Chapter 1 Robbery
Chapter 1
Although Qiu Leling was very excited, Bai Anting actually didn’t want to go to such a place to court death.
After thinking it over many times, she said in a very unskillful tone.
“Going to a place like this that might be haunted seems dangerous, but it’s actually not safe at all.”
“I rushed over from Jiangliu City without any livestreaming equipment or self-defense items.”
“And… to be honest,” Bai Anting leaned into Qiu Leling’s ear and tried to scare her, “there really are ghosts in this world.”
Bai Anting thought she could make Qiu Leling scared and back down by doing this, thus giving up this outlandish idea.
However, listening to Bai Anting’s words, Qiu Leling clearly didn’t take them seriously. She chuckled.
“Bai Gugu, you’re being alarmist again. If there really were ghosts, what about the ‘Walking into Science’ in your livestream?”
“Didn’t you say you would debunk these superstitious rumors?”
“This won’t scare me.”
“As for the livestreaming equipment…”
This little rich woman smiled knowingly and took out a bank card from her pocket.
“The sun hasn’t set yet, why don’t we go buy them now?”
Bai Anting was unwilling to give up persuading Qiu Leling. She gritted her teeth and said.
“Those things are very expensive.”
“This…”
Qiu Leling, who was full of confidence, lost her confidence at this statement.
“This card is all pocket money my dad gives me. It won’t be enough, will it?”
“Huo?” Bai Anting saw Qiu Leling’s expression and was delighted. She immediately continued, “It really won’t be enough without tens of thousands of yuan, so let’s discuss it another day.”
Anyway, she had to fool her first. After she returned to Jiangliu City alone, it was unlikely she would go to such a place.
However, to Bai Anting’s surprise, Qiu Leling’s expression completely relaxed after hearing this.
“That’s fine, I have enough pocket money in my card.”
“…?”
Bai Anting silently typed a question mark after hearing this.
Does this little rich woman have a misunderstanding of pocket money?
Can tens of thousands of yuan be considered pocket money?
Or is poverty limiting her imagination?
While Bai Anting was full of question marks, the little rich woman grabbed her hand and said impatiently.
“Let’s go to the bank to withdraw some money first. If we swipe the card directly, my dad will scold me.”
After saying that, regardless of what Bai Anting thought, she hailed a taxi by the roadside. After getting in, the skilled driver stepped on the gas, and the car sped away into the distance.
Universities are usually located in relatively remote suburban areas, so there is only one bank nearby. The taxi did not drive for long before stopping at the bank’s entrance.
Qiu Leling entered the bank familiarly. Bai Anting, seeing that she could not stop her, could only sigh helplessly.
At worst, today she would just trick this fan into wandering around the streets and shopping with her.
Looking for a bus was impossible.
Impossible for the rest of her life.
Whoever wants to go can go. What if it’s not a rumor but a real haunting?
While Qiu Leling was withdrawing money, Bai Anting waited for her quietly on the seat.
Qiu Leling was still queuing. There were five or six people in front of her. She didn’t know how long she would have to wait.
Not far from Qiu Leling, there were two foreigners.
These two foreigners were wearing sunglasses and seemed to be looking at something.
Next to them were two guitar cases.
Could they be in a band?
Bai Anting didn’t pay much attention. Just as she was about to withdraw her gaze, the other party opened the guitar case.
And took out two… guns?
The two men also stood up and shouted in very broken Chinese.
“Robbery! Hand over the money!”
As soon as they said this, everyone present just glanced at them and then went back to their business.
It was impossible to have guns in China. If someone came with a large knife, they might be able to scare people.
But guns… almost everyone present thought he was crazy and brought a toy gun to bluff them.
Even the security guard walked over leisurely after hearing the sound.
“Go away, don’t play here.”
“Bang!!”
The deafening sound echoed in the bank lobby.
Everyone finally realized something.
These two had real weapons in their hands!
Why were there cases of armed bank robberies in China?!
“Ahhhh!!”
After a brief silence, the crowd in the bank lobby erupted into screams, but the subsequent gunshots directly drowned out the crowd’s screams.
“Put your hands on your heads and squat down!”
