“Ha~~~ So sleepy. Mom is really something. Finally, a day off from school, no need to wake up early, and I can sleep in. But no, thanks to Dad, who just had to have soy sauce fried rice for breakfast. And because we ran out of soy sauce, Mom woke me up early to go buy some. I’m exhausted.”
Meng Xiaoyu grumbled as she walked out of the supermarket with a bottle of soy sauce.
Just as I was complaining about my parents, I heard a discordant shout, “Robbery! Someone’s snatching a bag… Robbery????”
I was stunned for a moment.
Where?
Where?
I looked around, trying to spot the idiot who dared to commit a robbery near the police station.
Are they tired of living?
Sure enough, I soon saw two sleazy-looking men running towards me.
One was wearing a white tank top and blue floral beach shorts, holding a red bucket bag in his left hand and a large fruit knife in his right, running for his life.
The other, dressed similarly but in a black tank top and blue beach shorts, was also holding a large fruit knife and kept looking around as he ran.
About ten meters behind them were several policemen with batons and whistles.
Wow, a real-life police chase!
As I marveled at the scene, I didn’t notice that the two sleazy men were less than a meter away from me.
And so, I became a hostage, just as expected.
“Don’t come any closer! If you do, I won’t be polite!”
said the man in the black tank top.
“Calm down, calm down. Don’t do anything rash. We can talk this out,” said the policeman.
“Come on, these lines are so cliché,” I thought to myself.
At that moment, the man in the white tank top somehow managed to start an old QQ car and shouted to the man in the black tank top, “Get in, quick!”
And so, I was unfortunately dragged into the car with them.
“Xiangzi, what do we do now?”
asked the man in the black tank top.
“Keep driving west. Once we’re out of the city, turn south after the Jian Gong Bridge, then head west again. We’ll hide in the mountains for a few months, and everything will be fine,” replied the man in the white tank top.
“Mmm mmm mmm…”
was all I could say.
Why could I only make those sounds?
Because as soon as I got in the car, they gagged me.
“What about this girl?” asked the man in the black tank top.
“What else? We’ll let her go once we’re in the mountains,” said the man in the white tank top.
“Mmm mmm mmm…”
“Oh, by the way, how much money is in that bag?” asked the man in the black tank top.
“I don’t know, but it should be a lot. We’ve been watching her for half a month,” replied the man in the white tank top.
“Mmm… mmm…”
“What’s she mumbling about?” asked the man in the black tank top.
“Who knows?” replied the man in the white tank top.
“Should we ask her what she wants?” suggested the man in the black tank top.
“Okay,” said the man in the black tank top as he removed the cloth from my mouth.
“Say what you want to say,” said the man in the black tank top.
“I want to say—”
“Don’t worry, we won’t hurt you”, Black Tanktop and White Tanktop turned around and said.
“I want to say…”
“Ah… ah… help…”
This was the voice of the three of us.
Because while they were chatting, they were already not far from Jian Gong Bridge.
And more than a week ago, G City TV station had broadcasted such news.
The content was: the dangerous bridge ‘Jian Gong Bridge’ in the suburbs of G City had collapsed due to its age and lack of timely repairs.
When I heard them mention Jian Gong Bridge, I guessed that these two idiots probably hadn’t watched the news.
And because they were chatting and not paying attention to the road ahead, and the car was speeding, the tragedy just happened.
