watching them, Xia Weilan was really embarrassed. She wanted to free herself from his arms but she heard him say in a deep voice, “Let me hold you for a while more.”

Xia Weilan stopped moving.

The class monitor and Rui Li quickly turned their gaze away.

However, Le Xing still stared at them enthusiastically, with stars in her eyes. It seems as though she is fantasizing about some love scene.

Fan Ming reacted and grabbed Le Xing by the collar. Dragging her away so that she doesn’t butt into others’ affairs.

“Hey! What are you doing?” Le Xing yelled and glared at Fan Ming. After glaring at Fan Ming’s delicate and handsome face, she stopped glaring at him and her gaze became gentle.

Xia Weilan heard her yelling and her skin was really not that thick-skinned enough, so she withdrew from Mo Beichen’s arm.

Her friends gave them some privacy.