Chapter 66: Extreme Heat 7
“Are you alright?!”
“We’re here to help you!”
Under the dim moonlight, Chu Yian saw two people running towards her. Both were adult men over 1.7 meters tall, appearing so quickly in the middle of nowhere and acting so enthusiastically.
Unusual events often hide something sinister.
Chu Yian tried to start the car and leave the area.
However, the car wouldn’t move.
The front of the vehicle felt incredibly heavy and completely unable to move forward.
Seeing this, Chu Yian quickly locked the car’s doors and windows, then called the police, “It’s fine, I’ve already called the police, and traffic police will be here any minute.”
As she finished speaking, the heavier-set man among them paused, revealing his apprehension.
The other, skinnier man, however, wasn’t afraid at all. “Little girl, are you kidding me? In just two minutes, you barely took out your phone and already called the police?”
Not to mention she hadn’t called the police; even if she had, the police couldn’t possibly arrive immediately.
The thin man pulled his companion, and the two blocked Chu Yian’s path, one on each side. Seeing that Chu Yian was alone, their expressions immediately turned menacing. “This is a robbery! Hand over all the money you have.”
This… she really ran into bad guys.
Chu Yian’s mind flashed with various self-defense techniques for women taught on TV shows, then she obediently pulled out her wallet.
Money could be earned again by selling things to Grandpa Treasure Box, but life was one-time only.
She took out all her remaining ten thousand-plus yuan and, very cooperatively, threw it out the window. “Two Big Brothers, this is all I have. In this hot weather, life isn’t easy for anyone. I haven’t seen what you two look like, so please, let me go home.”
Ten thousand-plus!
The two men picked up the money from the ground, counted it, and smiled with joy.
Robbery was indeed a good line of work.
While other players were toiling away to earn money, they earned in one day what others couldn’t earn in a month.
The man named Old Li took the money and was about to leave, but his skinny partner called him back.
“Wait a minute, keep an eye on the girl in here. I’m going to check the back and see what she bought.”
They had seen this car yesterday too, and it looked packed with stuff.
The thin man climbed onto the car and began inspecting the contents: mineral water, some vegetables, slightly melted popsicles, and barrels of unopened bulk diesel.
“Are these all your hoarded goods? What’s the diesel for?”
The thin man pressed his face close to the window, peering intently into the car.
“These… are all for my relatives and friends, and the diesel is for vehicle fuel,” Chu Yian replied, but her heart sank with a bad premonition.
“Bringing things for relatives and friends in such hot weather?”
Who was she trying to fool?
The thin man suddenly thought of something. He pressed against the glass and smiled, “girl, you bought so many things, you must be hoarding them at home. Diesel… you have a generator at home, preparing for home power generation?”
He was just guessing, but every word hit the mark.
Chu Yian’s expression grew more serious, her fingers gently resting on the door handle beside her.
“How about this, we don’t want your money, and we won’t harm you. Just take us to your place and let us see…”
Not wanting money and not harming her were both lies.
He just wanted to see if Chu Yian’s home was as he imagined. If it was a good place, well-stocked with supplies, it would be an excellent location to clear the game.
Robbery, plus taking over her home.
If the woman’s house wasn’t good, she was still a woman, and sounded very young.
Just right for… The thin man’s face twisted into a lecherous smile. “Little girl, don’t be nervous, Big Brothers are all good people…”
As if!
How could Chu Yian possibly take them to where she lived?
She flung open the car door, pushing the somewhat heavy Old Li aside, abandoning the car, money, and goods, and ran forward.
“What are you standing around for? Chase her!”
The two men followed closely behind her.
Although Chu Yian was brave, she had to weigh her strength if she wanted to defeat two adult men. Unless pushed to a dead end, she would never want to confront two adult men head-on. She ran with all her might, thinking about how to shake off the two people behind her.
But soon, a turning point came!
Chu Yian saw bright flames still burning at the construction site where people had worked during the day. Tower cranes and cement mixers roared, and figures moved back and forth on the iron scaffolding.
“Help!”
“Help!”
She shouted and ran towards the construction site, the two men still hot on her heels.
It wasn’t until the workers on the scaffolding started climbing down, one after another, and all reached the road, that the two men chasing Chu Yian felt guilty and began to run back.
“What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”
The group of workers looked at Chu Yian, who was running, drenched in sweat.
“Those two men are robbers! They damaged my car and stole all my money!”
“Everyone, help chase them!”
Hearing this, the foreman, filled with a sense of justice, called out to his companions, “Go up ahead, see if you can catch those two.”
Four workers rode motorcycles in the direction the two men had run, while the foreman led people with flashlights and tools, preparing to help her check on her car.
A large group of people went over and saw the tricycle that often passed by their construction site.
“Damn, isn’t this the girl who used to deliver water to us!”
Seeing the car, the foreman instantly recognized her.
The originally righteous workers immediately became even more righteous, directly calling the workers who were chasing the robbers, “Did you find the two robbers? This is the girl who delivered water before! Stealing a young girl’s money, those two shameless guys, you must get her money back!”
“Thank you! Thank you, Big Brothers.”
Chu Yian wiped her sweat, then took out mineral water and some melted popsicles from the car, inviting everyone to take some.
“No need to be polite, we just lent a hand when we saw what happened.”
The foreman squatted down and inspected her tricycle, “They threw nails on the road; your car tires have three or four punctures.”
The tire air had been completely let out, which was why it was so heavy and couldn’t move.
“The air leak is too severe; you can’t drive it now.”
The foreman shook his head; their construction site wasn’t a repair shop, so they couldn’t fix it. They would have to wait until tomorrow morning to take it to a mechanic.
“Big Brother, can I replace the tire myself?”
Chu Yian looked up and asked, then found a spare tire of the same model and size from the back of the car.
This sight stunned the foreman.
A three-wheeled vehicle actually carried a spare tire.
Impressive!
And since she brought it, how could they not help?