The white foreigner wearing sunglasses still shouted in his broken Chinese.
“We want money, not dead people!”
Everyone, including Bai Anting and Qiu Leling, squatted down immediately.
The bank staff also pressed the alarm button as soon as the other party was not paying attention.
This was a suburban area, and it would take at least three minutes for the nearest police station to arrive, and the police force and equipment were limited.
These three minutes were enough for the two of them to do many things.
The white foreigner could only speak a few words of Chinese. Seeing that everyone was obedient, he nodded with satisfaction and said in English.
“Very good.”
After that, the white man walked towards the counter, while the black man held the rifle, ensuring the safety of the surroundings.
“Put the money in this suitcase.”
“Put the gold in the briefcase.”
Since he was communicating in English, the counter staff did not react at first.
“Hurry up!”
It wasn’t until he became angry and pointed the gun at the service staff inside that she immediately responded in English.
“I’ll get the money right away!”
Since the 21st century, there had been no cases of armed bank robberies in China, so the service staff were all flustered.
But fortunately, they quickly packed what the other party wanted.
The two men acted very quickly and were not too greedy. As soon as they got what they wanted, the police had not even arrived yet.
“Prepare to evacuate. This place is not what we thought.”
The white man said to the black man.
“And grab two women as hostages. I’ll go drive.”
“OK.”
The black man acted very efficiently. He then looked at the situation on the scene and noticed two relatively small girls.
“You two, come in front of me.”
The black man spoke in English, but both Bai Anting and Qiu Leling understood him.
However, at this moment, for some reason, Bai Anting not only did not feel scared, but felt a strange kind of happiness.
Great, finally someone didn’t treat me as a man.
No, this is terrible!!
He pointed his gun at them. Under the threat of the gun, she could only obediently have her mouth taped shut and raise her hands, walking in front of him along with Qiu Leling.
The white man had already driven over a car without a license plate. When he saw Bai Anting, he was stunned for a moment, then cursed loudly.
“Dude? Did I ask you to grab two women? Why did you grab a man for me?”
“Mmm mmm mmm!!”
Bai Anting was already tied up, and her mouth was still blocked with tape. Otherwise, she would have pointed at the other party’s whole family.
The black man was stunned when he heard this, then carefully examined Bai Anting’s face, as if trying to determine whether Bai Anting was male or female.
“Your face looks like a woman’s, but your body is very flat. Who are you?”
“No time for this,” the white man took out two identical suitcases from the trunk filled with cash: “These two are small enough to fit, then we’ll take a boat out of here under the cover of darkness.”
The two foreigners were not locals, but had smuggled in.
They learned from foreign media that China was a very backward, ignorant, and chaotic country in terms of public security.
But after entering, they found that the situation here was completely different from what the foreign media had advertised.
It was quite prosperous and heavily guarded. After searching for a long time, they finally found a relatively suitable place to act.
Fortunately, the white man was a veteran and knew some concealment methods.
Taking two hostages and putting them in the same suitcases was also to confuse the police and make them hesitant to use heavy firepower.
Moreover, it was already dark, and they were not far from the docking place, so although there was a slight deviation in the situation, the plan was foolproof.
Now, they just needed to take this money and gold out.
“Get in the car.”
The unlicensed car sped away into the distance under the cover of night.
Bai Anting, who was stuffed into the suitcase, tried to break free from the ropes, but due to the extremely narrow space in the suitcase, she did not succeed.
Fortunately, there was a crack in the suitcase, and she could vaguely see the suitcase containing Qiu Leling next to her.
At least the person was fine, but what would happen next… was uncertain.
Bai Anting couldn’t help but feel a trace of panic.
She didn’t know where she would be taken, but from what she heard from the other party, she and Qiu Leling would definitely be taken on board as hostages by them, and might even die because of it.
She didn’t want to die…
The car bumped along for an unknown amount of time, which surprised the white man in the driver’s seat.
He glanced at the rearview mirror and said.
“Why is there no police behind us?”
“Maybe other banks were robbed elsewhere, so they don’t have time to deal with us.”
The black man in the copilot’s seat was in a very good mood.
