Xia Qingqing was momentarily stunned when the two men stopped her.
Are you kidding me? Before, when she was so worried about being robbed, no one came to rob her. Now that she's not worried anymore, someone has stopped her. Is God playing a cruel joke on her?
Yang Jianxiong, holding a stick he'd picked up from who-knows-where, looked at Xia Qingqing with a sinister gaze: "Little girl, we don't need much. Give us thirty, no, forty yuan, and leave the things in your basket, and we'll let you go."
Yang Gang frowned as he listened from the side, feeling that this was different from what had been agreed upon at the beginning. He tugged at his brother's clothes, but Yang Jian impatiently shook him off.
It was Xia Qingqing's first time encountering a robber, and she was a little scared, but the weapons that Gu Yunshu had prepared for her in the system's inventory gave her a sense of security.
She looked at Yang Jian, who was clearly in charge, and asked, "Will you let me go if I give you money?"
Yang Jian pointed to the basket on her back and said, "And the things in your basket. I saw them when you were buying things. You spent tens of yuan without batting an eye. Your family must be very rich. You probably wouldn't care about such a small amount of money."
It turned out that these two had been watching her for a while. But if they only wanted money, that would be fine. Her basket was empty right now, and if they found out, she would be in big trouble.
Xia Qingqing's mind raced, and she pretended to reach into her pocket: "Please don't hurt me! I can give you money and all my things, just don't hurt me."
Yang Gang looked at the chubby little girl whose legs were trembling with fear and felt uneasy. He winked at his brother: "Big brother, maybe we should just let it go."
Yang Jian glared at him angrily: "Useless trash! The money and the goods are almost in my hands. If you dare to ruin my plans, I'll beat you to death."
Xia Qingqing had been keeping an eye on the two robbers out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that the two were arguing about something, she suddenly pointed behind them and shouted, "The police are here!"
Yang Jian and Yang Gang were already feeling guilty, and as soon as they heard the police were there, they immediately turned around to look.
As soon as the two turned around, Xia Qingqing took off running.
After Yang Jian and the other man realized what was happening, they chased after her closely.
Xia Qingqing was no match for the two men in terms of speed, and she was caught up by them in no time.
"You little wench, you actually dare to run away. I was thinking that if you obediently gave me the money and the things, I would let you go. Who knew you would refuse to listen to reason and drink the penalty cup instead?" Yang Jian gasped for breath, pressing Xia Qingqing down with both hands to make her unable to move.
The frantic run had completely exhausted Yang Jian's already limited patience. He covered Xia Qingqing's mouth and gave his younger brother Yang a meaningful look: "Tie her up and take her away."
Looking at the pitiful little girl, Yang Gang's eyes flashed with a hint of struggle: "Big brother, how about we just let it go and leave with the money and things, okay?"
Yang Jian couldn't stand his indecisive behavior: "Does my word not carry weight? Hurry up and do it, I'll deal with you when we get home."
Hearing their conversation, Xia Qingqing knew that they wouldn't let her off easily; they were forcing her to take drastic measures.
"888, can the system warehouse store corpses?"
[Host, the system warehouse can hold all inanimate objects.]
After receiving an affirmative answer, a dark glint flashed in Xia Qingqing's eyes. It wasn't her fault; why did these two have to snatch her out of all people?
Xia Qingqing quietly took out a small pistol from the system's inventory and was about to kill the two robbers when she was interrupted by a green figure rushing over.
Xia Qingqing quickly retrieved the wooden gun into the system warehouse.
The two robbers were quickly knocked to the ground by the newcomers and instantly rendered incapacitated.
"Young lady, are you alright?" a deep male voice asked.
Xia Qingqing looked up and saw a young man with a buzz cut, a righteous and resolute appearance, and wearing a military uniform standing opposite her.
She breathed a sigh of relief; the man had arrived just in time. She really didn't want to kill anyone unless absolutely necessary.
Xia Qingqing gave the other party a grateful smile: "Soldier comrade, thank you for saving me."
"It's nothing, it's what I should do."
Only then did Zhang Jianguo get a clear look at the little girl he had saved. He immediately realized something was wrong; the little girl looked familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere before.
After frowning and thinking for a moment, he suddenly realized and said to Xia Qingqing, "Aren't you Qingqing from Uncle Heping's family?"
Xia Qingqing was somewhat surprised to hear that he could call her by her name.
“My dad’s name is indeed Xia Heping, and my name is Xia Qingqing. But comrades, shouldn’t we take these two men to the police station first?” Xia Qingqing said, pointing at the two men who were trying to escape.
Knowing he hadn't mistaken the person, Zhang Jianguo's expression softened even more: "Go and call the police first. I'll stay here and watch over the two of them."
When Xia Qingqing brought the police over, she saw that the two men had been beaten black and blue, barely breathing, and looked at Zhang Jianguo with some surprise.
When the two police officers saw Zhang Jianguo in his military uniform, they exchanged a glance. One of them stepped forward and said, "Comrade, how did you beat him up like this?"
Zhang Jianguo scratched his buzz cut sheepishly and explained, "These two were trying to run away, and I accidentally hit them a little too hard."
Actually, the two men realized that Zhang Jianguo knew Xia Qingqing and tried to threaten him into letting them go, otherwise they would report Xia Qingqing to the police for going to the black market.
Releasing them was out of the question. To prevent the two from saying anything they shouldn't, Zhang Jianguo used a little trick to get them to agree to shut up.
The two police officers were just asking casually, and after hearing Zhang Jianguo's explanation, they nodded repeatedly to show their understanding: "We'll have to trouble you two to come with us to take a statement."
"no problem".
After Xia Qingqing and Zhang Jianguo finished giving their statements at the police station, they were in a very good mood, knowing that the two robbers would not have a good ending.
Only then did she have the leisure to bring up what had just happened: "By the way, soldier, how did you know my name is Xia Qingqing?"
Zhang Jianguo smiled and said, "My dad's name is Zhang Yougen."
Xia Qingqing blinked. Zhang Yougen? Isn't that the battalion commander's name? She glanced at Zhang Jianguo in his military uniform and suddenly realized, "You're Zhang Jianguo, the battalion commander's second son who's in the army?"
Zhang Jianguo nodded: "That's right, I haven't been home much these past few years, no wonder you didn't recognize me."
"What a coincidence! Brother Jianguo, we really owe you a lot today," Xia Qingqing said with a bright smile, her big, bright eyes looking at Zhang Jianguo.
This made Zhang Jianguo, who rarely had contact with women in the army, turn red in the ears: "It's nothing, it's what I should do as a soldier."
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