Translated by newbienoona

Edited by anks

Upon hearing Han Qilu's offer, one of the men say, “Ge, just take the money so we can leave. I think it would be really difficult once the police arrive… .”

They are all aware that with Han Qilu and Xiao Mingluo being here, reinforcements won't be that far behind. And once they're here, even Buddha can't save them.

“F**k! Shut up!” Marco yells over the excitement. He grips the dagger tightly against Xiaonan's neck.

“His –,” Meng Xiaonan calls out before blood ruptures.

“F**ker, let go of her!” Xiao Mingluo jumps anxiously but doesn't dare take a step. He's afraid that if he takes another step, he would truly harm Meng Xiaonan.

… and all he can do right now is clench his teeth.

Marco is taken aback. He just wanted to scare Xiao Mingluo. He didn't want to hurt Meng Xiaonan. After all, he doesn't have the guts to do something so nefarious.

He laughs coldly, an ugly smile painting his face. “There's a saying that goes: money can dispel disasters, so, give me all the money you have!”

They can't wait for the Han's ransom money to arrive. They can only take what they already have.

The look Han Qilu and Xiao Mingluo give says everything. Both bring cards wherever they go. Why would they bring cash?

“You can call my house to send you money,” Han Qilu says with a pained expression as he cradles Chuxia's shoulder with one hand.

On the other hand, An Chuxia thinks about the situation at hand. What can be done to prevent Meng Xiaonan from getting hurt?

“You're so dumb! What if calling would alert the police at this time? Don't tell me you don't have a penny on you?” Marco's anger renews.

“We don't have cash… would you take a card?” Xiao Mingluo takes out his wallet from his back pocket and throws it to them. If you let us go, I'll give you the pa.s.scode.”

Marco's eyes darken. It's normal for rich people not to have cash on them. They can take their cards and get the money and then flee. But if Mingluo reports the pa.s.scode as stolen, they won't see a dime.

“Xiaoliu, pick up the wallet!” Marco kicks the wallet to the left.

The man named Xiaoliu stoops down to pick up the wallet. His eyes flicker when he opens the wallet filled with cards. “There's a lot of cards in here!” he reports.

Han Qilu looks at Marco and smiles, “There should be a black gold card there, and it has an unlimited ceiling. You can pull out as much money as you want from the ATM.”

Xiaoliu rifles through the wallet until he finds the card. Then he says, “Ge, I found the card!”

“How can we guarantee what you say? We need to hold someone hostage until we get the money out!” Marco says.

“You… .” Xiao Mingluo clenches his fists until his blue veins pop.

“Let go of her and hold me hostage instead!” An Chuxia immediately says. “You've injured her neck and she needs treatment.”

Marco shakes his head and says, “Don't think you can trick me. I'm cleverer than this… I can't risk it!”

Meanwhile, Han Qilu has his own plan. He has people on standby about a kilometer away, and they should be here soon. Their back up should have already gotten back to bring them over.

Suddenly, a siren breaks through and all the men stare at each other, agog.

Now…

Han Qilu loosens his grip on An Chuxia and rushes forward with the knife he hid behind her. Marco, stunned at his leap, feels Qilu on him as he rolls over.

By the time the men recover from hearing the siren, Han Qilu was able to grab Meng Xiaonan and pull her into the room. Xiao Mingluo steps forward to pull Xiaonan against him. The first thing he does is hold her tightly. “You're okay, you're okay… .”

He doesn't know if it was him or her who was trembling more. However, Meng Xiaonan's heart is pumping hard. Not too long ago, she wanted him to just completely ignore her, but in reality, she's afraid that he truly will.

“You b***ard!” Meng Xiaonan says, her face filled with tears. Fortunately, she doesn't usually wear makeup. Otherwise, she'd look so ugly.

“Untie her first!” Han Qilu hands Mingluo the knife.

“Gege! Gege!” The men call out desperately. However, they saw him fall to the ground and he's still as a corpse.

“Is ge dead?” The question comes out of Xiaoliu. As soon as everyone hears him, they turn their look of daggers toward him.

Each of the men shout out emotionally, “Kill them! Take revenge for my ge!” They start walking in one by one with their weapons.

“Stand back!” Han Qilu and Xiao Mingluo tell the girls before prepping for the fight.

Meng Xiaonan notices An Chuxia's foot injury and helps her. “How could you have gotten hurt?”

“It doesn't matter… .” An Chuxia shakes her head despite going pale. The pain is excruciating, but she doesn't want Meng Xiaonan to worry.

But Meng Xiaonan now wants to give Marco a big ear boxing!

“Qilu, I'll deal with them. Protect the girls.” Xiao Mingluo didn't give Han Qilu a chance to speak as he takes off on a flying kick and planting a foot on the person in front of him. His face is filled with a look that can kill, making the other men hesitant to attack.

“What are you still doing? Kill them! Avenge ge!” Xiaoliu shouts loudly before rus.h.i.+ng forward.

Han Qilu stands in front of the girls, but he doesn't look around to watch Mingluo fight. He, too, is anxious. If the men had no weapons, he won't be as worried. He's afraid Mingluo would get injured.

“Xiaoliu! Luoshao!” Han Qilu hears the voice and turns his head.

His men downloaded siren sounds on their phone to get the guards' attention. Then, in the dark, the two men attacked them. This was their first kill.

Just then, one of the men tried to grab Meng Xiaonan from behind. Fortunately, Han Qilu was able to strike the man's elbow.

“Ah!” the man attacking falls to the ground with cold sweat. Han Qilu attacks again, rendering him unconscious.

Qilu's men finally arrive. “Two of you, come here and take care of them!” Qilu shouts before rus.h.i.+ng forward to help Xiao Mingluo.

An Chuxia can't help but feel helpless when she watches Han Qilu's invincible skills next to Xiao Mingluo. But now, she can just worry about the pain in her foot. Walking is definitely a problem.

As far as Meng Xiaonan is concerned, she feels normal with the exception of the numbness in her hands from being tied for so long. She rubs her hands to get feeling back in them so she can help.

“Help Chuxia. I'll help them!” Meng Xiaonan says before rus.h.i.+ng forward. One of the men pulls her back before she can get away.

“Miss, don't go up there. You'll die if you get hit by one of those men!”

Meng Xiaonan is about to argue when she suddenly sees a man on the ground with his rod next to him. He tries to get up, staggering.

Not far from him is Han Qilu, swerving and ducking away from the pipes while looking for opportunities to attack.

“Master Qilu, be careful!” Meng Xiaonan shouts subconsciously.

The man moves so fast that Xiaonan's warning came too late. Between the light and motion, Qilu gets. .h.i.t hard from behind.

“Qilu!!!” An Chuxia shouts out desperately as she watches him crumple to the ground.

Xiao Mingluo's eyes widen. He kicks the man in front of him before running to Qilu. “Qilu, Qilu, are you okay?”

As soon as the men heard him, they knew the Han family won't let them go.

“Master Han, master Han, we're here!” A large group of men burst in. The group is large enough to subdue the dozen or so men.

Soon, everyone is subdued and squatting on the ground, afraid to move.

“Qilu! Wake up, Qilu!” An Chuxia kneels beside him, crying.

“The ambulance is coming!” someone reports.

It's done. The police is alerted. Both law enforcement and the ambulance arrive at the same time. An Chuxia follows Qilu to the ambulance, hearing different beeps going off from the equipment being used. A transparent liquid is being infused in him. His eyes are closed, seeming like he's asleep.

“Miss, let us treat your foot injury!” a nurse gently asks Chuxia.

“No,” she decisively refuses. “I just want to stay with him.”